> Most security cameras don't record at 30 fps, even if you're using a > single one. 1 frame per second is enough for most applications. And > also, the card I'm referring to (most security DVR products I've seen) > are not really recording from 16 cameras at a time. Only one at a time > actually. Think of it as only one tuner but there are 16 channels > available. Most capture cards used in security DVRs works this way.
Some actually multiplex the different cameras onto one screen so that there is only 1 recording for 4 or 8 cameras. With 16 screens, each screen might be too small to be any good, but it can be done. > > > If your chipset is bt8xx, linux is well supported even w/ v4l2. > > Unless of course the card is using a different interface, so even if > it's using a bt8xx chipset, there are no guarantees the same V4L > drivers will work. > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
