I'm thinking of setting up a basic cctv system at home.Bought a cheapish 520 tvl camera,and a cheap Usb capture card(easyCap).It works fine for looking at my backyard,but I was thinking about trying to record to an external usb drive.When i tried it,recorded in .avi format fine,but HUGE file sizes-1 Gb for 1 min video!.wmv much smaller,but lower quality by far.Am I better off buying a dedicated dvr,or are there USB capture devices available that record in .mp4 or h.264 or some smaller file sizes?Or have I set up the capture card wrongly?Using Windows7,25 fps. in ULead Video Studio(Came with the EasyCap)
Gary the confused.