Hi
Planning to put a surveillance camera at my shop, though i would also be needing to monitor it form home. including rewinding and forwarding videos. so faar i have thought of remote desktop. is there a proper way of doing this.
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gumdigger:xpd: I monitor our work IP cameras via RDP using NetCam - its been fine, and best thing is that its locally produced so support is good :)
Do i have to have a IP Camera to do remote monitoring?
Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.
xpd: We only use IP because of the distance between the recording server and the camera....
sbiddle: Where in NZ are you based? I've done a lot of CCTV installs so could help if you were in Wellington.
First option is to decide what sort of hardware you want. There are plenty of Linux based standalone PVR units, many odf which have ethernet ports for remote viewing.
The other option is to go for a PC based solution which will also give you remote monitoring.
There is no need for IP cameras.
sbiddle: There is a lot to understand about CCTV and you really need to plan what you want. Anybody can go and buy a cheap (and exceptionally poor quality) Swan CCTV system and install it. Most people who do will find the system is of absolutely no use.
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