Old CCTV Digial Camera to WebCam

[BlueClown]

I have an "old" cctv digital camera that we are not using anymore, and since I lack a web-cam i thought that maybe I can turn it into one, but googling i  only found how to turn and old webcam into a cctv. So is there a way to turn the cctv camera into a web cam? and if there is, is it worth it? or im just better off getting a normal web-cam(good enough for streaming thou)?

[ShadowCaptain]

Just buy a webcam

[mluton]

Is it an IP camera ?

[You_are_a_cunt]

Don't old CCTV cameras have a tiny resolution, low FPS and bad overall image quality?

[ShadowCaptain]

2 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Don't old CCTV cameras have a tiny resolution, low FPS and bad overall image quality?

So do most new ones

[BlueClown]

17 minutes ago, mluton said:

Is it an IP camera ?

if you mean the ones with lan cable connectors, no. It only has one cable for a balun and another for power input

 

4 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Don't old CCTV cameras have a tiny resolution, low FPS and bad overall image quality?

This one, for recording yes (480p 15fps), but the live feedback was 720p with 30fps(or 25fps). Good enough i think
I think you can change that in your DVR thou. if you have the hdd capacity for high quality videos.

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, BlueClown said:

This one, for recording yes (480p 15fps), but the live feedback was 720p with 30fps(or 25fps). Good enough i think

720p? most are like 480 lines or worse, 

Could just buy a 720 webcam for $10-$20 and a full hd one for like $30

[You_are_a_cunt]

3 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

So do most new ones

I've worked with ones that can do 60 FPS FullHD, but the price boggled my mind

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, revsilverspine said:

I've worked with ones that can do 60 FPS FullHD, but the price boggled my mind

Seems pointless for most webcam uses

[You_are_a_cunt]

5 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

Seems pointless for most webcam uses

It is.

[BlueClown]

Well i guess thats that then. Maybe this is why I dont find anything in google.
Still would like to know if its possible so i have it as a side project or something for when I have nothing better to do.

[mluton]

A cheap USB or IP Camera and use YAWCAM. I use it and works great,

[johnny5c]

3 hours ago, BlueClown said:

Well i guess thats that then. Maybe this is why I dont find anything in google.
Still would like to know if its possible so i have it as a side project or something for when I have nothing better to do.

Years ago before I had a digital DVR for the CCTV system and at my shop I used a PCI capture card and webcam software to view the video feed from my home.  I had a Hauppauge TV tuner that had a RCA input and used a BNC to RCA adapter to connect the cable from the CCTV system, not the best solution but definitely works and you can get a analog capture device pretty cheap these days because they've been obsolete since TV went digital.