Security camera software

[Shadow_Storm56]

What would be a really good security camera software for windows for up to around 20 cameras and lots of adjustability. Basically a professional version of Dviewcam would be great. Any ideas?

[Hiitchy]

Avigilon has pretty solid software that allows timeline scrubbing of recorded video, and bookmarking features, as well as customizable layouts so you can pick and choose how you want your layout to be. 

 

Nicevision is also another choice, though very outdated and doesn't have the same functions as avigilon does. Either one does its job very well, but cost is a thing too. 

[Shadow_Storm56]

1 hour ago, Hiitchy said:

Avigilon has pretty solid software that allows timeline scrubbing of recorded video, and bookmarking features, as well as customizable layouts so you can pick and choose how you want your layout to be. 

 

Nicevision is also another choice, though very outdated and doesn't have the same functions as avigilon does. Either one does its job very well, but cost is a thing too. 

What kind of cost? The only thing I hate about the one I'm using is it's cpu intensive and will not use 100% of a disk

[Shadow_Storm56]

8 hours ago, Keith W said:

Blue Iris

 

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That ones a good price.

[Jon4248]

I always liked this open source one myself , but I haven’t used it in years;

 

https://www.ispyconnect.com/

 

[ARikozuM]

Zoneminder?

[Hiitchy]

11 hours ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

What kind of cost? The only thing I hate about the one I'm using is it's cpu intensive and will not use 100% of a disk

Costs are subjective. If you want something for home, Blue Iris as the other poster suggested seems like a better idea. In this case, the software I'm suggesting is / was top of the line..

 

If you have 20 cameras open at once, of course it will be CPU intensive. The hardware needs to be able to keep up with the multi-threaded loads. I use Avigilon at work on a Xeon E5-2697 v4 with 64gb of ram with around 200+ cameras. The difference is that I didn't set this system up, and it cost the organization around $15M after costs, maybe more. They won't give me an exact number. The issue with consumer grade CPU's is that they aren't made to handle loads the way a server CPU is.

 

The 100% disk usage is also based on how much reading and writing it's doing. If you're reading and writing to the disk that's also recording the video footage, of course you will get 100% usage. If the software is on the same hard drive, of course you'll always get 100% load. You need to create a NAS or a server that records the video while you have another computer that connects to the NAS server VIA the surveillance software. The drives will always be at 100%, especially if you're expecting to record 24/7. A suggestion I can make is to not go cheap on the drives that are recording the footage. You need drives that are rated to run 24/7 and constantly read and write. I can't make suggestions because I wouldn't know what drives we use, but this was hinted to me by the techs that do maintenance on the system.

[Shadow_Storm56]

4 hours ago, Hiitchy said:

Costs are subjective. If you want something for home, Blue Iris as the other poster suggested seems like a better idea. In this case, the software I'm suggesting is / was top of the line..

 

If you have 20 cameras open at once, of course it will be CPU intensive. The hardware needs to be able to keep up with the multi-threaded loads. I use Avigilon at work on a Xeon E5-2697 v4 with 64gb of ram with around 200+ cameras. The difference is that I didn't set this system up, and it cost the organization around $15M after costs, maybe more. They won't give me an exact number. The issue with consumer grade CPU's is that they aren't made to handle loads the way a server CPU is.

 

The 100% disk usage is also based on how much reading and writing it's doing. If you're reading and writing to the disk that's also recording the video footage, of course you will get 100% usage. If the software is on the same hard drive, of course you'll always get 100% load. You need to create a NAS or a server that records the video while you have another computer that connects to the NAS server VIA the surveillance software. The drives will always be at 100%, especially if you're expecting to record 24/7. A suggestion I can make is to not go cheap on the drives that are recording the footage. You need drives that are rated to run 24/7 and constantly read and write. I can't make suggestions because I wouldn't know what drives we use, but this was hinted to me by the techs that do maintenance on the system.

I have the WD purples, and I have a working system i just want to upgrade to somthing more buisness grade. As it is for home an buisness security. The hardware is up to the task currently by quite a bit. I would pay a decent amount for the software but like...300 or 400 max not thousands. I can't find a price for the one you suggested 

[Shadow_Storm56]

Blue iris looks really good actually, professional but not industrial. 

[Shadow_Storm56]

16 hours ago, Keith W said:

Blue Iris

 

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I actually saw a lot of bad reviews on this so I may look at the other one