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Private Video Streaming Server Questions

RotoCoreOne
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5 minutes ago, RotoCoreOne said:

Yes i want to be connected to the internet via LTE. My server will be located somewhere else. I plan on using rackspace to host my server. Preferably I want the cameras to take snapshots when it detects motion or take record 30 second videos, but I know those functions can be enabled with software. I'm looking at blue iris for that possibly. It's just getting the network and hardware working correctly that I need help with.

If you can do the motion detection in the camera, then the camera would just upload its recorded clips via FTP. Every camera that has builtin motion detection that I've seen also has FTP upload capability (usually they record to an SD card then upload when the file is finished). I would recommend you go this route as even SD video streaming 24/7 will use a lot of LTE data, which will be expensive. (1Mb/s constant comes out to ~328GB per month - (1mb/s)*(60s/min)*(60min/hour)*(24hour/day)*(365day/year)/(12month/year)/(8b/B)/(1000MB/GB) = 328GB/month)

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I want to set up cameras that'll be using tmobile or at&t network to stream videos or take images on command. I plan on connecting the cameras to a mobile router and have it connect and stream data to a server which would then allow me to access the data. The problem I'm having is how would I set up a server to do so and is there a router that I should get for my cameras. 

 

Any advice would be much appreciated!

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27 minutes ago, RotoCoreOne said:

I want to set up cameras that'll be using tmobile or at&t network to stream videos or take images on command. I plan on connecting the cameras to a mobile router and have it connect and stream data to a server which would then allow me to access the data. The problem I'm having is how would I set up a server to do so and is there a router that I should get for my cameras. 

 

Any advice would be much appreciated!

So you want your cameras to be connected to the internet via an LTE modem (hotspot or something else) and your server would be located somewhere else? Are you looking to host a physical server, or use a cloud provider? Do you want the cameras to stream video 24/7 to the server, or should they do their own motion detection and just upload video clips to the server? Do you have any particular cameras or software in mind?

Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: 

 

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Yes i want to be connected to the internet via LTE. My server will be located somewhere else. I plan on using rackspace to host my server. Preferably I want the cameras to take snapshots when it detects motion or take record 30 second videos, but I know those functions can be enabled with software. I'm looking at blue iris for that possibly. It's just getting the network and hardware working correctly that I need help with.

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5 minutes ago, RotoCoreOne said:

Yes i want to be connected to the internet via LTE. My server will be located somewhere else. I plan on using rackspace to host my server. Preferably I want the cameras to take snapshots when it detects motion or take record 30 second videos, but I know those functions can be enabled with software. I'm looking at blue iris for that possibly. It's just getting the network and hardware working correctly that I need help with.

If you can do the motion detection in the camera, then the camera would just upload its recorded clips via FTP. Every camera that has builtin motion detection that I've seen also has FTP upload capability (usually they record to an SD card then upload when the file is finished). I would recommend you go this route as even SD video streaming 24/7 will use a lot of LTE data, which will be expensive. (1Mb/s constant comes out to ~328GB per month - (1mb/s)*(60s/min)*(60min/hour)*(24hour/day)*(365day/year)/(12month/year)/(8b/B)/(1000MB/GB) = 328GB/month)

Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: 

 

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Definitely, I knew constant streaming would be very unlikely because of data usage and limitations. Does look like FTP would be the way to go. Do you have a suggestion for an LTE modem I could use to connect the cameras to my server?

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1 hour ago, RotoCoreOne said:

Definitely, I knew constant streaming would be very unlikely because of data usage and limitations. Does look like FTP would be the way to go. Do you have a suggestion for an LTE modem I could use to connect the cameras to my server?

Honestly that's outside the areas I've researched, but I think Ubiquiti makes some products that could help? The thing is that you need something with an ethernet port. The only other alternative I'm aware of is to connect a USB LTE modem to a Mikrotik router.

Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: 

 

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Yeah I have played around with the cameras using the router I have at my house. The cameras use ethernet to connect to the router. My trouble was trying to figure out how to have the cameras use a cellular network and connect to the server. After that I need to figure out how the cameras would send videos and pictures and if having a live feed was possible.

 

I'll take a look at ubiquiti and mikrotik and see what those can do.

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