Building Video Surveillance PC

[fixxxer0]

I don't know if anyone here has experience here with this stuff, but I want to build a video surveillance PC to watch and record(onto a HD) 4 or 5 cameras I will have outdoors around my hosue.


I searched online but everyplace is trying to sell you some $2000 system they made, and im sure i can do it cheaper with individual parts i find on my own and i can do all the wiring necessary.

Just not sure on what kinda hard drive space and speed would be needed for this. its not like high definition DV stuff so i dont think i needa drop the cash on 10k rpm drives, since there will be 5 or so recording at the same time maybe? i dont know. also what would i need to insert the video feeds to the computer, and a program to view them all at the same time?

i think i read about VIA making mobo's for this with decoder cards but i couldnt find anything.....


lemme know if you guys can help, or maybe direct me to a forum that would know better

 

[thegimp03]

Only thing I can think of is that you will need several very large hard drives.

 

[Baked]

What are you making? Voyeur dorm?

 

[fixxxer0]

Originally posted by: Baked
What are you making? Voyeur dorm?

no im making, "next person who steals anything from my house or car dies" - dorm

 

[Baked]

LOL

 

[mauiblue]

D-Link makes some wireless Internet cameras that could be put into weatherproof housings. These cameras also comes with surveillance software that allows you to program your computer to monitor up to a dozen (I think) cameras and time record to your hard drives. You could also use motion detectors to trigger recordings. Check it out and good luck!