Need help setting up my security cameras.

[boomhower]

This just isn't making sense to me, I must be dense on the subject. Here is the system I have. What is going to be the best combo of quality compared to what he connections are capable of. I'm certainly willing to not use all 8 cameras if it means a better picture on the rest. I want the front door to be as high a quality setting as possible. On the same hand don't want to put it on setting the camera isn't capable of. It has a 1TB HD and would like to be able to record a week if possible. Here is the text from the manual:

Under RESOLUTION, select CIF, HD1, or D1 or QCIF. NOTE:
Channels 1 & 2 allows options D1, HD1, CIF and QCIF.;
Channels 3-8: allow settings of CIF and QCIF.
2. FRAMERATE: Choose the recording frame rate 1-30, (fps – frames per
second). The lower the value, the less life-like and more jerky the recorded movements will be. However, a lower frame rate uses less HDD space. Make your choice depending on the precision with which you want to follow the events being recorded. Frame-rate of each channel can be adjusted
but is limited by the total resources available. The total frame rate for all channels combined cannot exceed 420 (NTSC) fps. The ratios of D1, HD1 and CIF are as follows: 1 D1= 4 x CIF, 1 HD1 = 2 x CIF.QCIF=1/4 CIF.
3. QUALITY, The quality rating is on a 6 point scale. The selections are 6-High, 5,4,3,2,1-Low.

 

[mikeford]

Buy a bigger drive, eventually you will. (not in Yoda voice).

 

[rudeguy]

I would go for 30 FPS and HD above the doors. For all others, cut it in half or maybe even 10. With the other 6 set to 10 FPS and CIF, you would be looking at roughly 360 FPS, so well within tolerance.

USE THE MOTION ACTIVATION

 

[boomhower]

Right now I'm looking at using 6 cameras, not all eight if that makes a difference. One the two doors, two encompassing the front yard and one in the back yard. One inside as well.

 

[manimal]

I put up a sign at my mailbox saying property is monitored as well. Cut down considerably on neighbors dog shitting on my front lawn.

Did have to embarras a neighbor in front of other neighbors. I saw on camera this woman let her dogs shit on the lawn with no pick up for a week. I waited till a group of neighbors were chatting in front of my house I went out and chatted them up for a minute. As they were about to leave I asked them to watch a video on my phone. Public shame works....

 

[OutHouse]

Pm skyking, he is the guy to talk to.

 

[akahoovy]

Does the manual say what codec the files are recorded in?

 

[boomhower]

Does the manual say what codec the files are recorded in?

h.264

Also found this:

CCTV resolution is measured in vertical and horizontal pixel dimensions and typically limited by the capabilities of both the camera and the recorder that you are using for your CCTV surveillance installation. CCTV systems use an analog video signal. For television specifications (which CCTV uses) the highest resolution that can be captured and stored
is 704 x 480 (NTSC for the United States) and 720 x 576 (PAL for Europe). This resolution is known as D1 resolution. A high end CCTV recorder is capable of recording at up to D1 resolution.

 

[skyking]

Just dig in and start messing with it, seriously.
Set up the cameras to do CIF and 10 FPS, all the same. Enable motion and start testing and fiddling with it.
What you will find out is how well the motion is implemented. If it works well, then you have little worry about exceeding total frame rate. it is unlikely you will have motion events on all the cameras at the same time, unless they are overly sensitive to clouds passing, etc.
High frame rates are great for watching a photo finish or sporting events, but are really not that useful for security. Many times you sacrifice image quality by jacking up the frame rate.
I see you have discovered that HD1 does not mean HD in the digital sense; analog cameras are limited to the resolutions in your post above.
For this reason, you need better placement and/or lens selection to achieve good images at critical locations.

 

[Humpy]

I don't know, just be careful where you step.

 

[OCGuy]

Make sure you black out the red light on your toilet cam. Otherwise it can lead to a very awkward family BBQ.