IP camera system bandwidth?? Myth or what?

[fenderman]

Isn't it Bit-Rate? Isn't bit-rate dependent on the format of recording such as MPEG, H.264, and so forth? I just look at specs of certain cameras and it seems to suggest this. Also the recorders advertise total bandwidth they can handle.

bit rate is dependent on many factors including compression..thou every modern camera supports h.264...you can set a max bitrate on any camera.
Look, bandwidth is absolutely not an issue with ip cameras.

 

[fenderman]

What are some of the better software packages that you would recommend and how much do they go for? Not very familiar with VMS. Also are there any hardware such as DVR cards out there for this as well? Looking into this since going PC based seems to offer more flexibility than Recorder non PC based system.

Other packages are not better just different. It depends on your needs. Look at milestone, exacq and avigilon. You are looking at 50 dollars PER camera min. 100 for some decent features like two way audio and recording to nas. Then you need to pay for any new versions in the future. Forget about dvr cards, those are for analog cameras which should never be used in 2015.

 

[Bizzy]

bit rate is dependent on many factors including compression..thou every modern camera supports h.264...you can set a max bitrate on any camera.
Look, bandwidth is absolutely not an issue with ip cameras.

Okay. I got that about bandwidth. Compression is also part of the format right? Not to nitpick.

 

[badmop]

Sometime's the cheapest ends up being the most expensive. These guys will guide you to the right info and things you need for a good price.

 

[fenderman]

Okay. I got that about bandwidth. Compression is also part of the format right? Not to nitpick.

Im not sure what you are saying...every modern ip camera supports h.264...were is the problem?

 

[Bizzy]

Other packages are not better just different. It depends on your needs. Look at milestone, exacq and avigilon. You are looking at 50 dollars PER camera min. 100 for some decent features like two way audio and recording to nas. Then you need to pay for any new versions in the future. Forget about dvr cards, those are for analog cameras which should never be used in 2015.

Thanks. I'll look into them.

 

[Bizzy]

Sometime's the cheapest ends up being the most expensive. These guys will guide you to the right info and things you need for a good price.

Not questioning them the wrong way. I've gotten good info from this forum. I can thank members of this forum.

 

[Bizzy]

Im not sure what you are saying...every modern ip camera supports h.264...were is the problem?

Just trying to understand how bit-rate, video format and bandwidth how they all relate to each other.
That's all.

 

[fenderman]

Just trying to understand how bit-rate, video format and bandwidth how they all relate to each other.
That's all.

bitrate is the bandwidth used...
you will only be using h.264...so it doesnt really matter...there are some variants of 264, and 265, but that is beside the point. Even with basic h.264 there is no bandwidth issue..