Recent content by pjl

That doesn't really answer my question. I'm asking how Video Quality interplays with Max Bitrate specifically.

I have Hikvision DS-2CD2H45FWD-IZS cameras and am using SecuritySpy on a Mac Mini. The video cameras settings contain: Resolution: 2688 x 1520 Bitrate Type: Variable Video Quality: Medium Frame Rate: 15fps Max Bitrate: 3072 Kbps The Max Bitrate strikes me as odd. For a fixed resolution and...

Most of the motion are plants in the breeze. That aside, what's the best way to reduce the data rate?

I have Hikvision DS-2CD2H45FWD-IZS cameras and am using SecuritySpy on a Mac Mini. I had set SecuritySpy to continuously capture video and create a new movie file every hour on the hour. It was generating 1.36GB/hour. This was at 20fps. I reduced the frame rate to 15fps and expected to see an...

I didn't realize it was that robust. Thanks.

The Mac Mini has an HDMI video output, just like any modern computer. So the fact that it's a Mac and not a Windows machine is pretty irrelevant. I'm specifically asking about purchasing a new display and not using any existing display I may have; nor picking up a used display at a Goodwill or...

I'm in the process of putting together a Mac Mini running as a server running Security Spy. The Mini sits in my computer cabinet and runs headless. But there are those times when you just need to do something on console — which means attaching a display. I want one of those portable HDMI...

Hello - I'm looking at this Hikvision camera series comparison chart and wondering the following. If one is going to use camera software (in my case, SecuritySpy since I'm Mac-based), I would have thought it would be the camera software that performs all the "smart" features (e.g., line...