I have a PC running BI with four IP cameras and two TVs. Each TV has a CAT5 cable and a COAX cable run to it, the COAX cable is not currently being used for anything.
I would like to be able to view the camera feeds on the TVs in real time with little effort. I was thinking that ideally the feeds could be transmitted over the COAX, Channel 2 would be one camera, Channel 3 would be another camera, etc.. Alternatively, one channel could cycle through the camera feeds with priority on motion (or a tiled view).
Option one is to have a video out on my PC connected to an RF Modulator for each camera (each using a different channel) then using splitters to bring it down to one COAX cable. I'd then have to set up BI to display one camera feed on each of the "monitors". This seems like it will become quite expensive and become very finicky to get working right.
Option two is to use an HDMI over Ethernet solution for the single view option. This wouldn't be too expensive, but it would use my CAT5 cable that I need for other hardware (and I don't really want to switch that over to a wireless connection).
Option three is to use an Intel Compute Stick (or similar) on the TV to wirelessly connect to the BI computer and view the feeds. This would be a little more expensive and would be less user friendly than just changing the channel to view the feed.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to accomplish this goal?
Thanks!
I would like to be able to view the camera feeds on the TVs in real time with little effort. I was thinking that ideally the feeds could be transmitted over the COAX, Channel 2 would be one camera, Channel 3 would be another camera, etc.. Alternatively, one channel could cycle through the camera feeds with priority on motion (or a tiled view).
Option one is to have a video out on my PC connected to an RF Modulator for each camera (each using a different channel) then using splitters to bring it down to one COAX cable. I'd then have to set up BI to display one camera feed on each of the "monitors". This seems like it will become quite expensive and become very finicky to get working right.
Option two is to use an HDMI over Ethernet solution for the single view option. This wouldn't be too expensive, but it would use my CAT5 cable that I need for other hardware (and I don't really want to switch that over to a wireless connection).
Option three is to use an Intel Compute Stick (or similar) on the TV to wirelessly connect to the BI computer and view the feeds. This would be a little more expensive and would be less user friendly than just changing the channel to view the feed.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to accomplish this goal?
Thanks!
