Using a DVR Card

[cpg]

support question from a user:

Hi, am I able to run and record my security camera's in Amahi? Or can I
record to my HDA and view for my Windows computer.

Here's the specs:

Name: Digital Peripheral Solutions Inc Q-See QSPDVR04 4 Channel DVR PCI Card

Description: QSPDVR04 is a PCI Card installed in a PC that will display and
record live video from the camera connected to the Harddrive in PC. It has
4 channels video input, the maximum display/recording rate is 25 fps under
PAL ·format, and 30 fps under NTSC format. One PC can use 4 cards
simultaneously, with 16 channels video input as the maximum number. Total
resource is 100 fps under PAL format, and 120 fps under NTSC format. 1-16
channel video input, 1/4/6/8/13/16 screen display modes are available.
Multi alarm triggering method: sensor alarm, motion detection, video loss,
and HDD sources shortage. Support schedule recording mode. Video
compression format: MPEG4. 5 level recording quality options available, and
the recording frame rate range from 1 to 30 fps adjustable for each
channel. Recycling recording method available. Support multi-channel
playback, searching by time/date and recording events,images can be
zoomed/captures/saved/printed/backed up. Support remote surveillance and
PTZ control through web browser, support dynamic domain name

does anyone know the answer to help him?

thanks

[cpg]

my guess is that you can probably use zoneminder (or perhaps mythtv), depending on the application), but the drivers may be hard.

i see this thread mentioning it, but not much there:

http://sgvlug.org/pipermail/sgvlug/2008 ... 06253.html

>> So, the question for Mike is: are you familiar with products such as
>> this
>> [http://www.q-see.com/newwebsite-design% ... 4/qspdvr04.
>> htm] and do you know if/how well it would work in a MythTV setup

My experience with them is that I have seen them in Fry's(I noticed
them about 3-4 years ago). Sense Tivo anyone that does embedded device
video has been doing it with linux. Even some "network cameras" are
little linux boxes. Just because there box runs linux does not mean
that anything they make supportes linux. They may or may not be under
an NDA from the chipset manufacture. Lots of these things are
engineered in China/Taiwan.

Remember those devices have little to do with PVR/Tivo like
functionality and are really DVRs(Digital video recorders), they are
just designed to be better then 12hour timelapse tapes that they are
replacing for security cameras. Don't get me wrong I hate all forms of
tapes and I am sure the the police are glad when a store gets robbed
and they get to look at digital video in stead of a worn-out vhs
tape. But I am pointing out that those boxes have little to do with a
PVR that you would want at home.