I started working on a system that records training encounters of medical students with standardized patients. We have 12 rooms with 2 cameras. These 24 cameras are encoded with vbricks to mpeg4 and multicasted on the local LAN.

Our current setup takes BNC before the encoders and routes it into an AVITECH system to handle arrangement on the display. This system is antequated and needs to go away.

I was curious if someone might make some suggestions about software (windows or linux) that can use multicast mpeg4 streams as camera imputs and arrange a digital matrix view of all 24 feeds simultaneously to be outputted to our 16:9 display device (1080p preferred). There isn't a requirement to capture, analyze or anything else. Got any inexpensive options?

take a look at this manufacture to handle your final video output to your LCD's.

http://www.audioauthority.com/

You can input 6 video "signals" with audio and send it to multiple LCD's out as far as 1000ft. per. Takes 2 CAT5 per output. I use this on sports bars.......very impressive.

Your issue on the "headin" side is a completely different issue. You might input your "group" of cameras into a 6 channel matrix swicher that has loop outs and then input the combined camera signal into the Audio Authority matrix switcher which then pushes the signal out to your LCD's.

The "loop out" on the switchers would allow you to run the camera into a DVR.......which keeps a record of the action. And also, the DVR can/will have some "Monitor Outputs" that you can input to the Audio Authority Matrix switcher..........if you buy the right DVR you may not need any 6 channel switchers???

My only issue with your question is......you want a 1080i end result. This means nothing if you are using Standard Def or lower inputs.........it's still standard def. BUT, with the above Audio Authority Matrix Switcher you would be able to feed "some" 1080i or higher camera's.maybe 1 or 2 per room..............and any future HD type upgrades would be easy.

The Audio Authority Switcher is high speed low drag..................and in a training enviorment it would kick butt........it would also do well on Superbowl Sunday!!!!!!!!

We would like to use a large format 1080p display. Even though the images right now are being pushed at CIF and could be bumped to 4CIF, with 24 images simultaneous images on one display, you do utilize the displays resolution. For example in a 6x4 matrix of 320x240, you have saturated the resolution of an 1080p display (1920x960).

Maybe a more clear statement of what I am seeking.... a way to send 24 channels (BNC or MPEG4 via IP) to an HD display in a 6x4 matrix setup. Another option would be dual 16:9 displays with 4x3 matrix setups.

I'm still seeking a solution for this. Does anyone have any solutions? Any ideas of other places to look?