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Video Capture Software for Generic DVR Cards
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| rory |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 11:05 pm
Post subject: Video Capture Software for Generic DVR Cards
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SINCE THIS IS ASKED OVER AND OVER - HERE IS SOME SIMPLE INFO ON GETTING SOME OTHER SOFTWARE TO WORK FOR YOUR CAPTURE/SURVEILLANCE/DVR CARD / DEVICE:
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There are a few other software programs out there.
Drivers for most capture cards:
http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/
Here is a list of supported cards for these drivers:
http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/supportedcards.html
And the download link in case you cant find it 
http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/download.html
If you have drivers properly installed for your card, they will look something like this. In this case, I have a 4 channel card, hence the 4 video and 4 audio drivers: (to find this goto the DEVICE MANAGER - located in the Control Panel, System)
Before you install those drivers, Run AmCap, and see if any Capture Card drivers appear under the Devices List.
http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=video#AMCap
AmCap (also known as VidCap and other custom names under custom written versions) - this is also usefull for stand alone DVR users, if you want to capture and back up video from DVRs in high quality to CD, DVD, USB, etc. Once your Stand Alone DVR was set to record in high quality, you can capture the video from it as high as 740x480 as an AVI file, convert it to a WMV using Windows Movie Maker, or other, and copy to CD,DVD, USB, etc. for high quality evidence sharing. (NOTE: will depend on the DVR, Computer, Capture Card, and other factors)
And check this out for more info on capture cards and stuff:
http://www.shrinkwrapvb.com/videocap.htm
Software programs can include any WebCam Software, you can search google for WebCam Software, or Video Capture Software.
Here are some of the software programs more geared towards surveillance, I have tested all of these with an Argus Card (Bt878):
go1984 - cheap but works - not the best
http://www.go1984.com/Default.htm
Gotcha NOW - also very cheap, really not that great, but works
http://www.gotchanow.com/
WebCam Watchdog - no comment
http://www.webcamsoft.com/en/watchdog.html
Active WebCam - no comment
http://www.pysoft.com/
LuxRiot - the best for IP and Local CCTV for capture cards without the original surveillance software - this one was great, though not cheap:
http://www.luxriot.com/
And if you know C++ you can write yourself a Full Blown Multiplexed Surveillance system for alot of cards, mostly the generic ones, or there is open source code already written that you can build from and edit to your own requirements and GUI. Even using Visual Basic you can create a basic Capture Software Program.
Also see these posts:
http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1711
http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=7700
-----------HAVE FUN------------------------rory-------
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Last edited by rory on Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:14 am; edited 2 times in total
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| Roman |
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Joined: 11 May 2005
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:57 am
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BTW Bt8x8 chip based cards often provide crossbar, ie. multiple physical input connectors and ability to choose by software which input to capture video from. And the driver mentioned by rory has support for this feature.
Since there is a variety of Bt8x8 based video capture devices, the back panel of a card may have one S-Video and one Composite connector, or two Composite connectors, or four composite connectors or other configuration.
The actual input connector used for capture is selected by software but it is also possible to switch continuously and thus emulate capture from 2 or more video inputs using one capture chip (ie. to share total capture frame rate between input connectors). Our latest release of our LuxRiot software supports this natively and shows each physical input as an available camera. There are also DirectShow filters availalbe for this feature.
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