Foscams/CCTV

[CallmeGoose]

Im wanting to set up some sort of home CCTV system. Being a complete novice at any of this, I know a few of you have the FOSCAM stuff. Basically all I need is 2 internal camera's, and 1 external, which has the ability to record to a drive and can be viewable from an IOS device.

I was going to go for this for the internal cams - Foscam FI8918W Wireless/Wired Pan/Tilt IP Camera with 8m Night Vision and 2.8mm Lens - Black (Pack of 2): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

But as for external cams, recording and ios viewing I havent a feckin clue.

What do you all use?

[B B Leo]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foscam-FI985...eywords=foscam
or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foscam-FI890...eywords=foscam


i record mine to my qnap!!!

[CallmeGoose]

sweet. is there an option to record up motion detection for the external cam? i dont want to record continuously.

As for recording. I have a REVO downstairs which works as my HTPC. I wonder if I could record to a drive connected VIA usb to the revo?

[Lou_smorals]

Hi
I have mine set up to email my live bursts of photos of any motion detected around my house - got set up so they hit my iphone as soon as it happens- but not those cameras, I am sticking with Onvif compatible ones these days and the ones with a couple of larger Array IR's
LS

[B B Leo]

u can set them up easy in the web page to motion

[evilsatan]

IP cams can record to any network drive so you should be able to share an external drive via your revo.

[CallmeGoose]

in terms of space required for recording - what size of drive will I need?

My revo currently runs XBMC upfront, with sabnzbd and sickbeard running in the background and does this pretty well. Do you reckon it will be able to handle recording to a networked drive aswell?

[B B Leo]

about 4 of 5 gb depend on quailty/ and how long, i have mine on a 3 day loop and if im on my holidays its 7 +3 for a week

[evilsatan]

Try this for storage calculations:
http://www.supercircuits.com/resourc...age-calculator

What OS is the Revo running? Windows 7? Should be ok but proof will be in the testing.

[CallmeGoose]

yeah running windows 7. I need a new desktop hard drive anyway to house all my movies and series so gives me an excuse :-)

[blacksheep]

Store snapshots offsite on something like Dropbox in case they lift the lot.

I got the 'Foscam FI19821W as wanted high ish resolution, the colour quality is a bit crap (could probably be tweaked) and depending on what you use to view it there can be a bit of a lag but overall pretty decent. Got it set up to turn on when my phone isn't on the home network.