Multi Sensor Cameras
Hello,
I'm looking at replacing a few single sensor cameras with a few multi sensor cameras (Panasonic WV-S8530N). It has four image sensors. How does that work with SecuritySpy licensing?
Thanks.
I'm looking at replacing a few single sensor cameras with a few multi sensor cameras (Panasonic WV-S8530N). It has four image sensors. How does that work with SecuritySpy licensing?
Thanks.
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The datasheet of the Panasonic WV-S8530N does not indicate any kind of stitching functionality, so it looks like it provides four separate streams: one for each sensor. Hence to SecuritySpy it will look like four independent cameras.
Note that this particular model doesn't offer particularly high resolution: each sensor is only 2 MP - not great by today's standards. If you're considering spending this much on a camera, I would suggest that you should look at ones that offer higher resolution.
Last question, I was looking at the panasonic because it encoded H.265. I'm wondering if it matters since I can have SecuritySpy do the H.265 compression when it does the recording. I'm not worried about the size of the stream, but I am worried about space on the disk.
While it is possible for SecuritySpy to receive a different format from the cameras (e.g. JPEG or H.264) and then re-encode this to H.265 for recordings, I would strongly advise against this, because H.265 requires significant processing resources to encode, which can severely negatively impact the performance of your Mac, as well as reducing video quality.