Vivotek Video Servers (VS8100-vs, VS8401 and VS8801) and SS

mvincenti
mvincenti
edited May 2019 in SecuritySpy
I'm interested in converting my customers' analog camera systems into SS systems but would like to use their existing analog cameras. If I use the 4 or 8 camera model video servers from Vivotek, is each camera simply its own stream? So that in SS I just use the same IP address of all cameras (the video server) and then choose which stream I want and add that as an individual camera? And SS is compatible with all 3 models? I see options for the VS2402, VS2403, VS3100P, VS7100, VS8401 and the VS8801 Server. Is it compatible with the VS8100-v2? Thanks in advance.

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  • Ben
    Ben
    Yes, these video servers are supported by SecuritySpy (you'll find a full list in the Appendix section of our SecuritySpy Installation Manual).

    However, analog cameras provide very poor resolution by today's standards, and I would strongly recommend considering replacing the cameras with modern high-resolution IP cameras. Otherwise you're spending significant money on video servers to get very mediocre quality video.

    My other comment would be to make sure to get a video server that supports H.264 format video, for efficient file sizes. This means the VS8401 or VS8801 if you're going for Vivotek. Axis also has a good rage of video servers that work well with SecuritySpy: Axis video servers.
  • mvincenti
    mvincenti
    Thank you VERY much. Always helpful and a pleasure.

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