There are many types of Closed Circuit Television or CCTV video software. Although the term “CCTV video software” doesn’t actually refer to any specific type of digital video security and surveillance software, we’ll take a look at a few of different examples and see what they can do.
For the purpose of our discussion here, we’ll try to classify CCTV video software into two different categories. The first will include software that enables personal computers and accompanying peripheral devices (such as web cams) to act as a digital video security systems. The second category will include software that is used for different functions on digital video security systems, (such as track or follow).
It’s been said that someday almost every electronic appliance will be tied to the Internet; so enters the IP camera and DVR. Don’t take this the wrong way, this is definitely a good thing for the digital video security and surveillance system industry. Providing digital video systems with a mechanism to connect to the Internet places the power of versatility and omnipresence in the user’s hand. But what exactly does IP mean and how do these devices work? We’ll try to answer these questions in the following article.