capture card with more than one simultaneous capture

[shawndavis]

I am trying to find a capture card that can capture more than one simultaneous feed, to setup a home security / monitoring system. So far the only card I've found was the Winnov Videum 4400, but it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $900. For that price I could pay ADT for 4 years of service, and have them monitor my house for me. Does anyone have any suggestions. All I am really looking for is something that has 3 or 4 capture inputs, so I can use EyeCatcher or any other program that will detect motion, upload pictures to a web site, and play an audio file of a big ass dog barking in the house to scare people away or wake me up if I'm sleeping. One of the Osprey cards has like 3 A/V inputs, but I read that it will only capture one feed at a time. Does anyone know what the other 2 inputs do or how that works. One more quick question, has anyone used 3 or 4 capture cards in one machine. I was just wondering because Osprey boasts that you can have multiple cards in one machine, I was just wondering if anyone had tried this and if so if they had IRQ problems or anything like that. It would ba an alternative to buy 4 $100 cards instead of buying Winnov's $900 card. Thanks in advance for any info or suggestions. Just in case, I run Solaris, Linux, XP, and 2k, on 3 different machines, so any OS would do. Take care.

[shawndavis]

bump

Sorry, just hoping that someone could help.

[kitty]

You can use a video switcher & capture 1 feed every so many seconds - the CCTV industry uses this alot.

[snowmoon]

With the universal bt8x8 drivers you can have multiple cards in one PC. They are cheap starting at $50/card and with the right PC you could probably have 2-4 cards.

I recommend getting the professional security system, that's what they get payed to do. If your PC crashes or your power goes out your security would be blind.

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shawndavis.

you would be better off posting this Q in one of the
security newsgroups/forums as they use splitters
and switches to do what you are looking for at lower
cost (ie. video in video split into four-six pics running
to a 24hr long play VHS system with motion
triggers mounted as a seperate system to alarm)

BTW. I love the "big ass dog barking in the house to scare people"
but I'd add a southern accent shouting "Who's there, I'm going
to blow your %$# off"