CCTV
CCTV has been responsible for countless arrests and prosecutions leading to substantial reductions in criminal activity. As the installation of CCTV has become more widespread, new applications have been found such as process monitoring, activity monitoring, health and safety, traffic and crowd control, together with social applications such as the tracking of lost children and providing prompt assistance in emergency situations.
Digital Recording
H.264 is an open standard that utilizes the most efficient video compression techniques available today. This standard follows on from the highly successful MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video standards and offers advantages in video quality and compression. Designed to compress and decompress digital video, H.264 is used to reduce the amount of bandwidth required to transmit and store video, offering new possibilities to reduce storage costs and increase efficiency In applications demanding high resolution and high frame rates 25/30 IPS as found in the gaming industry, airports and traffic surveillance, and H.264 will be able to make a difference and deliver big savings by reducing bandwidth and storage needs. H.264 is expected to be the video ststandard of choice in the coming years.
Unprecedented video quality
H.264 is the latest innovation in video compression technology to provide clear video for the best possible viewing experience. Every detail in the image is captured without any compromise in frame rate. An indispensable feature for object recognition such as license plates or a person’s face.
Smaller storage requirements
Without compromising image quality, H.264 can reduce the size of recorded video by more than 80% compared with the Motion JPEG format, by as much as 50% compared with the traditional MPEG-2 Part 2 standard, and by an estimated 30% compared with MPEG-4 compression. This is where H.264 will make a difference in demanding video surveillance applications.
