Question / Help CCTV recording via OBS

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pittorange15

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How do I use my CCTV analog cameras to live stream and or record via PC using OBS?

I have cctv cameras set up on a baseball field to record action plays to eventually stream and or live record into PC - eventually editing film.

I am assuming I will need the connection to be:
CCTV cameras - Analog to IP converter - Network Switch - PC

then I would like to record footage into PC via OBS or similar software to get footage into a media file without using a standalone DVR
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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Difficult to answer without more information. How many cameras do you have, and how are they connected now? Are they sending SDI, and are all these signals aggregated at some location currently?
 
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pittorange15

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Currently have 8 cameras

All cameras are currently hooked up to a standalone DVR via bnc hook ups.

My goal is to hook the cameras up to my PC and record while being able to retrieve files through my PC.

I am currently going install an analog to ip converter and hook up to a network switch and plug into PC.
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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I'm not sure you want to do that. That would be for switching from whatever analog/SDI (I'm assuming it's SDI, I don't know) security DVR you're using now, to a DVR made to be used with IP cameras, which isn't really what OBS is at all. You'll also need to get one of those for each camera.

You might be able to add 8 media sources to OBS, but you'd only be able to record one at a time. So instead of editing afterwards, you'd be doing a live-to-tape production, using OBS as a live switcher.

If you're trying to pull 8 cameras down at once and then edit from those 8 angles, you need something that can capture that many inputs.

If your cameras are SDI, you could use a BlackMagic DeckLink Quad 2:

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/models

But even then, you're going to need some other software if you want to record all those angles at once, and edit from them later.
 
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