SUMMER 2011 Newsletter
Motion Based Video Recording:
Is What You See What You Get?
The two most common forms of video recording are motion based recording and continuous recording (time lapse). Each form has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is important that you know & understand these in order to make an informed decision on which form (or both) is best to meet your security needs.
Motion recording saves images when triggered by a motion event. When parts of an image change color or brightness, this triggers a motion event. This can be a person moving in the scene or other objects such as cars moving across a scene.
Continuous (time lapse) recording saves images on a defined interval regardless of the presence of motion or not.
Advantages of motion recording:
• It saves you time and money!
• Conserves hard drive space by recording only when motion is detected. This means fewer hard drives in less space creating less heat thus consuming less electricity.
• Conserves time by enabling fast searches for events. You don’t waste time by reviewing seemingly endless stretches of video where nothing is happening.
• The ability to disregard unimportant (but unavoidable) sections of an image where motion occurs but is not of interest. A busy street or a crossing hallway in the background.
• We can program pre and post motion video recording to see what leads up to a motion event and what happens afterwards.
• Gives you key forensic evidence that something happened.
Advantages of continuous recording:
• Uninterrupted recording for continuous documentation.
• Added liability protection. It gives you forensic evidence that an alleged liability incident did not happen (slip & fall, etc.)
Motion based recording is an efficient method of recording video and conserves resources. It is important to configure and test the motion parameters for optimal protection and operation. Configuring it too sensitive results in nuisance recording events and consumes additional hard drive space. If it is not configured sensitive enough then you may miss a critical event.
Continuous recording ensures you will never miss an important event but consumes large amounts hard drive space. It can also prove that an alleged incident never happened.
A combination of continuous recording combined with motion recording is often a solution that can protect your assets well. We can configure your cameras to record continuously at a low frame rate then increase the frame rate when motion is detected.
Contact your account representative today for a thorough review of your recording method needs. We can help you make an informed decision how best to protect your assets by configuring your recording in a way that works best for you. Our highly skilled technicians will configure & test your system for optimal recording and protection.
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