iDVR (formerly known as Devolution Security) is a video surveillance system for Linux operating systems.. It supports up to 16 cameras and features unicast and multicast broadcasting, a Web interface, an X11 interface, themes, motion detection, record on motion, eight different camera layouts, camera cycling, fullscreen mode, and more. Devolution Security uses its own toolkit (dtk).
Installation:
download all requirements
extract ffmpeg source somewhere
configure, build and install libtemplate and libcgi
configure, build and install the Devolution Toolkit
configure, build and install devsec with the following notes:
for the moment, you should use --prefix=/usr. See bugs
you must add ----enable-ffmpeg=< location of ffmpeg source >
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Here are some key features of "iDVR Video Surveillance System":
· Up to 16 cameras
· Motion detection
· Record on motion detection
· Record up to 25 fps mpeg4 video
· Multicast live streams to local network
· Unicast to internet IP address
· Very configurable
· Themeable X11 interface
· Web based interface
Requirements:
· libtemplate
· libcgi
· ffmpeg source
· dtk
· At least one Video 4 Linux device
Limitations:
· Some paths are hard coded to a prefix of /usr
· Devsec needs write permission on a directory called /streams
· The buttons on the right may not work properly, or at all
· There are unknown bugs
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This version works with 2.6 kernels, and was tested on Ubuntu 5.04.
· A bug with keyboard focus was fixed.