Bitrate. Higher quality.
Im sure Im not the only one who has psted this because there are 327 other posts…
People it is about moving data… especially across wifi.
WIFI is like a Walkie-talkie or CB, only one person (or device) can speak at a time…
AND there is only so much data that can be sent…
Those of us who want to record on a server, want to move data from one or more cameras, across one (or more WIFI) radios… probably (most commonly) while other devices (like our firesticks) are showing us a movie.
Think of the data going across your WIFI (or internet or mobile device) like its going through a straw… (ALL through the same straw). 2.4 WIFI is like a regular straw, 5 ghz WIFI like a slurpee straw, wired LAN like a hose or 3/4" sprinkler pipe, your ISP like the water system, your phone back to a straw.
SO we can have one of two things (hay developers, probably just put in a radio button with each option!.. just saying )
Lots of pictures per second at a lower quality, or few pictures at a higher quality.
I am less concerned about staring at the picture… (who out there is really doing that all day) and more concerned about clearly seeing the face of the person, car, license plate, who may have stolen o broken something.
I didn’t look at the specs being proposed… but I think I saw someone mention that 5fps was unacceptable…REALLY? You are going to miss something in 1/5th of a second?
The camera doesn’t slow down, just the images being pulled and streamed.
Maybe the question is use… for security… a large clear picture every 1/5th of a second seems perfect.
For using these in a multi-cam setup for 1080p live presentation or streaming (like a church), more frames might be better, but if you are looking to do this… a $40 camera isn’t what you should be looking at CHEAPO!! (okay… maybe a low quality Facebook or YouTube stream)
If you want to set your door cam permanently on your TV… just sit by the window.
If you want to have your TV showing the stream from your NVR with all your other cameras… I doubt you’ll really miss anything in 1/5th of a second on 2 or more cameras anyway.
HAY… PS… if your NVR is going to save stuff… um… how long do you want to keep all those frames? (psssst… they take up space!)
I am glad to see this may get done!! I’m actively testing several cameras, most which also do not support RTSP, and are useless IMHO.
(As a side note, I have 25 years in IT and production… I’m happy to run beta SW!)