A Short Guide on Storing and Retaining CCTV Footages
November 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under CCTV System
What now? You have a CCTV with all its accessories installed in your home and office. You have video footages on your hands, which you will have no space for when these pile up. And pile up they will in due time!
Issue of Concern
* Physical storage of the tapes and discs
* Memory space
* Video segregation – what to keep, what to throw
* Statutory limitations
Keep It, Store It
* Number of days
* Amount of activity
* Assessment of security personnel
* Storage space available
* Litigation purposes
There are cases when you have to store your video footages for research purposes. For example, you can analyze employee movements to determine productivity and performance, weed out undesirable activities, and catch a thief in action. Of course, you have to be very careful where you place the security cameras because employees under surveillance have rights, too.
Storage Options
* Hard drives
* Compact discs
* Video cassette tapes
The quality of recordings depends on a lot of factors like compression ratios and image size, which your friendly neighborhood vendor of video recorders can tell you more about.