Feed from Analog Camera

Question

Can I take the image feed from Analog Camera using OpenCV, in a similar manner as it is done using the Digital Camera?

As-In the concept of FPS, does that work similarly with the Analog Camera's?

Thank You.

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '10 at 06:23

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You would typically connect a CCTV camera to a capture board and then process as normal. Example cards can be found on the ZoneMinder site, software for video surveillance.

http://www.zoneminder.com/shop.html

answered Aug 18 '10 at 06:23

Steve-o

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '10 at 08:56

One option I used in the past is a Video to USB Converter. I used this one. I used it on Windows, but it might support also other platforms.

I didn't try it, but the camera interface should work directly with the OpenCV capture functionality.

Analog cameras have a fixed FPS. If I am not mistaken it is different for PAL and NTSC, try searching for it.

Feed from Analog Camera

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