IP cameras and codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, JPEG and MxPEG
For your security system, do you want a video codec designed for entertainment or surveillance? While most IP video camera manufactures will have you believe otherwise, both are not the same. That's right there are codecs being used in security camera systems that are primarily designed for entertainment, not surveillance. While H.264 is excellent for streaming, but streaming is only one aspect; the key with security recording is being able to record movement in high quality in each frame - this is not a strong point of H264. Here we look at M-JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264 and MxPEG to help you decide which codec is best.
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