By: Bryce Capodieci In part one of this series, we discussed how the streaming codec and video quality affected the bitrate. These are configurable settings within the camera interface or, in some cases, the VMS as well. Next, we will focus on external factors that affect the bitrate, though not all elements are in our […]
By: Keith Harris Businesses, Universities, and K-12 schools are all facing unique challenges as they plan to return to work and school. Many states and local jurisdictions are passing policies and ordinances with the goal to mitigate another outbreak. This makes for difficult times with hard decisions ahead. With the pandemic, many people are looking for […]
Creating Real-Time Extractions By: Bryce Capodieci Editor’s Note: At LENSEC, we want to provide the best tools possible to our partners and Perspective VMS® end-users. We’re writing up technical guides for creating video extractions from surveillance video archives. Over the next few newsletters, we will focus on a four-part technical series designed to help with the key […]
Is H.265 Video Compression Right For Your Needs? Bryce Capodieci breaks it down for the rest of us. Video compression is confusing. When it comes to MJPEG, H.264, or H.265, many security professionals are left wondering if the differences matter. The Latest & The Greatest H.265 video encoding is the latest buzzword in compression technology […]
By: Bryce Capodieci When digital cameras first came out, they were all the rave. You could take pictures without fear of wasting film. You could also view the images immediately and delete the ones you didn’t want. You didn’t have to pay for film anymore, nor wait for your photos to be developed. High Resolution & […]
By: Keith Harris Perspective VMS® provides good capability for generating helpful reports within the software. These reports give you an overview of your system operations, helping you make wise choices about a variety of deployment or maintenance goals. One report that is especially helpful is the Store Status Report. This reports shows archive storage deficits based […]
By: Jeff Kellick A critical component to providing significant value to end-users is a strong service offering. One of the ways LENSEC helps enable partners to provide great service for the Perspective VMS® product is through regular software upgrade management. AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LENSEC is an agile software development company and as such, we cycle through development […]
LENSEC has released the latest version Perspective VMS®. PVMS v4.0.0 is a major release with new features and enhancements. Some of the highlighted features are available below: PVMS® v4.0 Features Description Analytic Rules Administration Ability within the integrations section of administration for naming and associating analytic rules with cameras for use in alerts and workflows […]
By: Jeff Kellick The system architecture design of Perspective VMS® is flexible to suit the varying demands of each customer. At its core, PVMS is a web server application distributed to clients through a browser-based interface. The network connection from PVMS Services to the client workstation is via a LAN/WAN/GAN. Network Perspective VMS® is a network-connected […]
When you have a few cameras, naming them in Perspective VMS® is almost an afterthought. You don’t really need a game plan for naming a limited number of cameras at one site. However, when you are working with hundreds or thousands of cameras in an enterprise-level, distributed security system, it helps to give some thought […]