The Hidden Value of H.264

Few weeks ago, I saw a presentation on YouTube called "The Hidden cost of h.264". This presentation has been posted by Mobotix who is pushing their MxPEG camera, which is an improved and proprietary version of MJPEG.

The Mobotix presentation argues that H.264 solutions are more expensive because it requires more Video Surveillance server than traditional MJPEG solutions based on the fact that decoding a H.264 stream is a lot more expensive than Motion JPEG.

Different ways to integrate with Omnicast

Omnicast is a very opened video surveillance solution. This post gives an overview of the most common ways to customize or integrate third party system with Omnicast.