cctv coax to usb adapter to appear as webcam?

[smiffy180]

Our family kindly bought a "cctv set" which consisted of 2 cctv cameras and not a full kit like they thought.

We can't unfortunately spare the cash to buy a decent hard drive to have it running properly so was wondering if we got a coax to usb converter and ran cctv software (ispy I think it's called I've seen), would it register the cctv camera as a usb camera?

If not, any suggestions on what I could do except look for a cheap second hand hard drive unit?

[audi321]

I've not had much joy myself with these coax to usb things. I think it's because it's trying to convert an analogue signal into a digital one. I could just be me and hopefully someone will be along with a better solution

[smiffy180]

audi321 said:

I've not had much joy myself with these coax to usb things. I think it's because it's trying to convert an analogue signal into a digital one. I could just be me and hopefully someone will be along with a better solution

bugger :/
I could just get a really long usb extension and use a webcam I suppose in the mean time.

[TonyRPH]

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You'll need a couple of cables and an HDD (practically any 200Gb+ SATA drive will do) - although some boxes specify drives not to use.

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[smiffy180]

TonyRPH said:

8CH HDMI 960H H.264 CCTV Security Camera Video Recorder Cloud DVR IPhone/Android

£43.99 free delivery

8 CH H.264 Full 960H DVR Mobile phone Surveillance System Motion Detection Alarm

£45.99 free delivery

4CH FULL D1 H.264 STANDALONE NETWORK CCTV VIDEO SECURITY DVR RECORDER SYSTEM

£33.90

You'll need a couple of cables and an HDD (practically any 200Gb+ SATA drive will do) - although some boxes specify drives not to use.

CCTV PRE-MADE CABLE CCTV BNC VIDEO AND DC POWER CABLE 5M 10M 20M 30M 40M 50M

£6.99 free post for the 20M version.

Al the above boxes will do exactly what you want, and the quality from them is pretty decent (I know, I have one).

Thanks

[TonyRPH]

I forgot to mention - you'll probably need a power supply for the cameras.

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£12.99 with free postage.

This will power up to 4 cameras simultaneously.

[smiffy180]

TonyRPH said:

I forgot to mention - you'll probably need a power supply for the cameras.

POWER SUPPLY (PSU) 12 VOLT 12V DC 2 AMP 4 WAY ADAPTER CCTV! 2A CAMERA DVR POWER

£12.99 with free postage.

This will power up to 4 cameras simultaneously.

That's the one thing they did come with!
Cheers