• Natanael@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    They’re not for long term storage, they’re for transient storage like photography, in particular stuff like surveillance cameras

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      3 months ago

      if you want long term CCTV setup properly you should be using ethernet connected security cameras and then transmitting it back to a central server with a hdd always recording. It’s much more reliable and way more cost effective, just requires you running an ethernet cable to where the camera is.

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          3 months ago

          with ethernet the live feed is perfectly fine, and there is no remote downloading, it’s all streamed over the ethernet to a central box which handles everything from there. You might need some decode/encode capabilities, but to my understanding a lot of cameras will run multiple hardware encodes straight from the sensor over to the network already. So you probably don’t need much.

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        3 months ago

        It depends on the type of location, small remote locations might not even get their own local network

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          3 months ago

          yeah and at that point you’re probably not using a microsd card i would figure. You have a small computer in there already, might as well throw in an SSD or something.

          I guess if you needed the sheer capacity of 4TB you might use a micro sd, but you’re probably gambling more than you’re saving at that point.