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The VIGIL series of recorders are able to record any analog NTSC or PAL camera, and in addition can record nearly every IP camera on the market.

There are certain situations where certain cameras will perform better than other cameras such as:

Dual-stream Megapixel IP Cameras - If you plan on a lot of remote access with limited bandwidth you may want to choose a camera with dual-stream capabilities. This provides high-resolution to the recorder and a lower (and more efficient) video stream to the remote client without a need to transcode the video. In addition, our VISIX line of IP cameras are designed to maximize low-bandwidth streaming since the codec in the camera and the codec in the VIGIL DVR and remote client are matched and optimized.

360° x 180° Top-down Panoramic (’vertical fisheye’) - This camera uses a single megapixel sensor to record an entire room and required the development of special software to allow you to pan, tilt and zoom thoroughout the room as well as to display multiple views. For this reason VIGIL works best with our special VISIX solution.

IP Camera Audio - Certain IP cameras have audio jacks on the camera. Be sure to select a camera we support IP audio on. When using the audio jacks on the back of the DVR it does not matter what brand of camera you are using.

IP Camera PTZ (Physical Pan/Tilt/Zoom) - We have drivers written for nearly every major (and some minor) brands of analog PTZ cameras, but since IP PTZ cameras are somewhat new we may not have drivers written for the IP PTZ camera you’d like to use. You have two options: Choose a camera we support or request that we write a driver to support your camera. Our ability to write a new driver will depend on our engineering load at the time of your request. You can submit a request by clicking here.