The DVR package contains two separate and complementary tools :
DVR GUI (dvr-qtgui) : an user friendly software, designed for end users (see screenshots)
DVR Console (dvr-console) : a console only tool, that can run without X-Window.
- records simultaneously video and audio streams
- uses standard AVI file format for data storage
- uses common codecs like mpg4 for video, mp3 for audio
- writes segmented files, in order to split large files
- threaded : take profit of multi-processors computers
- horizontal margin removal during capture
- nice and easy to use graphical user interface, with direct "start" and "stop" buttons
- simultaneous preview and capture (depends on your hardware capabilities)
- fullscreen preview
- configurable start time and duration. DVR will automatically start to record at a fixed date, and will stop after a fixed duration.
- detailled monitoring during recording (free space left, frames lost, CPU usage, ...)
- saves parameters on stop, and reloads them on launch
- translated in english, french and german
- runs without X-Window, as a standalone background task
- can be launched several times simultaneously, in order to record from several video sources
- in progress : starts to record on move detection
- in progress : remote distributed control