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RTSP Camera: What It Is and How to Connect One

RTSP camera mounted on a building wall with network cable to a junction box

An RTSP camera is an IP camera that offers its live video through the Real-Time Streaming Protocol, so any compatible recorder, player or analytics platform can pull the stream from a network address, usually on port 554. That single fact explains why RTSP shows up in almost every camera datasheet: it is the common doorway […]

What Is Video Analytics? Definition and Uses

Control room monitor showing video analytics bounding boxes around people and vehicles

What is video analytics? It is software that automatically analyzes video to detect and describe events in time and space, such as a person entering a zone, a vehicle stopping or smoke appearing, so that people no longer have to watch every camera. The same definition covers a basic motion trigger and a modern AI […]

Yard Management: Tracking Trucks and Containers

Truck carrying a container approaching a terminal gate lane with a security camera

Yard management is the control of every truck, trailer and container between the gate and the dock door, and it works only as well as the data about what is in the yard and when it arrived. Most of that data is created at the gate, by a person typing or a camera reading, which […]

Stadium Security Cameras: Coverage Zones and Gaps

Fans queuing at stadium security screening lanes under pole-mounted security cameras at dusk

Stadium security cameras need to cover six zones, the parking areas, the gates, the concourse, the seating bowl, back-of-house and the exits, and the best systems also flag unusual situations in those zones instead of only recording them. A venue that seats 100,000 people cannot have every screen watched by a person, so the value […]