Genetec Security-Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4 - Santec-video.de
Genetec Security-Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4 - Santec-video.de
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<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x<br />
Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany<br />
Client Features <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> Notes<br />
Login<br />
Connect using Active Directory cre<strong>de</strong>ntials Supported Supported<br />
Support for up to 10 Active Directory Servers per Directory Not Supported Supported<br />
Automatically reconnects if the main directory reboot Supported Supported<br />
Restore previous cameras (live & playback)<br />
if the main directory reboot<br />
Supported<br />
Supported<br />
Automatically connect to a Directory when launched Supported Supported Using command line<br />
Change own password Supported Supported<br />
Limit number of a user connection Supported Supported Through privileges<br />
Program command line argument Supported Supported<br />
Restore user's layout on logon Supported Supported Restores the user's saved workspace<br />
Force Gateway information in the logon screen Supported Not Supported<br />
Restore searching criteria Supported Supported Templates and user workspace<br />
Interface<br />
Simple/Advanced mo<strong>de</strong> in Client apps Supported Not Supported Obsolete<br />
Error Notifications mechanism Supported Supported<br />
Lock User Interface for a user Supported Supported Through privileges<br />
Show / Hi<strong>de</strong> panes Supported Supported<br />
Full screen (F11) Supported Supported<br />
Full screen <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> (Shift-F11) Supported Supported Tile only mo<strong>de</strong> (F10)<br />
Configure Live Viewer as a Vi<strong>de</strong>o Wall Supported Not Supported Save layout locally<br />
Multi Screen Support Supported Supported<br />
Configure the volume control in the toolbar Supported Supported<br />
Access to application menu (external application shortcut) Supported Supported Through XML file<br />
Configure how to save snapshot Supported Supported<br />
Snapshot Tool Not Supported Supported<br />
Camera Search Tool Supported Supported<br />
Can handle a camera un<strong>de</strong>r more than one site/area Supported Supported<br />
Remote Live Viewer Plugin Supported Limited NEW Use send task action<br />
Other Client Plugin Supported Not Supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Launch the Online Help Supported Supported<br />
Timezone support based on camera's timezone Supported Supported<br />
Change the timezone setting on the client application Supported Supported<br />
Show playback capabilities Supported Not supported Statistics only<br />
Tiles and controls<br />
Expand tile content Supported Supported<br />
Unpack Tile Not Supported Supported<br />
Auto-hi<strong>de</strong> tile control Supported Supported<br />
Configure the tile to display the full path Supported Supported<br />
Configure the tile toolbars Supported Not Supported<br />
Tile memory (sequences, cameras, maps/plugins, alarms) Supported Obsolete Replaced by tile history<br />
View HTML Map Supported Supported Only webpages<br />
View XAML Map Not Supported Supported<br />
Insert Bookmarks (live and playback) Supported Supported<br />
Flag bookmarked <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> for longer retention periods Supported Supported<br />
Print the current <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> frame Supported Supported<br />
Save the current <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> frame Supported Supported<br />
Local recording of the <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> displayed in a tile Supported Not Supported Record <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> in tile locally<br />
Display the timeline in each tile Supported Supported NEW<br />
Display the file location on a sequence playing Supported Not Supported<br />
Layouts and tasks<br />
Modify a System Layout (rename, pattern, enco<strong>de</strong>rs…) Supported Supported Through tasks<br />
Modify the current layout (rename, pattern, enco<strong>de</strong>rs…) Supported Supported Through tasks<br />
Change the or<strong>de</strong>r of the layouts Supported Supported Through tasks<br />
Reload a layout Supported Supported Open task<br />
Save layouts into the Directory Supported Supported Through tasks<br />
Pause/Resume a guard tour Supported Supported Task cycling<br />
Configure the Layout Guard tour dwell time Supported Supported Task cycling<br />
Support switching between multiple layouts Supported Supported<br />
Disable prompting when saving layouts on exit Supported Supported<br />
All 4.x patterns Supported Supported New 36 and 64 tile patterns<br />
User privileges to control layout manipulation Supported Supported<br />
Restore <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> in hid<strong>de</strong>n tiles Supported Supported<br />
Drag a System layout from the entity tree Supported Obsolete Replaced by open task<br />
Events/Actions<br />
List of hot macros Supported Supported List of hot actions that trigger macros<br />
Execute macros through hot keys Supported Supported<br />
Receive configured Actions (pop-up) Supported Supported<br />
Play wav file on Action Supported Supported<br />
Launch any Actions on other entities Supported Supported<br />
Display and receive events Supported Supported<br />
Clear the event list Supported Supported<br />
Control an output pin attached to a camera Supported Supported Using hot actions<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o streaming and control<br />
View fe<strong>de</strong>rated <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Supported<br />
Start/Stop Recording on the Archiver Supported Supported<br />
View Camera Sequences Supported Supported<br />
Audio Full-Duplex Support Supported Supported<br />
Audio Half-Duplex Support Supported Supported<br />
Multi-Stream Support Supported Supported<br />
Dynamic stream switching Supported Supported<br />
Send a cameras on a VRU Supported Not Supported No support for hardware <strong>de</strong>co<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Block cameras for other users Supported Not Supported<br />
Display Text and bounding boxes over Live with MDE Supported Not Supported<br />
Change <strong>de</strong>fault YUV settings Supported Obsolete<br />
Support multiple network card for mutlicast Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o playback
<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x<br />
Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany<br />
Client Features <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> Notes<br />
Instant Replay Supported Supported Improved with Live cache<br />
Configure Instant Replay timeline length and playback rewind time Supported Supported<br />
Visual tracking in playback Not Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o archive protection Supported Supported<br />
Access to the <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> file query tool Supported Supported Archive storage <strong>de</strong>tail task<br />
Playback archive of a fe<strong>de</strong>rated camera Supported Supported<br />
Play a sequence in a loop Supported Supported Play archive in a loop is supported<br />
Validate watermarking Supported Supported<br />
Send a playback sequence on a VRU Supported Not Supported No support for hardware <strong>de</strong>co<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Thumbnail preview Not Supported Supported<br />
Synchronous playback Supported Supported<br />
Control the playback sequence (play, pause, rewind…) Supported Supported<br />
Display Text and bounding boxes over playback with MDE Supported Not Supported<br />
Playback audio on top of <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o export<br />
Export to ASF Supported Supported<br />
Export to AVI Supported Not Supported Replaced by ASF. AVI doesn't support variable frame rate.<br />
Export to G64 Supported Supported<br />
Export bookmark in G64 files Supported Supported<br />
Export stand-alone player with <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Not Supported Use SCAP instead<br />
Allow to export audio Supported Supported<br />
Allow to export metadata on <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Not Supported<br />
Allow to show the date/time on exported <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Supported<br />
Change the current exported path Supported Supported<br />
Export watermarking information Supported Supported<br />
Password protected <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> export Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o reports<br />
Specify the archiver source Supported Supported Preferred source configurable<br />
Browse through local G64 files Supported Supported<br />
Browse history Supported Supported<br />
Browse archive + preview Supported Supported<br />
Browse alarms Supported Supported<br />
Motion event search Supported Supported<br />
Motion search Supported Supported<br />
Metadata search Supported Supported POS only<br />
Configure the time to seek before an alarm Supported Supported<br />
Retrieve archive from unit Supported Supported<br />
PTZ control<br />
Digital Zoom (live and playback) Supported Supported<br />
Support PTZ Control Supported Supported<br />
Validate PTZ Privileges Supported Supported<br />
PTZ Special Commands Supported Supported<br />
Define presets and patterns Supported Supported<br />
Timeout on locked PTZ Supported Supported<br />
In-Tile PTZ Zoom Area Not Supported Supported<br />
Keyboard<br />
CCTV Keyboard connected on PC serial port Supported Supported<br />
CCTV Keyboard connected on unit serial port Supported Not Supported<br />
PC Keyboard Support Supported Supported Enhanced with configurable keys<br />
User-Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts Not Supported Supported<br />
Monitor ID to support remote control Supported Supported<br />
Send a display Camera command through macros Supported Supported<br />
Support USB Joystick Supported Supported<br />
Alarms<br />
Arm/Disarm a tile Supported Not Supported Dedicated task for alarms<br />
Ack alarms Supported Supported<br />
Snooze alarms Supported Supported<br />
Forward alarms Supported Supported<br />
Alarm procedure Supported Supported<br />
Receive and display Live Alarms Supported Supported<br />
Receive and display Playback Alarms Supported Supported Live and playback <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> not in the same alarm<br />
Receive and display Still Alarms Supported Not Supported<br />
Trigger alarms Supported Supported<br />
Trigger contextual alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by Send Task<br />
Dynamic alarms Supported Supported<br />
Display the alarm mailbox for the current user Supported Supported<br />
View Alarm history Supported Supported<br />
Support Salvo mo<strong>de</strong> for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mo<strong>de</strong><br />
Support Block mo<strong>de</strong> for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mo<strong>de</strong><br />
Support Simple mo<strong>de</strong> for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mo<strong>de</strong><br />
Configurable Auto-forward alarm Supported Supported<br />
Acknowledge Alarms on a VRU Supported Not Supported No support for hardware <strong>de</strong>co<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Play a sound upon receiving an alarm Supported Supported<br />
Bring the Live Viewer in front of other Windows Supported Supported
<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x<br />
Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany<br />
System Features <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> Notes<br />
Architecture & Scalability<br />
Max. Number cameras or doors 10,000 2,000,000<br />
Max. Number of concurrent clients 150 per Gateway 1,000 per Directory<br />
Max. Number of fe<strong>de</strong>rated sites N/A 2,000 sites of 150 entities<br />
Max. Number of camera per Archiver 300 300<br />
Backward compatibility Not supported Supported<br />
Role architecture Not supported Supported<br />
Health Monitoring Engine Not supported Supported<br />
C# and .NET Not supported Supported<br />
Infrastructure<br />
SQL 2000 Supported Not supported<br />
SQL 2005/2008 Supported Supported<br />
VMWare Supported Supported<br />
Microsoft Hyper-V Not supported Not supported<br />
NEC Clustering Not supported Supported Not supported for the Archiver<br />
Windows Clustering Supported Supported Will be tested after SC 5.0 GA<br />
Windows 2003/2008 Supported Supported<br />
Windows XP/Vista/7 Supported Supported<br />
Configuration<br />
Copy Config Supported Supported Per camera mo<strong>de</strong>l<br />
Transfer <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Supported<br />
Monitor user connections Supported Supported Using system status task<br />
Configure logical IDs Supported Supported<br />
Custom events Supported Supported<br />
Custom actions Supported Supported Using zones and output behavior<br />
Discovery tool Supported Supported<br />
Scheduling Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Streaming<br />
Unicast mo<strong>de</strong> only Supported Supported<br />
Automatic <strong>de</strong>tection of multicast/unicast Supported Supported<br />
Multicasting support Supported Supported<br />
Unicast /Multicast mixed mo<strong>de</strong> Supported Supported<br />
Multicast by Archiver Supported Supported<br />
Multiple Gateways (Redirector in SC5.0) Supported Supported<br />
Multicast bridging Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Features<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Compression Formats<br />
MPEG-4 / MPEG-2 / MJPEG /<br />
Wavelet / H.264<br />
MPEG-4 / MPEG-2 / MJPEG /<br />
Wavelet / H.264<br />
Live Viewing Supported Supported<br />
Multistreaming support Supported Supported<br />
Dynamic stream switching Supported Supported<br />
Bookmarking Supported Supported<br />
Snapshots (print/save) Supported Supported<br />
PTZ control Supported Supported<br />
Digital Zoom Supported Supported<br />
I/O support Supported Supported<br />
Deco<strong>de</strong>r support Supported Not supported<br />
Motion Detection Supported Supported<br />
Audio Supported Supported<br />
Alarms Supported Supported<br />
Media Gateway Supported Not supported<br />
Direct Show Filter Supported Not supported RAW stream access available in the SDK<br />
Archiving Features<br />
Recording Supported Supported<br />
Recording schedules Supported Supported Per archiver<br />
Synchronous Playback Supported Supported<br />
Reverse Playback Supported Supported<br />
Smooth Reverse Playback Not supported Supported<br />
Playback from all sources Supported Supported Supported through Fe<strong>de</strong>ration also<br />
Searches on Events Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Export (g64, asf, avi) Supported Supported No AVI<br />
DVR Support Supported Supported NEW<br />
Backup & Restore Supported Not supported<br />
Local Archiving Supported Not supported<br />
Auxiliary Archiving Supported Supported NEW<br />
Multiple Archivers Supported Supported<br />
Downsampling Supported Supported<br />
Watermarking Supported Supported<br />
Boost quality Supported Supported<br />
Disk group Supported Supported<br />
Retention per camera Supported Supported<br />
Archiving priority Supported Supported Per archiver role<br />
Maximum number of recording cameras per Archiver Supported Not supported<br />
Archiver Failover Supported Supported<br />
Redundant Archiving Supported Supported<br />
Archiver hot standby (60 sec) Supported Supported<br />
Archiver cold standby 1:1 Not supported Not supported
<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x<br />
Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany<br />
System Features <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> Notes<br />
Archiver 1:N Failover Supported Supported Priority per Archiver Agent<br />
Support NAT between Archiver and Directory/Gateway Supported Not supported<br />
Storage on the edge Supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o trickling Supported Supported NEW<br />
<strong>Security</strong> Features<br />
User authentication/management Supported Supported<br />
System Partitioning Not supported Supported<br />
Privileges per partition Not supported Supported<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Encryption Not supported Not supported<br />
Hid<strong>de</strong>n sites Supported Supported Achieved through partitions<br />
Supervised Logon Supported Supported<br />
Passworg aging Supported Supported<br />
User priority (PTZ, live, playback) Supported Supported<br />
Login schedules Supported Supported<br />
Deactivate/kick out user Supported Supported<br />
Limit number of user connections Supported Supported<br />
Encrypted <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> export Supported Supported<br />
Camera Blocking Supported Not supported<br />
Active Directory Integration Supported Supported<br />
Limit access to playback <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> in number of days/hours Only days Supported<br />
Virtual Matrix Features<br />
Camera Sequences Supported Supported Run within the <strong>Security</strong> Desk<br />
Macros Supported Supported Not compatible with Omnciast 4.x<br />
Macro editor Supported Not supported<br />
Analog Keyboard Support Supported Supported Connected to PC serial port only<br />
USB Joystick support Supported Supported<br />
Hardware Matrix Support Supported Supported NEW Through <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x driver<br />
Monitor groups (for alarms) Supported Not supported<br />
Camera groups (for alarms) Supported Not supported<br />
Failover/redundancy<br />
Directory Failover Supported Supported NEW<br />
Uninterruped <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> streaming Not supported Supported<br />
Virtual Matrix Failover Supported Obsolete<br />
Archiver Failover Supported Supported<br />
Other Features<br />
Web Clients Supported Supported Q1 2012 NEW<br />
Unified Access/Vi<strong>de</strong>o Web Client Not supported Supported Q1 2012 NEW<br />
Maps and procedure Supported Supported Not compatible with Omnciast 4.x<br />
Timezones Supported Supported<br />
Upgra<strong>de</strong> all configurations transparently Supported Not Supported Upgra<strong>de</strong> tool available<br />
Reporting Supported Supported<br />
Fe<strong>de</strong>ration<br />
Fe<strong>de</strong>ration Supported Supported<br />
Multi-level fe<strong>de</strong>ration Not supported Supported<br />
Auto-add new entities to fe<strong>de</strong>ration Not supported Supported<br />
SDK/Plugins<br />
SDK connections Supported Supported Not compatible with Omnciast 4.x<br />
Web Service SDK/REST-based API Not supported Supported<br />
Access Control Interface Supported Not supported<br />
MAP SDK Supported Supported Not compatible with Omnciast 4.x<br />
Local <strong>Security</strong> Desk SDK to control tiles content Supported Supported<br />
Custom Task SDK Not supported Supported<br />
Metadata Plugins Supported Supported Available after 5.0<br />
Persistent Link between Meta-data and <strong>vi<strong>de</strong>o</strong> Supported Not supported Links is not stored with MD<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o Walls<br />
Barco Supported Not supported<br />
Cottus Supported Not supported<br />
Remote Live Viewer Supported Limited NEW Use send task action<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>o analytics<br />
OV Ready Supported Not supported<br />
Analytic events (Axis, Bosch, Sony, Panasonic) Supported Supported<br />
Bosch Forensic Search Not supported Supported<br />
OV Plugin Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
iOmniscient Plugin Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Access Control integration<br />
GE Picture Perfect Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Hirsch Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Lenel Supported Supported NEW<br />
Software House C-Cure Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
RBH Axiom V Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Verex Monitor xL Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
ACS PRCS Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Micropoint Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Point of Sales integration<br />
Target Supported Supported<br />
Micros 9700 Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand<br />
Generic Supported Not supported After 5.0, on <strong>de</strong>mand
<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x<br />
Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany<br />
System Features <strong>Omnicast</strong> 4.x <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>5.1</strong> Notes<br />
Languages<br />
Language tool Supported Supported<br />
Englisgh Supported Supported<br />
French Supported Supported<br />
Arabic Supported Supported<br />
Czech Supported Not supported<br />
Dutch Supported Supported<br />
German Supported Supported<br />
Italian Supported Supported<br />
Hebrew Not supported Supported NEW<br />
Hungarian Not supported Supported NEW<br />
Japanese Supported Supported<br />
Korean Supported Supported<br />
Persian Supported Supported<br />
Polish Supported Supported NEW<br />
Portuguese Supported Supported<br />
Simplified Chinese Supported Supported<br />
Slovak Supported Not supported<br />
Spanish Supported Supported<br />
Traditional Chinese Supported Supported NEW<br />
Thai Supported Supported NEW<br />
Russian Supported Not supported