Genetec Security-Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4 - Santec-video.de
Genetec Security-Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4 - Santec-video.de Genetec Security-Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4 - Santec-video.de
Security Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4.x Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany Client Features Omnicast 4.x Security Center 5.1 Notes Instant Replay Supported Supported Improved with Live cache Configure Instant Replay timeline length and playback rewind time Supported Supported Visual tracking in playback Not Supported Supported Video archive protection Supported Supported Access to the video file query tool Supported Supported Archive storage detail task Playback archive of a federated camera Supported Supported Play a sequence in a loop Supported Supported Play archive in a loop is supported Validate watermarking Supported Supported Send a playback sequence on a VRU Supported Not Supported No support for hardware decoder Thumbnail preview Not Supported Supported Synchronous playback Supported Supported Control the playback sequence (play, pause, rewind…) Supported Supported Display Text and bounding boxes over playback with MDE Supported Not Supported Playback audio on top of video Supported Supported Video export Export to ASF Supported Supported Export to AVI Supported Not Supported Replaced by ASF. AVI doesn't support variable frame rate. Export to G64 Supported Supported Export bookmark in G64 files Supported Supported Export stand-alone player with video Supported Not Supported Use SCAP instead Allow to export audio Supported Supported Allow to export metadata on video Supported Not Supported Allow to show the date/time on exported video Supported Supported Change the current exported path Supported Supported Export watermarking information Supported Supported Password protected video export Supported Supported Video reports Specify the archiver source Supported Supported Preferred source configurable Browse through local G64 files Supported Supported Browse history Supported Supported Browse archive + preview Supported Supported Browse alarms Supported Supported Motion event search Supported Supported Motion search Supported Supported Metadata search Supported Supported POS only Configure the time to seek before an alarm Supported Supported Retrieve archive from unit Supported Supported PTZ control Digital Zoom (live and playback) Supported Supported Support PTZ Control Supported Supported Validate PTZ Privileges Supported Supported PTZ Special Commands Supported Supported Define presets and patterns Supported Supported Timeout on locked PTZ Supported Supported In-Tile PTZ Zoom Area Not Supported Supported Keyboard CCTV Keyboard connected on PC serial port Supported Supported CCTV Keyboard connected on unit serial port Supported Not Supported PC Keyboard Support Supported Supported Enhanced with configurable keys User-Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts Not Supported Supported Monitor ID to support remote control Supported Supported Send a display Camera command through macros Supported Supported Support USB Joystick Supported Supported Alarms Arm/Disarm a tile Supported Not Supported Dedicated task for alarms Ack alarms Supported Supported Snooze alarms Supported Supported Forward alarms Supported Supported Alarm procedure Supported Supported Receive and display Live Alarms Supported Supported Receive and display Playback Alarms Supported Supported Live and playback video not in the same alarm Receive and display Still Alarms Supported Not Supported Trigger alarms Supported Supported Trigger contextual alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by Send Task Dynamic alarms Supported Supported Display the alarm mailbox for the current user Supported Supported View Alarm history Supported Supported Support Salvo mode for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mode Support Block mode for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mode Support Simple mode for Alarms Supported Not Supported Replaced by pack/unpack mode Configurable Auto-forward alarm Supported Supported Acknowledge Alarms on a VRU Supported Not Supported No support for hardware decoder Play a sound upon receiving an alarm Supported Supported Bring the Live Viewer in front of other Windows Supported Supported
Security Center 5.1 vs. Omnicast 4.x Distributor: SANTEC BW AG, Germany System Features Omnicast 4.x Security Center 5.1 Notes Architecture & Scalability Max. Number cameras or doors 10,000 2,000,000 Max. Number of concurrent clients 150 per Gateway 1,000 per Directory Max. Number of federated sites N/A 2,000 sites of 150 entities Max. Number of camera per Archiver 300 300 Backward compatibility Not supported Supported Role architecture Not supported Supported Health Monitoring Engine Not supported Supported C# and .NET Not supported Supported Infrastructure SQL 2000 Supported Not supported SQL 2005/2008 Supported Supported VMWare Supported Supported Microsoft Hyper-V Not supported Not supported NEC Clustering Not supported Supported Not supported for the Archiver Windows Clustering Supported Supported Will be tested after SC 5.0 GA Windows 2003/2008 Supported Supported Windows XP/Vista/7 Supported Supported Configuration Copy Config Supported Supported Per camera model Transfer video Supported Supported Monitor user connections Supported Supported Using system status task Configure logical IDs Supported Supported Custom events Supported Supported Custom actions Supported Supported Using zones and output behavior Discovery tool Supported Supported Scheduling Supported Supported Video Streaming Unicast mode only Supported Supported Automatic detection of multicast/unicast Supported Supported Multicasting support Supported Supported Unicast /Multicast mixed mode Supported Supported Multicast by Archiver Supported Supported Multiple Gateways (Redirector in SC5.0) Supported Supported Multicast bridging Supported Supported Video Features Video Compression Formats MPEG-4 / MPEG-2 / MJPEG / Wavelet / H.264 MPEG-4 / MPEG-2 / MJPEG / Wavelet / H.264 Live Viewing Supported Supported Multistreaming support Supported Supported Dynamic stream switching Supported Supported Bookmarking Supported Supported Snapshots (print/save) Supported Supported PTZ control Supported Supported Digital Zoom Supported Supported I/O support Supported Supported Decoder support Supported Not supported Motion Detection Supported Supported Audio Supported Supported Alarms Supported Supported Media Gateway Supported Not supported Direct Show Filter Supported Not supported RAW stream access available in the SDK Archiving Features Recording Supported Supported Recording schedules Supported Supported Per archiver Synchronous Playback Supported Supported Reverse Playback Supported Supported Smooth Reverse Playback Not supported Supported Playback from all sources Supported Supported Supported through Federation also Searches on Events Supported Supported Video Export (g64, asf, avi) Supported Supported No AVI DVR Support Supported Supported NEW Backup & Restore Supported Not supported Local Archiving Supported Not supported Auxiliary Archiving Supported Supported NEW Multiple Archivers Supported Supported Downsampling Supported Supported Watermarking Supported Supported Boost quality Supported Supported Disk group Supported Supported Retention per camera Supported Supported Archiving priority Supported Supported Per archiver role Maximum number of recording cameras per Archiver Supported Not supported Archiver Failover Supported Supported Redundant Archiving Supported Supported Archiver hot standby (60 sec) Supported Supported 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 />
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
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