How much bandwidth does your soft ware use

[cliffilowe]

Hello,

I am planning to use sighthound to remotely monitor a vacation home but am concerned about how much bandwidth it will use at the remote location. I only plan on having one rule to capture people at the front door but will be running 24x 7. Can you tell me approx how much bandwidth may be used.

Thanks

[ryan]

Hi cliffilowe,

If I understand your question correctly you will have Sighthound Video installed at location A, and recording from a camera that is installed at location B. The amount of bandwidth used in this scenario will depend entirely on the video stream produced by the camera at location B. IP cameras typically have an option to support variable or constant bitrate streams (VBR and CBR). You can tune these to consume as little bandwidth as you would like. Typically VBR is a better choice when offered by the camera and will consume smaller amounts while maintaining a high quality.

Best,
- ryan