Hello, I run Sighthound on a mac mini with an IP-ONVIF-Camera. The camera runs at a resolution of 1920x1080 with 25FPS and a Bitrate of 2048 kpbs (VBR). The camera sends a h264-videostream.
The CPU-Usage as shown in the terminal or activity monitor is about 20%.
Compared with other solutions like SecuritySpy or IP Camera Viewer the CPU-Usage is rather high. Other solutions uses only 3-5% of CPU with the same configuration.
Why is that ? Where is the difference ?
High CPU Usage
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Stephen Neish, CEO - Posts: 23
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Re: High CPU Usage
Hi Pinuccio,
As far as I'm aware, those other programs don't have computer vision. This isn't just a marketing term, it means that with Sighthound Video the computer is watching all of the video feeds connected to your computer and trying to spot when a human is in the frame. So it is watching all the time and using complex mathematics to work out if something in the feed is a person. Thus it uses more processing power than camera viewing software with a motion detector. Knowing that something moved is a far easier task than knowing what it is.
We try to explain this in our marketing pages: https://www.sighthound.com/products/sighthound-video
We'll take a look to see if we can better explain how Sighthound Video is different to other products.
Thanks for the feedback,
Stephen Neish
As far as I'm aware, those other programs don't have computer vision. This isn't just a marketing term, it means that with Sighthound Video the computer is watching all of the video feeds connected to your computer and trying to spot when a human is in the frame. So it is watching all the time and using complex mathematics to work out if something in the feed is a person. Thus it uses more processing power than camera viewing software with a motion detector. Knowing that something moved is a far easier task than knowing what it is.
We try to explain this in our marketing pages: https://www.sighthound.com/products/sighthound-video
We'll take a look to see if we can better explain how Sighthound Video is different to other products.
Thanks for the feedback,
Stephen Neish