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Welcome To SIP, Video Surveillance

Video surveillance is one of those huge markets where standards aren't used enough. Though I am not an expert in surveillance, I have been on the edges of this market and its requirements in the past several years. During this time, I have seen only two types of surveillance systems: 1. The closed proprietary ones, where everything is done with some obscure protocol. 2. The hybrid ones, where camera links use proprietary protocols, but some gateway along the way is capable of converting it to a standard protocol. The standard protocol of choice in this industry is RTSP - real time streaming protocol. It is basically a protocol defining a kind of a VCR remote control, where you can "select a channel", "play" a stream and do some other tricks. There seems to be some who regard SIP as a better solution for RTSP (and I agree). Full Story

Posted on April 30, 2009 12:07 PM

Can Telepresence Replace Face-to-Face Meetings?

No. Not all of them. It's not that I don't believe in visual communications. After all, I am writing a Talking Video blog here. I just don't like the over-hyping our industry is going through with the economy downturn. Yes - companies are reducing flights. Yes - they can gain from doing video calls instead. No - it is not a replacement for face to face meetings. Oh - and no - Cisco is not threatening the airline business. Full Story

Posted on March 11, 2009 2:15 PM

Video is Getting Bigger... and Smaller...

Have you noticed how video is getting bigger and smaller at the same time? I'll start with an apology - I am living in Israel, where we enjoy those cool electronic appliances that the world is then offered a few... Full Story

Posted on January 14, 2009 2:02 PM

Video is Happening. Video Telephony is Going to be Next

Video is all the rage these days, and 2008 as a whole was a very good year for video. We've had Hulu's public launch, YouTube moving to HD, Flickr! adding video and a whole lot more. Add to that the... Full Story

Posted on December 24, 2008 2:21 PM