The hard wired spot monitor setup is a more intensive installation upfront (because of the need to run cable), but is super convenient to access your cameras when the install is complete. Using apps and mirroring requires very little upfront installation work, but requires more steps to access the video. Also, the process of connecting to your DVR in the mobile app most likely requires multiple steps also.
#Chromecast apple tv tv
If you are using a mobile app with Apple TV or Chromecast, you need to start up the app, enable mirroring, and switch the TV’s video input. With a hard wired DVR spot monitor output, all you need to do is switch the video input on your TV using the TV’s remote and the view from your cameras are there. The downside is that there are many more steps involved in accessing the video stream on your TV when using these devices. If you want to view your security cameras on your TV and are unable to run coaxial cable, Chromecast and Apple TV provide a great alternative traditional hard wired spot monitor installations. As long as port forwarding is setup properly where your system is located and you can access your cameras from a viewer app, it will work fine.
#Chromecast apple tv android
Because Chromecast or Apple TV is mirroring on your TV whatever is happening on your Android or iOS device, it does not matter if the app is displaying video from cameras that are local to the same network that you are on or if you are accessing a surveillance system from remotely over the Internet. Here is the information that I supplied to this reader. I was wondering if you could make this work if you had CCTV cameras at a vacation lake house and wanted to view the video on TV from a remote location? Watch this video to see Google Chromecast being used to view surveillance cameras connected to an iDVR-PRO CCTV DVR.Ĭan Apple TV or Chromecast View Cameras Remotely?Ī few days after writing this article, I received an email from a reader who asked the following question. You can find detailed information about setting up the cast screen feature of Chromecast here. Everything that you do on your Android is now cast (mirrored) on your TV.The Chromecast app is running on the phone and cast screen is enabled.The DVR viewer app is started on the phone.The video input of the Chromecast is selected using the TV’s remote control.The Chromecast is connected to the TV using an HDMI cable.
The Android phone and Google Chromecast are connected to the same network via a wireless router.If you are an Android user, Google Chromecast provides the same mirroring functionality that Apple TV does using the Chromecast app.
Using Google Chromecast to View Surveillance Cameras Watch this video to see Airplay mirroring on Apple TV being used to view security cameras connected to an iDVR CCTV DVR. You can find detailed setup instructions on setting up Airplay mirroring here. As you navigate the app on your iOS device, everything that you do is mirrored on the TV.AirPlay is enabled on the phone in mirror mode.The DVR viewer app is started on the iPhone (or iPad).The video input of the Apple TV is selected using the TV’s remote control.The Apple TV is connected to the TV using an HDMI cable.The iPhone and Apple TV are connected to the same network via a wireless router.If your surveillance system includes an iOS app to access your DVR, you can use Apple TV to view your cameras. Using Apple TV to View Surveillance Cameras You can learn more about spot monitor setup here and you can see a demo video and additional wiring diagrams here. Below is a diagram that shows a DVR with multiple spot monitor outputs connected to multiple TVs. This is a very convenient method for viewing, but sometimes no so convenient to setup because running the coax cable is difficult or not possible at all.
When the user wants to see their cameras, they simply switch the TV to the video input that the spot monitor is connected to. A coaxial cable is run from the BNC spot output of the DVR to the RCA video input of the TV. Analog video inputs on TV sets typically use an RCA type input. The traditional way to setup security camera viewing on a TV (when a DVR is used) is to connect the spot monitor output of the DVR to one of the analog video inputs of the TV monitor. This article will compare using a spot monitor output to mirroring using mobile apps to view video surveillance on a TV. Apple TV and Google Chromecast provide an convenient wireless alternative to hard wiring a spot monitor output from a DVR. Most surveillance system owners want a convenient way to view the live video from their security cameras on a TV.
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