I made another attempt at using VT-d for my cameras by going with Zoneminder under Linux. This actually worked and seemed to work ok but I really dislike Zoneminder! I tried Motion and kMotion instead and the good news is it works...for longer. I'm still having problems…
Actually, it works but with limitations. No shock there. It turns out the PV-149 CCTV capture card I'm trying to pass through presents each channel as a separate Video and Audio device. What that means is I end up with 8 PCI devices that need to be extended.…
Everything's working great so far with a few exceptions I can live with. I have 5 VM's running, mostly lightweight stuff, including my security camera system. For that I'm using Win XP and feeding the PV-149 CCTV capture card through via VT-d. Video streaming…
I've just started my quest to get this working. It's been difficult finding examples of success from others but I finally found a reference to a specific motherboard and CPU combo that has worked for others. HomeServerShow I'm using an Intel DQ67SWB3 motherboard with…
It's taken me a while but I finally have another review to provide. I was due for my CCNP recert so I decided to go for the Switching test, 642-813. I started with this book: My focus was on the switching section so this review really only addresses…
Wow...4+ years later and I'm finally posting part 2. Yep, the original config didn't work quite right but I did get it working. Here's the result: On the Cisco switch: interface Port-channel98 no ip address switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk…
Got PIAF purple installed and patched over the weekend. Setting up two of the 1535s to register and do video calling was pretty trivial. There's a little bit of lag in the video but it's not too bad. I also called the test numbers and there…
Wow, it's been a while. I scored some of the Nortel IP 1535's thanks to NerdVittles and this gives me a good opportunity to try to upgrade my Asterisk system to the latest and greatest version. Naturally I want to go with PIAF and they just…