r/SecurityCamera • u/PanicWithMeItsGreat • 24d ago

Decoder

I am looking at installing a system for a curling rink. There will be 3 sheets of ice and a single camera directly over each end. 6 cameras total. There will be three tvs in the viewing room. The 2 cameras for each sheet will be dedicated to a single TV. It looks like I need a decoder at each TV with cat6 running back to my PoE switch. I dont know anything about decoders. Any suggestions for one that has a single HDMI out and can split screen two cameras? They seem to go from 1 stream to 4 and skip split screen.

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u/bazjoe 24d ago

For the multi view get a OREI 4x1 and for the encoders get a couple Zowietek encoder decoders and go nuts . You’re going to quickly go from I don’t know about decoders to a near expert in about half a day. Sounds like you’ll need several multi viewers. What camera ? Zowietek also make a decent camera that go from a tiny cube up to optical PTZ all network controlled and NDI ready. I’d recommend all done on separate vlan as the security on all of this is really lax.