PCI input cards can only be used in a Mac Pro, Xserve or PowerMac.
 

Active Silicon LFG4

This card offers four independent inputs. You can connect up to sixteen cameras to this card by adding adapters sold by the manufacturer, although this will significantly reduce the frame rate of each input. Alternatively, you can install more than one of these cards at once.

PCI and PCI Express versions of this card are available. We would only recommend using the PCI version of this card in a Mac with PCI-X slots, as older PCI slots do not have enough bandwidth to reliably support all four inputs of this card.


Overview

Choosing a system
    Types of camera
    Progressive scan
    System demands

Example systems
    Budget
    Home or small business
    Professional

Network cameras
    Choosing network cameras
    Network hardware
    Ethernet cabling
    Local networks
    Setting up network cameras
    Setting up wireless cameras
    Network camera notes

Analogue cameras
    Analogue cabling
    Quad processors
    Choosing input hardware
    PCI input cards
    Firewire inputs
    USB inputs
    Network video servers

FireWire or USB cameras

Sound input
    Microphones

Remote monitoring
    Set up guide
    Internet connection
    Public IP addresses
    Setting up your router

Triggering actions

Getting help

Analogue cameras – PCI input
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