I am looking for something but I don't know what would best fit the bill!

My company are currently using a digital PVR for monitoring purposes and the 
guy at the control room end of it sometimes needs to "Time-Slip" the 
recording at certain points and go back to double check matters in the 
interests of security.

The PVR continues to record whilst he does his checks but the operators are 
finding the system we currently use are laborious and unpredictable. Whilst 
monitoring, if the operator sees an incident which is worthy of further 
scrutiny, he/she makes a note of the time, presses "Time Slip" and "pause". 
The current machine goes back anywhere between ten and twenty seconds from 
that point, then we have to "slow forward" or "slow reverse" to get to the 
noted time.

I have been nominated by my colleagues to ask around to try and find a 
solution.

Is there a machine available which has an "index button" or similar, which 
will allow us, by using a single button press (or as few button presses as 
possible), to immediately go back to a certain point of interest on the 
monitor whilst continuing to record? We don't mind needing to slow forward 
or reverse to the exact point from there should the operator not get the 
exact time.

Have I made any sense?

Your views will be much appreciated.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:49:49 +0000, Wanderer wrote:

> Is there a machine available which has an "index button" or similar,
> which will allow us, by using a single button press (or as few button
> presses as possible), to immediately go back to a certain point of
> interest on the monitor whilst continuing to record? We don't mind
> needing to slow forward or reverse to the exact point from there should
> the operator not get the exact time.

I don't know specifics about machines, but having done a fair bit of 
video editing and searching around for 'just the right place' on a clip, 
what you need is something with a jog/shuttle wheel...

This is a cylindrical control, like a tuning knob on a radio, but heavier 
and free spinning. You turn it faster to fast forward or slowly to step 
frame by frame, in both directions. Very intuitive and fast to operate.

I would suspect that you could get hard disk PCRs that had them, or that 
used the mouse scroll wheel to do something similar.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:12:55 +0000, PCPaul wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:49:49 +0000, Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> Is there a machine available which has an "index button" or similar,
>> which will allow us, by using a single button press (or as few button
>> presses as possible), to immediately go back to a certain point of
>> interest on the monitor whilst continuing to record? We don't mind
>> needing to slow forward or reverse to the exact point from there should
>> the operator not get the exact time.
> 
> I don't know specifics about machines, but having done a fair bit of
> video editing and searching around for 'just the right place' on a clip,
> what you need is something with a jog/shuttle wheel...
> 
> This is a cylindrical control, like a tuning knob on a radio, but
> heavier and free spinning. You turn it faster to fast forward or slowly
> to step frame by frame, in both directions. Very intuitive and fast to
> operate.
> 
> I would suspect that you could get hard disk PCRs that had them, or that
> used the mouse scroll wheel to do something similar.

A quick search turned up this PVR (not PCR, that was my typo) as an 
example, but I have no idea about the quality of the device or the 
company (or the price...)

(second one down on the page, K-DVR-8NA160)

<www.digitaldirectsecurity.co.uk/x2516.html>

"Wanderer"  wrote in message 
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>I am looking for something but I don't know what would best fit the bill!
>
> My company are currently using a digital PVR for monitoring purposes and 
> the guy at the control room end of it sometimes needs to "Time-Slip" the 
> recording at certain points and go back to double check matters in the 
> interests of security.
>
> The PVR continues to record whilst he does his checks but the operators 
> are finding the system we currently use are laborious and unpredictable. 
> Whilst monitoring, if the operator sees an incident which is worthy of 
> further scrutiny, he/she makes a note of the time, presses "Time Slip" and 
> "pause". The current machine goes back anywhere between ten and twenty 
> seconds from that point, then we have to "slow forward" or "slow reverse" 
> to get to the noted time.
>
> I have been nominated by my colleagues to ask around to try and find a 
> solution.
>
> Is there a machine available which has an "index button" or similar, which 
> will allow us, by using a single button press (or as few button presses as 
> possible), to immediately go back to a certain point of interest on the 
> monitor whilst continuing to record? We don't mind needing to slow forward 
> or reverse to the exact point from there should the operator not get the 
> exact time.
>
> Have I made any sense?
>
> Your views will be much appreciated.

You are talking CCTV security kit, this is mainly a domestic PVR forum,
the type of hardware usually discussed here is totally unsuitable for the
requirements you will have.
These sites are where you should start:
http://iviewcameras.co.uk/DigitalVideoRecorders.htm

http://www.cctv-information.co.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?url=http://www.cctv-information.co.uk/dvr.html

Click the tree on left, and click DVR video recorders
http://www.cctv-information.co.uk/

http://www.vista-cctv.com/dvr_triplex.htm