In Part 1, I explained that I had several security cameras running in my home lab. I wanted to be able to view the live video feeds from several TV’s that we have setup throughout the house. I decided to use AppleTV devices and the App called CCTV Viewer. This is easy enough to setup using the App interface or the built-in web interface that comes with the App. But what if I need to deploy this at scale? What if I needed to deploy this solution across 100s or 1000s of locations. I would need a way to build a standardized configuration and deploy it at scale. The Answer…
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Use an AppleTV to create a CCTV Monitor (Part 1)
I have several security cameras running in my home lab. I wanted to be able to view the live video feeds from several TV’s that we have setup throughout the house. We have various TV models running different smartTV operating systems and we have several TV control appliances such like Roku and AppleTV. There are several apps available for the Roku and AppleTV that allow you to configure and watch RTSP streams. I tried several free that claimed to do what I wanted but nothing was working very well. Then I found a review for an App called CCTV Viewer. The App is $2.99 and can be installed on your…