Metadata technology from the VMS1000 video management system, powered by Digifort, can help create innovative products for physical security, surveillance, and business intelligence applications. In this article, we explore how metadata works and how it can help protect sites and increase the effectiveness of CCTV applications. What is Metadata? “Metadata” is a term used to describe data that ‘informs’ us about other data. In surveillance applications, it is the data relating to changes or events in a video stream. Metadata provides identity and context to the events, so they can be categorised, sorted, searched, and recovered more easily and provide information such as: Real-time alarm triggering and notifications. Post-event, forensic searching. Statistical analysis and reporting. Driving event or motion recording...
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