Edge Node
Local Recording
A recorder node at the building handles camera ingest, continuous recording, segment indexing, playback clip generation, and local health checks.
Alpha VMS Recording Platform
Custom Enterprise NVR
A custom Linux-based recording server and video management platform for businesses that need more flexibility than a boxed NVR.
Product Direction
Built for sites that outgrow a boxed recorder.
This custom NVR is based on the Alpha VMS architecture: a Linux recording platform designed around edge recording, central monitoring, playback/export workflows, and security-event context.
Instead of treating camera count as a fixed product limit, each build is sized around the real site: camera streams, recording resolution, retention target, network bandwidth, disk throughput, operator views, and future analytics needs.
Edge recording per building so cameras continue recording locally.
Central command center for live wall viewing, operator review, and future federated playback.
Segment-based continuous recording with retention sized around camera count, resolution, storage, and risk.
Door-event integration for mapping doors to nearby cameras and reviewing short event clips.
Architecture
Recording, live view, and security workflows on separate services.
Alpha VMS separates recording from operator viewing so a browser wall, mobile view, or security monitor does not have to be the thing keeping cameras recording.
Command Center
Operator View
A central console supports live wall viewing, camera registry, operator workflows, mobile-friendly viewing, and future federated playback.
Security Context
Door Events
MQTT door events can be normalized, stored, mapped to nearby cameras, and used to capture short event clips for review.
Build Profile
Sized for your cameras, retention, and review workflow.
- Platform
- Linux server, Python services, FFmpeg-controlled recording
- Recording
- Continuous RTSP stream-copy recording with indexed segments
- Viewing
- Substream wall view, mobile-friendly operator views, WebRTC direction for lower-latency live preview
- Storage
- Sized per site, with NVMe boot/app storage and surveillance archive drives
- Integration
- MQTT door events, access events, mapped camera clips, and security monitor workflows
- Scaling
- Camera count and retention are sized as a hardware, network, and storage plan instead of a fixed product cap
Custom Quote
Tell us about the site and retention goal.
Useful details include camera count, desired recording days, camera resolution, buildings, existing cameras or network equipment, remote viewing needs, and whether door events or access control should be tied into video.