thanks MikeBwca, and , HenryH, its "absolute beginner" in the sense i have never used or seen any of the software of which i speak, never installed a cctv system, and have only been trying to figure out the best way to protect my eventual new house for a couple of months. my main concern s...

Hi all, and thank you for your patience if i ask obvious questions, and apologies if this isnt the right place for these questions. I'm currently doing up an old countryside house, and wish to install a self-hosted security camera setup. It looks like i would need 5-6 cameras to cover all approaches...