Security and surveillance systems are changing fast, driven by higher camera counts, new codecs like HEVC and AV1, AI-based detection, and growing pressure to reduce power and infrastructure costs. In this Voices of Video episode, Mark Donnigan speaks with Isaac Connor, longtime ZoneMinder developer and newly joined NETINT Technologies engineer, about how open-source video management, high-density decoding, and purpose-built VPUs can modernize CCTV and VMS architectures. The conversation explores ZoneMinder’s evolution from an open-source CCTV project into a flexible platform for security, surveillance, research, and custom video workflows. Isaac explains why many surveillance deployments still rely on legacy servers, CPU-heavy decode paths, and installer-driven architectures, and how NETINT VPUs can help unlock real-time AI, AV1 encoding, scalable decoding, and lower-power operation across edge, on-prem, and cloud-connected security environments.