A video camera system comprising: a plurality of video cameras; a video recorder in communication with each of the plurality of video cameras; a video analytics module, the video analytics module being a computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: obtaining video parameters of a plurality of video frames received at the video recorder, the plurality of video frames being transmitted from the plurality of video cameras to the video recorder; determining an abnormality within the video parameters; identifying a malfunctioning video camera of the plurality of video cameras that produced the abnormality within the video parameters; deactivating the malfunctioning video camera; and activating or adjusting another video camera of the plurality of video cameras to capture video frames of an area previously being captured by the malfunctioning video camera, wherein the video parameters include: a video frame lost ratio and the abnormality is the video frame lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video frame rate and the abnormality is the video frame rate being outside a selected range; or a video packet lost ratio and the abnormality is the video packet lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video packet rate and the abnormality is the video packet rate being outside a selected range. a plurality of video cameras; a video recorder in communication with each of the plurality of video cameras; a video analytics module, the video analytics module being a computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: obtaining video parameters of a plurality of video frames received at the video recorder, the plurality of video frames being transmitted from the plurality of video cameras to the video recorder; determining an abnormality within the video parameters; identifying a malfunctioning video camera of the plurality of video cameras that produced the abnormality within the video parameters; deactivating the malfunctioning video camera; and activating or adjusting another video camera of the plurality of video cameras to capture video frames of an area previously being captured by the malfunctioning video camera, wherein the video parameters include: a video frame lost ratio and the abnormality is the video frame lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video frame rate and the abnormality is the video frame rate being outside a selected range; or a video packet lost ratio and the abnormality is the video packet lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video packet rate and the abnormality is the video packet rate being outside a selected range. obtaining video parameters of a plurality of video frames received at the video recorder, the plurality of video frames being transmitted from the plurality of video cameras to the video recorder; determining an abnormality within the video parameters; identifying a malfunctioning video camera of the plurality of video cameras that produced the abnormality within the video parameters; deactivating the malfunctioning video camera; and activating or adjusting another video camera of the plurality of video cameras to capture video frames of an area previously being captured by the malfunctioning video camera, wherein the video parameters include: a video frame lost ratio and the abnormality is the video frame lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video frame rate and the abnormality is the video frame rate being outside a selected range; or a video packet lost ratio and the abnormality is the video packet lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video packet rate and the abnormality is the video packet rate being outside a selected range. a video frame lost ratio and the abnormality is the video frame lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video frame rate and the abnormality is the video frame rate being outside a selected range; or a video packet lost ratio and the abnormality is the video packet lost ratio being greater than a selected value; or a video packet rate and the abnormality is the video packet rate being outside a selected range.