Streaming media associated with a premises security system

A user interface device associated with a premises security system that is configured to monitor a premises using a plurality of premises devices, the user interface device comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• receive a request to stream video from a premises device of the plurality of premises devices;
• determine a unique identifier corresponding to the premises device;
• generate a numerical value based on the unique identifier;
• select one of a plurality of media servers to use to stream the video from the premises device based on the numerical value;
• initiate a streaming channel to the selected media server to initiate the video streaming process with the selected media server;
• and
• receive, from the selected media server, the video stream associated with the premises device for playback.