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"formatted"?? Try it with normal blank media, and not with "formatted" rewritable media.

Why are you talking him into a PC based DVR...? CDN$2300 for a 16ch @60fps system computer, I think that is way too expensive

Where did he say that...?? Foscam IP cameras = toys

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No idea on that issue, never happened to me. I do know them very well, it is the service I use 95% of the time, but I never had this problem. I guess a router should only update DDNS if it sees that its IP has actually changed... I mean, there should be no problem if the router check every 1 minute, 1 hour, or each reboot, as long as it does not try the update the DDNS IP if it is not a new one.

Done!

If your router supports DDNS, I say go for it. I have seen many DVRs that seem to update the DDNS info only on restart, so you either make them restart daily at a given time, or risk having the DVRs disconnected from the world. Using DDNS clients on routers (mainly DSL routers) I think I have never seen this problem, they surely know for sure when the public IP has changed the second it does, and update the DDNS records acordingly.

Google for "Easycap1", 1ch, USB, just make sure the one you buy runs fine under Win7.

I'd like to know that too... I have used many Hikvision DVRs, and from what I know they support iphone, symbian and windows mobile; no Android client from what I can tell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUeZGcS9Ugw

http://www.xinzl.com/english/Products/Mini/200906/20090612143926.html I can tell you that this one is quite nice, veri small, B&W with very low lux, great image under bad illumination, and 600tvl which would fit you for doing D1.

huh? and the question was...?

Am I reading that correctly...? Are you speaking about some cameras you returned almost 2 years ago? 9/18/08 as in september 2008?

I'll give it a try, but I can't tell you when. I do have to do some tests with one of those models, too bad that I do not have any of the same manufacturers MPEG4 model so I can compare...

Ok, maybe I should not have said "really good", but just "good". Of course there are better DVRs, but for small 4 camera setups I think this 2 units are usually enough. They both do CIF real time, 2CIF 12fps, or 4CIF 6fps. Are you just speaking about image quality? Like, at the same resolution/fps, the MPEG4 recording looks way better than the H264 recording? Because I never compared side by side, but I have not noticed bad quality recordings with thiese H264 models, and they are surely budget sub $500 DVRs... http://www.hikvision.com/en/epro2.asp?id=240&classid=194&bgclassid=104&act=b&classname= http://www.cn-dvr.com/products/enproducts174.html

As soundy said, BTWinCap will never work with that card, since it is not using BTxxx chip.

Maybe I understand "good quality" different than you, but I use and have used plenty of sub $500 h.264 dvrs that I think are really good...

50m with those crappy IRs...? No way, those cameras and those IRs are mainly for use indoors... - Night vision (up to 8 meters) via auto IR-LED illumination

Something like this, maybe...?

Never used 2003 server before, can't help there. I don't think that should be a problem. \Program Files folder is for 64bit apps, Program Files (x86) is for 32 bit. But Windows should redirect any queries to those directories as needed, in fact on non english Win7s, if I browse my C: I see the directory as "Archivos de programa (x86)", when it's real name is "Program Files (x86)". Also, I think programs like ActiveX, OCX, and so on do not install themselves on IE folder, but somewhere on the Windows installation (C:\Windows\System32\ or whatever)

Hi Robert, My tests on Windows7 are also done with the 64bit version, and it did work ok with me. Also; with Win7 64 bits, you have good old IE8, and also IE8 64 bits (you actually have 2 different shortcuts on the start menu, and the most used and default one is the old trusty 32 bit version. You could have problems using IE8 64 bit, but when using IE8 32 bit, I would say the results should be the same as if using Windows 7 32 bit. No clue on where the problems might be coming from, but I do not think the issue is running Win7 64 bit. Graphic drivers maybe...?

I have one of this things for tests. 1ch video, 2 channel audio which I never use, USB 2.0, 720x576@25fps (I will guess @30fps when doing NTSC). Main problem is software, it does not come with a "real" CCTV program, but the typical program so grandpa can convert his old VHS tapes to DVD. But I am sure it can be used with other programs (I use it with AMCAP). Works great with XP, Vista and Win7 64 bits (NOTE, not all of them from what I know; typical made in China, one packaging, many insides)

First download link I found by googling "portable explorer 6" is working: http://www.enpalermo.com/descargas/utilidades/internet-explorer-6-0-sp1-portable.html http://files.enpalermo.com/ie6sp1_eolas.zip Untested, and note that this will probably be IE6 portable in SPANISH. An Activex won't work with Firefox. No, I did not say that newer DVRs do not use activex, most do, I was saying that if your DVR is an old one, with an Activex made to work when IE6 was the latest and greatest, if that Activex will not work with IE7 and IE8, you are out of luck. You could try to get a firmware update from the manufacturer (very hard for an old model) , and your best solution would be to stick to IE6 for watching the DVR (if IE6 won't do it, maybe just have a virtual machine for that...)

Vista...?? Run!! It is going to be a dedicated DVR machine? If so, I would say just "downgrade" to XP 32 bits, and stay away from Vista.