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I kinda doubt you could do 4 channels D1 over a USB 2.0 port... ALl the USB DVR 4ch I have always tried were usually "not so good" to say the least when being used with 4ch at the same time. tomcctv, could I also get a link to that 1ch video server please?

Hello, I PMed one of the mods 2 months ago asking for access to the private forums. I do not know what it takes to get access, or who is the guy I should be asking, so I am just posting it here... I work in a small security company in Barcelona, Spain. We import, sell, install and do about any jobs that we find interesting related mainly to CCTV. Thanks!

No clue, sorry. Everything went smooth on the first try with Win7/IE8, I didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary to make it work. I use VMware daily, but for other matters, mainly programming, and I do have two debian servers running non stop on a Windows server. I never thought it would be a good idea to try hardware/drivers under a virtual machine...

dvrhost.com is NOT a web site, but a dynamic DNS service which redirects it to your DVR. If you are not saying what DVR you are using, noone will be able to help you, but if it is an old model with an ActiveX that works only under IE6, and it does not get along well with IE7 and IE8, you won't have an easy solution. There are program versions called "portable" that means they work with no installation. You can carry them around on a pendrive, run them on a computer with no prior install, wipe the folder and it will leave nothing on the registry, etc. This versions are usually hacked versions and in no way supported by the original software manufacturer. You could try IE6 portable, and if it works just keep it around, it should not conflict with your main IE install.

I do get them from China, yes.

The cards I use have chip CD22M3494MQZ I would say... It is printed as CD22M 3494MQZ P0801BB39

I always use "old" computers for testing. Right now my two test computers are Athlon XP 2600 with 512Mb RAM and nVidia 6600GT AGP video card, and Athlon64 3000 with 1Gb RAM and nVidia 7600GT PCIE video card. They are computers that nowadays I only used them for tests, doing videos, guides, testing DVR PCI cards, etc. I also have a couple Athlon XP 1700 with 512Mb and Geforce4MX video card, but they hardly get any use any more. I have about 6-7 hard drives for tests, anywhere from 40Gb to 320Gb. More than enough for what I need. XP2600 I only use it with Windows XP, Athlon64 I have two different hard drivers, one with Windows XP and another one with Windows 7. All my main SO hard disks always have 3 partitions; C: just for operating system, D: for desktop, screen and video captures, ghost images, softwares, etc, and E: is just a temp partition for any DVR program that requires a complete hard drive/partition for its recordings. Anything I need to test, it always gets done on a clean install, either Windows XP or Windows 7. I boot with a pendrive, I restore the C: partition to a clean state (Windows XP or Windows 7 with the latest patches, drivers, and the basic software), and then do any tests I have to do. This way I know I will have no conflicting drivers, and that the tests will always be done under the same conditions. I also keep images of the SO installed with drivers and software for a given DVR PCI card. In this way, if I have the need to test any DVR card (either a client wants to see it working, wants to check out the software, it has been returned as non working and needs to bne tried, etc) I just need to plug the card, restore the C: partition with the correct image, and I am ready to go in a few minutes!

I would also say go Foscam. I have used their F980A models, not bad for a cheap camera.

All my tests are always done on a clean SO install with all the updates, both on XP and Win7 (we do not use Vista). That is, no extra programs, just Win7 installation with all the patches. Test systems have just some basic non intrusive programs, like image capture program, Acrobat Reader, Firefox, and little else... We clone/restore/ghost on every tests we have to do, so the machine is always clean before trying any new equipment.

I can check out tomorrow at work what chip the cards I use have. I have better res pictures here, but they are too blurry to tell...

Check out those screenshots, they might help (even most parts are in spanish). http://www.twistedtienda.com/tarjeta-dvr-aop108-8ch-200fps-btwincap-active-webcam-a-47.html I have successfully used the following 3 cards with Bt878 chip with no problemas at all, on Windows Xp and with BTWinCap: http://www.twistedtienda.com/tarjeta-dvr-pci-aop104-4ch-video-25fps-bt878-p-103.html http://www.twistedtienda.com/tarjeta-dvr-pci-aop416-4ch-video-100fps-bt878-p-421.html http://www.twistedtienda.com/tarjeta-dvr-pci-aop108-8ch-video-200fps-bt878-p-391.html

What DVR is that? I have had no problems using a DVR that has a WebGUI like that one on Win7 and IE8, it worked great. The program it installed for me on IE8 was something like "DvxOcx.cab" from "shenzhen GIEC electronics co, ltd". http://www.twistedtienda.com/grabador-sky-8008v-capturas-webgui-a-61.html

I can confirm that DVR card works great with BTWinCap under Windows XP. No idea about Vista or 7...

I would say that your best chance is to contact Eyemax, and ask them if that given DVR card/software has iphone client... If they do not support iphone, it would not look like that "straightforward" to me.

I have no clue on what card is that, but sine it is using Conexant BT878A chips, you could try to use BTWinCap drivers which should work at least on Windows XP. If they work, you could then use a program like Active Webcam with it.

From the first post, I was referring to standalone DVRs, not DVR cards Hikvision web site still down after this many days. Not that it says anyting good about them, bleh... :/

Thx, I signed up as a partner, hopefully they will give me some information. Maybe I should just keep buying in China just low/mid end DVRs, and forget about trying to find there anything high end. It might not be worth the headaches...

Hello Kingvision, I see that you are also in SZ and carry DVRs, are your company manufacturers, resellers, or...? Problem with China "domestic" market is that many times the quality doesn't seem so good as the products for international market. Sometimes I have gotten DVRs only in chinese that needed firmware upgrades to have english menus/software, DVRs that have chinese text on them so you do not know what some buttons do, I have even gotten chinese remote controls hehe. Do you recognise the following DVRs? I have bought them from YES (first pic), I have bought it also in Spain (second pic), and I think Hikvision also had one like it on its web site. And from what I have tried, this unit has given me very good results, no problems in recording, no problems in remote connections, client or IE based, etc. tomcctv, I have to say that the little I know about "avermedia", I usually always associated it with TV tuner/capture cards, and staff like that, and not CCTV. My english is not so good, with "knock spots of hikvision" you mean that you would recommend avermedia products over hikvision products? Anyway, I was refering mainly to standalone DVRs, and not DVR cards. We import all of our products direct from China, I wouldn't mind buying in Spain/Europe if the prices were worth it. Thanks!

No, you can't. What you are showing on your first post is a VGA to video converter; you need a video to VGA converter.

You could just run normal BNC cable to the monitor, and there use a video to VGA adapter. The one in your picture won't do it, that is a VGA to AV cable, not the other way (they are not bidirectional).

I haven't done it myself, but I have even seen one of this cameras inserted on a tree. They cut part of the outside of the tree to make the wiring and insert the pinhole camera, and once everything is up and running then tie in place the piece of the tree you removed. The tree will "heal" itself and keep growing as usual, and eventually you won't even be able to see that a piece of the tree was previously removed. I might have to do one of this shortly, if I do I will take some pics

That is one ugly piece of crap. I do not know of anyone that would like to have anything like that by their door... And I mean, for that price, it would be just easier to install one or two bulletcam/pinhole cameras hidden somehow on the exit that can get clear shots of the face with a good angle. If someone is wearing a hat/mask/whatever, hey, you won't see their hair colour no matter what kind of camera you have installed...

It is not really rated for outdoor use, but I have used some other models like this one outdoors. But I would say I am the one that ends up making it "outdoors" and "weatherproof", since the camera basically ends up surrounded by glue/silicone, with the only thing sticking out being the pinhole lens, you just have to make sure it is in a position/angle where it can not be affected by rain and snow. I use a "hot melt glue gun" and "silicone gun". Sorry about my wordings, because I do not know most of the tool names in english, in spanish it is "cola termofusible" and "silicona", something like the following:

It asks to register to see the pictures

Nope, never. I am quite new on the CCTV world, fast learner, but I still have a very long way to go...