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Hope you figured it out by now, but just in case. If Jupiter is similar to avtech look for a program/file called "videoplayer" or "PlayerLiteHJ" on your system. Hopefully it got installed when you installed from the accompanying cd. On my system (maybe you need latest firmware), it actually put's an exe file on the usb drive, so you can just install it from there.

Yes, using the avtech player (called "videoplayer" or "PlayerLiteHJ") works for playback. However, doing any quality conversion seems impossible unfortunately. While it uses some form of h264, no other player or converter seems able to play it back properly (best case scenario I got was the picture doubled up, most would not even attempt to play). Within the avtech player itself there is a "avi" export button, and possiblity to configure some settings. However, there is no "transcoding only", meaning all video would have be re-encoded, introducing various level of quality loss. Even doing loss-less (which is ok until you reencode it), is hampered with a major flaw. It only outputs something along the lines of 320x240, while the original video was 704x480..... My only workaround at the moment is to do frame by frame advance, and export each frame to jpg, which at least maintains the resolution.. If anyone has a neat way of getting these files converted in a better manner, please let me know! EDIT: Good news, after digging around some more, I found that the videoplayer I have been using (the one that is put on the usb stick when taking a backup), as well as the one that came with the video VIEWER software included with the dvr(which corrupted picture so I never used it), are both old. I located newer Video VIEWER software on the internet (VVR_v0183.zip for my dvr) which includes a new version of the video PLAYER. This on still cannot transcode, but it DOES output in full 704x480 resolution! As an aside, it is possible to get good quality compressed output (if you don't need to cut it) by installing open source vfw codec called "x264vfw codec" and choosing the "lossless" option within. If you need to cut, probably best to output UNCOMPRESSED, and use another editor to cut (I like VirtualDub, where you can then again use x264vfw codec upon saving to use less diskspace, if you like)

ok, sorry guys. I searched and did not see the pro model. Will check it out. Also see a Q-See pro 8 channel model that is fairly reasonable that seems to do this. Any experiences, good or bad with this or any of the units recommended in this thread?

unfortunately it only records D1 on first channel. The other channels are recorded at lower res. Any other ideas?

Thanks for the quick response! I will certainly take a look!

Hi, I'm looking for a 4-channel dvr that can record in D1 on all channels simultanously - more specifically at least 15 fps, preferably 30 fps. I have seen the argument that for most people 30 fps is overkill - well, I'm the exception, I need at least 15 fps (to scrape by) but would prefer more. Just as important, the video needs to be as High Quality as possible - meaning, the higher the bitrate and the better the encoding engine is, the better. I would prefer 8 mbit/channel/sec but probably no less than 4 mbit. As long as it has SATA connector, space is not an issue. Budget-wise, I'm looking at about $500 or less (i.e. if I can get one that provides "unsurpassed(realistically speaking..)" video quality at 15fps for $300, that would be great, but if there is significant improvement by going up to $500 or so, I'd definitely consider it. Thanks!