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hiya, i have a dvr that uses H.264 compression and i want a dahua ip ptz camera that uses H.265 can this camera be put on my system some stuffs backward compatible is it the same in the cctv world.?

very helpfull guys.

i thought hdtvi/hdcvi/ahd were all analogue. there is a new one out or maybe not so new, EX-SDI the cameras are quite pricey.

does anyone have any advice for me regarding compression codec. is h264 compatible with a h.265 camera or dont i know what im talking about.?

tom cctv, im interested in your rewccomendations on this subject, any reason why you dont put the reccomendations on here for us all to see..? just curious. can you pm me the same please. andy

hi, not sure where to go next, dvr,nvr poe, hdcvi or what, im so confused. whats the best most cost effective system for home cctv. i have a 2mp system at the minute and want to upgrade it, wast thinking of a dhua 8ch nvr4108-hs , i have up to £200 to spend on the unit, all my cameras are 2 mp bnc connections , so will i need to upgrade all the cameras as well. if so so be it ill do it slowly. any advice greatly accepted. .

sorted it guys.. i dropped the camera by accident onto the floor and now everything works fine... so , little tip for you guys who cant get their cameras working , throw it on the floor, works wonders..

hiya, just bought a hikvision DS-2CE56D7T-IT3Z 2mp camera and mated it to a ( stupid named dvr , very embarrasing to even say its name ) ALIEN MEGA HERO 8 CH DVR. it shows a picture on screen but when i remove all light there is no IR function, i have other hikvision cameras and they have 2 small IR lights either side of the lens , which can clearly be seen at night, the new camera shows no such lights at all. i have ir open in the settings and even when i alter settings and use factory setings ( in cameras OSD ) still no ir, am i missing something or is this camera busted, when i try to zoom in with the ptz controll the picture is lost on screen and comes back after 3 seconds like its just been plugged in or turned on. any advice would be greatly appreciated , andy

Hi, i have just bought an Alien Mega Hero dvr 8 ch, and i can not get along with the software for the pc at all, you can not move the window resize it or maximize it at all, its pants. would there be any other windows pc based software i can use or am i stuck with Aliens, thanks andy

this is the camera ive just bought http://hikvision.com/en/Products_accessries_659_i5836.html. this is the dvr its connected to http://www.aliendvr.com/megahero/ and i cant get a picture, is the camera compatible to the dvr im lost. its analogue so should work when i plug it in, when i put the 12v 2amp transformer plug into the camera it clicks the a second later clicks again and nothing on the monitor... hope someone can help... do all cameras have the same power polarity ? regards andy

hi, i have a 8 channel dhv connected to 6 outside dome cameras of 700+ tvl i want a better recording of the images the cameras take. as a burglar burgled me at night and looked straight up at one of the cameras to which the poplice said it wasnt a good enough picture quality to secure a conviction. altho i thought it was pretty ok. the dvr was an ok one but now getting a bit long in the tooth and in need of replacing .. i want to keep my cameras as i think there ok and its the dvr which is letting the system down. so whats with dvr nvr nowadays my cameras are wired so i need a wired dvr. my budget is about £200 regards andy

hi, just re-formated my pc and lost my cctv software for the pc.. i have a dvr and monitor things from the pc .. ive tried going to deep...( whatever there called) homepage but there download section is under construction i believe 5.4 is the latest version . does anyone have a copy they can email me or point me to somewhere on the web that i can download it from , ive tried but just get infuriated at the amount of spoof sites and download links everywhere.. ive said it in the title but the software is HYPER ELECTRONICS MAPPER V5.4 hope someone can help me out thanks in advance andy

hiya im using fly2dns.net as i have always done except now i cant view anything away from home on my smartphone.. i have the same address ellabbs.fly2dns.net on both dvr and my phone, there is a user and pass on the dvr but io think these were set by the fly2 site as i cant alter it at all, and i have no idea what the password would be as its all asterisks.. never had trouble before.. does anyone know a free ddns server i can use regards andy ps im new to all this so sorry if i am asking something simple..

Hi, i have a 4 camera dedicated system with a viola 4ch dvr, at the minuite im using HYPER ELECTRONICS MAPPER to view it on my pc, is there any good free alternatives i can use instead. got no idea if what im using is good or if there are better programmes out there . thanks andy

I have a viola mbl4 dvr unit with 4 qvis cameras on... 3 of the cameras are fine but one keeps going faulty.... the screen goes black and fuzzy and sort of rolls... the camera is fine not even 6 month old.... if i mess about with the cable and power supply it comes up ok.... but i cant deduce its the cable or power...... ill put a still image of the problem on here.. ( i hope ) ive changed the power supply, and swapped it to cam 2/3/4 and its ok for a bit , then just slowly ends up like in the pic..

if i change the cables it comes up ok , ( ie ive disturbed the cables and sockets or whatever) then after a while a day ... a week..... it comes back.... is it better buying expensive cables.... i got a 30 meter cable from ebay at £10... its an intermittent problem im having....

i have two types of camera, a low light one at 600tvl which when the sun goes down switches to black and white and gives a decent but grainey picture. out of ten for day id give it 7 and at night id give it a 4 its a qvis anti vandal dome retails at about 120 pounds.. the other cameras i have is colour in the day 600tvl infra red led for night time daytime score is about a 7 and nightime is a 2 .. infra red leds are pants in my opinion much better are the low light cameras.... ill be selling mine in a bit... and putting two more qvis low light ones up ..

hi... just a quick question, im putting a qvis dome camera on a wall next to my front door to cover the door drive and garden ... what is the usual way to fix the cable, from the camera.? the dvr is in the loft and camera 6foot from ground level.. just wondering due to the connections... any advice would be great thanks andy

no.. i mean how do i run the cable... i cant have the connections pinned to the wall.... how do proffisionals run the cables... thru the wall into the cavity... idealy i dont want any cable showing....??

ok if anyone is interested and for everyones information get it from videcon plc websit download page first file.... other interesting files available for download as well...

hi, is the length of cable detrimental to the picture, i have 30m of cable but the camera is only 10 metres at most away.... thanks in advance andy

Hi, i have a viola dvr unit which was recommended to me by a cctv security guy, im happy with it, now my father wants a cctv system around his home. He has been looking at setups from Maplins, i think the entire system is 200 uk pounds, my dvr unit alone was £250. He asked me whats the difference between an expensive dvr or moderately priced and the cheap end of the market...and i thought...hmmmmm....yeah... So can anyone explain to me what is the difference between dear units and cheap ones... thanks Andy

viola do some great dvr untits....

I have a qvis van 2601vfhwh dome camera which isnt focusing too well so im thinking of changing it.... now been new to this its the only camera i know and im happy with it , so should i get the same as a replacement or is there any views on other cameras that are better than this... im told QVIS are good... and anyone ever used a VIOLA mbl4 DVR.... what are they like... been told there good, but there a bit dear £240 for the 4 cam dvr... any views would be much appreciated.. thanks andy

thanks PMB for your reply ... so what is a half decent camera then ...... and whats the price range for it ... thanks andy