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This is from netvision's: supports 4CIF recording with 12fps (PAL)/15fps (NTSC) for all channels. They should elaborate on that, whether that is for EACH channel, or ALL channels would mean total.

Its only obsolete if one listens to Microsoft. Microsoft are in the business to make money, a killing actually. They want people to buy whatever new software they throw out there regardless of how good it is. There was no reason to switch from XP to Vista nor Win7, but its new and makes them more money. Win7 Stripped down - 600-700Mb Memory usage idle with nothing else open. Win XP - 80Mb ... nuff said

Do you think MP cameras can match the motion sensing capabilities of PIRs and IR Beams? Best, Christopher I think he means you could do the same as you would with $150 bullets (though the $150 bullets might see more in low light) .. by adding in the optex beams to the NVR as well .. though the cost is much higher so I guess it would depend on the budget.

a couple shots of the PSS software on the Mac:

ha ha now that was funny.

Thanks AK. So, is the 10x zoom stronger on the IP vs 10x on a Ana? I am looking at getting a 27x. even if it is or not, MP PTZ for $250-$300? If so im sold

Sorry but there are no PTZ for that price range anywhere in the world, other than used. You may however find a cheap ZOOM camera and buy a really cheap indoor PT kit (make it weatherproof) and build your own for around that. You should still have fixed cameras though.

Im not too concerned about that part of the article but this gave me a good laugh: "So, as a cheaper and easier alternative to their analog counterparts"

i think id grab victor's wireless in that case

the gremlin dog is probably so freezing cold thats why he looks crazy no snow here, but wow we got a ton of fog like due tonight .. still hot though.

Thats a Turret IR Dome, but they might have the regular style.

Good to know Dahua has Mac client, in case someone asks around... What do you mean "on the cheap side", that they have client for their low end DVRs? Or that you consider Dahua a "cheap" manufacturer? Thanks! Yes budget DVRs.

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alarm system power is probably only around 1.2amps .. unless they added to it.

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Yeah basically the same as the Windows software, in fact I believe it might be emulated but didnt have a chance to play with it myself - a colleague uses it though. Havent used audio myself but the software has the feature. They have mobile apps for almost everything.

How many amps are the cameras? 12VDC or 24VAC? You will want to use 24VAC for longer distances (eg. 150'+, depends on camera) Why not just splice it into your Burglar Alarm power? Anyway, there are CCTV Power supply boxes with individually fused outputs.

Will it work? Maybe. Its been discussed here before. Would I do it? Nope. Could we also power it with a car battery? Sure. Wouldnt do that either though. As mentioned proper CCTV power supplies arent that expensive, especially compared to the price of 10 PTZs.

Dahua ... on the cheap side though. They are coming out with a Linux program too.

You would need cameras with much more powerful IR, like a decent True Day Night (ICR) - those cameras are mounted high and have nothing much within the IR range to reflect the IR from, maybe even try turning the garage one more towards the garage doors, the 2nd one more towards the ground, so the IR hits those objects. Some Color IRs also have alot of Infrared. But it would probably be cheaper and give added security to add something like a dusk to dawn light - visible light makes for a better image anyway. Edit. that said looking at the 2nd image closer, seems there might be a light source in the top right? When is the last time these cameras were cleaned? The first camera, the IR seems to be just barely touching the garage door, you could also try mounting them lower. No matter how low light a camera is, it still needs some light.

Just stack the DVRs and use the included CMS software to view all the cameras in one screen, 64 way network view is common now even with the most budget DVRs, as well as multi DVR playback in multiviews over the network. Personally I would use 16 channel DVRs for maximum recording rates, but they have 32 channel stand alones or 64 channel PC based. If your budget is low then just get 2x 32 channel standalones or 3x 16 channels + 1x4 channel and call it a day, or for more frames get a real time (D1 30fps all channels) 16 channel x 4.

maybe check out these 2 Dahua for a chinese brand (all kind of mobile support) Indigo for a korean brand (not sure of mobile support though but solid DVRs)

one way off the top of my head to detect motion is .. create a bunch of thumbnails for each frame, then using the smallest file as the base for no motion, anything larger than that is motion .. not advanced but basically thats it to detect simple changes. However the files as BMPs would be the same size so would need to convert to Jpg then remove the BMPs and work from the Jpgs - ofcourse this is easier done in programming.

I cant help with the advanced search part (yet) But here is a program im still working on that auto converts .dav files in a folder to .avi, unzip and dump the dav2avimon.exe file and the dav2avi subfolder into a folder loaded with .dav files and then click the dav2avimon.exe program .. it will start converting 100 files at a time and dump them into a sub folder called AVI .. once done it will just sit there waiting and you can go File, Exit to close out (x just puts it in the system tray, designed as an auto convert when using PSS for alarm video monitoring). Note: once the files are converted it deletes the .dav file. Use at your own risk, tested on XPSP3 only. It uses a customized Dahua player to do each conversion behind the scenes (results in some screen flickering) http://www.bahamassecurity.com/files/forum/monitor.zip To join the AVI files I have used this in the past: http://yamb.unite-video.com/download.html To split them I use this: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html I also use Handbrake to do some extra work to them especially for playing them on the web You might be able to find a better Mp4 analysis/search program so maybe convert it to that. Also maybe try this on the AVI files to make an image with all the thumbnails in one: http://www.suu-design.com/downloads.html

I just port forwarded one of these the other day, was easy enough although need to use the Mac or download special software to do it on a PC. Also no DDNS updater built into it so need to run a separate updater program on your Mac or PC on the local network. Unless you have a static IP from the ISP you need to leave the other part as default to get an IP from the ISP then as mentioned use a separate DDNS update software on a computer on the local network. I didnt change any of the default router settings like IPv4 etc. Just add the port forwarding to a local static IP you setup in the DVR/NVR.