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I think the op was asking for an option that has minimal delay "20 seconds tops". His English is just poor.

do you know if other brand/model camera's can be used on the Swann system ? in other words can i get a PTZ camera of another brand and hook it up ? i appreciate all the info and would really love to hear back from you once you get this system up and running to see how it is... on another note that other NVR i was looking at plus the cameras i was up over $2K and it seemed although i was able to pick and choose the camera's with the $2K pricing i didn't have 3MP camera selected and only a 500gb HDD i would like to see the possibility of adding other cameras to this Swann system maybe Dome style camera or PTZ style you will be very limited as to what ptz cameras you can connect to that system. keep in mind that ptz ip cameras cost anywhere from 600 to 1500. (excluding crap foscam that is not worth your time and will not work with this system anyway). Ptz is not a good solution for a home system anyways because you don't have someone there monitoring for movement 24/7, you are better of with two wide angle cameras (2.8mm) lens and you will have 180 degree coverage 24/7 for way cheaper than ptz. if you want the ability to truly use almost any camera you will need a software based solution running on a pc such as blue iris or milestone.

I'm very new to CCTV so I'll happily stand corrected on any points I make. But do you mean IP Camera as in IP protection rating i.e. IP66 or IP as in Internet Protocol? I've installed a couple of IP66 rated wired cams for my garage, but if you really don't want to drill holes then there must be a way to install some wireless IP66 rated cams to run with a DVR. Lots of IP wireless cams online but as far as I know these will require a wifi router, but I have also seen something when I was looking to buy a DVR, so you can add a wireless transmitter to a standard cctv cam and receiver at the DVR end, but I think this setup would be less secure and perhaps possible to hack into that signal possibly. Alien, The OP meant ip cameras ie. network cams. No one refers to ip66 rated cams as ip cams. Wireless is a bad idea. First there are always signal/bandwidth issues. Second you have to run power to the camera so you may as well run one Ethernet cable and use POE.

With respect to the original topic, blue iris was updated yesterday with a database that will allow synchronized playback. The playback feature is not implemented yet but it should be coming soon. 3.33.00 - September 7, 2013 A very major update for a mere 0.01 version number increment. This release drastically overhauls clip management by introducing a custom clip database. At the expense of a small amount of HDD space there are huge savings in CPU and memory utilization, and the possibility for the management of 100,000's of clips now exists. This also opens the door for many, many customer requested improvements such as synchronized playback, tags, and much more. As a immediate direct result of this new db you may today view Stored as well as New clips remotely via browser or client app. Mobile app updates will be necessary to restore the clip-delete capability. The new database will be created by default at C:\BlueIris\db. This location may be altered on the Options/Clips page but should be set for your fastest local storage or SSD if available. You may regenerate the db at anytime by right-clicking in the clip view, Database->Regenerate. The Database->Compact/Repair action removes deleted records, records with missing clips, and resets the recording status and file size if the system was shutdown unexpectedly. The Compact/Repair may be ran automatically once per day according to a setting on the Options/Clips page. When Compact/Repair or Regenerate is running, database updates must be suspended, so all camera recordings will be closed. If you have 24 hr mission critical recording, you can disable this automatic Compact/Repair and perform it manually at your convenience, however the database will continue to grow with deleted records.

I have that camera but I am using it wired (got it about two years ago). The image is not even close to what you can get with the new Hikvisions or even dahua at the same price point. is there a reason you cannot hardwire a hikvision/acti/or dahua? My only experience with wansview wifi is on the 536 model and it has essential no usable range. Stay away from the cheap junk, it will just bring you frustration. I would go with hikvision/acti and add an access point if you cant wire it poe.

use on board video...low power consumption and more than enough to power 2 displays....most pcs have one hdmi and one dvi --both digital connections. Most business pcs, have display port with is also digital. Don't waste money on a card that will consume tons of power over its life...

you would think that but im finding out that bi seems to take alot more procession power than I think it did. Im new to thi, you might want to check out the cam it forums. I aloso asked the same quesiton here at the bottom of this page http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=35206&start=405 Where are you getting this information from? Go to the blue iris forum, cam-it.org and read the posts. Yes you will not be able to run 8 2mp at 20fps cameras on an old first gen i3... you dont want to be using those power hogs anyways. An i5 sandy/ivy processor will be able to handle your load with room to spare. There is also a direct to disk option which will lower cpu utilization. In the past I have run 4 1.3 mp cameras at 15fps on an i3 sandy bridge laptop. Keep in mind that many NVR's have a max fps that is split over all the cameras so you may not be able to get 20fps over 8 cams on an NVR. With intel haswell coming out next month the performance will increase and power consumption will decrease.

As mentioned the time stamp is not secure. That being said, the rules of evidence in most states requires that the person proffering the evidence authenticate it. That means, that either the security person or owner of the NVR, or a victim who was present when the footage was taken authenticate and state when the video was captured. You don't need a time stamp at all. With respect to the image its a judge or jury's call whether the deem the quality appropriate to convict.