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If angle of camera, zoom of camera and lighting is decent, a crime stoppers video would have a decent chance of someone identifying even with a mask. If there are more than two, a group would be easier to identify. I 'd like to see your driveway. Without good lighting, angle of view, field of view, quality of recorder, someone could be standing in front of the camera unrecognizeable. I could go on with specific advise, but I 'd have to see the driveway. My apt has crappy video. Even the pros don't really treat like their own home. If you are determined, you will find a way. Just don't put yourself in jail or prison.

If he turns the power off and on from the outside breaker. The dvr will take 20 seconds to reboot. He can reboot again before he leaves. You would not notice anything unless you look really hard for a 20 second skip of time. There would be no black spots just a jump in the time. Which could explain why your file is broken.

He might be disrupting the electricity to the DVR by tampering with an outside breaker box. I'd install a backup battery with a built in voltage regulator. And don't use infrared illuminator cameras. Use intensifier instead. The camera will look like it is off but still recording.

I want to wear a cap in my situation, so the keyfob with ext cable will work for me. It must be totally covert and high. I must be able to aim camera continuously. Hopefully the field of view will be right. Thanks, I had been hoping for an idea for months.

Let us know what you come up with. I have a use for this camera too.

I have bought one of these glasses: http://www.ebay.com/itm/720P-MIni-HD-Sun-Glasses-Camera-DVR-Video-Recorder-Audio-DV-Eyewear-Camera-Cam-/190864762070?pt=US_Surveillance_Digital_Video_Recorders_Cards&hash=item2c706d24d6 This glass seems to look more natural than the one you are looking at.

The complex is big. Our parking garage has six levels. There are many exit cameras. I don't blame the detective for not reviewing tapes. They are allocating resources judging on calculated ROI. But the office manager of 2 yrs doesn't seem to have a desire to review tapes. I had to tell her how to skim using the fast forward button. She was going to watch the video in real time. Which comes back to who is motivated to review the tape, the victim. Well maybe the detective and apt has a point that most likely nothing good on the tape anyways. The office seemed bummed about having to skim 14 hrs of video. This got me to beef up my van anyways. The burglar got a tool that has no value to him or a pawn shop. If someone from the office would have looked a my van with the curtains ripped up and two windows busted, they would see that Im just trying to see if anything for the case is on the video. Including new window tint brings total cost $1500 not including my time installing the windows myself. Is it better to claim insurance or absorb cost in the long run. I have rv insurance. Im talking to myself. So yall dont have to answer that question. But if anyone has advice, I havent reported to insurance yet. My car got a huge dent at Target. I wanted to look at surveillance. Guess what they said immediately. Chance of anything of value is slim. I might have recognized who did it. When I mentioned the apt burglary to a Reliant stadium lawyer friend, he said that he would have given me the surveillance, I guess it depends on who you talk to.

My van was burglarized parked in my apartment parking garage. There was $2000 in damages. The apartment is denying me access to surveillance. They have many cameras and choke point cameras. Is it corporate policy for nationally owned corporate run apartments to deny access to the residents or is it to their discretion? The office told me that pd doesn't usually even look at the video. And I just got a call from the detective today. He said that they can't "compel" the apartment to release the video.

If you are going for facial recognition, the quality of the image will be mostly limited by the recorder, not the cameras. Mjpeg is better for facial recognition. Mpeg4 is not good for facial recognition. Mpeg4 will only record changes from frame to frame. Which will degrade the image. Mjpeg will record individual frames. It will be hard to find Mjpeg. I believe Skybest has some recorders that use Mjpeg. If you have a PC based recorder, usually you can choose between AVI, Mjpeg and Mpeg4. If you put Mjpeg frame/second and quality to max, the hard drive may burn up in a month. Use a lower setting and/or place a second computer cooling fan next to the dvr. I played around with VHS, but they have little storage capacity for high quality. The recording is deactivated when the tape is rewinding. I can't remember how good the image was. You could also buy 1/3 inch sensor. If you want long range night vision. You might be better off with an intensifier camera. You can see people walking on the side walk. I've seen many put the cameras as high as possible. It will be harder to get a face shot with a high camera especially if they have a hat on. You will get the best view of the face, if you mount camera near face height. Or use a zoom lens from a distance, which will reduce the angle above the head. A disadvantage is that someone could be standing between the camera and the person of interest. Your camera might be tampered, if someone can reach it. Don't forget to test for backlighting. If daylight is in the background, you may only see the shadows of people. I think they may have cameras that help reduce backlighting.

Actually, this apartment isn't that upscale. They don't have a booth. But they do have proximity remotes to let residents in the doors and the garage. But strangers can follow someone else in. I was thinking about starting to attend the appreciation brunches. My auto remote didn't receive the time because the auto alarm store mistakenly installed a 1/4 mile antenna. So the burglary happened within a 14 hour window. But most likely between 2 am to sunrise. The office manager said that she wasn't going to look at 14 hours of video. I told her that one can use the fast forward and watch for my catalog case. It would still be up to a few hours of work, but doable. If she has a computer based system, even faster using the scroll. I don't think anyone has looked at the video. Because no one has asked me for the description of the catalog case. I emailed the head manager to ask for access. She didn't respond. Somewhat unprofessional. A cop saw my camper van with other cars parked in the fire lane. I was parked next to my room until I get the right alarm system and install security screens. The cop told me to call the detective and ask to help them analyze the video. I called two weeks later, the detective said he couldn't compel the apartment to let me see the video and it is unlikely to have anything of value. The apartment posted hide and lock signs everywhere. I have curtains. A burglar will break in regardless, because I have a camper van. I have been sleeping in my camper van when I am in town until I put a security partition. Every burglar we've caught in the restaurant has a drug record. But I wouldn't be surprised if a resident inside this apartment has a drug debt.

Well, I feel much better that this is not due to me being a hermit at my complex. It has been over a month since the burglary. The detective said that it is unlikely that there is anything on the video that will solve the case. The detective said that they can not compel the apartment to let me see the video. It seems like no one will ever review the tapes. I am used to working with large corporations. They seemed to like the word "no." I run 9 restaurants and I've released video to my employees and reviewed for customers. Have I been putting myself in harm for a lawsuit? We've had some of our videos on the news. One made it on world's dumbest criminals. I remember a couple cases where the video alone solved the case. I use MJPEG format which is good for facial recognition. They used to email everyone when there is a string of burglaries in the parking garage. But they don't do that anymore. I see piles of glass. They have just installed new brighter lights. The apartment is gated. But it can easily be defeated. No one hears or checks when the car alarm goes off. I've been thinking of moving into a townhouse rental. I think the detective is unmotivated because I called over a month since it happened and they have too many cases. He didn't ask me what was stolen.