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OSX support is not going to happen. You'll get some kind of tablet/client/hacked together solution but not a 100% OSX one. If you really want OSX, get a NAS + camera licenses. ...and you bought the Xeon. That's still going to bog down if you view or playback all cameras at the same time. Unless you're running ftp/web/AD/etc also, home server is a waste IMHO.

I take it you mean 16 port gigabit or gigabit uplink switch. You would have to use one port as uplink: http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=195_TPE-1620WS#tabs-solution02 185/15=12.3W Plenty to power 5W bullets.

4TB Purple is quieter, but uses 1W more power than Red. 1-3TB, I can't even tell the difference between red/purple Segate SV35 is 8W (7200rpm) and 3db louder Red/Purple WD 4.4W (variable) I think I'm going red or purple unless a better deal comes up.

Any link with a HDD ? Isn't that supposed to be the job of red WD ? Sounds like a scam to me... AFAIK, WD red has more advanced error correctly. "Surveillance drives" allow for some errors so footage is not missed i.e. why go back to fix and risk missing current video. http://www.wd.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1210 Purple = RED with different firmware? Compared vs Segate SV35: http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2014/02/wd_purple_performance-100247407-large.png I was just looking at RED vs SV35 for my drives and now this was announced. Didn't know whether to wait or just get RED or SV35. Do people get dropped video when using RED?

What? 32bit would never be removed. "Due to the PC performance limitation I'm afraid it's very difficult to achieve a lot of cameras Live View in one PC/Monitor even using a i7 CPU for instance. Besides you need to consider the network bandwidth and a long term stability! That's the reason why we limit to 64 cameras max. In your mail you mentioned that PC gets 90-100% processor usage when Live View up to 16 cameras? I think you'd better check the PC performance, Graphic Card and Network conditions. If possible, please do consider to lower down Bitrate and FPS or do get Live View by Sub-stream (lower quality video), but it could be possible to improve." Your problem is the live is showing all nine cameras at full resolution. Check the general settings where it says "auto switch in live view" i.e. switches from substream to main stream when you double click and make it bigger. The PCNVR does seem to have a bug where this auto switch will "stick" sometimes and all the streams stay as the main stream. Not even an I7 can do 9*2.1MP on one screen! Check the auto switch setting. Force substream if you have to. Recordings will stay at full resolution.

I do like your thinking I too have been watching x86 tablets very closely. You and I both know the PRO's so I'll only list the CONS that's been holding me back: Very low CPU/passmark. 2K is likely the minimum. Even the baytrail NUC is $140 and barely 1K score. Cost of all the addons and some are proprietary. USB OTG and regular HDMI out is what I want. Failure points of all the addons. Failure point of running a tablet 24/7. Intel loves to lie about TDP as "SDP" for marketing. Battery being plugged in 24/7 can/could be a fire hazard. Regular PC desktops are in the toilet as I picked up an i7-3770 for $485; an i3 NUC loaded would be $200-$400. I still think it's about 1-2 years away for consumer tablet/PC stick/NUC products to be worth it for being re-purposed as an NVR. I would even predict IP cameras becoming IP smartcamera's making an NVR and PC software completely worthless before that point even. Just point to a dirt cheap NAS. A Frankenstein-tablet solution may be short-lived.

The only thing that kills CPU's and eats memory is software motion recording and multi camera playback/viewing (play/view all cameras back @ full resolution all at once). If you have hardware motion record on the camera, you don't need the xeon. I7 will do. You need hardware motion record on camera (hikvision/swann/lorex, dahua, act, etc) + Software that supports on camera hardware motion record. I have 8 1080p(2.1MP) hikvision/swann bullets + ivms-4200 running on an i7-3770. Takes 3% and I still have 2GB out of 4GB RAM unused. The only thing that kills the machine is playing back all eight cameras at once @ 2.1/3MP resolution (40-80% load). Xprotect, axxon, and most likely exacq too will give the same results. Counting cars/people/etc + POS = $$$$ = paid milstone xprotect or paid axxon next or paid exacqvision. Unknown about about OSX. These all run on windows. Linux and OSX are fourth and 56th in line for being supported i.e. next to none. Unmanaged PoE switches are more idiot-proof in that you just plug and play. The higher end ones may only be managed. Power budget/number of ports = >10W just to play it safe. Cheap PoE switches can be <7W/port. __________ Considering you hate windows/linux, the amount of questions you have, and the shortened timeframe you want this done, I would just get a NVR package from costco. http://www.costco.com/Lorex-16-Channel-Stratus-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-3TB-HDD-and-9-1080p-Cameras.product.100087430.html

Ran into this just a while back. Don't point at wall (feels stupid to even say that as a solution). or Diable IR on camera; run external IR source.

http://www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/security-nvr-storage-calculator 3.5TB? Too many variables. Input above. Best guess is a week but could be less based on after hours motion record. For A: What's with the xeon CPU? Sounds like this is just going to be a dedicated NVR only. i7 will do unless this will be doing other things like being a local server, etc. $1K-1.5K for tower + extra hard drives (dell outlet biz - 3 year warranty) $2K for 10 3MP swann/hikvision cameras (18 months warranty or lifetime through costco) $300-$500 unmanaged, non-crap PoE switch (cisco=lifetime warranty) Software is either free Hikvision iVMS (really good) or pay for Xprotect ($600+ for 10 cameras). Axxon is great but unknown cost. Avigilon = lol For B: This is what you want if you want plug and play idiot proof surveillance. Just be aware that it will have limitations and if say the built in PoE switch dies, you're going to have to be without an NVR as you sent it in for service. If you went the PC option and Dell Biz, you would have 3yr (or longer if you buy) next day on site service or you could do it yourself.

That NVR ION thing can only do 1080p(2.1MP)*8. 3MP might be doable but you won't get 8 channels or frame rate will suffer. Just a heads up on buying 3MP camera's and not being able to use 3MP mode. Agreed 100% about separate PoE from the NVR. Less to break and the greatest thing--fanless versions available. I almost when with that ION NVR but didn't like being stuck in one brand, 2.1MP max, and I was starting with 8 cameras so adding another one meant ditching the unit. I don't know about Dahua's PSS software but Hikvision's PCNVR is dead easy and very light on resources.

AFAIK, axxon is free (for 16 cameras) and not "free......when you purchase" like avigilon/etc. http://www.axxonsoft.com/products/axxon_next/interface/videowall.php

That looks like an encoder just like handbrake. You would want to avoid doing this at all possible as quality is reduced each time.

You should ask in a car forum. They could probably ID the car and more.

Software motion record / poorly optimized software = CPU wasting That really doesn't matter until you get into megapixel+ recording. Then it matters. Blue Iris, ispy, zoneminder, etc will kill CPU's. axxon next, xprotect Go, ivms-4200, PSS (for dahua cameras only) = very light Axxon next is designed for an operater to sit and monitor a screen. If you're already doing that, now then I would use that. 16 cameras + 1TB recording (doesn't matter as you would be exporting before it gets filled up) + 1 server = FREE. I think axxon is the absolute lightest NVR software out there based on my testing. ____ I don't think that fixes that unless hikvision put both settings together and just didn't document it. i.e. Variable bit rate selected + 30fps = variable bit rate video and variable frame rate around 30fps when required vs Constant bit rate selected + 30fps = constant bit rate + constant 30fps You may want to investigate that.

AFAIK, handbrake will transcode/encode the video. You would lose quality and waste time that way. Remux (just copying video stream) and fixing the frame rate is what I posted.

So iVMS-4200/4000 works outside LAN? Are you live viewing the main stream or sub stream? You need to have the bandwidth to view those remotely. Can you enable/disable one camera at a time to make sure at least they work first vs just letting it throw them all up at once. Check ip, gateway, etc settings for each camera again. Do it through the ivms software to make it easy.

Input.mp4 become output.mp4 but at 30fps fixed with the command. There should be a GUI for windows or something. Bash or batch script if you have a ton to "fix." Are you doing this remotely or sitting there pressing the record button? If you're sitting there, go look at axxon next. Exporting and tagging video is really easy. IIRC it exported MKV containers too. Used next to nothing in CPU. Let me know what setting for fixed frame rate you found. I see no setting on 2032 hikvision bullets.

Goes nuts on variable frame rate. (Is there a camera setting to fix that?) Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Main@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30 Duration : 33s 0ms Bit rate : 3 942 Kbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 [b]Frame rate mode : Variable[/b] Quick fix at the CLI. Doesn't re-encode, sets the frame rate at 30, and takes seconds. Or whatever rate you had. Looks to be in sync. Find out how to do that in windows.

MP4 = container AVC/H.264 = codec AFAIK, there's nothing special about the "hikvision codec" beyond the header likely getting screwed up (that may be by design from the MPEGLA) to to stop what you are trying to do. Are the files directly from camera to NAS/FTP/etc or through client software? http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo Why are you even looking to edit it in a NLE? Client NVR software or avidemux to export times/clips required. Then you can do a simple cat/join script to make one file if you want.

Yes, you're an idiot for thinking so. That was a person taking snow/ice/rocks/etc to the face when they weren't expecting it.

The price alone. I haven't used those phones. I just posted them as an example. Android smartphones are just tiny computers; when you add 720p-1080p video or up to 16MP cameras, they become great IP cameras. Dedicated IP cameras will always exist but if you can find a $20 android phone that does 1080p that's "good enough" why bother with more expensive for just home usage? The only problem is night vision and powering them. I'll be honest. I'm just providing the idea not the tech support to set it up. If you have an android phone, you can easily experiment with free IP webcam apps (some are up to $5). Just search for IP webcam. Android Foscam ~$170 or more on aliexpress for non-"crap" wifi IP camera

Store what on your NAS? AFAIK, FTP motion detected pictures is all that really works unless you want to risk bricking a camera by loading hikvision firmware. (See that thread). I haven't messed with either as I have a dedicated machine to view/store. Same interface but firmware is from swann and lags the latest ones offered to hikvision branded cameras. Source: I own 4 2-packs.

$170 aliexpress -- wholesale Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW 3MP w/POE IP Camera network camera Built-in microphone DWDR & 3D DNR & BLC Wi-Fi Aliexpress or gray market is your only bet (the normal sites recommended here are gray market). Great IP cameras are on the precipice of becoming affordable but you're limited to bullets, domes, and turrets for the time being--all wired PoE. That is why I recommended android setup. It's wifi and does everything you want. In 1-2 years it will become *the* preferred home IP setup vs foscam. $30-$50: http://www.metropcs.com/metro/category/PhonesandMore/Phones/Android/detail/ALCATEL_ONE_TOUCH_Fierce/610214634436 http://www.metropcs.com/metro/category/PhonesandMore/Phones/4G/detail/LG_Optimus_L9%E2%84%A2/610214632647 http://www.metropcs.com/metro/category/PhonesandMore/Phones/Alcatel/detail/ALCATEL_ONE_TOUCH_Evolve/610214634283

That was MaxIcon not me. For you I would look at different lens as I stated. e.g. imagine buying a digital point and shoot camera with only digital zoom.

Wifi reliable... wifi quality. There's a reason why ethernet has stayed the same while wifi adds more letters to its standard every year. Wifi sucks, but if you must... Two $30-$50 android phones + ip cam app + plug in IR: http://dx.com/en/p/ir-48-led-infrared-illumination-light-for-night-vision-dc-12v-500ma-15235 .3MP to 2.1MP video in that price range. (5MP or higher stills) Local storage email/sms motion detection You could even skip the IR lights if the flash is good enough and this doesn't have to be discreet (pet watching, etc). 2 way audio