"Never say never, you just inspire those to do what seems impossible"- Pete Gazda
Try this:
vlc.exe -I http -vv camURL :sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=0,scale=0,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{mux=ffmpeg{mux=flv},dst=addr:availablePort}
This converts an RTMP to HTTP output. PM me more information on your setup. I would be interested in pursuing this further.
Thanks for your reply, I will test it but first some questions. Just to inform I am not in delusion, my DVR surely records streams . It is Dahua with 16 analog camera inputs and digital recording from 16 SD or 4 HD digital cameras. I have 16 analog and two digital dome cameras, all is recorded perfectly. My question popped out since I can easily see streams from digital cameras using VLC.
Returning to the question of recording streams by the DVR, is it really so that the DVR uses HTTP output? In fact the question is what kind of stream format is used by the DVR when operating with digital camera? I know that one has to specify TCP port, RTSP port and HTTP port for DVR to get the stream.