RBraverman

REAL card, real software - if it isn't what version IS the lastest that is legit? Everyone seems to be starting on the version of software and illegality first thing.

It's the software? Hardware okay? I think I've got my 10 posts to PM - REALLY sorry for this all, saw no other way.

actually no need for this, i recognize this DVR. 98 work? Less overhead. Ignore this

I figured they'd only reassure me that I DO know where to go

I can't pm either - not enough posts. Lemme see if I can add up to 10.

actually no need for this, i recognize this DVR. install windows 2000 or XP make the C: partition about 20GB when I get home I will PM you with the software required GREAT!

That's the problem, it's all-together and I don't have access to the brand of card. All I know is that there are 4 SEPARATE cards. I've tried to attach a pic of the rear - don't want to open until I know a bit more.

I can get on of these very cheap, 3 HD's and 16 port, BUT (ain't there always...) no OS nor camera/card drivers/software. I'm assuming (semi-newbie here) that one stuffs Linux or Windows on it and then loads the software for the cards. But there's the rub, what software do these units use? Also, can one explain this: I've also got (given to me) a 16 port Kodicom card, but I see that only 4 are "real-time". What do the other 12 do? If that is a stupid question and there iis a FAQ or readme, by all means tell me where to go.

I disagree about the power - but I guess it's all relative - I've a lot of time to kill ... Anyway, is there a quick way to stop the recording? I'd like to see - with the recording stopped, how fast the dl would be. I still don't understand one thing, this should only be the TRANSFER of a defined set of data - NOT a full conversion (I'm backing up data, not an avi).

I know the system is a bit old, runs XP Pro dandy, the HD's fine. I've assumed it's the speed of the 'server', so sometime in the next few days I'm going to put into a P4 and see. But I'm also thinking that it's not converting anything, but just picking out the hour I selected, so why would the computing power have anything to do with it?

Ok, I'm new to THIS software, but not so much to security. I've a 16 port card and V4.110 of Kodicom and have 3 main problems: 1. When I search remotely, it doesn't "fast forward", it'll skip through, but not FF as if sitting at the console. 2. When selecting a hour's worth of backup DATA, it'll take close to 3x the time of the selected time frame to backup over a gigabit connection. 3. On my desktop, the backup will stop randomly and never finish. These seem to be problems, any ideas? The "server" is a PIII/1 gig Celeron, with 512 meg memory.