CurtisHall

Yeah. Back to the OP, I think you are SOL. Unless Raysharp has an API for accessing their software your only option would be to access the driver directly.

A cheap Hawkeye knock-off, perhaps? I'm not sure what you mean, can you elaborate?

Some of the Hawkeye cards use the same chipset that we use in our software. From what I've heard, Neugent either filed for bankruptcy or closed down, depending on who you talk to. There isn't a point in you having a large pile of cards that you can't use. You can give our software a try (free public beta in the middle to end of January) and use the cards that you have (assuming they chipsets are supported).

I have to agree, why do you need the source code? What are you trying to accomplish?

Sure thing. Version 2 (due out the end of September) will include a free one channel license and a 30 day unlimited trial.

Then your post is really unclear on what exactly you are wanting to do. Are you: a) Trying to retrieve archived data FROM the dvr? b) Trying to add storage from another computer to be used on the dvr?

Emulator is not the correct word here. This DVR appears to be a Chinese made Linux (embedded) DVR. Your only option would be to take the drive out and plug it into a computer and see if you can mount the drive. Being that it is Linux the drive is probably formatted ext2/3/4 or some type of journalized filesystem which will not be playable in Windows. You could try grabbing a Linux boot CD (Ubuntu install cds for example) and seeing if you can mount the drive. Even if you do mount the drive, the recordings are probably not stored in a standard video container.

If you want open source Zoneminder can do this (www.zoneminder.com). If you want commercial software our software can do this also. Both software applications are computer based, Zoneminder will be a bit of a headache to install and configure. Exacq systems are nice, but rather expensive.

While the up front investment is expensive, it's worth it to have BNC lightning resisters on each port, along with having a surge strip on the computer itself. Lightning could technically hit a camera and travel back to the system. We've had several customers whose capture card was fried (just the card, not the computer) because of lightning -> camera strikes.