nettie54 0 Posted June 18, 2011 help i am a novice with pcs. i have been trying to download some footage from the hard drive on cctv system to my pc or laptop. i have tried 4 different usb memory sticks and 2 different leads. the system just keeps telling me that there is no usb device plugged in. has anyone any suggestions please. do i have to be attatched to the internet just to do this if so i have no hope i really have no idea how to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted June 18, 2011 help i am a novice with pcs. i have been trying to download some footage from the hard drive on cctv system to my pc or laptop. i have tried 4 different usb memory sticks and 2 different leads. the system just keeps telling me that there is no usb device plugged in. has anyone any suggestions please. do i have to be attatched to the internet just to do this if so i have no hope i really have no idea how to do that. hi. what make is your DVR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birdman Adam 0 Posted June 18, 2011 Might try formatting the USB sticks as FAT. Some DVRs are dumb and can only understand old and simple file formats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted June 18, 2011 Yeah, make and model of the DVR would really help... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnederlanden 0 Posted June 18, 2011 Some DVRs won't recognize USB sticks larger than 256 MBs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vonnymc 0 Posted June 18, 2011 Hi, i'm also a novice at all this. We had a Lite H.264 dvr system installed for cctv use and i need to download some of the footage from it but i can only copy it directly onto a stick and not directly onto an external which means i'll be at it forever as i need to download approximately 70hrs worth. But my main issue is that once i copy it and then put it directly onto my external (so i can post it to someone else), when i try to play it back to make sure its copied, nothing happens. Do i just use the 'DVR Player' that is already there to view it, if so how???? Desperate for help as this is now very urgent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted June 18, 2011 What model is the DVR? Some of them have HDD Download software where you can take out the drive and put it in a PC then run the software to save what you want to your PC. Also make sure you have the codecs installed so it can play in Media Player or other, although some use proprietary codecs that wont even allow that. Depends on the DVR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
