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Hey guys Recently upgraded from a 4 channel to 8 channel Hivision NVR Hikvision DS-7608NI-I2/8P 4K When I log into the NVR with my browser and select live view , 5 of my cameras load up straight away when I press ' start all cameras' however the 6th camera does not and says live view failed...

hey guys , I'm looking to update the firmware on my 4mp DS-2CD2042WD-I & DS-2CD2142FWD-IS Can anyone please confirm what the latest stable Firmware is for these cameras? , struggling to find download links as I think these are now discontinued Any replies appreciated

nope wish it was! , got it enabled in both NVR and camera and no worky , really frustrated with it Motion detection works fine , email every time , line crossing with motion disabled simply doesnt work

I have managed to get my Hikvision cameras to email me for motion detection However as most of you know you get so many false alarms its pointless for outdoor use I have set up line crossing detection instead and cannot for the life of me get it to work or to trigger an email I followed...

thanks guys , matched fps now and left alone

Guys what I frame interval settings are you running your cameras at ? I'm running 3 Hikvision 4mp cameras at 25fps , I have my Iframe Interval settings at 13 Read conflicting reports , some say the I frame interval should be half your FPS , others say double the I frame dependent on FPS Any...

I think it was in the actual camera menu not selecting video and audio , the settings were not available from the NVR interface, the audio works perfectly now

I need another 2 cameras to go with my Hikvision 7604ni NVR I have 2 uk version cameras which are fine , looking for another 2 cameras for non essential recording Would I have any compatibility issues with my nvr using Chinese versions ? I know you cant update the firmware I'm looking at...

Thanks , there was a hidden setting when I logged into the NVR as a client which was not checked record audio , bizzarely I couldnt find the setting when going directly into the NVR with the mouse ! , all sorted now thanks guys

Ive checked the camera setting and its already set to video & audio stream , G.711ulaw is my current audio encoding setting on the camera Really not sure what else to try

Hey guys Have any of you had an issues getting your NVR's to record audio ? I can hear the audio fine live view , in recording settings its set to record audio but when I play back footage the audio just isnt there any info appreciated

Your the man thanks !!! , this was it , soooo obvious now but I overlooked this setting THANKS !!!

I've connected a mic to one of my Hikvision cameras and the only way I can hear this when logged into the camera is to start the 2 way audio as circled in the attached picture , I can then hear this fine Bizarrely the mute / unmute audio button with volume slider doesn't appear to work or do...

latest firmware 5.3.6 fixes the issue but ive found that the camera skips and freezes every few seconds I'm back on 5.3.3 , turned motion detection off and this has fixed the issue Planning on using the cameras input lead and connecting an external PIR for motion detect I think the motion...

thanks for the replies guys , some good options to think about here ,yes all my cams are onvif and i do have spare HDMI ports Will take a look at each option and report back , I know I have problems running the Hikvision client software which crashes my laptop on occasion cpu regularly 95%...