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    Hikvision DS-7608NI-I2/8P firmware v4.50.000 build 210125 can't add more than one camera to a single port

    Hello, Since updating to the latest firmware yesterday, my NVR seems unable to connect to two cameras which are connected to one NVR port through a switch. This worked fine in the 2-year-old version of the firmware. I can connect to these cameras fine using the web browser, they are working...
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    Hardware NVR vs NAS-NVR vs Software NVR (Security Spy or BI)

    The first system I used was an Unraid network storage box. It never played nice with the Hik cameras, and it was a bitch to set up. I never got the cameras to connect with NFS, for example. I think those problems were mainly to do with the fact that Unraid is badly broken. I had the 4-bay...
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    Hardware NVR vs NAS-NVR vs Software NVR (Security Spy or BI)

    I have the following setup: Five Hikvision cameras, three bought from aliexpress which are not firmware-upgradable, and two I got from B&H hardware. 4-bay QNAP with four 4 TB HGST NAS drives in RAID 5. Used 48 port Cisco 100 Mbps managed PoE switch, paid C$180 for it a few years ago. The QNAP...
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    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I (video of actual thief embedded)

    ^ Camera is under the garage soffit, so hard to mount a wide angle white illuminator. There are already lights on the front of the garage, as well, I just haven't had them on all night. You motivated me to figure out why I could never enable the 3 MP resolution. Turns out you have to go into...
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    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I (video of actual thief embedded)

    I just logged into the camera and used the export button. I used the screenshot button as well, and cropped using Lightroom.
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    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I (video of actual thief embedded)

    Thanks for that. But I can't actually make out his face clearly from screen captures. Maybe it's not necessary. Thanks also for the other comments about adding white light. I am going to install a lamp post beside the driveway with a daylight sensor so it is on all night.
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    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I (video of actual thief embedded)

    1) In my Canadian city, you really can for the most part. 2) I don't think the word 'gullible' means what you think it means. 3) In fact, there are a lot of places in the world where you DO leave the doors unlocked because otherwise you will be replacing your window as well as your radio. 4)...
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    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I (video of actual thief embedded)

    Improving video quality from DS-2CD2332-I The good news is that the Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I I installed a few months ago caught the guy who has been going through the cars on my street. The bad news is that I'm not sure the quality of the video is good enough for the police to track the guy...
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    Recommend HikVision seller on AliExpress

    I had a good experience with XinRay. Very prompt communication, including on a Chinese holiday. Goods (3 cameras and a PoE switch) arrived very promptly in Canada. http://www.aliexpress.com/store/319147
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    Do you mean that I can use a Raspberry Pi as a kind of intermediary device to create the quotas on my unRAID box? I am kind of attached to the unRAID box, it is a 24 drive unit and I have it set up to back up the really critical stuff offsite. I'd like to use it if possible. Inexplicably and...
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    This is very disappointing. I have a DS-2CD2132F-IS running V5.2.0 build 140721. I have a 1 TB drive in my NAS (unRAID) that I have tried sharing with NFS, but I get the same reversion to "uninitialized" that is described in this thread. When I try SMB/CIFS, I can successfully connect to the...
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