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I live in a nature preserve and my system is used mainly for nature monitoring, including nature trails, bird house cameras, dens, etc. I do a ton of downloading and have found that the Convert tool supplied with iVMS works 100% of the time. I edit using Adobe Premiere Elements or Magix and it...

Thanks so much. Would you recommend it for both tight spots and open air? What do you think the range would be outdoors? Oh, and what did you use for power supply?

I am installing a network of cameras for viewing wildlife and am looking for weather resistant microphone recommendations for two scenarios: 1) confined spaces like birdhouses, owl houses, animal dens 2) open areas that are being monitored with PTZ cameras on poles. These would be to pick up...

Thank you for the reply. What file converter app do you use?

I'm replying to my own thread in case it helps others in the future. online-convert.com seems to work well. I just set the output to MP4 and the resulting file seems to play on any standard player.

Thanks for the tip. My cameras are set up for nature observation, including putting a couple into birdhouses and owl houses. Being able to share video with other nature lovers is an essential element of the system.

I found an old thread on this but there was no answer to the question. I'm pretty new with my HikVision NVR. When I use the client to download a file, the only thing I can play it on is the VSPlayer. There was a converter app included in the Zip file, but it does not work on files produced by...

Thanks very much for the info. Have you tried to integrate that camera with an NVR? I use a Hikvision.

Hadn't seen that one. Thank you for the pointer to it.

Thanks. Unfortunately, the pinhole camera is not digital and I don't think it will work with the NVR. I may be wrong. I'm new at this. I will look into it though.

Hello all, I'm in the process of installing a Hikvision NVR system and a series of camera to monitor the nature around us. One of the things I'd like to do is to install a a camera in a couple of birdhouses and owlhouses that we have. The challenge of course is that the camera is mounted in a...