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    NVR choppy video. How do you calculate ideal aggregate BandWidth streaming requirements?

    Where does the isp upload speed come into play? Are the cameras not recording locally?
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    macOS Catalina will kill your SmartPSS

    32 bit apps require their own libraries and services. The only reason they still work on 64 bit machines is because the OS developers choose to still waste time coding support in. I'm not normally a fan of Apple, or obsolescence, but there's no excuse for modern apps to still be 32 bit only...
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    NVR choppy video. How do you calculate ideal aggregate BandWidth streaming requirements?

    Bandwidth isn't the only consideration. The processor of the nvr also has to deal with the compressed video stream, especially if you're viewing it live or are relying on the nvr to provide motion sensing or analytics (although really that shouldn't be happening with IP cameras as they should be...
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    Smart PSS - Help with display symbols

    Is the image even on the camera live feed on the Web interface or is it only on PSS? VMS software usually has it's own section for checking alarms, though I don't use PSS personally as I'm a linux man so I'm not sure where you'd find it.
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    How to: access Chinese devices from iVMS-4200

    Set up a vpn to allow you to access your home network from outside. I think there's a guide or two on the forum. The problem with hikconnect and any 3rd party service is that it opens up a hole in your network and makes it a lot easier for the auto hack bots to find your system and try to gain...
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    Smart PSS - Help with display symbols

    Setting > Information > Log
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    How to: access Chinese devices from iVMS-4200

    The stream key is the password you used to encrypt your hikconnect service. If you're not using hikconnect (please don't) then disable it under the advanced ip settings screen of the cameras /nvr
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    HELP! Lots of Hikvision NVR remote logins (illegal and remote) from outside my network!

    Any "cloud" connection, which includes anything where you create an account online that allows you to remotely view or access equipment or files on your network is a back door. As mentioned above, that service creates a permanent connection between your device and an external server. If someone...
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    camera placement project

    PS, i like to hide nvrs in the roof space, but the weather some of you yanks get wouldn't allow for that. It's also pretty easy and cheap to set up a raspberry pi with an external hard drive and nfs shares and have the cameras record directly to it on motion so there are 2 points of storage...
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    camera placement project

    Most of them are, but if there's no alarm to alert anyone but there are cameras on show then there's still a good chance they'll look for it. It isn't that hard to follow where the cables go to. They can also just cover their faces and park away from the premises. Unless you're covering every...
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    camera placement project

    Cameras are flashier and way more fun, but without an alarm system to begin with they're basically worthless. Anyone who breaks into the house will have all the time in the world to find the recorder and steal it.
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    Smart PSS - Help with display symbols

    Have you checked the camera logs via the Web interface for any exceptions?
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    HELP! Lots of Hikvision NVR remote logins (illegal and remote) from outside my network!

    Funny this should come up now. I installed a system at my father in law's house last year (initially 5 cameras around the perimeter) I didn't use the cloud service as I don't trust them. I ended up getting another camera off a mate in work (that I'd ironically given him because I'd removed...
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    DS-7608NI-K2/8P Abnormal network error on all IP camera

    Yeah, I missed the part of the first post where he said the nvr was still showing a load so the poe supply actually seems to be OK. New switch it is unfortunately. It may be worth trying changing the channels to manual anyway and just leaving the ip address as it is (hik nvrs will usually...
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    Options for existing (but unknown) cameras

    Forgot about onvif device manager, I'm usually scanning networks with multiple security devices on it so never really use it much but yeah, in this case it'll give much more information.
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    Options for existing (but unknown) cameras

    Depending on the age they may not be, but most newer cameras now make you set a password as soon as you log into them for the first time, and if they're being directly controlled by an nvr it usually auto protects them as soon as they're set up on the system. A lot of cameras (unlike nvrs) do...
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    DS-7608NI-K2/8P Abnormal network error on all IP camera

    I've seen single ports fail on hikvision nvrs (and poe switches) before. I've never seen an entire hik poe switch fail but it can happen, I've had to replace plenty of poe switches before that have just given up the ghost. You can get poe switches fairly cheaply these days, and multi port...
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    Options for existing (but unknown) cameras

    Advanced IP Scanner - Download Free Network Scanner. If you connect a laptop or pc into the poe ports on your nvr, Advanced Ip scanner can often identify at least the manufacturer of the devices it finds. One way or another you'll have to get the make of them because they'll all be password...
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    need help purchasing a camera system

    Motion detection on cameras is garbage. All of them. Even the really expensive ones. If you want to trigger an alarm, there are cameras available with proper movement sensors, ie PIRs. The best thing to do though if reliable alarm triggering from people or vehicles is required is to get a...
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    Experience with "extended" PoE? All cameras support it? Looking at using it for 20 plus cameras

    I think in theory, any standard camera (non ptz) should work (motorised vari focal may have issues too) with the extended poe but I'd have to agree with Bink, especially if all of the far away cameras are in the same direction away from the main server room. It's much more sensible to just...
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    How to view Dahua cameras without browser plugins

    Bosch ptzs don't need a plugin, at least the MIC7000 range don't. They work better with a plugin and you might have to remortgage your house to buy one though.
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    How to view Dahua cameras without browser plugins

    This is the version I'm on that doesn't require a plugin.
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    I can't get the cameras time synced

    Just an FYI for anyone reading this thread. If you're using hikvision cameras on a hikvision nvr, the cameras need to be set to manual time, with the nvr set to receive the time from the ntp server of your choice with the appropriate DST settings. The nvr will push its time to the cameras...
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    How to view Dahua cameras without browser plugins

    I updated the firmware on my 2 4631s over the weekend and I can now see live images on both windows and Linux without being prompted to download a plugin (on my android phone as well actually) using both chrome and Firefox. I assume they're now using html5. I'll check what the firmware...
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    Multiple Spot Monitors

    You could use decoders connected to the network, but you could probably get a mini pc to do much the same job. The only advantage with a proper decoder (depending on the nvr or vms you're using) is that it is on the system as an actual monitor and you can select which camera to display from the...
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    [HD-CVI same as BNC?] Does this DVR support BNC cameras?

    AHD / TVI / CVI / CVBS are all technologies that (usually) use coax cable and bnc connectors. Cvbs is the old standard analogue format. AHD, TVI AND CVI are newer technologies that allow HD images to be sent down a coax cable. A hybrid recorder like that would be pretty good for you because it...
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    HELP! Lots of Hikvision NVR remote logins (illegal and remote) from outside my network!

    If you're getting connections to the service port then there has to be a route to that port. Do you have hikconnect enabled? If not then the only other way I think it's possible is if port 8000 is forwarded from your router to your nvr. Though those 192.x.x.x addresses that aren't part of...
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    Is it possible to do this?

    The camera will be outside from what I can see, there'll be no breaking and entering required. A vpn provides better security for the camera at the cost of reduced security for the network at the other end to the tunnel (unless it's set up properly and it's not just assumed that throwing a vpn...
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    Is it possible to do this?

    It's also worth considering that on a remote site that's unmanned and has just a single camera, someone who gains physical access gains access to that network. If it has a persistent vpn tunnel then that gives them a nice encrypted tunnel back to the main network. A port forwarding setup would...
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    Is it possible to do this?

    You don't need a vpn to connect to remote cameras. Objectively, that's a fact. You still need open ports in your system for a vpn too but (as I did say in my post) it's still the preferred and more secure method of connecting between remote sites for anything, not just cameras. Don't slip into...
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