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Just to tie up this thread, I dug around and found that the hack I had to add back when I first set up these cameras was made to the cameras' firmware. So there was no need to find that hack and apply it again before going back to NAS4FREE/XigmaNAS. So I pulled out the Windows drive, installed...

You don't need to tempt me. :D What I really want is at least one PTZ but I can't justify to myself, let alone my wife, spending that sort of money.

Ahh, ok, that's what I was missing. That makes perfect sense, thank you! Given that this box is solely for the cameras I could go back to the NAS software but then that brings into play the hack I need to address whatever the issue was with NFS and this firmware. Given that I don't jump...

Right, Hikvision. They were purchased from China but at that time the firmware still displayed in English. I think later FW versions switched to Chinese and people went to great lengths to try and hack those. Since I didn't see any need for the features that changed I stuck with the FW that...

Directly to each of the three disks, via IP. I'm not sure if I used SMB/CIFS or NFS (leaning towards NFS) on the NAS4FREE box, but other than Linux to Windows, that would be the only difference. I keep thinking this is some sort of issue because these cameras are using the old...

Tried that too. The OSD on the live view has the correct PDT time.

Already thought of that. It's set to the correct timezone for CA. What's weird is that when the cameras format the drives, all of the folders and the "placeholder" files have the correct times. It's only when recordings start to be saved do those times change to Beijing time.

Hello all! About 6 yrs ago I came here to get info on setting up some IP cameras at my home. I ended up with three DS-2CD2032-I cameras recording to a NAS running NAS4FREE. The cameras were bought from China and I learned (and have long since forgotten) all of the hacks necessary from the...

I'm not familiar with that model at all so I have no idea if the problems we see with the 2032 and other similar Hik cameras affect that one or not. The symptoms are sure identical but even if the issue is the same with that camera you'd need someone to give you the string to search for and...

No, I'm talking about Hikvision cams like the 2032 that can't initialize the drive on a NAS with NFS or SMB/CIFS. Which model cam is working and what's the firmware version? Is it the same as the other camera?

Wow, that's an amazing difference....I can't even SEE the license plate in the Backyard Daytime 11mm pic! :D

What you describe sounds exactly like the problem many have with NAS setups on these cameras. It's not the number of cameras it's a bug in the way the camera initializes the NAS drive. But I'm confused because it should have happened with your first camera as well. Search for "nas patch" and...

Quite a few people on these forums have bought their 2032's from CCTV Camera China ( http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bv2QYpb2 ). It's sorta buried in their description section, but they do offer the 6mm and 12mm versions. You just have to specify that you want the 6mm or 12mm lens when you...