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Can you just reformat a drive without turning recording off first or is it recommended to turn off all recording, reformat the drives, turn recording back on? I've had issues with one of the two purple drives going off line and a while back I got it stable by reseating the cables. It went off...

PSS software an alternative? I haven't cracked that open in ages.

What will happen in the dahua nvr device tab? For direct access to cameras through the nvr it dumps you out to IE.

Does the 5241E-Z12E still have focusing issues at full zoom? I read it's best to keep it around 80% zoomed for best results? That cuts the camera a bit short for me. Really need the full zoom or more like 90% at least. Thanks for any info.

You can also try running gaffer tape around the outside shell seal line. You'd be amazed how well good quality gaffer tape works. You gotta put it on just right. Any wrinkles and it defeats the purpose.

One of my turret cameras had this problem. Opened it and dried it out. But the cause of the problem was one of the shell screws wasn't tightened enough. I noticed it immediately. Of course when I put it back together I made sure all the shell screws are tight. No problem since. Now, dome cameras...

Any chance the 5241E-Z12E gets a sale too Andy?

You do have smart (ivs) checked off under the playback time line? If that's not checked off to be included there'll just be blank spots in the green playback where the blue ivs events should be. Incredibly obvious but...

I have a camera and a ring doorbell pro. I would not do without either. Love the ring doorbell.

When any gadget is whacked out the first thing to try is always a reboot. Even a full shut down, wait a couple minutes, restart. Whether that helps you won't know till you try.

I've had that. Plus the thumbnails don't show on events. I've started a nvr restart schedule every Sunday morning. Seems help clear out the cobwebs.

To me the onborad camera ir alone looks best. With the additional ir you're losing light at furthest distance. For me, additional ir should be used to add light at the furthest distance in your shot, not add more light closer in. These cameras have superb ir on their own. The old style tendelux...

The noise comes from the power supply fan. You can replace just that one with a noctua and seriously reduce noise. The smaller side fan isn't worth noodling with imo. That's not really where the bulk of the noise comes from.

So, every so often- maybe once every couple months or so- I see there's a little issue with something and a reboot always clears it. It's usually something like the IVS has stopped logging events but the recordings are still there, trouble streaming smooth playback remotely or just little...

Working from home full time now in the same room as the nvr. Finally had to do the mod with the noctua fans. Holy crap, what a difference! Followed this video.

I got mine, same camera, from Andy's Amazon store in two days and up in fifteen minutes. I truly love these quick and easy cameras. Bad news is it replaced one that I got from Andy not more than nine months ago. Just up and failed. Extreme heat will kill the weak. At least they're cheap. Another...

Have two purple 4tb drives in a dahua 4208-8p4ks. Just took a look tonight and only drive one is showing up in the list. Shouldn't both show up or is it just the current active one that shows? Never got any notice a drive failed. Can't decipher what the logs actually mean searching by storage...

I did two downspouts. Love them! Easy peasy too.

Close any ports you may have opened in your router for the dvr to view remotely- done by going into the port forwarding settings of the router and deleting the ports you may have assigned for the dvr. In your router also disable upnp if it's enabled- something you also may have enabled to view...

You probably don't think much of me but I'm sending prayers out for her too.

'sv3c cameras' Are dahua cameras? If not they won't play nice unless they're onvif and even then, a sacrifice. Also is that an older nvr version or a newer one. Older 4208-8p don't play nice with newer cameras.

Anyone have any insights and a rec for a good body camera? Looks like there's tons available. Thought maybe someone here might have thoughts on a recc. Thanks.

Yeah it should update the percentage. If you need, trigger it and it may help jump the update.

Right, vandalism is not any more of a concern with turrets. The biggest reason to choose a dome in a location described above is to obscure from the general public where the camera is aimed. Turret cameras you know where they're aimed. With domes people just assume they're on camera even if the...

Domes should be avoided outdoors, imo. Open them once, they fog forever more. The dome glazes over in time. Just really not a good choice outdoors. If you absolutely must, get a motorized dome so you can aim it without opening the dome ever. And make darn sure you seal it to the wall well to...

I don't know what better way to power it there is except a solar panel and that would be overkill I think. I installed mine in October and just changed the batteries last week. It's only ever been in the cold here thus far. It died at 35% which I thought was odd. Turns out two of the batteries...

Have you gone into disk management and see if it needs initializing? Edit I see you checked in disk management. If it simply isn't there showing at all to even initialize, bad drive.

This new idmss version is hosed. Can't set specific times to search playback.

Everything seemed fine until I tried to search video from overnight. There's no time scroll available to set time parameters. Only an oddly placed current time to the left. Same for iPhone and iPad. Same for you? Looks like idmss is no more and I'll have to stick with dmss which I hate the look...

Attics can be problematic with severe temperature swings. Use caution with gear up there unattended. You can close up an attic and rarely go up there and over time not notice a fire hazard looming. For that reason I went with a poe nvr. I'm only running eight channels so the wire is no big deal...