I have a couple of Amcrest IP8M-T2499EW which I reflashed to the Dahua firmware to make them something like the IPC-HDW4831EM. I have them configured to constantly write to a samba share on my server. On the samba share, I have .dav and .idx files that are written by the cameras.
I've used "Smartplayer" to view the files when needed, but the software is just OK. The biggest issue I have is trying to find events that the cameras have flagged as events. I can sit there and watch the video and see the tripwire lines flash when triggered, but I can't seem to find anything that will let me look at the entire video to see when the events happen.
Is there a search function within Smartplayer that I'm missing? It looks like SmartPSS may do this, but I don't think I can add the samba share as a device that I can 'search' for the events.
I've used "Smartplayer" to view the files when needed, but the software is just OK. The biggest issue I have is trying to find events that the cameras have flagged as events. I can sit there and watch the video and see the tripwire lines flash when triggered, but I can't seem to find anything that will let me look at the entire video to see when the events happen.
Is there a search function within Smartplayer that I'm missing? It looks like SmartPSS may do this, but I don't think I can add the samba share as a device that I can 'search' for the events.