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    Camera to watch over garden

    All working. Auto-Updates and External access to IP blocked, thanks! Thanks!
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    Camera to watch over garden

    I take it that there's no way to set up the Tapo other than installing their app? I try to avoid adding apps to my phone as much as possible. (I didn't find a UID anywhere - so the Reolink app on a laptop didn't work.) Do I understand that once the app has been downloaded - the info becomes...
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    Empiretech software?

    Question re. viewing Playback on the Empiretech NVR ... I can go to yesterday on the camera. I can click on the slider bar to select the start time (23:30). Only after that, not before, I can click on the pop-up and choose Human, Motor Vehicle or Animal. (It grays-out that pop-up if I haven't...
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    Camera to watch over garden

    Thanks for the update! I need to act on this, sooner than planned ... Late last night I spotted a fox on a front yard camera - headed toward the back (where the chickens are). The front is fenced from the back & the cat and dog didn't react - so, I'm guessing that it smelled the dog and changed...
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    We'll just have to agree to disagree.
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    The only component that experiences stress would be the drive - and that isn't included new (nor is it included with my used post). We've only owned this (purchased new) for less than 6 months - and it's a current technology unit. 50% would be for electronics in significantly less than...
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    Camera to watch over garden

    This is the Tapo with battery and solar panel: https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wire-Free-Security-Starlight-Detection/dp/B0CJCGBXWG Does this thing 'phone home', or can it be set up entirely local? I have a similar application that it may cover - but need it to be self-contained for power.
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    These, apparently, have a very poor used resale value (which seems odd, given the many features). NOW ASKING $325. including shipping to standard USA addresses. That's nearly $100. less than new (when you include no tax).
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    Buying a used Dahua NVR - yes or no?

    My Empiretech/Dahua NVR8CH-8P-2AI is for sale ...
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    Need suggestions for cheap small cameras for owl house and squirrel house...

    Does this apply to the Tapo or Sercomm, please? Also, should the Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI work as well (without the cam needing to phone-home)?
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    No chance I go backwards to anything Microsoft. I count it as evidence of an incompetent coder when they can't (or are anti-competitive compromised when they're told not to) build a platform-neutral interface. Someone posted elsewhere about a Linux-based project on github ...
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    In Linux I've opened 12 low-resource use qutebrowser windows and displayed one camera in each. If a user just wants to view the feeds with no interaction - it's a trivial problem for them to solve.
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    It just occurred to me that an alternative to a 16 channel is to keep lower-value cams set up on the NVR - then swap them in for others as needed. That's definitely not optimal but would work. Meanwhile, I could display them, at home, another way ...
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI specifications: Max. decoding capability: 32 × 1080p@30 fps or 8 × 8MP@30 fps. Max. 384/384/384 Mbps incoming/recording/outgoing bandwidth Supports IP cameras with a resolution up to 32 MP Supports AcuPick with up to 8 channels Supports N+M cluster...
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    I need to upgrade my NVR8CH-8P-2AI to a NVR16CH-16P-2AI. NOW ASKING $325. including shipping to standard USA addresses. That's nearly $100. less than new (when you include no tax). NOTE: No drives are included new, nor are they included with this one, used. Reasonable offers considered.
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