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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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    EmpireTech 2025 Spring Sales March.18th-23rd

    I need to upgrade my NVR8CH-8P-2AI to a NVR16CH-16P-2AI. Do you ever have the NVR16CH-16P-2AI as a refurb? Is there a good place to sell my lightly-used NVR8CH-8P-2AI?
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I do recall, several years ago, seeing an open Walmart self-checkout machine - with a WinXP sticker inside. It's all so dumb since Linux is free and way more secure than any older version of MS.
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I appreciate your detailed reply - but I'm wondering if it's a genuine show-stopper in this use case (a non-interactive display). If all a user is looking for is the display of the feed - with more than 4 windows (the actual video feed is a commonly-supported format across all OS's and...
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    UPDATE: It works with a microsoft version of windows and Pale Moon - but not with Linux and Pale Moon. Problem: It shows the menu items, but when one is selected, it insists that a plug-in be downloaded - one that only works with a ms version of windows. (It's broken for Linux.) @EMPIRETECANDY
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    That's unfortunate. Any chance someone may be looking at this - to make it properly browser-agnostic? That's a pretty important feature and there's a huge user base not using IE, Edge, or Pale moon. @EMPIRETECANDY
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I'm accessing our Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI using a browser in Linux. I cannot figure out how to get it to show more than 4 cameras at a time (Live mode) on the GUI (it shows many more on the direct-connect monitor). A family member searched and said he read that there's a plug-in that only...
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    Claim that X outages were result of DDoS from Cameras and NVRs

    The DDoS threat from IoT has been documented and warned of for years. (On top of the many local privacy and system security flaws.) It's unlikely that a true Ukrainian attack left a signature pointing to themselves - it's 99.9% probable that KGB-Putin's people (occupying large parts of Ukraine)...
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    Does this mean that my Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI will be receiving a major firmware update, or that you plan a whole new model?
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    Is Current 4K-T & 4K-X Inventory "-S1" or "S2"?

    He said he was going to be posting sale prices tomorrow - perhaps he'll also include an inventory update?
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    Empiretech T54IR-ZE S3 still on top?

    I found this excellent review and thread "Mini-Review EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-T wittaj Nov 10, 2024" but nothing that provides a side-by-side comparison.
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    Empiretech T54IR-ZE S3 still on top?

    Is there a feature/specification comparison between the IPC-Color4M-TL and the IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 anywhere, please?
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    Best practice - put dummy load on unused wifi when removing antennas?

    I'm using two Reolink RLC-510WA cams that we already own - hardwired to a TP-Link Omada wireless link to our router, then to our Empiretech NVR. I want to remove the antennas but am wondering if it's best to replace them with sma dummy loads - in case the wifi is accidentally triggered it...
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Does that mean I have to disconnect it from the NVR, connect it to Router (requiring a change to the IP from 10.10.x.x to 192.168.x.x). access using the Reolink program (or another - it's not a Reolink but their app seems to handle many camera)), then reconnect it to the NVR - and restore things...
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    I don't see a shutter speed setting in the Empiretech NVR Web gui. Exposure is set to "Day", other options are "Night" and "General". WB = "Auto". Day/Night = "Auto".
  21. K

    Gunshot Detection?

    They do make inexpensive external mics for security cameras. I'd have to hunt the link but bought a couple recently. The only info on the boxes is USA Sale Group, Model number: 008 and titled "Microphone for CCTV Security Camera". They had good reviews but I haven't tested them yet.
  22. K

    Gunshot Detection?

    Maybe ask your congressman to outlaw paywalling research that was funded (say, over 50%) by Federal tax dollars?
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Really? Wow ... fascinating. So much to learn.
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    This is a picture of a picture taken just now ... 10pm at night. (FY: I believe that the bright light in the middle is our neighbor's pole mounted light.)
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Is the IPC-Color4M-TL supposed to make the night sky look blue with occasional fluffy white clouds ... or do I need to change a setting, please? It is correctly seeing my weather station's anemometer spin and vehicles passing by, so it's not showing archived daytime images. Thanks!
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    I'm confused. The one you posted (PTZ3E405-AI) is $249. This remote ptz motor is $75. so, with my camera ($99) = $175. (total) - and you said the $99. IPC-Color4M-TL I bought has better color. Note: The plan is for 3 cameras on the tower, so a $50. difference adds up, and downgrading color to...
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Can you source a waterproof pan-tilt something this? Wireless Remote Control Autocruise Outdoor Security Motorized Pan Tilt Mount - Buy Motorized Pan Tilt Mount security Motorized Pan Tilt Mount outdoor Security Motorized Pan Tilt Mount Product on Alibaba.com That way I can use the better color...
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Even though I just bought it - there's a newer firmware for it? Do I click the checkbox in REMOTE DEVICE, then choose Remote Maintenance in the left column, then click "Update"?
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    Oh, sigh, I missed that & no one picked up on it when I posted this "It's a dual-purpose camera. Most of the time it will be looking over the front yard, but sometimes it will be rotated up to look north-northeast." Well, I guess I can repurpose it somewhere else. What do you have that's...
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    Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?

    OK. My new IPC-Color4M-TL camera arrived today and has been mounted on the tower. It's working - looks good and tracks moving vehicles - but there are two anomalies ... 1. It shows up as two IP's - both duplicated - on the NVR. Each pair looks like Port 5 and Port 37777. (I deleted the second...
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