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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

I have a 1tb that I took out my now defunct dvr. Perfectly good drive. I'd like to mount it in an external USB mount box and use it for computer duty now, not security recording. Any recommendations on the mount box? Would love it to be usb powered rather than a power supply but not a big deal...

I have all my cameras set to custom exposure as per day/night and all is well until the snow arrives. It's mostly not a huge problem on sunny days but cloudy days because of all the snow makes the exposure for dark areas pretty dark- very contrast. Cars are ok but people lose a lot of detail...

Ring owners, this new sensor is great so far. It seems like a retrofit from a regular ring motion sensor with a hookup for the antenna. Seems like a packaging rush job to get this thing shipping. Lacks paper instructions. Weird. But I have to say, this thing is awesome. It's 65' to my mailbox...

How long has your dashcam been in service with a capacitor? There's no way I'm buying another dashcam with a battery but I'm wondering if a capacitor does that much better in terms of longevity. I think the most I've gotten out of a dashcam with battery is around two years. That's way too short...

I have my intrusion and trips really nicely defined and working well. I have them set to cross and not appear. However I can't seem to dial out cats and Squirrels lol. I leave max target box alone but I reduce minimum target box to something a bit larger than they would be in a scene. No dice...

So this happened overnight in one camera. I've dealt with this issue before and it NEVER corrects- the camera will remain plagued for life, ime. As this was bought from Andy I did as he suggested and took it down, opened it, blow dryer, fog cleared. I was hopeful. No sooner than I got back down...

I think I read this along the way but a search didn't bring it up. Three camera in my dahua poe nvr just reverted back to night/day default on their own. Weird. Bug? I have IVS on ll these cameras too. Just set it up fully tonight.

I would really appreciate an explanation of how to best set these. I'm setting trip wire rules for vehicles on the road- one A/B on the left side of the image, one A/B on the right side just so I get trips for sure. I also of course want to set trip wire for the yard perimeter too. I have no...

Hard drive 2 crapped out. Can't remember but hopefully it'll be obvious when I open it up. Just in case, with the nvr facing front to you, which is HD 1 & 2?

I just received three of these from Andy. When I plug one into my 4208-8p, I get this message in the nvr channel conf.loginerrorNo-20. I've tried everything I can think of at this point. Passwords match in camera and nvr channel. Even tried to log in with onvif and I don't get that message...

Which do you prefer or maybe which is really the better way- time/date/channel name overlay from the camera or disable the camera overlay and just use the nvr for overlay? Will nvr overlays be embedded in the playback video? Also, is there a way to disable the little streaming rate (usually top...

So I want to change out a camera. Is the best practice to- in remote screen delete the camera channel. Turn NVR off. Swap out camera for the new one. Turn NVR back on. Would this be the more reliable way than say, just swap them out while everything is up and running?

Is this as unsafe as port forwarding? I'm guessing it's not recommended as vpn is king. Does p2p fall somewhere in between?

I plugged my air 2 into a poe port of my nvr and I can get to any camera in the nvr poe switch but alas, when asked to download plugin at the camera login there is none for a tablet. So stuck there. Darn. Oh well worth the shot.

So on my iPad air 2 is safari ok for a browser to hit cameras? Chrome seems less than good and since using an iPad was hoping safari just works without drama. Thanks.

So I have an older 4208-8p NVR. I'm looking at a SD59225U-HNI IP Ptz. The 4208 does have POE+ so I'm confident it will power the ptz. However, will I at least have control to move the camera within the NVR? I'm assuming I won't be able to hit the menu for full settings without hitting the camera...

Haven't used push on Android in ages. App got an update in December. Push hosed yet again?

I've been using a wheel witness and the dashboard reflections are way worse than my last dash camera. Anyone using an ND filter to help this out without ruining the night video?

I'm just hitting the nvr locally when I'm home in gdmss with no open ports. Safe or safer? I've had the dvr off the internet for a long time but it would be nice to at least look at it locally. Advice?

Weird. I want to edit an existing device. I can make changes but there's no option to save the changes! It's not there when adding a new device either. Moto Z android phone with what I believe is the latest version of the app. How do you save in device manager? What am I missing!

Around 1:30 AM this poor girl rings the doorbell. I'm at work monitoring my system remotely as like a central station for my wife who's home and sleeping. Of course the first instinct is the person is looking for trouble at this hour. My wife's safety is paramount and I call her and tell her...

The cameras I installed at this facility five years ago helped solve a serious crime a few years back. Now this, a woman gone missing made the news today. I hope this ends well. It's always good to know your efforts can aid an investigation. The system is a dahua rebrand from Nelly's. Thankfully...

I finally connected all my cameras to my dahua 4208-8p nvr. Three of the cameras show onvif in remote device. They show live feed but I sure was expecting it to be private, not onvif, considering the cameras are (I sure think) dahua cameras and should be just plug and play in a poe nvr. They do...

I see some cameras available on prime but list them as international versions. What exactly does that mean? Normally I wouldn't purchase from Amazon but they're on prime and fulfilled through Amazon - typically the most reliable way to count on return support.

So my ptz has gotten some nasty film on the inside, thankfully not in the lens portion but it's pretty bad in the entire ir portion. I was considering automotive headlight cleaner to try and help it. It's not affecting the ir much but it does look nasty and I'd sure love to clean it with...