I use Milestone Xprotect to record 24/7 with 4 cameras. In the past I have been using motion detection but always get the inevitable false positives due to high motion scenes (water, trees). My usual procedure was to log into the smart client periodically, scale out on the timeline for the last few days, scroll through and check the footage where the red motion alerts show up in the timebar and see if anything of interest.
I was very excited about the tripwire function on my new Dahua cams. I set them up only to find that Xprotect can't pick up the tripwire alerts from the camera side and display in the timebar. I posted on a Xprotect forum to confirm this and apparently there is no way around it. I have a Dahua NVR but really struggle with the UI and SmartPSS when it comes to reviewing footage. Among other things, the fact that you can only set the timebar to a maximum of 24 hour period, can't drag it through the footage and see frames pop up along the way is really backwards in my opinion . I have been reading about DMSS and it seems that you can drag the timebar around in it but still limited to a 24 hour period for the timebar. I did play around with Blue Iris a while back but preferred Xprotect.
Does Blue Iris display camera side alerts? Anyone got any other recommendations?
I was very excited about the tripwire function on my new Dahua cams. I set them up only to find that Xprotect can't pick up the tripwire alerts from the camera side and display in the timebar. I posted on a Xprotect forum to confirm this and apparently there is no way around it. I have a Dahua NVR but really struggle with the UI and SmartPSS when it comes to reviewing footage. Among other things, the fact that you can only set the timebar to a maximum of 24 hour period, can't drag it through the footage and see frames pop up along the way is really backwards in my opinion . I have been reading about DMSS and it seems that you can drag the timebar around in it but still limited to a 24 hour period for the timebar. I did play around with Blue Iris a while back but preferred Xprotect.
Does Blue Iris display camera side alerts? Anyone got any other recommendations?