I have a hikvision NVR which has 16 ports. I am currently using blue iris on a dedicated machine.
The issue is, my existing 6 cameras are currently powered via a small netgear POE switch (but it only has 5 POE ports, but all are occupied and 1 camera can't be powered on).
So my thought is, instead of spending more $$ on another larger POE switch, i could utilise the hikvision 16 port NVR but somehow link it up to blue iris? Is that possible? like a RTSP live stream (all local traffic).
Or possibly disable all NVR functionality and essentially make the NVR into a 16 port POE switch?
Is there a better option? Thoughts please?
The issue is, my existing 6 cameras are currently powered via a small netgear POE switch (but it only has 5 POE ports, but all are occupied and 1 camera can't be powered on).
So my thought is, instead of spending more $$ on another larger POE switch, i could utilise the hikvision 16 port NVR but somehow link it up to blue iris? Is that possible? like a RTSP live stream (all local traffic).
Or possibly disable all NVR functionality and essentially make the NVR into a 16 port POE switch?
Is there a better option? Thoughts please?