Just a piggyback question to this thread--is it worth buying a Dahua NVR to use primarily for 24 hr recording, or would a regular old ONVIF NVR do? The context here is I have 20 Dahua cameras (nearly all from Andy) that I administer through the web GUI and DMSS on my Android phone. I record triggered events using
Blue Iris on a dedicated PC. I have also have an ONVIF NVR that I use as a backup for 24 hour recording that pulls streams from these cameras. The ONVIF NRV seems to work well for what I need it for--easy to export footage to usable formats, etc.
Right now I'm bench testing a Dahua NVR (5 series) as a possible replacement to the ONVIF NVR and, honestly, don't see much value added. Pulling AI events seems to be limited to one channel at a time, which isn't different than logging into each camera using the web gui. And even when you do, it sounds like folks use SmartPSS to export the footage otherwise you'd be stuck plugging a thumb drive into the NVR and dealing with DAV files. The rather generic ONVIF NVR I currently have allows me to export footage in useable formats directly to my PC. My admittedly underinformed experience with the Dahua NVR tells me that it's not worth the expense of upgrading and that the NVR functions are generally available using the web GUI and SmartPSS.
Am I missing something?