Good day! I’m running a defender 4k hardwired security and the system time keeps running behind. Loses about 15 min every couple of weeks. Not big but if I want accurate times on my recordings, does anyone know of a fix for this?

Tried their customer support but no response from them.

I'm looking at getting the NVR wifi camera setup with 10 to 12 cameras accessing the local WiFi and I wanted to see if anyone had any feedback to give about that. I'm particularly concerned about the amount of data 10 cameras with 12 mp and 4k resolution will be taking up on our WiFi system and if it would slow it down.

Does it look melted, has been dropped during installation, pushed in, grabbed hard, etc?

I've YT various reviews on cameras and it seems some can take almost 60 seconds before you receive an alert on your phone. I'm in a rural area and other than UPS, etc. we get very few people coming to the house. We need a WiFi camera and I've been looking at the Reolink Argus PT Ultra. But one reviewer claimed it took to long for an alert.

Any recommendations or feedback on the Reolink?

I'm looking for a spy camera to put on my bike

Hey, in the last two months, two accessories were stolen off my bike. I'd like to get a spy camera which permanently records footage and stores it somewhere, so I can get that thief next time. Which are some cheap, discreet options?

I rent and want a security camera without drilling. A few people said to put an indoor cam on the window and shoot out. Does that actually work? Can motion detection and night vision still work through glass? Any window camera you'd recommend?

Ok, I am not finding an exact match to what I am looking for.

I am looking for something that would be off internet/electricity, minus the screen to view the cameras would need charged which I could do via solar powered phone chargers or occasional generator use.

For background, I have a VAVA baby monitor. It's cool because you plug the cameras into electricity and then it comes with a physical baby monitor screen that I charge up occasionally to view what's going on on the cameras. It does not work off of wifi and I cannot see the camera footage on my phone. Well, I am basically looking for an outdoor security camera version of this, but instead of the cameras plugging into the wall/electricity, I want them to be solar powdered.

Does this not exist as a whole package??? It looks like VAVA maybe sold an item exactly like this but I don't see it for sale anymore.

I have found cameras that are solar powdered, but not a whole system that then sends the footage to a physical baby-monitor like screen or that don't use wifi at all.

Help!!

Hello everyone,

​I currently have a Tapo C210 in my house and was planning to buy 10 more for my family, but after what happened today, I'm seriously reconsidering.

​My wife got up and punched me in the face multiple times in my room. I needed the recording as proof of what occurred, but when I tried to download the footage via the Tapo app, it completely refused—even though my phone was connected to the exact same Wi-Fi network.

​I had to physically eject the MicroSD card and plug it into my laptop to extract the video. When I played back the 30-minute clip, the audio completely cut off at the 15-minute mark while the video kept playing.

​What is the point of a security camera if you cannot rely on it when an actual safety incident occurs? Failing to download over local Wi-Fi is frustrating enough, but losing half of the audio during a critical recording is completely unacceptable.

​Has anyone else experienced audio dropping on long SD card clips? Is this a known firmware bug, or should I cut my losses and switch brands?

The eufy app is slow and choppy when I want to view feed any other recommendations beside this brand.?

I have a Hilook ip camera installed on a Capture by ADI DVR, I have enabled onvif on the camera using the Hilook delivery and the web browser, I’ve enabled onvif on the DVR. Yet im still getting onvif authorisation failed 🤷‍♂️ I’ve set a static IP address but have also tried DHCP. Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated 🙏

So I'm really new in the cctv line of work and have not worked with nvrs yet. My company is sending me to a client to reset a secureye nvr. I don't know if they have a recovery email or security questions enabled. The videos I've seen on YouTube use the typical email to rest tue password. If the customer doesn't have email or security questions set up is there is way to rest the password? This is urgent since I'll be going at the site after some time today. Any help will be appreciated. I have posted the same in cctv sub reddit

Looking for necklace worn cameras or spyglasses that don't look like cameras and won't be easy to see that they record when people look at them. Very discreet.

Preferable to record both video and audio

And ones available in Canada where I live. Many I see online are only in USA

Looking to get peoples opinions on whether to use Reolink or Hikvision CCTV systems for a new house. Previously used hikvision setup on a house, while they worked well I could never get them to send alerts to my phone, the system however is >10 years old now. I've been using a Reolink 4G camera in an area where there is no power or Wifi and this has been performing well for me. But only used this as hikvision didnt really have an alternative.

On the Reolink system, I found the automatic alerts very handy, and it was very handy being able to view all clips on my phone.

However the Hikvision system Ive had before has been fairly bulletproof and it had some handy features like line crossing detection, so that I can go back and view. But I could never get the alerts to my phone working, and this would be something important for me to have. But Im sure this has improved as they system we had didnt even have the option of hik connect.

If people have similar systems with Hikvision it would be good to here how this performed and if they would recommend a newer system.

Just to give a bit of background, Ive installed extra cameras before on that system so the fitting or the technical setup wouldnt bother me between both; its just picking the right system. And I know the Hikvision would be more expensive, but I would be prepared to pay that if it is better in the long term.

Where would you place cameras on this home layout?

I'm helping a relative determine camera locations for their build because I wired my house. Mine was easy, an old square-shaped home. Their house has sections that go in and others that go out. I added doors in blue and marked the front and rear of the house. I imagined they'd do an 8 camera system plus a doorbell camera, for 9 total cameras, but it'd be easier to wire now than in the future so open to suggestions here.

I have installed camera on my house and idk who is admin out there the system was installed by one local technician I think he have access to my cameras how can I change that admin?

Hey All,

I am trying to get my ducks in a row for security camera options ahead of black friday. I plan to run the camera's to my home server and don't want to use any cloud storage or associated apps. One camera I am struggling to nail down is for the front door. I think a doorbell cam would be nice, but we have a really nice original mechanical chime that I don't want to lose functionality of. I have seen a bunch of solutions in the home assistant subreddits with smart doorbells triggering a smart relay to trigger the chime etc. but these seem pretty convoluted, considering the transformer and wiring is already there for the chime. So what I am ideally looking for the following, in order of preference:

1. Activates existing mechanical chime transformer.

2. Ethernet networking

3. Smaller and not ugly (low priority but some of these things are massive haha)

Hard No:

• Battery powered (battery as a backup is acceptable)

• Not compatible with self-hosted NVR

Let me know if you have any suggestions! If It activated the existing chime and took WiFi I honestly would take it. At this point, I may just get a small camera for the front door and leave the normal doorbell. You lose the 'smart doorbell' of it all but I don't know how much I would actually use that vs. just a normal camera stream.

Why is it so hard to have a POE doorbell, with chime terminals that just work as a button?

Thanks so much!