Hi,
I bought a DS-7608NI-I2/8P (fitted a WD Purple 2TB HDD) and 2 cameras (DS-2CD2342WD-I & DS-2CD2385FWD-I) a couple of years back.
I only ever got around to installing the 2342 - the 2385 sat on the shelf. I followed the installation\configuration Mega Thread and had the NVR record continuously 24x7 at 12FPS. No issues in the slightest. No alerts etc setup. The camera was setup using Easy setup as opposed to manual. All been working fine - even with scrolling\browsing footage.
Whilst browsing the forums yesterday, I realised the firmware might be out of date so checked. Both the NVR & 2342 were at
NVR - V3.4.93 build 170408
2342 - V5.4.5 build 170124
So I enabled Virtual Hosts and updated the 2342 camera to V5.5.82 build 190909 and the NVR to V4.40.17 build 201124. the firmware upgrades went well - no errors or issues.
Then this afternoon using iVMS on W10 - scrolling thru the footage I noticed odd gaps in the recordings (not in the blue bar tho). Usually sliding the blue bar along I would get it to move forward in time. But there were a couple of instances where despite moving the time slider along - the picture stayed at the time I had just been at.
Leaving it alone - in one instance it was about 10 mins before the picture moved (i.e. the embedded time code in the picture matched\caught up to the selected time in\on the blue bar. For the 10 mins or so - neither time code (in the picture or the blue bar) moved\changed.
In one case (the gap period) - selecting a "file" in the Filter window, it wouldn't play. No errors or anything on screen.
[For now - I have reverted the firmware back to V3.4.93 build 170408 just to see if this "quirk" goes away.]
But since then, I connected directly to the camera via connecting to the NVR using IE - and System - Camera Management - Connect and selecting the camera, and then when looking at Storage Settings in the camera - it was set to Continuous but all the bars\periods for all 7 days were coloured purple, i.e. set to Event.
I deleted them all and recreated all 7x24 periods in blue and hit save. I'll be checking tomorrow afternoon to see how it's behaved over 24hrs and to see if the missing footage\gaps behaviour still happens.
I was hoping someone could tell me what happens if the Schedule settings in the NVR are set to continuous (and blue) and the ones in a camera are set to continuous but purple (event)? Would this cause there to be gaps in recorded footage?
Or if anyone has had gaps in footage when the NVR (as far as they know) is set to record continuous 24x7?
Or is there a bug\feature in the latest NVR firmware?
There was no power failure during the hours I've got missing footage.
Many Thanks
Dibs
p.s. Just checked the NVR logs and there is nothing between 08:00 & 12:39 - the gaps/missing footage occurs between those times. I am locally connected to the NVR via a wired connection.
I bought a DS-7608NI-I2/8P (fitted a WD Purple 2TB HDD) and 2 cameras (DS-2CD2342WD-I & DS-2CD2385FWD-I) a couple of years back.
I only ever got around to installing the 2342 - the 2385 sat on the shelf. I followed the installation\configuration Mega Thread and had the NVR record continuously 24x7 at 12FPS. No issues in the slightest. No alerts etc setup. The camera was setup using Easy setup as opposed to manual. All been working fine - even with scrolling\browsing footage.
Whilst browsing the forums yesterday, I realised the firmware might be out of date so checked. Both the NVR & 2342 were at
NVR - V3.4.93 build 170408
2342 - V5.4.5 build 170124
So I enabled Virtual Hosts and updated the 2342 camera to V5.5.82 build 190909 and the NVR to V4.40.17 build 201124. the firmware upgrades went well - no errors or issues.
Then this afternoon using iVMS on W10 - scrolling thru the footage I noticed odd gaps in the recordings (not in the blue bar tho). Usually sliding the blue bar along I would get it to move forward in time. But there were a couple of instances where despite moving the time slider along - the picture stayed at the time I had just been at.
Leaving it alone - in one instance it was about 10 mins before the picture moved (i.e. the embedded time code in the picture matched\caught up to the selected time in\on the blue bar. For the 10 mins or so - neither time code (in the picture or the blue bar) moved\changed.
In one case (the gap period) - selecting a "file" in the Filter window, it wouldn't play. No errors or anything on screen.
[For now - I have reverted the firmware back to V3.4.93 build 170408 just to see if this "quirk" goes away.]
But since then, I connected directly to the camera via connecting to the NVR using IE - and System - Camera Management - Connect and selecting the camera, and then when looking at Storage Settings in the camera - it was set to Continuous but all the bars\periods for all 7 days were coloured purple, i.e. set to Event.
I deleted them all and recreated all 7x24 periods in blue and hit save. I'll be checking tomorrow afternoon to see how it's behaved over 24hrs and to see if the missing footage\gaps behaviour still happens.
I was hoping someone could tell me what happens if the Schedule settings in the NVR are set to continuous (and blue) and the ones in a camera are set to continuous but purple (event)? Would this cause there to be gaps in recorded footage?
Or if anyone has had gaps in footage when the NVR (as far as they know) is set to record continuous 24x7?
Or is there a bug\feature in the latest NVR firmware?
There was no power failure during the hours I've got missing footage.
Many Thanks
Dibs
p.s. Just checked the NVR logs and there is nothing between 08:00 & 12:39 - the gaps/missing footage occurs between those times. I am locally connected to the NVR via a wired connection.