I built a custom GSM camera solution, solar powered, up a telephone pole at another location out on a farm in Victoria and the unobstructed line of sight GSM throughput to a nearby tower is awesome. You're right, in many cases in Australia, GSM, amazingly, has better performance than DSL. In the first location, I got DSL because GSM coverage was pretty patchy. If I reduced it to 8fps, which is what I am learning is all that is needed, it would probably be pretty smooth. When I have the cameras there recording at 720p and 25fps, I can watch live or playback at reasonable smoothness. The DSL upload in that installation is a bit better. What's the 7680NI-I2? In another installation, I have the DS-7608NI-E2/8P, which is the 8 POE port NVR. I'd like to find a cloud solution that gets around my low DSL upload speed problem. I'm going to buy a Hik system today and flying overseas to install it in a week. Their NVR's are so so (The software is archaic, but better to stick with the same brand for cameras & NVRs). So, so many problems with remote viewing applications with HikVision.) And if you have continuous recording, you can't search playback for any motion detection because the solid blue line of continuous recording overwrites the periodic red line that indicates motion. Requiring WebComponents, which is a non mainstream approach and almost impossible to get working on Linux, although I see now they have allowed VNC for live view, which is progress, but still only WebComponents in playback, so you still need Windows. (In general, HikVision is crap when it comes to their web viewing software. I have to use a VM with Windows to use it. You have to for EZVis and it doesn't work on Linux. I'd rather not have to install software on my PC just to use a cloud service. When a car drives by the website raises an alarm that never includes the car. There is one toggle for motion detection, no customization beyond that. I have configured it with my HikVision DS-2CD2732F-I. I wonder whether the cloud storage will work if the upload speed is slow (400kbps). The EZVis site says "High speed internet connection required", but not more detail is needed. Is the video actually uploaded to the cloud rather than streamed back via my NVR, which would defeat the purpose of cloud storage? In another overseas location I want to have video stored in the cloud, because even though I will have an NVR there, the DSL connection is very slow. Is it true that you can't use EZVis cloud storage without an NVR? EZVis sees my camera and can stream it, but says there is no device to add for cloud storage. In my current location I only have a camera (Just for testing - for the moment). In one house, I have HikVision cameras and an NVR. Even if you pay for the cloud storage, which costs a few pounds / dollars per month, that supports only event-based recording, not continuous recording.What are cloud storage alternatives for HikVision cameras to EZViz? The snag is that you can’t upgrade the 32GB of embedded storage, which is enough for around 4.5 hours at maximum quality. That drains the battery fast, which is why you’re advised to plug the camera in (to the mains), which rather defeats the point of a battery-powered camera, but at least there’s the option if you want to record continuously for a while. Record Mode is an unexpected bonus because it records continuously like CCTV and never goes to sleep. Performance Mode: The camera will record the entirety of events without breaking them up into short clips.Power-Saving Mode: Short clips are recorded, and the camera intelligently decides how to maximise battery life, recording clips of different lengths as appropriate.Super Power-Saving Mode: No detection function or recording: only live view.I was also given a breakdown of what the modes actually do: I quizzed Ezviz about this, and was told that the app is being improved so these descriptions are clearer. Unfortunately, the app isn’t specific about how long the clips are in each mode. There are various modes which either save battery power or record for longer.
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