Is the camera able to record 24/7? Also where does the recording save to?
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I have had troubles from the start setting mine up. When I was finally able to do it, I could get it to play on my computer where it would record to the hard drive I assume as I was never really able to navigate it all that well. I also had nothing but trouble trying to view it from my android phone. I actually had to find and pay for an application that could find my camera online. I also paid for a service that I thought would help with the whole domain address thing but it turned out to not be a big help either. I hope you are really handy with electronics or have someone who can help you set it all up. I have had troubles from the start setting mine up. When I was finally able to do it, I could get it to play on my computer where it would record to the hard drive I assume as I was never really able to navigate it all that well. I also had nothing but trouble trying to view it from my android phone. I actually had to find and pay for an application that could find my camera online. I also paid for a service that I thought would help with the whole domain address thing but it turned out to not be a big help either. I hope you are really handy with electronics or have someone who can help... » Read More I have had troubles from the start setting mine up. When I was finally able to do it, I could get it to play on my computer where it would record to the hard drive I assume as I was never really able to navigate it all that well. I also had nothing but trouble trying to view it from my android phone. I actually had to find and pay for an application that could find my camera online. I also paid for a service that I thought would help with the whole domain address thing but it turned out to not be a big help either. I hope you are really handy with electronics or have someone who can help you set it all up. « Show Less
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Recording can be set up a variety of ways with the included software. The camera will record continuously if you click the record button within the software. The recordings are saved to a folder you can designate on the computer the software is installed on.
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I don't know where you found this information, we have this camera and it is not the case. Recorded up to 3 hours non stop without any problems.
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We haven't recorded past 5 min at one time..but throught out the day couple min at a time..it adds up to anywhere from15-20 min..so what they mean is that you cant record more then 10 min straight I guess..anyway hope this helps..super clear pics and vids
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You could record it if you had a screen capture program. You would almost have to have a PC dedicated just for that and some really huge hard drives. When I used to record on my old camera (wired) It would go through a terrabyte drive pretty quickly. So even if you did do that, much time would need to be dedicated to reviewing the footage at fast speeds. It can take hours every day to do that. I personally think its worth the cost to be able to see the markers on the cloud recording and to be able to check it on my phone.
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I leave my camera plugged in 24/7 and it works perfectly. I have to periodically readjust the camera position because it gets moved when we do housecleaning.
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Yes, but let me be clear, it is not a set and forget, recording to local computer is done only when logged into the camera's web page (then it can be set and forget...as long as the page stays open on the computer), the default location is C:\IPCamRecord. This will also work for motion detection (alarm) recording, but again, the web page has to be open to record to local PC / Mac. If you insert an SD card, Motion Detection will record regardless of the web page being up or not. I hope that makes sense.
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Another good question. Also, can you set it to record for X hours? Still reading...
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If you have a targeted time each day that you want to save data to "review bad events", you can do so with a combination of internal memory in the camera, a schedule in the camera to record the days video, and a Ubantu (Linux) rtsp://xxx.com/live1.sdp recording software program. But it is a lot of work for something that you can buy for a couple of hundred dollars from various vendors.
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It ultimately depends on your setting choices. I have them recording 24/7 and have seen 35 to 15 days depending on my quality settings.
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It can, but you need to subscribe to an external service as there is no way to save, either internally or to an FTP server on your network, the data you would be recording. So out of the box, it's all real time only.
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Yes. You can set up a one time recording or recurring recordings by day, M-F, or by week. For example, I have a recurring recording set for several night-time programs that record the same time every week. There is a morning show that I like that is on Monday through Friday, so I record that every day M-F. It's really quite versatile, although the interface takes a little getting used to.
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Yes I had this set up to record 24 hours, and another identical cam on a separate channel set up only to record when the motion detection was tripped. The record time is determined by the setting of the DVR. Go for a bigger or upgradable hardrive.
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I don't know, James, because we sent the camera back! Something that only records for 10 seconds when it activates was not what we needed. We got a netcam instead! Goggling the camera model doesn't turn up anything?
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I do not know.. But, I can tell you that I have the 4 cam system on motion sensor (event) recording. With a busy store it can often record continous all day, until we close the store and then it doesn't record much other than a security guard walking by the entrance a few times overnight.. Typically, I am experiencing 17-19 days of recording with the 1TB drive.
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Yes you can record with the camera plugged in. The manual says the maximum recordable time for a single scene is 12 hours. If the scene exceeds 12 hours there will be a few second pause and then recording will automatically resume.
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I have never had to record a shot that was non-stop so I dont know, but I would assume you would run out of storage space before the battery died. The battery life is quite impressive
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No it does not, or at least none that I'm aware of. I only use it a few times. I does have recording capabilities on everything that can be monitor which is nice.