Security camera system

[encorehunter]

Interesting this was brought up today. I do have the original system linked to my phone now, however, I want to upgrade it. I was looking at something like a Swann kit.
https://www.amazon.com/Swann-Securit...d_i=B07X4BBTJV

Adding a couple extra cameras, one for the neighbor and one for the dumpster.

[Seamonkey]

Camera needs a power source and connection to the DVR
Power options: batteries, power adaptor, Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Connections: wifi or physical cable to the DVR.
Physical cable:
- you have BNC connectors. Probably can use the existing wires then it depends if the camera is compatible with the DVR. Must provide a power adaptor to each camera (I assume you have that now)
- Cat5 ethernet cable means all new cameras and wiring. Provided you have an appropriate device the power to the camera is supplied via the Cat5

wifi - dealing with batteries

I went with Lorex -- https://www.lorex.com/
DVR is in the safe. One switch connects the cameras, DVR, provides PoE. Individual Cat5 cable from the switch to each camera.
I can view via my phone anywhere. No cloud storage, no cloud account. Continuous recording

Night vision is nice, limited in range to how far the lights will illuminate. It will light up animal eyes and fun to watch two spots "floating" in the distance....
Motion detection is useless on outside cameras between the trees, rabbits, moths but great for an inside spot.

If you have the budget buy some dummy cameras to place in highly visible spots as a distraction.

[Seamonkey]

My DVR is in the safe and I do not have a monitor set up for constant live views. On the desktop I use an app to access the system. I can bring up a live view but it's not good for long term monitoring as it eventually times out.
The phone app allows continuous live view.
The DVR files are .dav format and I can view footage if played on the DVR. If I want to share the footage then I must download the file to the desktop, run a program to convert from .dav to .mp4 then able to share.

How does the Blue Iris software function for live viewing?