3 and 4 are the kickers for me. On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Adam Moffett via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ok what I hated about AV1: > 1) No management of disk usage (though it seemed to use 90% of the > available space for video, which I admit is a reasonable default) > 2) "Recordings" shown in the web interface seemed to stay forever. Or at > least a listing of an available recording was shown, along with a little > thumbnail image long past the point where the actual recording on disk was > gone. I never saw one go away without me deleting it. > 3) No good way to skim or search lots of video. You had to click on each > recording and watch it.....if someone told you that the event you're > looking for was "sometime on tuesday" that meant a lot of tedium. > 4) No bulk export: You could export individual recordings, but if you > wanted "all the video from Tuesday afternoon" it was not happening without > exporting individual clips over and over again. > 5) No export to locally attached storage. Couldn't burn to DVD, couldn't > copy to USB disk. > 6) Oh yeah....no full quality uncompressed export. > 7) Video not actually stored as video....stored as still images with a > database that kept a record of which images belonged to what video. Which > meant no (good) workaround to any of the export problems. > > The web interface was so amazing and beautiful that it distracted from the > fact that some of the basic functions of a DVR were missing. Since it was > free I might have used it for something less critical, like monitoring my > own house, but it was not good for actual security. > > Glad to hear the new version is better, maybe someday I'll try it. > > > Hard to believe that someone didn't like a Ubiquiti web system. That's > what they do probably better than anyone else.... unless he meant the > backend of AV1... which was terrible. Rewritten in AV2 and then rewritten > again in AV3. Not really hearing any complaints about the new interface or > new cameras. Well, nothing major. > > Losing RSTP? I couldn't care less. They actually added it back in, but > it's sourced from the server vs. the camera. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"josh--- via Af" <[email protected]> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *To: *[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent: *Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:46:09 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > We're on "av3", aka unifi-video now > > On November 5, 2014 9:38:16 AM AKST, Adam Moffett via Af <[email protected]> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >> >> UBNT took away RTSP in recent firmware....so I'm not sure if you can >> actually use them with anything other than Air Vision anymore. I >> haven't tried AirVision2. I also was not fond of AirVision, it sucked. >> >>> >>> I know this has been hashed and re-hashed, but I'm wondering what >>> others are having luck with as far as IP cameras go. I'm needing >>> something with night vision and decent resolution, under $200. Are >>> the new Ubiquiti cameras worth looking at? I wasn't terribly fond of >>> AirVision last time I used it, is BlueIris any better for use with >>> these? Other recommendations? Thanks. >>> >>> -Jason >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >
