Head over to your NVR via it's IP address in your browser. Now it comes to actually extracting the footage from your NVR. Even if the actual crime only takes place for 5 minutes, it doesn't hurt to include 5 minutes of footage before and after the incident (possibly even more if the police ask for it) Just include a note of when the actual crime takes place. If your cameras have a timestamp in the footage, this is very helpful (if not, I suggest you enable this feature as soon as possible.) If the time falls out of sync on the camera, this isn't a huge issue, just make sure to note exactly how many hours/minutes the camera is out by to give an accurate portrayal of time.Īnother thing that will help the police would be to give a long timescale of the evidence.
For example, the video is encoded and processed at the recorder on a DVR. The differences between the NVR and DVR are how cameras connect to the recorder and how each system processes video. Police from different areas may have different needs to meet, and it is best to talk to them beforehand.įrom my experience, submitting evidence placed on a USB is a no-go, as the computers the Police use will wipe any data from a drive submitted in this manner, so the next solution is to have all footage burned onto a CD. A network video recorder, or NVR, is a computer system that records security footage and stores it on the hard drive. If you have a recorded incident on your Hikvision NVR, preparing it for the police is an important step.