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Thank you for sharing your experience. The footage I have needs to be retrieved so it's important I get this working. I'll try to connect it to my Mac since I understand Mac OS is Linux based so maybe that will help. I don't know anything about Channel Encryption. When I installed a new drive to sav...

I would like to review footage from a 4TB HD (WD Purple) removed from an Amcrest DVR (AMDV8M-H5). I understand the footage is not viewable just by connecting it to a computer as the videos files are a proprietary format. After some searching on this forum, would the Amcrest Smart Player be able to r...

Hi Revo, thanks for your advice. You were spot on, the power cycling is the cause of the restarting, I have switched over to surge protector mode only. What a crappy design of the UPS lol.

I have the DVR hooked up to a CyberPower 1500VA battery backup along with 8 cameras. When I'm in the office where the DVR is installed sometimes I hear a loud beep (not sure if its the DVR or the UPS) and then it sounds like the DVR is either restarting or the HDD (WD Purple 4TB) turns off and start...