Compatibility

Keep your cameras. Add the questions.

You do not need a new camera system to search footage in plain English. You need something that reads what your recorder already writes.

Three ways in

  • RTSP streams. The standard almost every IP camera and NVR speaks. Point it at the stream and ingest begins.
  • Exported clips. A folder of files from your recorder's export tool, dropped onto the machine.
  • An old drive. Archive footage from a decommissioned recorder, indexed after the fact.

Brands customers already run it alongside

Hikvision, Dahua, Reolink, Ubiquiti UniFi Protect, Axis, Amcrest, Synology Surveillance Station and generic ONVIF recorders. Because the integration point is the video itself, the brand on the box matters far less than whether it can stream or export — and nearly all of them can.

What changes on your network

One machine joins your local network and reads video. Nothing is uploaded, no ports need to be opened to the internet, and after install the machine can run with the internet disconnected entirely, alerts included.

Frequently asked

Will AI video search work with my Hikvision or Dahua NVR?
Yes. AI Smart Retail reads the video your recorder already produces rather than replacing it. An RTSP stream, a folder of exported clips, or a drive pulled from the recorder all work.
Do I have to replace my cameras?
No. Existing IP cameras keep recording to the same system. Nothing about your current setup has to change for the index to be built.
Can it index footage from a recorder that is already retired?
Yes. Point it at the drive or the exported files and it will transcribe, index and answer questions about that archive the same way it does for live cameras.

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