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    Power still out 3 days later :(

    High tech solutions to low tech problems.
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    Xprotect Smart Client takes too long to load.

    Can you make this support request in the Milestone website's support forum? Probably get more answers there.
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    Big news Milestone Q3 2020

    No, because channels live within the device. So: You can have multiple channels per device. Previously you could have a 100 channel encoder device that allowed you to bring 100 cameras into the system and it would only cost you 1 device license. Now they've closed this loophole so now this...
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    Big news Milestone Q3 2020

    https://www.milestonesys.com/campaigns/license-model/ Milestone has finally closed a big loophole in their licensing model. Starting with 2020 Q3 release, they are charging a license count for every CHANNEL in the system, rather than every DEVICE. They have left a few exceptions where...
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    Packaging

    Gretta does not approve of shipping $10 products in separate orders, multiple times per week.
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    dewarping fisheye image on camera IPC-EB5531

    Good camera Video Management Software can do the dewarping in realtime and interactively while you watch live or recorded video. On the camera side, it definitely varies by exact Dahua model. Some are nicely featured and flexible, some are not. Here's a N68BR4V with firmware System Version...
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    Best nightime camera for a boat?

    I don't think the boat factor changes anything. So I would suggest whatever the good cameras are for mounting on buildings.
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    Hacking Dahua Camera Without Any Software Or Passwords

    I don't think I learned anything, but I enjoyed their enthusiasm and the movie reference.
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    New Line of 10th Gen Desktop Processors.

    Pro tip: They are the same internal circuits as the last three generations of desktop CPUs, they just glued a few more cores on the end so the core count can get a bit higher in the lineup. Intel forgetting how to design x86 processors for an 8 year stretch will go down as one of the biggest...
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    UDP Stream as Source

    Interesting question. I don't know of a way to create a Camera in Milestone that only has the functionality of a permanent RTP stream. I know I've tuned into streams like that with VLC and with third party "Decoders" like Axis T8705, but never declared it as a Camera in Milestone. In the...
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    Dahua 4K PTZ DH-SD8A820WA-HNF

    Did you try the Enhance button?
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    20190627 New catalog

    Agreed, 16:9 is the devil.
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    Milestone news March 2020

    Update: It is now available for download.
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    How many of you wear "hoodies" in normal life?

    Proper name for this attire is "bunny hug".
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    Milestone news March 2020

    They must have found a major flaw in XProtect 2020 R1, because they pulled it off their download page and are showing a notice saying to check back later.
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    is there any common tool to reset all types of ip camera forgotten passwords

    Pretty sure you have to press the button on each camera.
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    I assure you it wasn't cold enough to snow...

    You can plan the design of where to mount by testing with a normal light spotlight or flashlight, something like: Think of the infrared emitter just like a normal directional light. So if you mount it far away from your camera, you will be lighting up the 'unseen' side of the people you are...
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    I assure you it wasn't cold enough to snow...

    Super cool. Bonus points if you can focus the camera at maximum near distance next time that environment happens, it might show better detail on the water particles.
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    3990X & Blueirs thoughts ?

    I'm out of my element here. But my first question is, why is this Blue Iris app 'encoding' camera footage? The cameras send it a nicely encoded stream, if the only use case is to store it to disk for later viewing or live viewing, there's no reason there to encode anything. When the use shifts...
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    Coyotes are getting bigger

    Maybe this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coywolf
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    Dahua / Amcrest HTTP API

    It's surprising how even the fancy commercial VMS applications make it difficult or nearly impossible to quickly determine how many days' worth of footage each camera has. You'd think they would flaunt that info to the user prominently in the interface and be proud enough to make it easy to...
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    DaHua Fisheye (IP) playback issues

    I would recommend that you export the footage in question and view it on another computer. If it is still frozen or fails to display video, then you are out of luck with no recourse.
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    Better performance?

    No, not correct. You probably aren't using the secondary stream, so its settings don't matter, and you could disable it on the settings page. Turn On Smart Codec in main stream. Regarding field of views and zoom rating, the zoom rating itself isn't where you went wrong. A 3x or 4x zoom range is...
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    Better performance?

    I think your first step should be to verify if this is a camera stream stutter or a viewing device decoding stutter, as your video is apparently a screen capture of a mobile device. I recommend using a Windows PC to view the footage in the camera's web interface, or the RTSP stream in VLC. See...
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    Wide view Dahua cam?

    It seems that about 110 degrees horizontal is about the widest Field of View on the camera market, for single sensor, non-fisheye/panoramic/360 cameras. To get more horizontal FoV you have to use multiple cameras or one of the types I mentioned.
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    Andy, I have request for the Dahua engineers, if it is possible to do

    The proper Dahua cameras, as well as every camera of repute I've ever dealt with, list their model number somewhere in their web interface. It is simply poor workmanship by the coders responsible if you encounter a camera that does not.
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    Motion Detection Area Boxes (Incorrectly Calibrated)

    How about settings your Windows Display Scaling to 100%?
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    POE injector for Dahua can I use this one

    The Ubiquity seems to be wrong voltage, and not an actual PoE standard (802.3af, at, or bt). So I don't think it will work.