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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    As the very first step I suggest reducing the gain to 80 or lower and the frame rate to 1/25 or so. Such a high gain is bound to give you issues. If the scene gets too dark at night, you need additional IR lamps.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    As I suggested earlier, posting screenshots of all your image and video settings will be useful.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    apologies for the confusion, I was referring to the earlier video where horizontal lines were clearly visible and we speculated it could be interference. In Your new videos, there are no interference lines. As I said the milkiness or fog is due to IR reflections.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    Looking at the videos there is no interference at all. The camera was in day mode recording at night time, which will result in a bad image.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    Yup you have two separate topics here. One is the milky image, the other is the pulsating effect. Check if what fenderman said is the cause, but also your camera seems to be mounted or aimed too close to the eaves or whatever it is mounted on. Regarding the pulsating effect, if you set the key...
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    Which camera is it? Is it a dome?
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    That is not good, agreed. It looks like IR reflection though. The picture quality itself looks okay.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    You should be able to set MJPEG in the camera's Video stream options. Or in H.264 mode itself increase the key frame to 20 and set framerate to 10. See if the video improves. Btw video still looks good to me.
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    Hi Dave I must say I don't see anything amiss either. It looks just like mine does. Now I do see what you describe, this is the change of the scene from one key frame to the next. In H.264 mode, A key frame is where the camera records the whole scene. Till the next key frame, the camera will...
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    My first Hikvision (2CD2032F) - is there a sticky for setting it up for best picture?

    Re: My first Hikvision (2CD2032F) - is there a sticky for setting it up for best pict The size sounds right. Check the actual dimensions of the photo. If it is not 2048x1536, are you viewing the main stream when you take the snapshot? I tried this on my 3 MP HIK and got a full res snap shot.
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    hikvision DS-2CD2132F-I

    Did this solution work?
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    Looking for Indoor and Outdoor camera suggestions

    You are welcome. I am now researching NVRs and PTZ cameras. Did you decide which ones to get?
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    My first Hikvision (2CD2032F) - is there a sticky for setting it up for best picture?

    Re: My first Hikvision (2CD2032F) - is there a sticky for setting it up for best pict Can you post a full res screenshot? You can take an image from the camera live view page.
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    Understanding Hikvision Motion Detection

    Happy to hear about the progress made. As far as I know the firmware won't let you link the auto switch to the schedules. However, I believe you can achieve this using scripts. I haven't tried this myself though. Why not do away with basic motion detection altogether, I just checked my settings...
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    Hikvision - Noise/Quality Problem - $50 Reward!

    Hi, You have already got some great free advice, if possible please post a night image and your settings, and a video of day time quality. Then I would suggest a methodical process of elimination. I would check and eliminate the following and whatever remains then has to be the reason for the...
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    Seeking advice on external IR lighting

    Yes 1/12 would be too slow for a sharp capture of a fast moving target.
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    Seeking advice on external IR lighting

    Yup even the cheap ones I mentioned do. The best thing is that the detector seems to be similar to the ones in the camera, and always come on before the camera auto-switches to night mode. So there is no gap in between the camera switching to night mode and the external IR lamps coming on.
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    Seeking advice on external IR lighting

    Interestingly the LEDs on neither lamp have dimmed noticeably. They come on every night as they have the built in light intensity detector and its been nearly a year now. I guess it depends on the quality of the particular lamps LEDs?
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    Seeking advice on external IR lighting

    Hi gwminor48, Your scene is not too dark with the camera's built-in IR, but yes adding more IR can only help. I have bought two cheap illuminators mainly as an experiment and have been pleased with them...
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    Best monitoring app for (hikvision) ip cameras

    If you forward both the web admin port (80 I guess in your case) and the RTSP (554 in your case?) for each camera, any mobile viewer app should work. This is what worked for me. Of course port forwarding is not fully secure (repeated illegal logins from IP addresses outside my network and...
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    hikvision DS-2CD2132F-I

    Try that and hopefully it stops overwriting the camera settings.
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    Looking for Indoor and Outdoor camera suggestions

    Hi mate, After going through a similar experience (for non-PTZs), I blogged my findings - check my signature. My advice is stick with the tried and tested brands - Hikvision, Dahua etc. I went with Hikvisions and am well pleased. Cheers.
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    hikvision DS-2CD2132F-I

    Could it be another device on your network such as a Hikvision NVR, your PC surveillance software, or a NAS overwriting your settings? This has happened to me in the past.
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    Anyone using tablets as monitors around the house?

    I use a 2012 Nexus7 and a Galaxy S2 fire exactly this purpose. Both run tinyCAM Monitor Pro and are powerful enough for the secondary streams in multi channel view. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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    Anyone heard of DS-2CD2132F-IS Original English Version V5.3.0 Multi Language?

    Everyone wants the latest and greatest, plus the 4MP model is reported to have slightly better low light performance. I am very happy with my DS-2CD2132F-IS, it performs exactly as it did when I got it 6 months ago. I was very satisfied then, and I am still satisfied.
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    quailty on tablet

    You can also set the resolution, bitrate and framerate for the secondary stream in the camera settings. This can also help with the pixellation.
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    Camera to Cloud (no NVR) recording. Need help

    HI, bp2008 is right - there is no built-in feature. However some people have managed to get the camera to stream to Youtube's Live feature, using a media re-encoder in the middle. Check out http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=40424 and...
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    Understanding Hikvision Motion Detection

    Hi, It is true that image based motion detection will always give false alerts, but some very careful planning and experimentation should significantly cut down false alerts. I record all my cameras 24/7, so I use only line detection, intrusion and tamper detection. Except during the rare...
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    Basic and Smart Event help

    Hi, Sorry to hear about the break-in. I have 2 Hikvisions connected to a QNAP NAS (TS-231+) running Surveillance Station (which I believe is similar to the software on the Viostar). Provided that the camera is compatible with the QNAP, the SS software relies on the camera to send a trigger for...
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    Replacement dome for DS-2CD2132F-IS or similar

    :D They are not cheap though! Just a shade under a new camera from AliExpress!
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