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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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    onvif.org allegedly threatens Doorbird with action based on an ipcamtalk.com user post

    Describes situation:
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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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    Can A Dahua PTZ Camera Be Mounted Upside Down?

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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.
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    Dahua 4K PTZ DH-SD8A820WA-HNF

    Can we convince you to put it on a 60' tower so you can see everything that happens within 4 miles of you?
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    IR "halo", how to fix?

    Maybe also try going out there at night, and use a towel to completely cover the camera, and then watch the recorded footage to see if the reflection / artifact goes away once the camera becomes blocked from it surroundings by the towel. And then if it does, you could move the towel slowly at a...
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    Milestone Alarm Input / outputs - digital i/o

    Your explanation is missing a key step. The fence system closes a dry contact, but the missing link is: how does Milestone become aware of this dry contact closure? Depending how it becomes aware of it, the process for configuring Milestone to activate a PTZ preset will vary. As rsox...
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    Milestone Alarm Input / outputs - digital i/o

    I'm a bit confused by your use case. These perimeter sensors & security lighting you mention.. presumably you want to receive these field devices to sense some condition, and then Milestone to become aware of that sense trigger in the form of a Milestone Input, right?
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    Vivotek models with 2MP 1/2.8" sensors?

    The few times I've played with them, I always found them to be quality cameras. Perhaps a little more 'conventional' or 'mainstream' than the Dahua and Hikvision options. Perhaps between a Bosch and a Dahua as far as the software/firmware/interface.
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    Anybody tried getting rid of the plugs?

    I think the 12v plug is used by some here when they use an external microphone. They use a PoE power splitter just before the camera connection to send power to both the microphone and camera.
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    What focal length am I viewing?

    This was discussed this week in another thread.
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    What's with the temp display?

    Looking at it the other way, why would anyone want the camera to report the ambient temperature? You didn't buy a weather station, you bought a camera.
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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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    Night Images Of An 8MP 4K Camera With A 1/2.5 Sensor And A 1/1.8 Sensor Compared

    Clearly the top image is more washed out, with brighter blacks. So the bottom image 'looks' better. But for CCTV purposes, I don't think there is any quantifiable difference between them. Both show the same detail near and far, on dark and on bright surfaces.
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    New IPcamtalk forum --> now my Chrome won't stay logged into forum

    Deleting cookies as per the link works in my Chrome, thx. I have stayed logged in.
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    New IPcamtalk forum --> now my Chrome won't stay logged into forum

    Every time I come back here since the forum upgrade a few weeks ago, I have to log in. I have the "stay logged in" checkbox checked. Using Chrome and Win10.
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    Review: Dahua IPC-EW5531-AS 5MP Fisheye Camera

    Welcome to the joys of using fisheye/360 cameras. This is definitely one place where a quality VMS can justify its expense, as they handle this very well.
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    Holy 60x Zoom Batman! Dahua SD10A260WA-HNF

    13kg! I wonder what the objective lens diameter is. Pretty wild that they can do 60x zoom. Does anyone know the still photography market, are 60x varifocal lenses a thing?
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    I was right all along, Dahua IPC-HDW4831EM-ASE - Don't follow the 4K Hype

    Another interesting test would be: set the 4k camera to 1080p resolution and compare it to the native 1080p camera.
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    Which PTZ for mounting on the top of the pole?

    For true 360 unobstructed you need something like a Pelco Esprit. A regular dome will always be obscured by its mounting pole because they have to hang from something. The Esprit design has the added benefit that it can look upwards to very high angles, again besting the functionality of a dome...
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