Hi Everyone, ive been trying out some consumer bullet cams (because the size thats best for my needs, i need IP rated and small)
as you probably know the sound quality is terrible. what i tried was tapo c320ws, imou bullet 3 and ezviz h3
ive dealt with studio sound recordings and AAC/GSM codecs in the past. these codecs are capable of much better quality than recorded by the cameras.
3 of them are basically the same. they sound like a very strong and badly adjusted, laggy noise gate is on them. possible a bandpass filter also that would be unnecessary for AAC.
the noise floor is set way too high so if theres a heated dialog around the camera, only the louder parts are recorded, and it cuts and stutters elsewhere that makes it unusable to any kind of evidence.
when a loud automobile passes under, they only capture the revs, but not the idling (blurbing)
listenting carefully with my usable sound recording experience tells me the hardware would be enough (so-so), and its the filter/compression combo that screws it. even had the feeling its the same sound algorithm that these companies snatch from each other...?
long story short, can you guys recommend a standalone wifi ip cam that has better sound recording, maybe with some usable settings, that actually do something?
thanks for any input
as you probably know the sound quality is terrible. what i tried was tapo c320ws, imou bullet 3 and ezviz h3
ive dealt with studio sound recordings and AAC/GSM codecs in the past. these codecs are capable of much better quality than recorded by the cameras.
3 of them are basically the same. they sound like a very strong and badly adjusted, laggy noise gate is on them. possible a bandpass filter also that would be unnecessary for AAC.
the noise floor is set way too high so if theres a heated dialog around the camera, only the louder parts are recorded, and it cuts and stutters elsewhere that makes it unusable to any kind of evidence.
when a loud automobile passes under, they only capture the revs, but not the idling (blurbing)
listenting carefully with my usable sound recording experience tells me the hardware would be enough (so-so), and its the filter/compression combo that screws it. even had the feeling its the same sound algorithm that these companies snatch from each other...?
long story short, can you guys recommend a standalone wifi ip cam that has better sound recording, maybe with some usable settings, that actually do something?
thanks for any input