Thanks, this got back the missing option. However, its annoying as you lose all the smart functions (IVS, intrusion detection areas, human/vehicle filtering etc.)
That got me most of the way there.
However, when looking at the stream or the recording I saw every few seconds the frames would blur and focus again. I don't have this issue on a fixed lens 5442 camera and noticed the only difference was the Smart Codec setting. Review your recordings and...
Yes I saw that on Amazon, crazy I ordered Saturday night and delivered Sunday morning!
The image quality was initially terrible for 2 reasons compared to my existing T5442s, 1. It was using VBR instead of CBR 2. It was not using smart codec.
Surprised these 2 things made such a huge difference...
I'm not sure where the idea Shinobi isn't lightweight or unstable has come from. I've been using it for more than a year and its been rock solid.
It takes the H264 or H265 stream directly from the camera so its extremely efficient because its not doing any hardware processing unless you turn on...
Thanks! I figured there must an obvious page I must've skipped. I didn't see it answer the other questions about alarm server or dav but I'll try some ipcamtalk search queries magic.
So because of this thread I decided to buy this camera as an impulse purchase from Andy (love the Amazon ship speed!). I received this camera a few hours ago. I already have several Wyze, Amcrest, Reolink cameras ranging from $20 to $350 (PTZ) stuff. This was my first Dahua brand camera.
This...