Recent content by DanTappan

What I use is a python script which fetches images once a second, so it's doing essentially what your shell script test did. But, with the stock Amcrest firmware configured to 8MP resolution even a simple browser fetch fails soldily: 400 errors 99% of the time. So seems pretty apples-to-apples...

Yes, that's pretty much the symptom of the bug. At lower resolutions, generally between 4MP and 8MP, the snapshot URLs will work for awhile and then hang, eventually returning the 400 error. As you reduce the resolution and possibly the image quality, it works more reliably. So I'm not surprised...

I didn't have any stock Dahua models, but I just got hold of a Dahua 8MP Zoom camera ( DH-IPC-HFW4631H-ZSA, running firmware "2.460.0000000.16.R, Build Date: 2017-09-04") and tested it out in my setup. It turns out that: The Dahua, with original Dahua firmware, works somewhat better, in that it...

I discovered this thread through Google and have been reading it with interest. Thanks for all the useful information! I have a question: I can see that upgrading to the Dahua firmware adds some interesting features, but does it fix bugs? The reason I ask: I have an IP8M-T2499EW, which I...