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    Dahua IPC EASY unbricking / recovery over TFTP

    Looking at posts here seems to me that IPC-HDW5231R-something series are particularly prone to bricking. One of mine, never tried upgrades, not connected to internet, started bootlooping and I managed to restore it with the tftp recovery procedure. (thanks @cor35vet) Now it works but some menus...
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    Dahua IPC EASY unbricking / recovery over TFTP

    Hello, I have a HDW5231R-ZE bought from Andy. Now it started not responding, IR does not power up at night, so I opened it up and tried the reset switch to no avail. Configtool can't find it. There's a led on the bottom board, it lights up for about 15 seconds and then powers off 15 seconds and...
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    I sent you an email, look for subject "Invoice request". @[29441:@mat200] Thanks for the explanation

    I sent you an email, look for subject "Invoice request". @[29441:@mat200] Thanks for the explanation
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    What's the difference between PFB203W and PFB204W please? Or is it the same thing?

    What's the difference between PFB203W and PFB204W please? Or is it the same thing?
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    Hi, I'm sending you invoice request, thanks

    Hi, I'm sending you invoice request, thanks
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    Anyone got Dahua camera to record to NFS share??

    Correction: looking into idx files I found out this: Event={"Action":"Start","Index":1,"Name":"AudioMutation"} EncodeFormat={"Audio":{"Bitrate":64,"Channels":[0],"Compression":"G.711A","Depth":16,"Frequency":16000,"Mode":0,"Pack":"DHAV"},"AudioEnable":t...
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    Anyone got Dahua camera to record to NFS share??

    Hi, is it possible to record video and audio over nfs or ftp using audio enabled cameras? I just got a HDW5231R-Z from Andy, it records video and audio on sd card but video only over nfs (I didn't try ftp yet) Also, it seems there's no way to change the folder structure from the menu? If not I...
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    Hi, sending you pricing info request, hope to be in time before Chinese Holidays

    Hi, sending you pricing info request, hope to be in time before Chinese Holidays
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Hello, could someone please confirm if the .dav files recorded from this camera (direct to NAS) can be converted into pc-playable videos using mkvmerge as it is for IPC-HF5421E camera? auto-save video as MKV or MP4 instead of DAV ? If yes, does this work for h264 and h265 as well? Thanks.
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    Time for a new surveillance system: Help needed

    Ok, so after much reading and searching here this is what I found, please someone correct me if I'm wrong: Hickvision cameras can save recordings as mp4 files but those files cannot be read directly by a player because they're in a special format so you need to use the camera web interface to...
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    Ip Camera with FTP upload capability

    Also, you may not take for granted that when getting online your camera will upload all the stored recorded data: it may or it may not, it depends on how its firmware works.
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    Ip Camera with FTP upload capability

    Hi again, I'm also skeptical about IP cameras ftp capabilities in general, some I tried could upload pics only, some uploaded video with very low frame rate and some uploaded strange encoded files no player could play. I think SD card would be used by camera as buffer when uploading but I...
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    Ip Camera with FTP upload capability

    Hi irishpeloton, Not an expert here but I think you should add some more detail: do you intend to transfer only recordings containing motion or all of them? Depending on the camera resolution and compression, if you intend to transfer everything that could require a very fast connection...
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    Time for a new surveillance system: Help needed

    Hi all, hi Zak, sorry this is not an answer, I'm new on this forum and I was about to post a similar question, then I found this one. Mainly, I'd like to just set up some cameras and a NAS and have them autonomously upload video to it on alarm. No NVR. The NAS then could be running...
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