Recent content by yggdrasil

Doesn't that setting reset your camera motion settings as well? I remember using that Find inspects on an existing camera and I had to recreate all my motion sensor settings again. So the PTZ settings are created on the camera side backend then? I had the impression, since BI can already...

Samsung also has ones, I think it's called the Pro Endurance series, which supports more writes over its life span for security cameras. I purchased a few Sandisk endurance ones which are supposed to be more durable for cameras as well, but I can't comment since they are running for a few months...

If you are going PoE remember that Ethernet cables can't run more than 100 meters or around 328 feet, you should stay below 250 as a safe measure, unless you are running PoE extenders between them. This means you are better off running fiber for a long distance to a PoE switch that then...

Yes. Disconnect the camera, reset to factory settings, upgrade the firmware. Do not connect it to the Internet again. It says pwned which means whoever did this, is basically doing it deliberately to make you aware that your camera is insecure and should not be exposed online. I assume you...

Is there some guide or tutorial on how to manage cameras with PTZ positions? I created some cameras with sensor movement, and they work, but of course, this only works for a fixed position I have set. I'm not that far yet into the exploring the changing profiles to activate or deactivate...

Yes, that option is already set, but you still need to go to the top of the screen and switch from Local to the Remote PC every time. The connection is already done automatically, my question is rather if it will automatically open the cameras instead of having to select it from that dropdown...

I mean Blue Iris installed on Windows. I'm connecting from Blue Iris Windows to Blue Iris Windows using its remote feature.

Does someone know if it is possible to open a remote connection on Blue Iris automatically when I launch the software. As now, I have to switch from the Local option to the remote option to connect each time. Can't the remote site be the default when launching the software?

Isn't that a hardware/equipment prohibition? If yes, they would not be allowed to sell the cameras, regardless of what software features they remove. Locking down the software does not change the fact they are still Dahua or HikVision cameras. The cameras are still being sold on Amazon and on...

They do support ONVIF but only for basic stream, I can't get Onvif events, for example in Blue Iris to work, there is no web interface either and the HTTP API seems also removed. The old cameras had SNMP, FTP, and many other features out of the box. Thankfully, the new Smart series still works...

That difference is huge! I was not aware of that, that explains a lot now for some of my cameras since I have all different models and the quality is different for every one of them.

I wish I knew all this before. I would have never purchased those Amcrest cams. Likewise, I was already suspicious of all the features for such a low price, and they keep dropping prices for models over the years. I guess the phrase 'you get what you pay for' is absolutely true. In fact, I...

Sounds great, I don't actually care about the interface logo/brand but the software in terms of functionality, and you answered all the questions. So if Amcrest cameras are the same Dahua, they are just disabling features deliberately on their cameras that are actually enabled in other Dahua...

Thank you! I will take a look at them then for my next PoE purchases instead of Amcrest for Blue Iris. Who takes care of the firmware or software on those cameras? Or they all come from Dahua regardless of the brand? I don't mind whether it's from the command line or SSH, as long as I can...

I'm aware they are Dahua, I think most brands are either Dahua or HikVision, but at least it's a Texas-based company (correct me if I'm wrong) so I assume they do all the quality tests and put their own software on it (for security reasons). If they are not, and it comes just from China as...