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    Do you block Blue Iris from internet access?

    Wondering if you folks block Blue Iris from having internet access the same way you block your cameras. I only have my outdoor cameras on Blue Iris right now, but I don't access Blue Iris from the internet (no ports forwarded to BI and no https proxy, only VPN). But I haven't blocked Blue Iris...
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    What FPS do you set on your cameras?

    Nice, those videos really make it clear what the difference is. Does CPU and storage scale with Frame Rate? So 5FPS will be half the cpu and storage as 10fps? Well, CPU is tough to make that case. What I mean is, the difference in CPU usage between 5fps to 10fps in terms of cpu is half as...
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    What FPS do you set on your cameras?

    I'm curious what your frames per second is that you folks set on your cameras? It seems like 8 or 10 frames per second is plenty for monitoring needs. Are there cases where you need more?
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    Dahua VTO2201F doorbell camera - how to set DHCP?

    Being able to DHCP for network equipment seems so basic. Kinda like parking breaks on a car. I get people have different preferences for how to run their network. To me, it's more elegant to set DHCP reservations in the router itself. That way you have a central place to manage all networked...
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    Outdoor rated cable?

    I haven't thought of that, I might do that for some places.
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    Outdoor rated cable?

    I've never brought outdoor rated ethernet cable before. Wondering where people get them from? The ones I see on Amazon seem no name brand, or I just haven't heard of them. I'm looking for maybe 30 feet without paying the Best Buy premium. Thanks!
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    Dahua VTO2201F doorbell camera - how to set DHCP?

    On the web server for the Dahua VTO2201F doorbell camera, I see how to set a static IP address. I was expecting a checkmark to enable DHCP instead, as I like to manage IP through the router rather than set static on devices. The manual doesn't mention how to get it to use DHCP at all. Any...
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    Hikvision or Dahua doorbell?

    That seems like a great setup. I don't have regular phone service, but would like an intercom system. The actual IP phone are a bit too much in terms of hardware. Have you tried using just a tablet and SIP softphone? Would that be able to accomplish some of the same functions you mentioned...
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    Hikvision or Dahua doorbell?

    Thanks so much for the feedback. I really like the SIP phone app idea. Have you only been using it on your local LAN so far? Eventually, I'd like to setup VPN on my phone to my home network so the SIP phone app can be used when I'm not at home. I anticipate more lag, but hopefully it would...
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    Hikvision or Dahua doorbell?

    Sounds like you've had a lot of experience with this unit. Can you comment on the sound quality? Can you hear what is being said into the external unit? And when you use the SIP phone to speak to the person at the front door, is the speaker adequately loud? Do you think it's loud enough to...
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    Front Door intercom / camera - is the Dahua VTO2202F-P still the best?

    I'm looking for a front door camera that has 2-way audio (via SIP) functionality. It looks like the 2MP VTO2202F-P from Dahua is the best option? Anything else I should be considering? POE is a must. Besides feeding the video into Blue Iris, I'd like to use the SIP functionality to integrate...
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    4K with large sensor, but in turret form?

    So that means the IR filter is fixed? No IR at all?
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    4K with large sensor, but in turret form?

    Oh yeah, that fits the bill. For $240ish, that's not bad. No IR version unfortunately. Only full time color w/ white LED illumination.
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    Worlds First Review - Dahua - IPC-Color4K-X / DH-IPC-HFW5849T1-ASE-LED - Full Color 4K Camera

    I should've asked my question in this thread instead of starting my own. Is there a turret style of this camera with the same large 1/1.2" sensor?
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    4K with large sensor, but in turret form?

    I saw @Wildcat_1 great review of the IPC-Color4K-X, Dahua's 4K bullet style camera with 1/1.2” sensor. The night performance seems pretty good. Does anyone know if Dahua or Hikvision has released similar performance turret style 4K camera? I see a 1/1.8" turret, but not one with 1/1.2" sensor.
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    Pan-Tilt camera w/ micrphone and speaker?

    It's a shame that SIP isn't better supported on cameras. You can route sip audio much more dynamically. The Dahua door bell supports SIP, and you can see real world hardware can be built for it to do cool things like the kit dashboard and supporting multiple dashboards.
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    Pan-Tilt camera w/ micrphone and speaker?

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'd be able to live without pan/tilt. The audio features on this one looks a bit limited. It can be triggered to play audio files stored on the SD card. I was hoping for more sophisticated options for audio, like SIP, where you can configure your own SIP server to...
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    Pan-Tilt camera w/ micrphone and speaker?

    Looking for a camera to mount in the front of the house that has pan and tilt, and also has microphone and speaker. Hoping the microphone and speaker works over some kind of network protocol so it's easy to find some open source software to do intercom type functionality. I see PTZ cameras...
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    Help deciding on software

    You might want to also look into frigate. It's much less resource intensive than blue iris. Person recogition works well, especially with Google's coral hardware, less than 20ms detection time. The flexibility in compute hardware is really great. You can run frigate on x86 computer, but...
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    Use lemon grass oil to keep yellow jackets away from nesting on camera?

    There's some yellow jackets that are nesting in my camera. I read that lemon grass oil can be used to keep them away. Of course, I'd keep it away from the lens. Wondering what other people have used to keep insects from using their turret cameras as nests. Do you stuff the gaps with...
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    how to create a timelapse video from still images / snapshots

    I have one camera set to take a single image snapshot every minute. I see the snapshots in Clips/New section of the UI. So that works, but I'd like it to generate a timelapse video. I thought that's what the "Combine or cut video" checkmark function does? I had this working at one time...
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    PTZ camera with a large 1/1.8" sensor instead of small sensors.

    Thanks Andy. Yeah, that looks really good, I don't actually need the zoom, PT is good enough. I'm curious about the audio feature. Does it use SIP protocol for audio in and out, or is it traditional style analog wires for audio? I don't actually want to use the HikVision app to talk/listen...
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    PTZ camera with a large 1/1.8" sensor instead of small sensors.

    There's lots of PTZ cams using small 1/2.8" sensors, but not a lot with 1/1.8" sensor. The HikVision DS-2DE3A400BW-DE seems to be decently priced ($280) with a larger 1/1.8" sensor. But it doesn't seem to be available for delivery in the US from Ali. Does anyone know of any other 1/1.8" PTZ...
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    Dahua VTO2211G-WP doorbell camera

    The doorbell camera has hardware for 2-way talk feature and advertises 2-way talk with the Dahua app. I was wondering if this 2-way talk implementation is an open protocol, or are you locked into the dahua mobile app for the 2way talk, and need to grant internet access to this doorbell?
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    how to improve these night settings?

    At one time, I even had color enabled for night settings and got great results. Unfortunately, I didn't save my config from back then. Now, even with slow shutter, I'm not able to get those bright night shots. I don't know what happened. Is something seriously wrong with my camera? I've...
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    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS latest new firmware General_IPC-HX5XXX-Volt_MultiLang_NP_Stream3_V2.800.15OG004.0.R.201203

    Hi all, I've never done a firmware upgrade on my Dahua before. I was wondering if you have the IP set to DHCP, after firmware upgrade, does it stay DHCP? Or does it use some weird static IP address? When I first got the camera, the factory default was a static IP address. I thought that made...
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    confused about changes after upgrade - can't export clips, no timelapse,

    Thanks, I see the drop down now. Yeah, I can view the 5 minute images as well as the short video clips based on what the drop down is under the calendar. I'm still having trouble getting the ability to export clips to mp4. I still get that queue of several export requests.
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    Help with Dahua 5442 night settings - share your settings?

    Thanks, I'll give that a try. When I'm trying to improve night vision, I'm mostly playing with picture, exposure, and backlight, and then using the manual exposure to play with shutter and gain. I'm wondering if there's some more guided way to do it.
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    Help with Dahua 5442 night settings - share your settings?

    Thanks all. It's so unintutive.
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    Help with Dahua 5442 night settings - share your settings?

    It's a IPC-T5442TM-AS, firmware V2.800.0000000.10.R, Build Date: 2019-11-18 . At one point I was able to change that switch the night time color vs black and white mode. I've been playing with it for a bit since wittaj pointed it out, but haven't found a way to make that option available.
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