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  1. Jayordon

    Do any of you actually use Dahua P2P for external access to your cams?

    I uses P2P because I put significantly more weight in ease of use than a secure network. I want to be able to see different camera systems without having to set up a VPN at each location, add it to my phone, and switch my VPN every time I want to look at a different camera system. A VPN is...
  2. Jayordon

    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS IPC-T5842T-ZE SMD 3.0 Smart IR Latest New Firmware From EmpireTech

    I'm currently running 2.820.15OG001.0.R, Build Date: 2021-05-25 on two 5442's. I have my main stream encoding on H.265 on both of them. I use Home Assistant and I like to have the camera stream there too. But Home Assistant doesn't support H.265 (I'm not sure if it's a limitation of Home...
  3. Jayordon

    Lorex 2K doorbell

    This is the same thing as the Amcrest AD410 which is a really great doorbell. I've used the Lorex version and I can confidently say that this is the best doorbell camera I've seen (I haven't used the Amcrest version myself, but I doubt there's any noticeable difference). The video a very sharp...
  4. Jayordon

    Dahua NVR Firmware Update Broke My NVR

    I can still use SmartPSS to upload a firmware file onto it. I just don't have any that it will take.
  5. Jayordon

    Dahua NVR Firmware Update Broke My NVR

    I recently tried to upgrade the firmware on the NVR4208-4KS2/L that I purchased from Andy. None of the upgrade files that he had posted would work. The NVR would just say that the upgrade failed and then restart. So I tried downloading the latest firmware off of the Dahua website. That updated...
  6. Jayordon

    Smart PSS Playback Lagging

    Hmm, I'm on V4 using 64-bit.
  7. Jayordon

    Smart PSS Playback Lagging

    Anybody have any input on this? Is this just how Smart PSS is?
  8. Jayordon

    Smart PSS Playback Lagging

    I also tried closing other applications running on my PC just to be safe because my ram usage was around 50%. Still made no difference.
  9. Jayordon

    Smart PSS Playback Lagging

    So I just got my Dahua NVR set up and the NVR itself works great. If I remote into the NVR webpage, then that works great too. Good looking, smooth video. No problems. However, when I play video through Smart PSS, it seems very choppy/laggy. Every second or two, the video freezes for just a...
  10. Jayordon

    What is Max Input/Record?

    Okay, that makes sense. I'm not actually trying to put 16 8MP cameras on an NVR, I just wanted to be able to gauge what kind of bandwidth something like that would take. Thanks for the explanation
  11. Jayordon

    What is Max Input/Record?

    So what is the maximum capability of a 320Mbps NVR? How many 4MP cameras at 20fps can it handle? I'm just looking to get an idea of what I need. What about a 160Mbps NVR?
  12. Jayordon

    What is Max Input/Record?

    Lol, I never said more MP is better. I'm just trying to get an idea of the capabilities of these NVR's. I've used Lorex NVR's before and they can support 16 8MP cameras at 30fps so it's just confusing to me. It also seems weird that the bandwidth wouldn't scale up with higher channel NVR's.
  13. Jayordon

    What is Max Input/Record?

    I thought the 4 cameras at 8MP @30 or 16 1080p @30 was the output rating, not the input. Is that not the case? The calculator you linked indicates that 16 8MP cameras @30fps using .265 uses less than 300Mbps
  14. Jayordon

    What is Max Input/Record?

    I am looking into Dahua NVR's and from what I can tell, the biggest different between the NVR5000 series and NVR4000 series is a spec that says "Max Input/Record". What does this mean? I tried to read up on it, but there just wasn't much information. From my understanding, it refers to the input...
  15. Jayordon

    What are the best cameras for a decent price?

    Thanks for all of the info. That helps a ton. On ADI, I can't find any 5442 cameras, but there are a lot of N45 cameras. N45 cams have very similar specs to the 5442. I was reading about how Dahua has a North America line and international line. It sounds like 5442 is the international line. Is...
  16. Jayordon

    What are the best cameras for a decent price?

    Do you know if the new Dahua 4K will have a 4MP variation? From what I've read on these forums, it sounds like 4K/8MP needs to draw in a lot more light to look good in low light conditions compared to lower MP. I'll probably buy one of the 5442's and see how it does. Any other recommendations...
  17. Jayordon

    What are the best cameras for a decent price?

    As an installer, I mostly stick to the Lorex 8MP cameras, but the night vision just isn't very good. Dahua and Hikvision seem to have some decent options, but I've heard that the US might ban selling them in the near future. I know every situation requires a different camera, but are there any...
  18. Jayordon

    What does Axis have that more affordable options don't?

    The newest line of Lorex cameras is actually 8mp and 4k. And I had seen an article doing a test to see how one of the Hikvision cameras actually looked compared to an Axis and Bosch camera. Hikvision came out on top in most tests including low light tests. Admittedly, I don't know if all of the...
  19. Jayordon

    What does Axis have that more affordable options don't?

    Thank you for the quick reply. The company I work for that uses Axis does do a lot with government buildings so that makes sense. But is there anything that Axis, Bosch, or Pelco do better at when it comes to video quality? I know Axis has a lot of unique cameras. Like some with fish eye viewing...
  20. Jayordon

    What does Axis have that more affordable options don't?

    I'm a professional installer and I've installed Lorex cameras with one company and Axis and Pelco cameras with another company. From what I've seen, I think the video quality on Lorex and Hikvision looks better than most Axis and Pelco cameras which makes me question why Axis and Pelco are so...
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