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I am trying to determine the capabilities of my Anpviz camera which I believe is just a Hikvision clone. So it should have the ISAPI built into it. Hikvision's documentation on the ISAPI indicates that /ISAPI/System/deviceInfo should give me details about my camera. I have a headless server...

Hello ipcamtalk friends. I need your help. If you've been following my adventure with the Dahua PTZ1A225-HNR-XA over in my "drive-by shooting" thread, you are aware that I had mounted this camera incorrectly. Well, earlier this morning, one of the contractors working on my house broke the...

Anyone have police visit your house asking about your cameras and whether they can get a copy of the recordings? My house is in a city with a reputation for violent crime--a reputation that no longer fits. But occasionally very bad stuff happens and then the police start going to houses with...

I have seen a lot of mention about using older versions of web browsers to access Dahua cameras. Is this advice still right? I have been able to connect to my Dahua cameras using Google Chrome v.115. I'm posting this thread because I didn't see one on this specific topic, and didn't see anything...

Anyone have a PTZ1A255-HNR-XA form EmpireTech? If so, how do you like it?

In my heart of hearts, I knew it would only be a matter of time... On Saturday night around 10:15pm, a car drove down the street and fired two shots at the people hanging out on the stoop across from my house. My house is in an "up-and-coming" small city plagued with problems more commonly found...

I have a Dahua TiOC (IPC-T5241H-AS-PV). Does anyone know the Dahua API command to select the audio file (among the pre-installed files) to play when the camera's alarm is triggered? For example, it would be nice to be able play the siren wav file, then play the wav file saying "You are...

I am hoping someone here can help me. I have two IPC-T5241H-AS-PV model TiOC cameras (Dahau clones). Both of these were working fine until I recently upgraded my NVR software (Frigate 0.11.1 to 0.12.0). Now I cannot get either camera to play the audio file associated with its alarm function. I...

Does anyone have any experience with the Montavue MTT8106-AISMDAD? The sensor size is 1/2.8" so it should have pretty good low light capability even if it is 8MP, right? At $219 it seems like a good deal. Any thoughts...

Can anyone recommend an app for Google TV (formerly Android TV) so that I can view the rtsp streams from my ip cameras on my smart TV?

I am a big fan of Frigate NVR and its integration with Home Assistant. The video below was taken by one of my cameras and demonstrates the power of this system. For some context, this camera is on the front of my brownstone which sits about 16 feet back from the sidewalk and up about 10 feet...

Having seen a lot of high praise for the IPC-T5241H-AS-PV, I purchased two of them. When the boxes finally arrived and I opened them up, I was confused to find a cable with 4 wires (brown, green, blue, and gray) in addition to what look an analog audio in/out (plus the RJ45 cable). Has anyone...

I've seen a few members (e.g., @Duh987 @hawkeye217) here mention Frigate as an NVR. Does anyone use Frigate for 24/7 recording? If so, what hardware do you use it on? Is it better than some of the expensive commercial systems out there like DW Spectrum/Nx Witness if you're deploying for you home...

I have seven ip cameras that I plan to run off of a 8-port Netgear unmanaged switch. It has 83 watts of power total and each port can get up to a maximum of 30 watts. Is this strong enough to power my seven IP cameras? None of them are fancy PTZ cameras. Only one is vari-focus. My sense is that...

Does anyone here use DW Spectrum (also known as NxWitness)? I realize that it can be considerably more expensive than Blue Iris (approx. $80 per license for each ip camera versus $60 for BI). However, I am concerned with the memory leakage issues surrounding BI. Asking users not to update...

Does anyone here run DD-WRT on their router? I'm using a Netgear r7000 that I flashed with a recent version of DD-WRT. It's running a WireGuard VPN server that allows me to access my Blue Iris box when I'm away from home. Just curious if anyone else here has gone down that route (no pun intended).