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    Dahua best microSD cards - suggestions?

    Looking for some MicroSDs too, I'd imagine these recommendations apply to securitycams also..? SD Cards We Recommend for Dash Cameras
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I know every man sets things, I've played around with these kinds of things a good bit in movie encoding etc. I particularly wanted nayr's usual settings because I'd imagine it captures experience in this context, and if there's any special considerations.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    nayr (and others) what kind of video settings are you using, for "production" FPS VBR/CBR quality Max Bit Rate Iframe Interval
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Yes. Gotta be sure . Quite possible to also mistake "this fits tight and gets stuck" for "fits tight and right". Someone should take out one of the original screws and try it in those screw templates at HD/Lowes etc. Unless we can actually get the spec sheet for this.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Nayr with your new dahua NVR are you recording off these with H.265 ? No issues there? What kind of bit rates do you get per camera?
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    @nayr how come your snapshot says "dahua Technology" , whereas our says a generic "IP Camera" or some such? Is yours "branded" ? or did you overwrite firmware? We also get pointed to the NACL Web Plug-in , which shows up as a generic "WEB SERVICE"
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I downloaded a BI demo, got 4 cams set up with it yesterday. Then all of them are getting "No signal" today, and I can't figure out what could've made this happen.. I just added an NTP server on my BI machine and pointed all of them to it on the LAN. that's about it.. I am able to get vlc to...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    What are the proper rstp and snapshot URLs for this? Can someone also verify that they work in vlcplayer on their setup ?
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    @bug99 lifesaver. thanks. This forum theming is definitely weird. Can someone snapshot or otherwise share their BlueIris settings? The only Dahua cameras that are populated for me are: HFW2300R-Z,81200E RSTP/HTTP ; IPC-HFW2320R ; Main Stream RSTP. It'd also be good to know the other...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Is there any way to do a "Search this thread" ? I'm looking for blueiris enrollment and settings, and don't want to read 62 pages again.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    you mean credit card bank deny for Paypal? don't think so. not in my case at least. even if they do you should be able to get on the phone and clear it. you have a credit limit for a reason.
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    Lost in lala land!

    hound dog, not sure you should be posting that info publicly, i haven't seen it posted before. If so you should edit your post and take it out, and keep more specific info in the PMs (conversation).
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    Trouble Ordering a Camera

    What are some best-practices in ordering from aliexpress? I have a new account on aliexpress I have never used. I just went through paypal to order from Andy's store so don't need right now. But want to have the ability to order in the future without being blocked. Should I order some small...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    PM him. On this forum, it's called Start a Conversation. See his profile link, then Start a conversation. He will respond, and send you a paypal invoice per your details. He's back, and working on orders from the conversations.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    The intercom idea isn't bad, I'm sure a dedicated audio solution should be very functional. BUT it needs to be usable on a smartphone, with the camera live-view. Given that smarphone apps only work with the foreground app I'm not sure it'll work great. Switching back and forth isn't great. If...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    OK, I tried out the audio on the Amcrest POE above (with speaker/mic) I have (Same experience as the Dahuas in the app too), and it's not too bad to have in a pinch. The half-duplex isnt great but let's say it's workable. So, I'm going to be a bit of a heretic and see how I can have it...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    The Ring is likely to be a good option, and maybe I'll settle for it as the only option. But it's really not an 'always-on' thing, and it wakes up only when the ring button is pressed, and even then has an indeterminate latency to actually start the session. And the app etc. is proprietary and...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Thanks for the quick replies.. 1) Let's look past the privacy concerns and not address them. I have signs plastered all over about recording. I have some cameras now, and also have the "Ring" doorbell. 2) I just want the ability to have an audio conversation if needed. The Ring doorbell does...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I'm trying to see how viable this is as a door camera. I'm getting atleast 2 for other positions, seeing if I should also make it a door camera. I like all the usual attributes mentioned here, and the fact that it's variable focus is great. I've seen mentioned that there's no 2-way audio...
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    Andy, sent you conversation for the Dahua Turret cams. Please respond. thanks.

    Andy, sent you conversation for the Dahua Turret cams. Please respond. thanks.
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    Hello from Downunder

    And they have to make it back to have a conversation.
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