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    HDD for video recording: WD purple or Toshiba

    Hi, I need an HDD for recording about 6 cameras. I found: Toshiba X300 4TB @103€ Toshiba S300 4TB @111€ WD purple 4TB @132€ I know Toshiba (like X300) are great general HDD, but for surveillance I see the purple is a common choice. But I could find a Toshiba for surveillance S300 at lower price...
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    dahua intercom security issues on 3 apartments?

    I would like to install an intercom on a building with 3 apartments. So I thought of this Dahua VTO2000A-C + VTO2000A-B (3 button module). They must be connected to their POE switch VTNS1060A and to 3x 7'' internal monitors. Both external unit + 3x internal monitors are to be connected to the...
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    aliexpress starlight?

    I found this Dahua 6MP starlight cctv IPC-HFW4636M-I1 59,61: Dahua 6MP starlight cctv IPC HFW4636M I1 H.265I R50m IP67 telecamera ip di sicurezza con staffa multi lingua non POE in Dahua 6MP starlight cctv IPC-HFW4636M-I1 H.265I R50m IP67 telecamera ip di sicurezza con staffa multi-lingua non...
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    problems with i5-650 and zoom wheel

    I installed BlueIris on an old Lenovo with updated W10 32bit, Intel i5-650. I put 3 ipcam, but when I'm over any video and scroll the wheel it doesn't zoom! The scroll wheel works on other progs. More, I enabled HW acceleration (even restarted it) on all ipcam, but CPU remains the same... It...
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    mini IPcam Gadinan 2MP vs Dahua 4431

    I tried this very little and cheap ipcam, with real IRcut filter: 1080 P Rete 2.0MP mini IP Board Camera ONVIF 2.8 12mm Varifocale manuale Obiettivo Zoom P2P Plug and giocare con IR CUT in 1080 P Rete 2.0MP mini IP Board Camera ONVIF 2.8-12mm Varifocale manuale Obiettivo Zoom P2P Plug and...
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    Gadinan miniIpCam 1080p, BI problems

    I bought this cam: 1080 P Rete 2.0MP mini IP Board Camera ONVIF 2.8 12mm Varifocale manuale Obiettivo Zoom P2P Plug and giocare con IR CUT in Caratteristiche principali: 1. 1/2.7 " sensori di Immagini CMOS 2. codifica video H.264, supporto dual streda Telecamere di sorveglianza su...
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    IPC-HDBW4431R-ZS slow zoom in BI, no presets?, cgi-bin...

    1) So, I bought this cam, in BI I'm trying to use the Zoom/Focus commands and they work, but in some res/Mbit config they are so sloooow: it can wait upto 20s to update the pic! In the browser instead all is fast. I.e. @max Res 2592x @20fps 10240Mbit instead if I put down the res and the Mbit...
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    aliexpress dispute

    Hi, I ordered items from ali, after 2 months they are not arrived. I saw also in the tracking, the shipment still hasn't arrived to my country... I opened a dispute to get a full refund (as ali policy after 60 days not received), the seller instead extended other 30gg and asks me to cancel the...
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    DH-IPC-HDBW4431R-ZS

    Isthis model with motorized lens (varifocal) a zoom one? How much? about 5x? And, especially, is it driven by BI? I mean, could you zoom inside BI on some events?
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    broken dahua with wrong 12V...

    My friend has 2 cat6 wires on a pole and wrongly connected 2 wires on 12V thinking it was the other cable, instead they went on the ethernet connection of the cam... Long story short, the Dahua 4421r-as ipcam doesn't power up anymore! Is there something could I try? I opened it but I don't see...
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    advice on this ali seller "gadinan"

    I want to buy such an item: https://it.aliexpress.com/store/product/P2P-ONVIF-1080P-2-megapixel-2MP-IR-CUT-Filter-Home-HD-IPC-Network-2-1mm-Wide/316399_1995031707.html from aliexpress gadinan store. Do you have some good experience with them? I ask because I made some questions to them (some a...
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    strange cat5 wire connection

    I know I can connect an ipcam with only 4 cat5 wires, but now I found a cable just used for other purposes and it has 4 wires used (with CC current) BUT not same couples, so I left with 1 couples and 2 wires from different couples free. Furthermore I should solder them with a new cat5 to...
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    Do we really need 4MP? Dahua resolutions comparison.

    It's finally arrived my first Ipcam, a Dahua IPC4421 with 3.6mm, firmware xxx.010R I wanted to know how much difference there is from the max 2688x1520 to the classic 1920x1080 and intermediary res, 4MP and 3MP. So I recorded with H.264H and extracted some frames and compared them. Here the...
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    chrome doesn't show dahua live camera

    I'm trying to use chrome with a Dahua ipcam because I want the browser translation from chinese. I know the new chrome don't work with NPAPI plugins, so I installed an old one, version 42. If I enter with the NPAPI plugin disabled I can enter with the credentials and I see the link to donwload...
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    problem with forum subscribe threads

    I get my email subscribe reminder with new posts, but when I click the link, I'm redirected to the start of the thread not the last post. ie, this is a link on email...
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    switch 4port POE modeA

    I'm going to buy a 4POE switch and I want to know if it can connect in modeA. For example the TPLink TL-SG1008P. I don't find this info in the datasheet of POE switch... can all of them do this? How I can verify it's using only 4wires, leaving the other 4 free to other uses? Should I try to...
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    info on camera SW

    If I buy a Dahua or Hikvision, they have their own SW to motion detect etc I would like to know some more info: 1) you use/set their SW with the browser or is there a program exe to download, like BI in windows? 2) if there isn't an exe, is the SW upgradable only through firmware upgrade, with...
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    extract IR led on hikvision turret

    I read the Hikvision turrets are the best one for trying to avoid spiders and bugs on the IR light. But if that's not sufficient, has anyone tried to open the camera and extract the EXIR IR led using a longer cable and put it in an enclosure external and more distant from the camera? (Especially...
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    best motion detection softwares?

    Which are the best motion detection SW? (Apart the cost) I know it can't be perfect, but I'm searching the less imperfect ones. Those with less false detects, more options such as line crossing, intrusion area detection etc Hikvision vs Dahua? I mean, free Hikvision sw is comparable on this...
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    PIR activate light when camera is in night mode IR

    I want to know what happens when a camera is in night mode with IR and no visible light, but when an external PIR activates for an intrusion and lights a strong LED spotlight. Does the camera switch to daylight? Does it remain blind for some seconds? Do you miss something in the recording?
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    Advices to buy new IP cameras on large outdoor

    I want to make a surveillance outdoor system. I'm no expert on Ip cam, I read on your forum a bit of info, so I'll try to put some ideas. I think every cam at about 200-400€ max each, 3-4 cam if possible. I will use a pc to record and monitor all. As a detail of IP cams, I'm interested only to...
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    BI loose focus on HP webcam manual set

    I use an HP HD-4110 and I need to manual set the focus because I put a wide lens (those for iphone) in front of it and the autofocus put it wrong. So, I set it manual in video/advanced tab/driver source. Then when I hit ok the camera restarts and when it reappears in BI window, the focus is...
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    BI Error with USB webcams

    Hi to all: great forum. I'm trying BI with 4 USB webcam. I have: 2 x HP HD-4110 1 x Logitech HD C910 1x Trust FullHD Generally they work well, but I found an incompatibility with one HP and the Logitech: if both enabled one of them gives me this error in BI window: Error: 8007001f() 1019 All...
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