Just installed a Hikvision DS-2CD2142FWD-IS - issues with playback?

[pbc]

Just installed the camera to watch my driveway. In live view, I'm seeing a green grid pop up on the picture intermittently? I would post a video, but embarrassingly have not figured out how to record yet!!

Could this be a badly terminated Cat6 cable? I forgot to test it before hooking up the camera.

Thx

 

[fenderman]

Just installed the camera to watch my driveway. In live view, I'm seeing a green grid pop up on the picture intermittently? I would post a video, but embarrassingly have not figured out how to record yet!!

Could this be a badly terminated Cat6 cable? I forgot to test it before hooking up the camera.

Thx

You likely have it set to enable dynamic analysis on motion...

 

[pbc]

Actually, managed to take a Snip of it using Snipping Tools in windows.

 

[fenderman]

Actually, managed to take a Snip of it using Snipping Tools in windows.

see above.

 

[pbc]

I do ... let me shut that off and see!

 

[pbc]

Seems to have fixed it...and figured out how to upload a video. Is this decent PQ for night time?

 

[pbc]

Hmmm... seems to be enough street light for day mode?

 

[pbc]

Here are some day time videos. These don't seem anywhere near as clear as the DS-2cd2132 posted on networkcameracritic.com? They seem much more compressed/blurry, or is it just me?

 

[pbc]

Settings attached.

Exposure set to Manual, 1/25
Gain = 100
WDR on 25
Day Mode
Smart IR off
White Bal = Natural Light
DNR=66

 

[fenderman]

Turn down your gain, increase the video quality or try a constant bitrate.

 

[pbc]

Will do (odd as I thought I had saved the same constant bitrate/I-frame at 20 as I read on the ncc site). Any recco's on a range of gain you usually use, or is it highly dependent upon lighting, etc?

 

[fenderman]

Will do (odd as I thought I had saved the same constant bitrate/I-frame at 20 as I read on the ncc site). Any recco's on a range of gain you usually use, or is it highly dependent upon lighting, etc?

all the settings depend on the conditions at the location..start a 50 and work from there

 

[pbc]

Thoughts on this?


This time it actually saved the constant bitrate of 6144 that I set. For some reason before it reverted to Medium quality variable.

 

[pbc]

... and it did it again, reverted back to Variable. What the heck?

 

[pbc]

Seems I have to ensure I've set it to "constant" in both the NVR web interface as well as the camera interface itself. Interesting.

Here is the latest, guess it looks better.

 

[Q™]

...Here is the latest, guess it looks better...

That looks very good PBC.