Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Any guy have good recommendation for voice pick up device for this mini ptz？ Some guys may need audio.
External voice pick up need extral power adater. Thanks a lot.

 

[Frogman]

Is anyone running this PTZ on a blue iris+PC type system rather than a dedicated NVR?
I’m contemplating switching to blue iris and hoping there is good operability for this cam.

 

[Flintstone61]

@wittaj

 

[Flintstone61]

Any guy have good recommendation for voice pick up device for this mini ptz？ Some guys may need audio.
External voice pick up need extral power adater. Thanks a lot.

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I think Sebastiantombs used to recommend these

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MPWW2UV/?coliid=I2HHKA0L336L3X&colid=2MRF9ASKQHO45&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M5P7HCW/?coliid=I1JS0RFD4ZKVMB&colid=2MRF9ASKQHO45&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Thanks a lot @Flintstone61

 

[Ri22o]

Is anyone running this PTZ on a blue iris+PC type system rather than a dedicated NVR?
I’m contemplating switching to blue iris and hoping there is good operability for this cam.

I am.

THIS is why I wanted an auto-tracking PTZ.

I am still in the process of setting up my SD4A425DB-HNY, but instances like the video below is why I wanted to get an auto-tracking PTZ. None of the static cams on my house would have been able to capture any ID shots. While the primary purpose of my system is to monitor and protect the...

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Pooping in my neighbor's yard; SD4A425DB-HNY PTZ content inside.

I figured this footage was relevant based on the discussion in another thread... I should probably post it in my install thread as well, and may cross post it tomorrow. I just got my SD4A425DB-HNY from Andy's sale and have been messing with it and spotter cams. After reviewing the footage (and...

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More SD4A425DB-HNY captures from the 1st floor. This thing is a beast.

I wanted to share some videos of my SD4A425DB-HNY after moving it from the 2nd story soffit down to the 1st floor soffit. So far, I am far from disappointed. I know it does not have a lot of distance to work with to determine human and then track, but it seems to be figuring it out...

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[wittaj]

Is anyone running this PTZ on a blue iris+PC type system rather than a dedicated NVR?
I’m contemplating switching to blue iris and hoping there is good operability for this cam.

Many of us are. It works just fine.

Actually I say it works better than an NVR because we can have it cancel out spotter camera commands when the PTZ is already in active tracking mode and that cannot be done with an NVR.

 

[Ri22o]

Is anyone else having an issue with your Substream bit rate not persisting? I keep changing it to 1024 and it will revert to 768.

 

[mattp]

Is anyone else having an issue with your Substream bit rate not persisting? I keep changing it to 1024 and it will revert to 768.

I had similar issues when I tried using a browser other than IE.
Any reason why you need 1024 on the substream?

 

[Ri22o]

I had similar issues when I tried using a browser other than IE.
Any reason why you need 1024 on the substream?

Because I run all of my sub streams at 1024.

I have been setting it with IE, and it still changes.

 

[tigerwillow1]

Is anyone else having an issue with your Substream bit rate not persisting? I keep changing it to 1024 and it will revert to 768.

Are you running a Dahua NVR? There are some situations where the NVR pushes settings to the camera instead of just leaving it alone.

 

[Ri22o]

Are you running a Dahua NVR? There are some situations where the NVR pushes settings to the camera instead of just leaving it alone.

Blue Iris.

 

[mattp]

Blue Iris.

Well, I'm out of ideas why it would change it back.
@wittaj was the one who clued me in on why my settings weren't sticking because I was using Chrome...Maybe he or @EMPIRETECANDY has an idea of why it's not working.

 

[wittaj]

Let me test it with mine. I do know ow that the other PTZs would change bit rate on a reboot or loss of power - can you confirm that hasn't been an issue with yours - maybe it is set to periodic reboot or you noticed this after moving it and thus being powered off?

 

[Ri22o]

No power loss.
No scheduled or irregular reboots.

It happens regularly. I set it to 1280 to see if it was just an issue with 1024 and it is now back down to 768.

 

[mattp]

No power loss.
No scheduled or irregular reboots.

It happens regularly. I set it to 1280 to see if it was just an issue with 1024 and it is now back down to 768.

Just curious on this. What are any advantages with using 1024 over 768? Does it make human detection more accurate if done in BI via DS or Codeproject? Any other reasons someone would choose to have a higher substream bitrate?

 

[wittaj]

Just curious on this. What are any advantages with using 1024 over 768? Does it make human detection more accurate if done in BI via DS or Codeproject? Any other reasons someone would choose to have a higher substream bitrate?

In many cases it is simply the increased bitrate looks better to someone when looking at multi-cam view.

And in some field of views, it could make motion detection a little more accurate as it has more definition to the image compared to a lower bitrate.

 

[wittaj]

OK just logged in and mine was set to 1024, so I must have set it at that when I installed it and it is at 1024.

 

[mattp]

In many cases it is simply the increased bitrate looks better to someone when looking at multi-cam view.

And in some field of views, it could make motion detection a little more accurate as it has more definition to the image compared to a lower bitrate.

Thanks, I may have to play with that with my 2231 ZS cameras substream bitrates.
I thought motion detection would be sufficient, but I was wrong. They have my PTZ camera zipping around for false alarms due to the foliage we have.
They make good overview cameras, but I'm kicking myself for not getting the ZAS versions to be able to select human detection. I bought a replacement for one of them from Andy, but haven't had a chance to put it up.

 

[Ri22o]

Mine just changed back to 768. I changed it to 1024 and hit apply several times and then refresh several times. I logged out, logged back in, and it had reverted to 768.