Recent content by ThomWi

OP here. I tried almost everything mentioned in this thread and the problem was never resolved. I ended up just living with it. About 6 months ago the restarts became far more frequent, and a couple weeks ago reached the point where I'm calling the camera dead and have uninstalled it. It was...

For what it's worth, I ended up going with Security Spy SecuritySpy - Mac NVR Video Surveillance Software - Ben Software

I'm looking to find two discreet, fixed cameras to cover between 200° to 240°(combined) on a newly installed 3" lamp post. I pulled two ethernet lines out to the post, so I am looking at POE cameras. It doesn't have to be completely hidden, I just don't want to attract too much attention with...

Any recommendations for Mac apps with similar functionality? Of course native will always be better, but falling back to ONVIF isn't too bad.

The new version of macOS (10.15, Catalina) comes out in a few days and will no longer support 32-bit apps. The most recent version of SmartPSS I've been able to find is DH_SmartPSS_Eng_Mac_IS_V2.00.0.R.20180507_CodeSign. Unfortunately this is still a 32-bit only app, meaning it won't work for...

Following up for posterity. I built the following MacOS Finder action (using Automator) to build a new MKV container with the stream from the DAV file. Handbrake (which I mentioned previously in this thread) is a lossy re-encode. This ffmpeg passthrough option is lossless, near instantaneous...

IMO starlight is worth it. My starlight camera reacts very quickly to the flood lights being turned on and adjusts so as not to be over exposed. When the flood lights turn off it changes the exposure again and you can see just as well, if not better, than when the lights were on. Basically...

Further tip for anyone using Homebridge. The IP-Camera plugin lets you expose the feed from your camera in HomeKit. Unfortunately it does a somewhat lousy reencode, but it does work.

ThomPatterson/camera-preset-service For the developers out there. I built the above service in Node.js to be able to move my camera to an existing preset. You can optionally have the camera move back to where it was after a specified number of seconds. This should work with any ONVIF enabled...

I'm the original poster for this. Very interested to see @EMPIRETECANDY finds with @Q™ camera. I've had mine for about a year now. My camera has exhibited the restarting / freezing problem the entire time.

System Version2.621.0000000.1.R.R4.2510.9A.NR, Build Date: 2017-10-23 WEB Version3.2.1.508074 ONVIF Version16.12(V2.4.0.485616) PTZ Version3.02.93.RHNZ_170518_22722

I still have the problem, even with a better POE injector. I noticed that it is worse in cold weather, like the last couple months up here in Wisconsin. I’ve chalked it up to flaky camera. I wonder if a firmware update would help, but I’m afraid to apply one not being confident that it would...

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder Handbrake can convert DAVs, but its one at a time. There are ways to script this for batch conversion. There are also ways to get VLC to playback DAV directly, but it requires changing options kinda deep in the config and it will impact playback for...

Do you have a spreadsheet or something comparing all the NVR options side by side? There are many options on your Ali store and I don't know how to tell them apart easily. Thank you!