How to view Dahua cameras without browser plugins

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Tried following this thread but I can't make out what's the best course of action for accessing my DVR through the web.
I have a Dahua dvr5104H. I can access it via the web, but nothing happens when I try to log in. I understand it used to work with IE6 and ActiveX, but surely there must be a way to access it via Chrome by now, no?
I found this page on their wiki, but it's useless.

I'm using quite an old firmware. I'd be happy to upgrade, but i can't find this model on Dahua's website (i looked here).

Any tips?
A bit scared to reply to a one message user but seems legit and not a bot. Clear your browser data and/or try opening a private window. Follow the instructions around here to get Internet Explorer back and try it, the BHO method worked for me for awhile but then I had to use the .vbs method in post 167 of this thread. It’s a pain in the ass but I guess that’s price we have to pay to get reasonably priced equipment that blows the consumer cloud based stuff away.
 

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Tried following this thread but I can't make out what's the best course of action for accessing my DVR through the web
As you are in this thread I assume you mean on your local machine.
How to view Dahua cameras without browser plugins

Did you try the browser I linked on page 10 2nd post from the bottom.?
I just checked again and I can see individual cams AND can also login to the Dahua NVR and also see cameras using K-Meleon
 

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Tried following this thread but I can't make out what's the best course of action for accessing my DVR through the web.
I have a Dahua dvr5104H. I can access it via the web, but nothing happens when I try to log in. I understand it used to work with IE6 and ActiveX, but surely there must be a way to access it via Chrome by now, no?
I found this page on their wiki, but it's useless.

I'm using quite an old firmware. I'd be happy to upgrade, but i can't find this model on Dahua's website (i looked here).

Any tips?
Try using Dahua's SmartPSS software
 

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How do you obtain the plugin? Attempting to log into either my OEM IPC-HFW4431R-Z or my Lorex E891AB prompts me to "Please click here to download and install the plug-in," with a link to , but that returns a 404:

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It serves up different plugins based on your browser / OS. In this case the Mac plugin isn't present in the camera firmware, not that you'd have much luck installing it on a modern Mac anyways. SmartPSS is probably your best bet.

If you identify the "web" version shown on the camera's version page, you may be able to find a compatible plugin, but getting them to work on an up to date mac would likely be nearly impossible without a VM. I would experiment with different browsers.
 

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It serves up different plugins based on your browser / OS. In this case the Mac plugin isn't present in the camera firmware, not that you'd have much luck installing it on a modern Mac anyways. SmartPSS is probably your best bet.
that being said my ip dahuas are a bit older, but still work great in pale moon and this one...
 
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