Hi I all, I recently got three IPC-T5442T-ZE's from empiretech andy and am a bit lost on the settings. I looked around here a bit and didn't see any general tutorials on settings. The wiki on camera setup and choices is great, but I have some mroe questions and i didnt see a guide so I'll just ask what's on my mind. I plan to try out shinobi soon and don't have any plans for BI atm.
1. I think I've asked this before, but I still don't get it. What is the point/purpose of shinobi/BI? My old guess is that its just a way to put multiple cameras from different manufacturers into one "live view." On this forum I read posts about setting up BI for triggering and recording, but that is a bit confusing because the cameras can do that themselves. A bit more specific question would be, should I setup the cameras individually to trigger, record, and save recordings to my network? Or should I be ignoring the cameras and just start setting up shinobi so it can manage the recordings?
2. Should I go h265 or h264? I did see a post saying h265 can be bad due to its ability to block part of the picture. And I saw another post that h264 does that too. So that all went above my head.
3. I noticed for Dahua the files are saved in .dav and .idx format, do I want that? I have the cameras save the files to a network location and I will want to play them back in windows. I haven't tried to play them yet.
4. Should I and how do I setup the camera to record humans and vehicles? I see "motion detection" under Alarm. I see motion detection under Event->video detection. I see smart motion detection. I see smart plan.Smart object detection, etc.... This is too many options for me at this point, what should I start with in order to get basic recording of humans and vehicles? And is that working well in this camera? IF not, then should I just be recording any motion movement? Is this why you guys use BI, just so you dont have to set this up for every single camera?
5. Under storage->destination, I can chose local, ftp or nas. Can I chose both local and FTP? It seems to only let me pick one row.
6. Under storage->record control. Should I be recording main stream or sub stream? I have a decent amount of space, and plan to run a crontab to cleanup files older than 30 days. So I am guessing I should do the main stream to get the best possible picture. I'm just a bit confused since I read a lot of posts suggesting to record sub stream under BI.
7. What kind of safety settings should I have? I know I shouldn't have p2p enabled, but I cant even find that setting right now. I do let the cameras access the internet as im inclined to setup a vlan without internet access. But maybe ill figure out a way to firewall block the cameras. For now, I have them behind pihole and I hope that is helping me avoid trouble.
8. What video settings for getting a clear picture for human and vehicle motion? I saw some posts about fps, bit rate, etc... I guess I have to play with it and see what works best. But is there a starting point though?
1. I think I've asked this before, but I still don't get it. What is the point/purpose of shinobi/BI? My old guess is that its just a way to put multiple cameras from different manufacturers into one "live view." On this forum I read posts about setting up BI for triggering and recording, but that is a bit confusing because the cameras can do that themselves. A bit more specific question would be, should I setup the cameras individually to trigger, record, and save recordings to my network? Or should I be ignoring the cameras and just start setting up shinobi so it can manage the recordings?
2. Should I go h265 or h264? I did see a post saying h265 can be bad due to its ability to block part of the picture. And I saw another post that h264 does that too. So that all went above my head.
3. I noticed for Dahua the files are saved in .dav and .idx format, do I want that? I have the cameras save the files to a network location and I will want to play them back in windows. I haven't tried to play them yet.
4. Should I and how do I setup the camera to record humans and vehicles? I see "motion detection" under Alarm. I see motion detection under Event->video detection. I see smart motion detection. I see smart plan.Smart object detection, etc.... This is too many options for me at this point, what should I start with in order to get basic recording of humans and vehicles? And is that working well in this camera? IF not, then should I just be recording any motion movement? Is this why you guys use BI, just so you dont have to set this up for every single camera?
5. Under storage->destination, I can chose local, ftp or nas. Can I chose both local and FTP? It seems to only let me pick one row.
6. Under storage->record control. Should I be recording main stream or sub stream? I have a decent amount of space, and plan to run a crontab to cleanup files older than 30 days. So I am guessing I should do the main stream to get the best possible picture. I'm just a bit confused since I read a lot of posts suggesting to record sub stream under BI.
7. What kind of safety settings should I have? I know I shouldn't have p2p enabled, but I cant even find that setting right now. I do let the cameras access the internet as im inclined to setup a vlan without internet access. But maybe ill figure out a way to firewall block the cameras. For now, I have them behind pihole and I hope that is helping me avoid trouble.
8. What video settings for getting a clear picture for human and vehicle motion? I saw some posts about fps, bit rate, etc... I guess I have to play with it and see what works best. But is there a starting point though?