So I got a generic Wifi camera with FW V5.00.R02.000807A8.10010.342917.0000010 which indicates a XM530v200(Board has markings, IPC-RM1-BLK530v200 and M23A-MINI-ETH-ABQ v1.01). What happened was I spent >$100 and found out you cannot use H.264 which my 8 channel XVR uses. Yes I use the Analog + IP cameras. So my new 4MP cameras are supported by the XVR, but only supports H.264 and not H.265.
The camera settings only has H.265....bummer cause I bought two. What happens is that I have a black image on my XVR.
I started digging in the fw of the camera(from an online dump) and found that the Sofia binary has references to H.264. The config files called Encode.json and another one have inside them settings for H.265 only. My idea was to FLASH a modified Encode.json with an additional options for H.264...and hope for the best.
Problem #1 - I have read that UART is disabled on these cameras.
Problem #2 - U-boot is password protected.
Problem #3 - I am not sure that even if there was no password protection if the H.264 setting would work.
I guess I am looking for advice. I also think it's a bit egregious that...these cameras force us to use H.265.
The camera settings only has H.265....bummer cause I bought two. What happens is that I have a black image on my XVR.
I started digging in the fw of the camera(from an online dump) and found that the Sofia binary has references to H.264. The config files called Encode.json and another one have inside them settings for H.265 only. My idea was to FLASH a modified Encode.json with an additional options for H.264...and hope for the best.
Problem #1 - I have read that UART is disabled on these cameras.
Problem #2 - U-boot is password protected.
Problem #3 - I am not sure that even if there was no password protection if the H.264 setting would work.
I guess I am looking for advice. I also think it's a bit egregious that...these cameras force us to use H.265.
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