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    H.264 not showing as encode option

    Been moving cameras around and just noticed that my IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS cameras are showing H.264H and H.265 as the only Encode Mode options, no H.264. Is this correct or is something preventing H.264 from being an option? System version: 2.622.0000000.31.R, build date 2018-08-13 WEB Version...
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    Hello Andy. Been a few years since I bought cameras from you. Need four more. Looking at the...

    Hello Andy. Been a few years since I bought cameras from you. Need four more. Looking at the IPC-T5442T-ZE. Will need four junction boxes (PFA-130E?) with them for outdoor use. What would be the cost including shipping to Washington state in the US? Thanks.
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    Dashcam - How do you not see a full-size pickup?

    The SUV on the right looked to have been following the red car too closely and swerved left (into the pickup's lane) when the red car slowed to pull into the store driveway. Rush move, they probably never even looked left.
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    Keeping water out

    One question is where the water in the enclosure went. The 110v power feed comes in through the bottom. Probably should open that up and see if any water comes out. One thing leads to another...
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    Keeping water out

    I don't know why they put a switch there. They could have done without the enclosure entirely if they had just run two cables out to there instead of one. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like they left a drawstring for me to pull another cable. Having the switch there does give me the...
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    Keeping water out

    Based on the location and seal around the door, I had assumed the contractor had installed a waterproof enclosure. I agree that top conduit feed looks like likely ingress though one spot in back shows signs of possible leakage (see photo). Given that there's an outlet in there, I really want...
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    Keeping water out

    Our non-profit had a camera system installed by local company. I'm converting its cameras piecemeal to our new BlueIris system. Couldn't connect to two outside cameras. Checked the path to the cameras and found water in outside electrical enclosure and in both camera junction box and camera...
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    Add unlisted camera as generic/OnVIF or Hikvision?

    Thanks. It chose the generic ONVIF so that's what I'll go with.
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    Add unlisted camera as generic/OnVIF or Hikvision?

    Thanks. The thread wasn't quite on target. I've been able to find and add the cameras to BlueIris. I was querying to see if there was any advantage in trying to identify the cameras as a specific Hikvision rebranding. If I could do so, and connect them to BlueIris as such, would that open up...
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    Add unlisted camera as generic/OnVIF or Hikvision?

    I have three Arcvision cameras left over from a system installed by a local contractor. BlueIris does not list that make of camera. Many months ago, looney2ns said he suspected they are relabeled Hikvision cameras. I'm now building our BI system and plan to use the cameras (ARC-IPBH03 &...
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    PoE injector vs switch?

    Looking at the Netgear switches, I like the setup of their 24-port (16 PoE 190w) switch as I could use the extra ports for the uplinks from the BI PC and the outlying camera switches. It's currently cheaper than their 16-port (16 PoE) 183w switch where I'd have to sacrifice PoE ports to use as...
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    PoE injector vs switch?

    Thanks Southern Yankee. I'm doing the same thing with outbuildings and other floors. Those "out switches" connect to our primary (managed) switch to which the BI PC will connect. The cabling for the ten cameras in question was all run to the main network cabinet holding both their NVR and the...
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    PoE injector vs switch?

    Have multiple on-site camera systems with NVRs set up by different contractors. Moving to a single BI machine. Have 10 cameras on one of the NVRs. I have plenty open ports on the building's managed network switch, but the cameras will need power. The PoE switch spreadsheet doesn't list any...
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    Remote Access to NVR

    Thanks Looney2ns. Decided to go the same route Friday so ordered an Asus router based on earlier post by @fenderman.
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    Remote Access to NVR

    Appreciate the replies. Have been out of town. We have Centurylink as ISP using a Zyxel C1100z modem/router. Only two PCs on the LAN plus a music streaming box. We can buy a new router and set gateway to bridge mode; I was just hoping to avoid the additional expenditure. Most of the routers I...
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