Thanks, but yes, I've seen them. Quite useless. There is no source code, just binaries, and if the code quality of the .h files is any indication, this is not code I would run on my production systems.
Where is the API for getting notifications for motion and other events from Hikvision cameras? I have a whole lot of DS-2CD2142FWD-IS units. Google search finds other people looking for the same thing, which is how I found about ipcamtalk!
There is some python and node.js code out there, but...