Recent content by UncleGraham

Yeah, I've never had any joy with smart codec either. Don't even know what it is supposed to do, does anybody?

Did you upgrade with the version that Andy uploaded in Post #42 above? Maybe there is some difference if you got it from the Dahua site, but I don't know. Andy will know.

So, it sounds like the camera is just forgetting to auto focus when switching to daylight mode... Ask Andy.

Yeah, getting up at daybreak can be a pita.:oops: I have upgraded mine twice and had no problems at all. Have you tried switching it off and on again? You haven't put the wrong firmware in, if that's what you are thinking, because the camera won't let you do that. When you manually refocus...

The last six digits of the Software Name is the release date of the software in YYMMDD format. So that's a NO to the EOS version. The Nova version is the one that I am running, and is the latest that I can find.

@ron351: Oh for goodness sake, get your ass off your computer chair and go walk in front of your sister's camera!

I am also using Blue Iris, and yes, now I look at it, you are right, the cam can go up as high as 50fps in PAL. Maybe you need NTSC version to get 60fps. But does anyone go there? Actually, 25fps is considered fast for surveillance work, but I use 25fps to record animals visiting my yard in...

Hi Joe, I believe it depends on the firmware that is loaded in the cam. Mine is PAL only as well, but I'm in the UK, so that is correct for me. However, PAL and NTSC settings mainly apply to the analogue video out at the coax socket. So, unless you want to use the analogue video instead of...

Thanks, Andy! Downloaded and installed in two minutes. Running without any problems.

Just to add my experience, I was rainbow free (using direct to disk and hardware acceleration) until I ticked the box in Camera Properties | Video marked 'Also BVR'. I got rainbows (on playback only) until I unticked the box. All good again now.

Just to add my experience, I was rainbow free (using direct to disk and hardware acceleration) until I ticked that box marked 'also bvr'. I got rainbows (on playback only) until I unticked the box. All good again now.