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  1. jayson436

    Dahua Video (*.DAV) Playback in Mac OSX

    The latest version of SmartPSS already exports to MP4 so why do you need converters anymore?
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    I didn't use any special paints. I put some of the same house paint (I think it's Behr Premium exterior latex) I had in a sprayer attached to my compressor and used that.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    The Mini-Wedge has an internal cover that the mic is glued to with a wire leading to the main board. I removed the cover's screws and when I space the mic away from the electronics on the board that it's normally sitting right above, the clicking goes away, but the moment you get the mic near...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Yes, it occurs with a small patch cable connected to another Cisco PoE switch that I used during setup of my cameras. The new (same model) camera on the same cable and switch is fine.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    It's the Starlight Mini Wedge model. It's powered by a Cisco Meraki PoE switch like my other 3 Starlight turrets and 6 other Dahua's with builtin mics that don't have this issue. I actually got a 2nd one from Andy this week as a spare and I confirmed the second one has no noise in it so it's...
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    Well... this is a timely question since I just received the 2nd one of these from Andy this week because I wanted a spare on hand. When I received the first one, I was replacing a 2.8mm Hikvision. I immediately noticed that the Dahua was slightly less wide angle despite both claiming to be...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    How much is shipping to return one? I have an annoying audio issue (there is a constant clicking in the audio like a projector running) with a different camera I got from Andy)
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    Depends on how high you are mounting it.... 2.8mm is ideal for close ups to have a wider angle.
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    Yes, it's working well as my doorbell camera. Painted the cover to match and mounted about face high near my front door to catch faces approaching my door.
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    Got mine today from Andy. It was the PAL 2.8mm model and it had an older firmware from the middle of last year. I immediately upgraded the firmware to the NTSC firmware (on Dahua's website) without any issues. It uses the same firmware as the Starlight turret model (5231)
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Yes, they confirmed it did on Facebook but I have a dislike for Hikvision cameras given my results with them.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I bet recessed would look pretty nice, but putting a giant hole in my soffits is a big commitment for a camera given how often I swap them out.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    If only it were a Dahua.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    NTSC will give you up to 30/60fps vs 25/50fps for PAL.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I upgraded my 3 from Andy to the January PAL firmware last week and just updated them again tonight with this new NTSC firmware. Upgraded without issue.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Not sure. They are Dahua 2mp models with IR and 20x zoom
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    They are my community''s property, but I installed and manage them. We have two gates... one at each gate. They are huge and were expensive 4 years ago but the only thing I could find that had the zoom I needed. They still work well, but I would rather have a fixed camera with a lot of zoom...
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    Wanted to Buy - IPC-HDBW4231F-AS - (Mini Wedge)

    I got a shipping notice today from Andy on the 2.8mm one I ordered last week.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Me too... I have two PTZs dedicated to LPR that I would like to replace with these. I don't think 35mm is enough zoom for my application but pretty sure 64mm would get me there. Andy getting any of these?
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    MacOS SmartPSS 2.0 exporting clips via the scissor tool off by one hour

    How are you manually changing the time? Are you just moving the scissor area by an hour on the timeline from what you really want or is there some other way to specify the time to export without the scissor tool? I'd be okay with being able to export manually without the scissor tool to...
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    MacOS SmartPSS 2.0 exporting clips via the scissor tool off by one hour

    Thanks for confirming. Are you on MacOS too? I'm curious if this problem is present on Windows too but I don't have a Windows machine to try.
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    MacOS SmartPSS 2.0 exporting clips via the scissor tool off by one hour

    So further testing shows that any of my recordings prior to switching to DST are okay... as soon as try to export anything recorded after 3/12/2017, the scissor is 1 hour ahead of the timeline.
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    MacOS SmartPSS 2.0 exporting clips via the scissor tool off by one hour

    While trying to export video on the newest MacOS SmartPSS 2.0, I found that it was exporting video from +1hour of what I was asking. My settings are all good... times on DVR and cameras all match up. See demo in my video below:
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    smart PSS freezes on Mac

    Works okay for me. Did you put it in your Application directory?
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z black overlay text bug?

    No, I have used Hikvisons before so I know what you meant, but that's not something Dahua supports and it's not doing adaptive like behavior, it's always black and in black and white video at night it's very difficult to see
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z black overlay text bug?

    The one linked to on the first post of the massive thread dedicated to this camera. PAL Firmware: DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_Eng_P_Stream3_V2.460.0000.5.R.20170117.bin
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z black overlay text bug?

    No, there's not an option for color
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z black overlay text bug?

    I received 3 of these from Andy last week. I upgraded them all to the latest firmware and they seem to be operating normally, however one of them has an issue where the overlay text keeps switching to black instead of white. Rebooting the camera doesn't fix it... I've managed to get it back...
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    how do you set up IVS on a Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-Z?

    @Fastb, Those are Nayr's lines, not mine. But thanks for the tips!
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    how do you set up IVS on a Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-Z?

    I uninstalled the plugin and restarted Safari and loaded up one of my older cameras url and it asked to install the plugin. I did that and then went back to the starlight's page and live preview worked again. I'm pretty sure IVS was still enabled but I'll need to experiment more tomorrow.