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    8232EP-Z much larger video ?

    What's the 3DNR set to on both of the cameras? I found my 5231 turrets to need less 3DNR than the 8232 bullet, especially if the gain is above 40ish, so if your cameras are set to the same, that could explain differences in video size. If anything, ensure that you're testing in a well lit area...
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    Dahua Backdoor Uncovered

    You can run an NTP server locally, such as NetTime. The machine running NetTime would still need internet access, but your NVR and camera would only need to be able to reach the machine with the NTP server.
    • cb8
    • Post #175
    • Forum: Dahua
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    8MP Starlight+

    I wouldn't trust the A&E doc too much. It claims auto back focus, which it does not have. Instead it supports AF lenses as confirmed by shokunin. The 25mm lens is nice, but in my case it is just way too narrow. I just realized that even the 17mm I was getting is too narrow. My current...
    • cb8
    • Post #39
    • Forum: Dahua
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    New IPVM Camera Calculator V3

    Thanks, John! Much appreciated.
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    8MP Starlight+

    @EMPIRETECANDY Can you check if the camera is supposed to be IR sensitive or not? IR makes no difference in B&W mode and there is not cut filter sound. Where I plan to use it, I will run 24/7 in color, but there were a few things I would have wanted to try if it was IR sensitive :)
    • cb8
    • Post #37
    • Forum: Dahua
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    New IPVM Camera Calculator V3

    Thank you, John! The calculator is awesome! One weird thing I have noticed is when I try to use it it for my IPC-HF8835F. Since there is no 4/3 imager, I just use 35mm and adapt the focal length based on the crop factor. What I noticed though, the shown ppf is different depending on whether I...
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    8MP Starlight+

    I was going to pair mine with a visible light illuminator. I bought a S-SG15-45-BC-W from Scene Electronics, but it's just too much of a good thing and too bright to walk towards :) On the bright side, it did let me run my existing Starlight IPC-HFW8331E-Z5 in 1/200 with the gain set to 30 or...
    • cb8
    • Post #35
    • Forum: Dahua
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    8MP Starlight+

    It's available in 4K @ 60FPS now. Did you play with any of the settings, or are you running in auto? When I first watch the video on my phone your face was very close to being over exposed, but it does look better on my PC monitor.
    • cb8
    • Post #33
    • Forum: Dahua
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    8MP Starlight+

    I had the same experience when I tried using IR. Agreed about the Dahua lenses. I originally picked up a Rokinon 12mm F2.0 lens, but since I haven't opened it yet I think I'll return it and get something with auto focus and electronic iris control since it actually works with the camera. There...
    • cb8
    • Post #32
    • Forum: Dahua
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    8MP Starlight+

    I haven't taken it outside yet, just tested it in a rather dark room. I don't have an enclosure for it yet, but I just realized it fits my camera tripod, so I'll take it outside later tonight for some experimentation.
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    8MP Starlight+

    I got mine too yesterday. Not much time to play with it, but from first impressions it's certainly brighter and with even less noise than the IMX291. I captured two snapshots to give you a basic idea of how it compares to the IMX291 when shutter/gain/aperture are all the same: Left...
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    Latest Sony Sensor List

    I would give them some more time. The IMX334 was just posted on Sony's website recently. Likely it's not even available in volume yet. It may make for an affordable alternative to the IMX294 that may actually be available in a varifocal turret since it's a 1/1.8" sensor :) There's also the...
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    8MP Starlight+

    I paid $735.99 for just the camera itself. Right now it's listed with a 5% discount @ $699 in Andy's store. As for the price of the lens, that still depends on which lens I decide to go with :-)
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    8MP Starlight+

    Not with the cheap adapter I got, but I don't expect the camera to support auto-focus anyway. While not mentioned on the webpage, there's a link to a document under "A&E Document" that explicitly mentioned auto back-focus. Both of the lenses Dahua announced were fully manual lenses with manual...
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    8MP Starlight+

    I picked up a $12 Canon EOS to M43 adapter ring to let me test out the camera using my Canon lenses before I decide on the actual lens and focal length I will use.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Hardware accelerated decoding of H265/HEVC has been supported in Intel CPUs with Quick Sync Video since Skylake, but BI has only support for software based H265/HEVC decoding as it cannot utilize the hardware support in the latest Intel CPUs.
    • cb8
    • Post #5,142
    • Forum: Dahua
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    There were issues, but were fixed. I've been using H265 since I got my i7-7700 early July. Unfortunately hardware acceleration is not supported yet for H265 even though the CPU supports it.
    • cb8
    • Post #5,140
    • Forum: Dahua
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    10MP Ultra Lowlight Camera possible

    These lenses are for the 4/3" sensor used in the IPC-HF8835F, not the 1/2.8" used in the SD49225T-HN.
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    10MP Ultra Lowlight Camera possible

    That's a rather steep price for the SNC-VB770... From Sony's point of view, the 4/3 sensor in the IPC-HF8835F may very well be intended as the budget sensor in comparison :) Either way, I booked a IPC-HF8835F. Not sure what lens I will go with yet though. I asked Andy if he has any pricing on...
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    10MP Ultra Lowlight Camera possible

    The IP version, IPC-HF8835F, is listed on their website too now. @EMPIRETECANDY you have a price for it yet? :)
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    Having problems with LPR on Dahua IPC-HFW5231E-Z12

    Your night shot looks to be out-of-focus. When switching between day and night mode, the camera appears to trigger an auto-focus cycle. With settings for LPR at night, it's likely not finding anything to focus on. After it's switched to night mode, try lowering your shutter speed significantly...
    • cb8
    • Post #3
    • Forum: LPR
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    New Dahua cams ?

    Wow, that's a huge number of new models. One difference I noticed is that it seems now you can get the 6MP and 8MP cameras with real WDR, which makes it very tempting to pick up one to play with next to my Starlights as the lack of WDR was the main reason holding me back.
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z short distance license plate

    At 25 feet you have 140 ppf if zoomed in fully, which is comparable to the ppf I have with my Z5 bullet that I've tested successfully for LPR at ~70 feet. It worked nicely using only the inbuilt IR for me, but the Z5 has stronger, and presumably more focused IR than the turret. On the other...
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    HDView 3MP Megapixel IP Network Camera ONVIF PoE

    A lookup by MAC address gives "TVT CO.,LTD".
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    If you actually need more throughput and have multiple clients you can always work around it by running multiple instances of OpenVPN, though that's all moot unless you actually have an uplink that can push that much data. I wouldn't worry too much about which switch I connected it too unless...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Yes, a RPi3 is plenty fast for OpenVPN. With my current config, using UDP with AES-256-CBC for the cipher and TLS auth enabled, I can push it to 50 Mbits per second for a single VPN connection at which point it maxes out one of the CPU cores on the RPi3 while the remaining three are idle.
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    Streaming a substream to YouTube Live

    Try putting quotes around the URL. Ampersand is used to invoke multiple commands from a single line and needs to be quotes or escaped.
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    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    Quotes would only apply to curl, not the browser. Also, may not matter, but you have an extra space after the first quote. Looking at the man page for curl, there's a --digest option you may need to specify as Dahua requires digest authentication with recent firmware AFAIK. If that doesn't...
    • cb8
    • Post #505
    • Forum: LPR
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    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    You need to put quotes around the URL as ampersand is a special character used to separate multiple commands on the same line.
    • cb8
    • Post #503
    • Forum: LPR
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    Can I improve the image from my IPC-HFW8232E-Z?

    I'd try turning off SSA to begin with, and reduce the 3D NR slightly.
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