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    New Ubiquiti Unifi PTZ Cameras

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    M$ eliminates workaround requiring an account during Win 11 installation

    As mentioned in the body there, Rufus does a nice job of removing the crap from Windows 11 install experience. Download the Win11 iso, put it on USB stick via Rufus.
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    Where are the 2025 Models?

    Yeah. But the connector isn't so much bulky as the camera is tiny.
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    Where are the 2025 Models?

    Fair point. These cameras are indoors, and the interior has enough light overnight that the cameras stay in day mode. I can't say how they perform in dark scenes.
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    Where are the 2025 Models?

    I recently worked on a Unifi system new install, using the G5 Ultra Dome camera. I have to say that I am impressed with the video quality and overall user experience of the ecosystem. It is unfortunate that it lacks varifocal lens, but as long as the customer is fine with "wide angles for...
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    Where are the 2025 Models?

    I declared this market stagnant 6 years ago. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/is-this-peak-ip-camera.41137/
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    Question about locking a drive

    Sounds like you are out of luck: Bitlocker not present in Windows Home edition.
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    Comparing H.265 to H.264H compression (a quick test)

    Most importantly, can we have a image comparison with H.264H @ 1433? I bet you that 1/10th the bitrate gives you 90% of the quality. If storage or bandwidth has a realistic cost assigned to it, I think you'll find that 1433 (roughly) is an optimal bitrate.
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    Customer Service is dead (share your stories here)

    I bought a fancy set of earbud wireless headphones during Black Friday sales at amazon.ca , so about December 1 I received them. Early January I had finally decided that I didn't like these headphones enough that I went back to my old ones. I checked on Amazon and it offered me a Return option...
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    Camera Controller Joystick for Dahua PTZ cameras

    Interesting question. I would think that you would have to incorporate a Video Management System and then run the VMS's thick client application in order to gain the USB Joystick --> Camera PTZ functionality. This is how the mid-size corporate VMS deployments do it. There might be some fancy...
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    Picture tuning suggestions

    CRV red*. Corolla grey. *I'll be sad if this turns out to be a Volvo.
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    Picture tuning suggestions

    You might have to give us remote access so we can try various settings.
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    Picture tuning suggestions

    What are the camera encoding settings? Screenshot of that page. bitrate, resolution, codec...
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    Honey has been a scam this entire time.

    This video appearing in my recommendations was the first time I'd ever heard of it. At first I thought they were promoting the food, honey.
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    Ads

    I use AdGuard, paid lifetime subscription, on mobile and desktop. Works great.
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    Video/Event delay - Turn Sprinkler on when an IVS rule is triggered

    Having the camera's brain decide when there is motion situation, and then having it action the local electrical output, would be the fastest way to get the alert. Then you'd have to wire that camera output wire to your electrical field device, which is cumbersome in your case.
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    is my camera connecting "outside"?

    Promiscuous mode on your local adapter does not change the fact that your network switch is suppressing/hiding/filtering the unicast traffic between the camera and the internet from you. The only way to really do this is to use port mirroring on a managed switch, or make your own computer the IP...
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    How about a new review, what about 2, 3, possibly 4 ?

    Please, I beg you, convince me that something interesting is happening in this space. It feels so stale, like nothing has changed for 5 years.
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    Dahua Login Bypass Tool - Chrome Extension

    I recommend pressing the Reset button, as per the manual's instructions "perform factory reset."
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    Dahua API to add groups and group permissions

    Are you trying to avoid logging into the webpage of each camera, as a user, and using the web page to configure more users and groups? (I don't know the answer to your question.) I looked briefly at the API doc and there's no way to add or delete groups.
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    Dahua Cat 5 wiring.

    Best practice would be to disconnect the RJ45 male (network cable) from the RJ45 female (camera harness) using the tab on the male RJ45 connector. This is preferable to cutting the camera harness, at least where I'm from.
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    Limitation on WDR setting

    WDR also disappears when the camera is set to 60Hz indoor/outdoor flicker prevention.
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    Dahua recommended settings and education needed

    I think Smart IR setting tells the camera to run a control loop where it adjusts the brightness of the IR emitters based on how much light is in the scene.
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    Dahua Cat 5 wiring.

    The connections on the RJ45 connectors and cabling from your network switch to your port that the camera connects to are industry standard, nothing to do with Dahua.
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    Iframe interval on Dahua cameras

    Setting i-frame rate to 1 per second is not optimal. It is inefficient and results in larger bitrate than is necessary.
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    WDR vs SSA

    I find WDR-25 to be the best general setting. SSA can look nice and show lots of brightness in the shadows, but it is almost too much. And most importantly, I end up with SSA cameras often doing a 'hunt' or fresh brightness calibration every so often, say once every 30 minutes: they go full...
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    The Importance & My Recommended Usage of I-Frame, CBR vs VBR, Shutter Speed In Your Configurations

    Not that I can prove it, but I'm pretty sure that, given a scenario of finite storage space per camera (let's say 10GB / day) of continuous recording (aka 24/7), then VBR will result in overall better footage to look back at than CBR - both during the boring times and the interesting times...
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    I've neglected my system. Should i update firmware?

    It can be entertaining to upgrade firmware every year. But usually there are no problems that need fixing, and sometimes the upgrade will modify some functionality you care about. The more advanced and special features you use (such as motion tracking, object tracking) the higher the risk a...
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    hikvision nvr with xprotect essential+ help

    Interesting point. I recall seeing times in XProtect Expert where I've added a device that exceeds the license, and it adds to the system but then doesn't go online state - it has the 'offline' state icon beside it, and with the mouseover tooltip it says something like 'license exceeded'. With...
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    hikvision nvr with xprotect essential+ help

    Yes, 1 device license per channel of the NVR. This is a relatively new policy of Xprotect, I would estimate about 2 years ago. Prior to that, devices like an NVR with multiple cameras inside would only consume one total device license.
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