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Excuse me: I think I am best placed to say what I should be doing with my cameras. Live view and configuration *both* need to work from a modern browser on any reasonable platform. Recording would be a later project. There is no excuse for restrictive platform dependent web interface so I choose...

Which home router would this be? I terminate PPPoE on a linux server where the firewalling happens. I also don't recall saying anything about port forwarding... Firewalls can be as tight or as sloppy as you define them to be. Yes, a VPN is better in the general case, but a site-site firewall is...

Axis does? Bummer. I thought their interface was clean (it's been a few years since I had my hands on a PZT Axis and the online demo cams don't usually let you have that level of access)

Ah - thank you - some very nice cameras there.

Hi, Apart from Axis (expensive but good) are there any makers that have a decent HTML5 web interface that works on Chrome/Opera/Firefox (ie does not reply on weird plugins that only work on IE on Windows)? This would be PoE + Wifi (either/or - mine are mostly wired but it's useful sometimes to...

Got a couple of Hikvision cube cams inside the house for when we are away at work and stuff. Problem is, they feel very intrusive when we are there. Not to mention crazy russian hackers (no nothings default on ours, but that doesn't mean someone won't get lucky). Looking for ideas on quick and...

Don't know why I did not find this earlier: http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Integration%20and%20Development%20Materials/00%20%20%20CGI/# but this document lists all the API URLs and response formats (mostly XML except when media is returned). Reading and trying stuff...

Although I use tinyCam I did look at ipcamviewer - just loaded it back on - I see the option you mention. Time to runa bit of wireshark sniffing I think - thanks for the heads up :) !!

Just wondered if there was a reasonably straightforward way to programmatically enable/disable certain alarms (eg Motion, PIR etc). ie just "tick" and "untick" the box without using the web interface - or emulating a human client the old fashioned way with convoluted interactions. Camera in...

Dahua - OK will check out those guys too... Ta :) I like the phrase: "all my firmware features worked perfectly out of the box" I have so much experience with buggy shit (internet routers, mobile phones, you name it). It never gets fixed, at least seldom in a timely manner. I'd go for "basic...

Just for completeness, everything (sold to consumer, rather than a business) has to have some sort of minimum guarantee thanks to common EU regulation. But some companies make it easy and some are a right PITA if you actually have to claim on a warranty! This gets buggered up if you buy direct...

Thanks again :) I should stress, I'm English and living in England. This is quite handy as English (and Welsh) law allows online purchases to be returned without question within 14 days (only penalty is I pay the return cost). This is very handy for taking a risk with things like IP Cams...

Ah - The only brand I've had personal experience with (that wasn't crap) was Axis. 10 years ago :)

Hikvision - OK, thanks bp. I had passed those guys over as a "no name" (well, I've not seen their gear before). I'll check their models out. Thanks for the pointer! :)

Thanks bp :) Got any recommendations for small profile fixed cams, indoor, POE wired. Looking for good resolution and night modes, 720p min, 1080p nice :) Again, linux and good auto-send of images to server (or a simple API which will let me pull them with a perl script - done that before with...

Hi, I'm interested in the fisheye 180 degree fixed dome cameras, the ones that give you the ability to do a virtual pan/tilt with the view dewarped. However, does anyone know of any makes that work seamlessly with linux based browsers (firefox, chrome etc) and don't rely on funky MS Windows...