Thank you for confirming the firmware issue and product status. The camera functions well with my NVR QVR Pro so I am happy to keep it. I’ve also added a review on Amazon.
I was just going through my older Amcrest cameras and trying to figure out the firmware and Chrome status... In some cases I was able to find and flash the compatible Dahua firmware with success.
But I have a couple of IP4M-1026E cameras I hit a dead end, because those don't have a Dahua firmware match, at least that I could find.
The internal "device type" of the IP4M-1026E is "IPC-HFW1430SN-Lexus" (or for the wireless IP4M-1026EW, it's "IPC-HFW1430SN-W-Lexus")
Even though there's no Dahua firmware, I did find out that the IP4M-1051 firmware (latest is 2019-12-19) also lists that device type in the check.img file, so I gave it a shot. I know from the couple of IP4M-1051 cameras I have that they added Chrome compatibility for live view, so I was hopeful.
And yes... I flashed that firmware onto the IP4M-1026E and it works great. The live view comes up in Chrome without any problems. It updates to this: "V2.620.00AC000.3.R, Build Date: 2019-12-18 " (it was previously "2.420.AC01.3.R, Build Date: 2018-02-06")
I'm going to do my wireless IP4M-1026EW which should work - that device type is also in the check.img. Very cool if that works. Even though I use
BlueIris, I still use the web portal on the camera to adjust the day/night settings and make sure everything looks good. Doing that with the old plugin isn't terrible, but I'd prefer not to mess with that if possible.