DanDenver
Getting comfortable
I get confused easily. You say you like reolink as they are inexpensive but now you say you want the best. You install a fast backbone but seem happy with cameras that don't need it?
We would love to see the images you provided for the police. We have yet to see anyone provide a capture at night of usable footage from Reolinks. Perhaps you will be the first...You're right. Gigabit is pretty quick, and I'd like these cameras to be gigabit cameras, but that's a hard one. The LAN backbone is. There's a collection of other stuff on the LAN, and this LAN is actually about 60 cameras and 7 servers with a collection of other PCs and phones and printers. It's grown. Still, dropped frames are not that common. I have to watch it. I drop the frame rates to around 10fps on the main stream, definitely use sub streams, and whatever else I can use to make it easier on the BI servers and LAN within reason.
I do like the 1080p size. It's all I really need, but it's harder to find now. Thus the 4-5MP. I buy the ReoLinks mostly because of the cost. But also because they're stable and look good (images). My last capture recently was a thief going into cars late at night, and I was really happy with the images I gave to the cops. My old Vivoteks are 1MP cameras. Still usable, not preferred, but they were in the mix with the thief. My next cameras might be Dahua. We'll see.
Thanks for taking the time to help, and the advice. I sincerely appreciate it.
I have some of those cheapo cameras, too. I test them by putting a few on the LAN and seeing how long they last and if I like using them. I really like the cheapo idea, but I need quality, too. The only reasons I use ReoLinks are (1) the cost, (2) the reviews, (3) the usability/stability. Not perfect, but adequate for me. My camera peers quote a 32-camera system installation for over $100,000. These guys are happy with adequate if it saves them $75K. And it does.I am using BI and a mix of cameras. Mostly Dahua from Andy but I have some cheapo ones before I knew any better that are used for overview purposes.
Not putting me on the spot, I can talk about this all day LOL.That was fun (the example shots). So is it caused by dropped frames or the iframe interval (the missing hand)? I would give this to the cops anyway. You know who he is.
That last shot is a mess. It's like the shutter is really slow. The car seems to reinforce this. I don't see anything but a blur. So when I set the frame rate on the RLC-410/510/520, is it not that speed? If I'm at 10 fps in the main stream with CBR, I would think that the shutter speed would be no more than 0.1 seconds, and likely less. Yet this shot above seems to be much longer than this. Why is this?
Sorry to put you on this spot. Just trying to understand.
Of course I looked at them. There are lots of opinions on YouTube, and many self-proclaimed experts and real experts, and many self-serving presentations. I sort through them as best as I can. It's a big bonus to get references like those from experts like yourself so that I can be confident in my new knowledge, and I like to think that I'm pretty careful about forming quick opinions. I may not have expressed my appreciation for this education enough, but I'm extremely grateful.I have to wonder if you ever looked at the links I provided. They cover all the failings of Reolink and the other consumer grade junk hawked by YouTube "experts".