Blue Iris with Dahua - onvif or dahua?

charlesaf3

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Based on advice here I'm setting up Blue Iris.

It seems a lot of times onvif is recommended. But Blue Iris has a dahua setting.

Which is preferable?
 

wittaj

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In most cases it is best to hit the find/inspect and let BI determine the best protocol. Sure BI has a dahua setting, but it doesn't have every model in the pulldown and the models it has are usually the result of not following ONVIF protocol.

The only real exception are the two-way talk cameras as audio typically doesn't follow ONVIF protocol.

Almost every camera of mine is using the protocol that BI selected, which is generic.
 
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