Hikvision FIRMWARE TOOLS - change language, extract files and create own firmware

[alastairstevenson]

The tool certainly allowed early versions of the firmware to be unpacked, inspected, understood, tweaked and repacked.
But Hikvision has progressively improved how the firmware is packed and protected from tampering to the point where it's no longer feasible to modify it now.

 

[havran]

Hi guys, I bought a couple of DS-2CD5124EFWD-IZ and when I received them I realised that they only have Chinese language. I tried to find the correct firmware from the link in @havran's post, but I'm not sure which platform this camera is on...

Hi @mrowcp , if you want to know the exact platform for your camera, here is a nice description How to find a camera's firmware .

 

[mrowcp]

The tool certainly allowed early versions of the firmware to be unpacked, inspected, understood, tweaked and repacked.
But Hikvision has progressively improved how the firmware is packed and protected from tampering to the point where it's no longer feasible to modify it now.

I see... thanks for the information.

@havran - OK, it seems like they hidden this information, because I don't have such field