Reolink Cameras and Low Bitrate

[andrew@carmelbythesea]

I am new to Blue Iris and just installed it this week, so I am learning...

I have 6 Reolink 4MP cameras, but at the moment only have one hooked up and pointing at my gate. My PC seems to not be too stressed at around 20% CPU use and 526MB RAM used out of 16GB.

Whatever setting I use, I have tried 720p and up (I set the cameras setting in Reolink software and then add the camera in BI) with lots of different framerates and Bitrates, the maximum I see in Blue Iris (General Tab) is no more than 794 kb/s, from all I have read this is very low. I did try connecting another Reolink camera with a short cable to my switch and get the same result. From what I had read I should be seeing much higher rates, I have the camera set at its defaults today 2560x1440, 30fps, 6144 kbps bitrate and H264 profile at Baseline and am getting 770.5 kbps. I am attaching a snapshot, the quality is OK, but not was I expecting.

Any thoughts, is this what I get for using a low cost camera or I have I set something up incorrectly?

Andrew

 

[w1zofaz]

What model Reolink? I am currently running 4 reolinks. 3 410's and the wireless 410. I have them set to 15fps at 1080p and they currently average about 500 kB/s. On the other hand my Imporx 10x PTZ set to 1080p and 20 fps only runs about 250-300 kB/s.

 

[andrew@carmelbythesea]

What model Reolink? I am currently running 4 reolinks. 3 410's and the wireless 410. I have them set to 15fps at 1080p and they currently average about 500 kB/s. On the other hand my Imporx 10x PTZ set to 1080p and 20 fps only runs about 250-300 kB/s.

I have a mix of RLC-411S and RLC-422, I am learning and saw this bitrate table on http://www.unifore.net/ip-video-surveillance/simple-guide-of-ip-camera-bitrate-setting.html. I am not unhappy with the quality, in fact for the money they are excellent, but was interested in whether I had set something up wrongly since they recommend a bitrate of 3000 kB/s for 10fps!

Technology	Resolution	30FPS	20FPS	15FPS	10FPS	5FPS	3FPS	1FPS
H.264/MPEG4	640x360	1500	1500	1000	1000	500	500	500
640x480(VGA)	1500	1500	1000	1000	500	500	500
720x480(D1)	1500	1500	1000	1000	500	500	500
800x450	2000	1500	1000	1000	500	500	500
1280x720(720P)	2000	2000	2000	1000	1000	500	500
1280x800(WXGA)	3000	3000	2000	2000	1000	500	500
1280x1024	3000	3000	3000	2000	1000	500	500
1920x1080(1080P)	4000	4000	3000	2000	1000	500	500
2048x1536(QXGA)	N/A	4000	2500	2500	2000	1500	500
2592x1944(5M)	N/A	N/A	N/A	3000	3000	2000	1000

 

[fenderman]

andrew@carmelbythesea You are confusing two different metrics...https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=kilobytes vs kilobits
The numbers you are seeing are normal for your settings.

 

[andrew@carmelbythesea]

fenderman Many thanks that makes perfect sense, I really should have paid better attention at school You have put my mind at ease. I guess it is time to set up the other cameras.

 

[fenderman]

fendermanMany thanks that makes perfect sense, I really should have paid better attention at school You have put my mind at ease. I guess it is time to set up the other cameras.

Beware that reolink cameras have issues with image ghosting and tearing in BI. There is a release note and several threads that discuss it.

 

[w1zofaz]

The only reolink that I have issues with at times in as far as ghosting and tearing is the one I have inside and it is the wireless one. Now there were a few versions of BI that did cause problems with all the reolinks. But looks like they were corrected about 4 or 5 updates ago. The only one is the wireless one that does it. Now, the night time quality of the reolinks pretty much bites compared to the Imporx. Lots of IR bleed from a few plus frame rates drop waaaaayyyyy down.

 

[PaulNH]

Like others... I too have 4 cameras.... but only one ReoLink RLC-422.... the other cameras are get 22 - 24 Frames per second...... however Reo Link camera only gets 1 - 2 Frames per second... any recording becomes start - stop - start - stop...... I can't figure this out.... I'm on the verge of sending it back. ReoLink says that there is no problem with the camera (even when the first one had a diode fall out in my hand...hahaha) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried three different versions of Blue Iris... yet even with the most recent update... .it still stammers and stutters. For example... this camera is focused on our pool. The water movement simply starts and stops over and over again... I attempted to attach a video however it wants me to enter a URL... hum.... I could attach a series of still photos.. but that doesn't show the start/stop action of the recordings.

 

[JoshM]

Like others... I too have 4 cameras.... but only one ReoLink RLC-422.... the other cameras are get 22 - 24 Frames per second...... however Reo Link camera only gets 1 - 2 Frames per second... any recording becomes start - stop - start - stop...... I can't figure this out.... I'm on the verge of sending it back. ReoLink says that there is no problem with the camera (even when the first one had a diode fall out in my hand...hahaha) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried three different versions of Blue Iris... yet even with the most recent update... .it still stammers and stutters. For example... this camera is focused on our pool. The water movement simply starts and stops over and over again... I attempted to attach a video however it wants me to enter a URL... hum.... I could attach a series of still photos.. but that doesn't show the start/stop action of the recordings.

I have (3) of the RLC-410's and am having the same issue. Did you find a solution?

 

[w1zofaz]

All my hard wired Reo 410's are still running fine. It is just the inside wireless one that ghost's and jitters at times. So no.