I will do some testing. I honestly did not even think about the open alpr. If I had it connected to milestone it would have made me think twice about that happening. I'll play around with the settings and see if I can gather some more information. Also, I was told by Open ALPR they discourage Dahua cameras due to "security issues", however they have do support them. THeir supported camera list had a hikvision though, which I found odd. They showed me an axis camera they had running outside their office, and the night shots couldn't hold a candle to this camera.
On their list of recommended was an axis, vivotek (that this camera replaced and is infinitely better than), a hikvision and two brands I've never heard of. They have the option for the cloud add on for axis cameras well.
You can run a lower quality stream at a much higher frame rate. if you choose the full 4mp resolution you can only go to 30fps max.
Hikvision and Dahua sometimes publish incorrect/incomplete info. For this model it looks like the PDF Spec Sheet didn't include the full frame-rate info, but the online page for the camera does.
I'm not sure why its not the spec sheet. As far as frame rate, in my case, the higher frame rate is a benefit for license plate recognition with faster traffic, and the higher resolution would not help that. If its just regular surveillance, you will likely want the higher quality. Its all a matter of your requirements, and what you are happy with. Alot of times I will record the higher quality stream, and use a lower quality, lower FPS for the live view, so I'm saving on bandwidth wherever possible.
it makes sense, in my case i would love to see a camera with both worlds, because I would like to take a family footage around the swimming pool area, so motion and quality are important to me, but where can I find that master piece!
Yes, I assumed that would be a mistake as well.
You really won't need past 30fps for most anything other than specific applications like LPR. For general surveillance I rarely go past 20fps. The full 4mp resolution likely will easily accomplish what you want to do I would think?
What annoys me when I see a test footage with few frame drops and lagging during zooming, panning or when motion encountered in the scene.
Are you talking a different camera?
Also, what are you recording on?
I guess I got carried away and involved the PTZ's in the concept
, I am also looking for a mini PTZ that can serve the case.I am still looking for a good setup but haven't decided yet, some say don't go with PTZ and others say it would be the perfect gear.
Thanks Andy. Would this update also include the IPC-B5442E-Z4E ?