Review - TOP-201 Super Mini 720P HD IP-Cam (The Cheapest IP Cam So Far !!)

Try Tiny Cam. Much faster framerate than others I've used. I can't get full framerate on 1080p on my S4 but watching with another program was like watching someone flip pages slowly in a picturebook. 2fps maybe? 7-8 fps at 1080p on Tiny Cam with software decoding. Hardware decoding doesn't work on an S4.
 
Kawboy12R said:
Try Tiny Cam. Much faster framerate than others I've used. I can't get full framerate on 1080p on my S4 but watching with another program was like watching someone flip pages slowly in a picturebook. 2fps maybe? 7-8 fps at 1080p on Tiny Cam with software decoding. Hardware decoding doesn't work on an S4.
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i have tested with tinycam too (see my other post from june) But i guess now what the problem is! i have synology servers that record the camera`s. And that is high quality. So i think you can only watch on 1 device high quality with RTSP, and on other devices you can only see sub stream (RTSP). If i use a android or ios device and watch main stream, after a while it reboots the camera. The synology use port 8899 for the camera to connect. I go tomorrow disconnect the camera`s from the synology, and use tinycam/vmeyesuper to watch in main stream. Maybe then it is solved. The cms program from the top201 works good. And that use different settings i guess to view the camera. No rtsp, i think it is http. If i know how they do that, i can make it work on my device too. I keep you updated when i figured it out. And you guys can always help me ofcourse :D


UPDATE 21-12-2016: So if you want see it on mobile device, you can easily watch on sub stream,real time. And watch it with vmeye super, because if you use tinycam you can only view it with RTSP on 2 devices, the main and sub stream! my next thing to do is installing the camera`s on a wordpress website. So then you maybe not needed high cpu to watch. I want always view in high quality on every device :D

UPDATE2 21-12-2016: I have said i have a synology that record camera right? That have build in SurveillanceStation. So i have setting up live view, and that is ofcourse using the rtsp main stream. And i can watch now the main stream on my own server. The rtsp main stream in synology is recording and watching. Inside the surveillancestation you have a plugin called: CMS. When you installed that, you can add a other synology server with surveillancestation and CMS installed, so you have the camera`s from the other server on 1 page! So then you have no problem with viewing on main stream. The cpu of the synology is only using then, and it is not much. so that is important. Your own device do not needed high cpu or gpu. They also have a app called DSCAM but that is 1fps or so.

For now is my problem finally solved.
 
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cybermaus said:
Thats what I got as well, and I tried many variants of the telnetd call, including some with options like IP and port to listen for, one of them worked, even though it never gave a satisfacotry command respond.

So I say again, read the telnetd man page ( the busybox one) and try some. Because I tried so many myself, I do not quite remember which variant was the right one.
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I've read the manpage for BusyBox v1.16.1 but the version shipped on the IP camera seems to differ a bit (as the built-in help shows that command won't accept any argument).

I've discovered the right command to start a non-crippled telnetd daemon listening on the default port (23) by trial and error (fourth attempt):
Code: 
telnetd -f
After having issued it from the crippled shell session on port 9527 you can open another connection to the new telnetd authenticating as:
  • Username: root
  • Password: xmhdipc
Here's a gif recording which shows the whole process:

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I hope that this will be useful to you.

Thanks everybody! (special thanks to cybermaus)
 
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No prob. Thanks for doing proper write-down of what you did, rather than key-banging it and then not remembering the details, like I did.

However, a small remark:

While your animated console is very nifty to look at, I am not sure I like it.
It means I have to wait and watch, rather than speed-read it. And even if I want to focus better, and I want to reread, I have to wait a cycle.
Also I suspect it does not get indexed and thus search-ability is less.

I am sort of hoping it will not become a trend. Can I at least suggest you *also* simply copy/paste the log into a code block?
 
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@chorizo, thanks for doing all the hard work for this...
For anyone wondering, here is how to make this thing a DHCP client (all my cams are dhcp, and I setup reservations on my router)

once logged into the telnet session, issue this command:
echo 1 > /mnt/mtd/Config/dhcp.cfg
the camera will IMMEDIATELY get and IP via dhcp. Also, this survives a reboot, so you only need to do this once.
theres other interesting files in this directory (such as Account1 and Accoun2). I have not found an editor yet, but you can change values with sed (if you know how to use sed).

As per cybermaus's remark, here are the instructions without having to watch that animated gif:
telnet 192.168.1.10 9527 (might have to hit enter twice, as I didnt get a login prompt immediately)
login as admin
hit enter for password
shell (after hitting enter, you'll just be on a blank line.. dont know what this is all about)
telnetd -f
open another window, and telnet to 192.168.1.10 (default port; 23)
login: root
password: xmhdipc

get your MAC address:
ip a
(look for "link/ether") or you could do "ip a | grep ether"
then to enable dhcp:
echo 1 > /mnt/mtd/Config/dhcp.cfg

you'll then lose your connection when you get a new IP. simply hit ctrl-] then type quite to get out of telnet

in BlueIris, put the IP in, and select Empire for make, and model is ESC-IPC1 port 34567
I hear the stream is at:
/user=admin&password=test123&channel=1&stream=0.sdp?real_stream--rtp-caching=100
but I was unable to get that to work, so I set it up as an Empire, and that works...
 
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I have the similar camera with blocked account 'admin'. i don't know how this can be possible, but any software to this camera (includes web) reports 'The user is in blacklist' and does nothing.

I have an access to the telnet (thanks to chorizo). so how can I clear the blacklist or to make full camera reset? some Internet resources recommend to clear /mnt/mtd/* but it has files such as 'SerialNumber'. is it safe to delete them?
 
@bcd; try ls -alrt /mnt/mtd/Config which will sort files by date (newest on bottom), and see if theres any sort of recent "blacklist" type of file, or a file updated that may have blacklist info. Also, just type date to see what the camera thinks the current date is, so you can compare against the files listed from previous step.
On mine, the SerialNumber (and some other files) have the date of the last boot, so I'm GUESSING that they get re-created on boot. But in the Config directory, Account1, Account2, uboot_env_lang_video and libvideo_initdata.bat all have a date from 2 months prior (I just got the cam 3 days ago), so not sure if they would get recreated, or should be deleted.
I'd have a good look around before wiping out the whole tree.
 
i think new firmware, but it still is china camera`s. So i always say: do not connect to internet. Or block open ports to internet
 
Purchase one from AliExpress with microphone. The microphone works in IE browser but I can't get audio to work on blueiris. Any suggestions?


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ebaycam said:
i think new firmware, but it still is china camera`s. So i always say: do not connect to internet. Or block open ports to internet
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Today I remember, that I opened port 544 to the camera. After removing that and restarting both router and camera, vulnerability is still ther. Is these mean, that vulnerability is in flash, so updateing firmware could solve problem.

Both camera have same firmware V4.02.R12.00006510.10010.142300..ONVIF 2.4
 
To have any meaning, you need to look at/report the build date for the firmware.

And there are many links in this thread pointing to firmware downloads. Show you are willing to put in some effort.
Even if you are unsure and want to get confirmation, say something like "i found this firmware link, please tell me if you think it is the right one" : It shows you were willing to search rather then only ask.
 
chorizo said:
For example I know devices like this (even this one) are compromised and turned into bots exploited by botnets like Mirai controlled by black hats. I haven't read the details about how this is done but I think the devices are tested against a set of known username / password combos, wordlists.
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@chorizo There is something about Mirai vulnarability in my post
Tehnicni said:
Few days ago I get TOP-308 camera They have IR filter in front of lens and work fine.
Today I install tinyCam Monitor (on Android tablet), which found Mirai botnet vulnerability on my old camera JSK-720 (I'm writeing about it ) with password. tinyCam Monitor found JSK-720 camera without entering password and video stream work.

On new camera there is no password and no vulnerability.
How to solve vulnerability.
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Today I want to login to my cameras, I can login on JSK-720 with root/xmhdipc. TOP-308 didn't accept telnet.
How to change password, "passwd" not working.

It would be fine to open new thread about vulnerability of such camera.
 
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I tried to connect the camera to tinyCam Pro and then to ChromeCast2. Video on Android tablet is OK for a few minutes to half an hour, then more and more frame are lost and video shuts down. On Chromecast, the picture is switched off much earlier.
With Galaxy S3 with IP Webcam apk video na tablet and chromeCast is stable.
I also noticed that video encoding on the camera douring the day running more and more slowly with an increasing number of missing frames. After reseting camera, everything is OK for a while.
These camera is realy crap
 
Could be your viewing hardware overheating and crapping out. Try viewing "real" cameras and see how long the viewing lasts before you get the same symptoms. If you do then the hardware is overheating, stepping down the CPU to try and save itself, and eventually shutting down. Try viewing substream instead and maybe putting TinyCam in power save mode.
 
One of the camera is outside at - few °C and both produce same efects. Viewing HW (tablet) is not the problem, situation is the same with 2 HD camera running or only 1 SD camera and tablet is cold.
Most crapy is chromecast2, after an hour or so, also camera from Galaxy S3 stop. So HTPC and iSpy is my second option.
 
I always used IE. don't foget to switch language to english before downloading the firmware.

I have several IP-cameras based on the 50H10L modules with specified FW (6510.1). in my IP-cameras last versions of FW have a bug. it appears between day mode (colored) and night mode (b/w) it is the 3rd unstable mode with pink picture. in my case last stable version is 'General_HZXM_IPC_HI3518E_50H10L_S38_V4.02.R12.20150910_ALL'
 
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