Worth it / easy to upgrade to 5.6.5 firmware?

[Chalker]

Hoping to get some insight on the 5.6.x series of firmware. From the 5.6.0 release notes, it appears that you can now utilize Chrome/Firefox to access the camera's without any plugins: "Optimize WEB Local service, no plug-in preview and plug-in preview.Browser version of no plug-in preview: Chrome57.0+, Firefox52.0+，Safari11+ " Am I reading that correctly?

I'm currently running version 5.4.5 and 5.5.61 on my cameras without any issues, but think it might be worth it to upgrade everything to 5.6.0? Any drawbacks / pitfalls?

Assuming I do, the 5.5.61 cameras are DS-2CD2563GO-ISYYYYMMDDAAWRCXXXXXXXX models, with firmware version properties B-R-G1-0. Should I use the EU or the US firmware version since they are WR versions?

The 5.4.5 cameras are DS-2CD2532F-IWSYYYYMMDDCCCHXXXXXXX models, which I previously used the Brickfix/MTD process to upgrade. Do I have to use that process again or can I now just flash the US firmware to upgrade?

Final question, my NVR is a DS-7608NI-E2/8P, AARR region running 3.4.95. I know it's EOL, but there is a slightly newer firmware version 3.4.103. Worth it to upgrade? Can I just upgrade it with the EU or US firmware? Any reason not to?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Hoping to get some insight on the 5.6.x series of firmware. From the 5.6.0 release notes, it appears that you can now utilize Chrome/Firefox to access the camera's without any plugins: "Optimize WEB Local service, no plug-in preview and plug-in preview.Browser version of no plug-in preview: Chrome57.0+, Firefox52.0+，Safari11+ " Am I reading that correctly?

Yes, that's correct.
It's a big plus for Linux users to not have to run Windows to use IE11 for live video.

The 5.4.5 cameras are DS-2CD2532F-IWSYYYYMMDDCCCHXXXXXXX models, which I previously used the Brickfix/MTD process to upgrade. Do I have to use that process again or can I now just flash the US firmware to upgrade?

That's an R0 series camera, 5.4.5 (or 5.4.41) is the last version of firmware for that series.

 

[Chalker]

Ahhh. I forgot about the R0 series issue. Thanks for pointing that out. I assume I"m safe to upgrade the other ones though? I'm slightly confused which firmware to use with a WR version though.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Assuming I do, the 5.5.61 cameras are DS-2CD2563GO-ISYYYYMMDDAAWRCXXXXXXXX models, with firmware version properties B-R-G1-0. Should I use the EU or the US firmware version since they are WR versions?

I'd use the firmware from the EU portal - I've not studied the US firmware to see if anything has been 'added' to it.
And the same for the NVR.

 

[Chalker]

Thanks!

 

[watchful_ip]

If you do a checksum on same version and datecode of NA and EU files I suspect they will be identical.