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Exactly what model of camera are you using....some of the first ESC-IPC-1 cams were plugged in wrong for the old POE using wires 1234 instead of 5678. I had to remove camera cover and simply move the 4 wire cable plugged into the POE board to the other 4 pin connector on the POE board. I also use ZyXel POE and it simply did nothing until I did the switch. They now are shipping with the correctly wired I might add.

Yes, need original video.

Sorry STtickman, I'm a tad confused: which video did you inspect that resulted in the reported 1280x960 resolution? Was this video from a Swann SWNHD-820CAM which had been flashed with the Hikvision firmware? No it's from my Dahua 2100 which I used just to show how VLC will tell you what resolution the VIDEO is

Well, that's what I was thinking when I used VLC to give me the info on the video.

I thought about this also...by the time you add tax then its 186.72 ea. in my state. Then add another 55.00 if you are not a Costco member (which I am not). Then after you flash it...there goes the warranty out the window. So all I can say the Dahua is cheaper in my world...given that it is a 2MP cam.

I saved the stream of my Dahua 2100 using BlueIris export as "AVI with no re-encoding" then open the file in VLC. Maybe you could try that and see what it tells you ??

Is it possible that the soft side is caused by a blemished lens ? I guess a person could swap them to confirm that theory. Nice job on the flash, you will somehow have to confirm if you really are getting that resolution or not.

You may have to play with it...on mine though it seemed to look best if I kept the same values for both settings. What version of firmware are yours running ? The verdict is still out as what is the cause of this.

I have the same issue, but with just one out of (7) 2100's. It mostly appears during the brightest part of day. I use customize setting and it goes away. This would appear to be a firmware issue to me ?? BTW running 2.100.0001.0.R, build : 2012-10-31 On the other hand, why is it just this cam....it may be going back.

Me too. I bought one of those big-ass stainless BBG's at Costco and cooked meat on it for 5-years. Never liked it much and five years after I bought it I returned it. It smelled like burnt meat when I rolled it in. And there was not a peep out of them. They refunded me cash. How can you beat that? It took 5 years worth of steaks to figure out you never liked it....WOW. That's a waste of good meat my friend.

I would say its BlueIris with "overlay motion" enabled.

So then it looks like it is just going to be a 2MP cam then

no problem

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