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Has anyone dared?

I can't get Live View in any Linux browser, like Firefox or Konqueror. It needs some unnamed plugin. It does work if I reboot to Windows in IE, once I installed Webcomponents.

Has anyone installed a mike and sensor on the referenced camera? The instructions are all-Chinese, all the time, and there is no information that I can find. I need to know if the camera will power an electret-condenser mike, and if so what are the pinouts? If not, what impedance does it want and pinout? For the sensor can it provide power to an IR sensor, and if so, what voltage and pinout?

Just an hour ago I actually got my first camera installed. I had to use my hacking tools to find it because it wasn't at 192.0.0.64 like networkcameracritic says. Brand new from China it's at .62 . admin:12345 I believe I understand the mike now. In the camera setup you can choose "Mic", or "Line In". What this really means is when set to "Mic" it uses an internal amp, and an electret is what you'd use. When set to "Line In" there is no internal amp and so there must be an external amp for the mic. Using the internal amp is obviously the best solution as you don't need to worry about getting power for an external amp. That old Xbox mic looks like the best solution. I'll find one on eBat.

Ok thanks Boogieman. That means electret condenser mikes won't work as they always require power. (they need an amp) ak357, the reason I'm asking is I need to -order- whatever it is. That means waiting, and trying, and trying to return it if it's not right.

Well it sure is; my eyes aren't too good. So for the sensor I have to assume that it has to be a simple open/close device for in and out. But for the mike, what? There are all kinds of mikes. And for the Out, does the camera have a power amp? What impedance could it possibly be?

All simple electret condenser mikes require a power source. They are very high impedance. The only passive mikes are speaker-type, and those are very low impedance. There is no information on what kinds of mikes it's designed for, and not even pinout for the connector. Anyone know?

Ok, maybe I'm doing New Science. The reason I asked here is that you can't really depend on the specifications as manufacturers lie, and nothing can describe the night performance of a given camera except experience.

I'm looking at setting up two dashcams in my car. They should be discreet lipstick cams, which feed by ethernet or USB to an Intel NUC machine under the dash running OpenElec. The cameras (aimed front and back) should have a wide field of view, like 135 degrees or better, and they should be at least 3Mp. Good night performance would be very nice. Am I asking too much?