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Hi Everyone, Just an update - I've had my remaining colorvu cameras installed yesterday and ended up using the saddle clamps to mount the camera on the 25mm pole/pipe which worked really good and was secured. Therefore, thanks to everyone's ideas.

Thanks Dave I’ve actually bought the U clamps and the Saddle Distance brackets so will see which is the best option for me when the installer comes and fits the camera next month. thanks

Hi Dave the Anpr is very good at catching number plates at night. As the night picture is pitch black (that’s how the Anpr cameras are supposed to work to get number plates at night), I’m in the process of getting a ColorVu installed just below the Anpr so that I can get the normal footage...

Thanks Phil - I will leave h265+ enabled as I won’t be using the features that are disabled. thanks very much.

Hi Dan Yes I have unbound the NVR and then re-added through web portal using serial number. I did try the bitrates in the chart but still having issues with lag on mobile data so reset the two cameras and enable h265+ and kept default higher bitrate settings and seems to be behaving bit...

Hi please ignore this thread as I’ve got it working. I enabled DHCP and then disabled it again to use a static ip and enabled NAT/UPnP and set Port Mapping to Auto. All working. Thanks

Hi My NVR (DS-760NI-K1 B) is showing offline and I cannot add it again to the Hik Connect web portal. Basically, I was trying out the iVMS 4500 mobile app which was working but the Hik-connect app stopped working. I have deleted all the apps and tried to add the NVR again through the web...

Hi Dan Just an update in that I reset the video settings on the Bullet and ColorVu to Default and then changed to use H265+ with “Higher” (not Highest) on both cameras and it set a default max bitrate setting to 10240kbps and 6144kbps respectively. If I then change the Resolution to the max...

Thanks - is there much difference between Higher and Highest video quality and if there is, how much percentage should I add to the bitrate figure in the recommended chart for the mainstream setting running at 25fps.

Thanks - yes I’m using Hik Connect using HD mode as the BASIC mode doesn’t give me good quality.

Hi Thanks for this which I will also try out. The cameras are set to 25fps What Smoothing level should I set or shall I keep the default which is 50. Does viewing from mobile device/mobile data automatically use the Substream or do I have to do something ? Dan has also replied to another...

Hi Dan, Thank you for these recommendations and I will try these out but hope you or anyone else can confirm the following: 1. If I change the 8MP bullet and the 4MP ColorVu to H265+ then would that affect any of the camera features as I read somewhere on here that changing to H265+ might stop...

Hi, Sorry to come back again on this topic - I've been trying out all sorts of settings but still have the same problem with live view lags on my phone. Basically, viewing live footage using home wifi is fine but when using my iphones mobile data, it is still lagging in the footage and...

Thanks - I’ve just googled and found it so will have a look. I’ve attached it

Currently my bitrate settings are as follow for main stream/sub-stream 8MP bulltet = 5120 kbps/2048 kbps 4MP ColorVu = 6144 kbps/2048 kbps Are the above OK or should I increase them? Also, Smoothing level set to 1 - What should I realistically set this to? Thanks

Many thanks for this info. I will give the contrast settings another tweak when it’s dark but may have to wait as we’ve had heavy snow so the footage will probably be in colour tonight on the bullet camera with all the white covering of snow etc. I did just check the daytime playback just now...

Hi thanks for your advice aswell. I’ve been looking at an old thread with recommended tweaks and it has put the picture in black and white mode so will see how it goes overnight and see what the daytime image is like. Basically the changes were shutter speed set to 1/100 Contrast - 35 WDR -...

Hi Dan, Thank you for your recommendations. I've been trying out the various settings for the last few hours but cant seem to get the right settig to work as like you said, the playback image of the object is pixelated. I've tried setting the exposure to 1/50 and 1/100 and turning off/on WDR...

Hi Thanks for the advice. Previously I have tried to increase the shutter speed and like you say it changes the image darker and I’m not sure about what actually the WDR setting does and should I turn it off or not as if I turn it off then my night footage is in black and white. If I leave...

Hi I have a 8MP bullet camera installed - model DS-2CD2685G0-IZS I have it configured so that the footage is in colour at night with the following image settings which you can see in the attached screenshots. As it’s a 8MP camera, I’m not sure if I’m getting the best picture quality day or...