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That's possibly normal; image settings are 1-100 but you'll find some map to just 10 adjustments.
Firmware M Series 5.04.020_241106 Released - Issues/Avoid
Wow, you'd think they'd implement it a bit better than randomly having massive changes throughout the 0-100 scale. Like have it step up once every 10 steps over the 100 range (if there's only 10 adjustment steps available.)
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That’s how it is - one step every block of 10 for some settings.
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Some further information. I got back to Hikvision support after this latest update to mention that some of the issues remained. As reported:
"This is a bit of a pain as it’s necessary to leave the playback tab open permanently (it affects both normal and event playback); as soon as it’s closed any preferences saved are lost/revert to off.
Additionally the Human/Vehicle filter in the lower left corner is enabled by default; I can’t see why that has been changed? If ’skip normal video’ is selected, as soon as you select a camera to play back obviously it’s going jump to the first event rather than commencing normal playback at 00:00.
Smart Search and VCA search do not work on G5 platform cameras (no results returned during search). I’ll report this in a separate e mail as it’s not NVR specific; it affects G5 cameras and doesn’t work on any NVR once the G5 camera firmware is updated beyond 5.7.15_240411."
The response is that it's not a bug.
"This is a bit of a pain as it’s necessary to leave the playback tab open permanently (it affects both normal and event playback); as soon as it’s closed any preferences saved are lost/revert to off.
Additionally the Human/Vehicle filter in the lower left corner is enabled by default; I can’t see why that has been changed? If ’skip normal video’ is selected, as soon as you select a camera to play back obviously it’s going jump to the first event rather than commencing normal playback at 00:00.
Smart Search and VCA search do not work on G5 platform cameras (no results returned during search). I’ll report this in a separate e mail as it’s not NVR specific; it affects G5 cameras and doesn’t work on any NVR once the G5 camera firmware is updated beyond 5.7.15_240411."
The response is that it's not a bug.
No that's not what was happening to me then. You'd be adjusting from 0-99 and certain steps you'd literally go from the what appeared to be the lowest to the highest setting in one numerical step. And it was random (all over the 0-99 scale) where the max and min were and everything in between. I think it was WDR or HLC?
The new M series firmware is available on the US website:
DS-7616NI-M2/16P
I'm going to try loading it now...
@JB1970 maybe start a new thread for this release? I don't want to start the thread because I don't seem to be able to tag it as "FIRMWARE" like you guys can:
loaded fine...
First thing I'm noticing is that the system no longer requires me to input the "lock pattern" after a reboot (as it used to, I've always had the NVR "Lock Screen Password" disabled but after a reboot I had to enter the "lock pattern" to exit full screen).
Mouse scroll direction for frame-by-frame playback is still reversed.
On the NVR "Storage Management/Storage Schedule/Audio Recording"... all 16 channels changed to enabled... pretty sure I had them disabled before the firmware update... turned them all off. (Not to be confused with "Storage Management/Storage Schedule/Video Recording" where I do have some cameras enabled to "Record Audio" under advanced settings.)
The "Human" and "Vehicle" filters still default to on when you select a camera for playback.
First thing I'm noticing is that the system no longer requires me to input the "lock pattern" after a reboot (as it used to, I've always had the NVR "Lock Screen Password" disabled but after a reboot I had to enter the "lock pattern" to exit full screen).
Mouse scroll direction for frame-by-frame playback is still reversed.
On the NVR "Storage Management/Storage Schedule/Audio Recording"... all 16 channels changed to enabled... pretty sure I had them disabled before the firmware update... turned them all off. (Not to be confused with "Storage Management/Storage Schedule/Video Recording" where I do have some cameras enabled to "Record Audio" under advanced settings.)
The "Human" and "Vehicle" filters still default to on when you select a camera for playback.
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Do you still need to enable that hidden option to skip footage that doesn't have vehicles/ people detected each time you enter Playback? Also, are the fast forward and rewind buttons visible?
"Skip normal video" (now?) stays enabled if you leave playback and go back into playback (I'm not sure if that changed or not) ... but it defaults to disabled after a reboot
The "Speed up" and "Speed down" buttons are (still?) only visible when human and vehicle filters are off.
Also, there is still no "Others" filter.
I hate that too. And the audio being muted on Liveview as soon as the screen lock cuts in. I now have to leave mine unlocked or I don't get audio on the HDMI output.
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I’ll load it once it appears on any UK or global site, it hasn’t yet….
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It was previously staying selected so long as the Playback tab was left open in the upper toolbar. It was deselected if you close that tab and re open it."Skip normal video" (now?) stays enabled if you leave playback and go back into playback (I'm not sure if that changed or not) ... but it defaults to disabled after a reboot
I've recently upgraded to a DS-7716-M4/16P, which has Firmware V5.04.050, Build 250124 preinstalled. They seem to have changed the interface such that I can't find the encryption key or stream key for viewing video via iVMS or the Web interface. All of the information that I've been able to find, on how to retrieve or setup this key is dated, incorrect and unhelpful. If anyone who has worked on setting this up can enlighten me as to where and how to configure this, I'd really appreciate the info! Thanks!
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On the NVR just go into:
System Settings > Network > Hik-Connect. Click 'More Settings' and turn off the Stream Encryption. If you want encryption on then just find the verification code on the Hik-Connect barcode above and enter that.
Thanks! Now, the remote video doesn't work due to "Invalid Encryption Key." On the bright side, in the Web interface the prompt for the Stream Key within the video window is gone... Same problem with the documentation. It doesn't address, correctly, how to set this up in NVR 5.0.
