Wireless IP Camera thread

[Gribber]

Hi Gribber,

Must often these days, "lag" is a concern for consumers while viewing their camera. Some often find that their camera can hardly Pan and Tilt when they are on the move while performing task such as remote viewing. When an incident happens at the vicinity where the camera is, it might be too late.

PT492V, PT495V, PT497V and PT593V are equipped with "Instant Swift". Viewing your camera live when you are out from your wifi network is almost real time and responsive pan and tilt functionality.

how much is the PT593V? Any news on a clearer picture image quality from Sineoji as well? Thanks

 

[marixsales]

Picked up a zafego today since my T7838wip has connection issues and there seems to be some good review about it. No doubt the audio compared to vstarcam is clearer, the image quality at low light area was not. Hope there will be a some kind of fix for this.

Below is an example. Same scene different cam.

Desatan, thanks for the feedback, our team is in work with our zafego partnership and factory to fine tune the sensitivity of the IR Sensor. As seen in the photos, our IR kicked in earlier than VStarcam's T series. We will be fine tuning this and releasing a new firmware soon.

As for night vision clarity, here's a recent image we have taken

 

[IU_leon]

how much is the PT593V? Any news on a clearer picture image quality from Sineoji as well? Thanks

Hi Gribber

Here is the youtube link for PT492V where you can see the video and image quality captured viewing on 4G mobile data.

https://youtu.be/w1aga6epfKY

 

[geckoSG]

Not bad live streaming, works similarly with the other brands popular on the market, from the live recording, there are instances of lag, video suddenly fast forward, etc like those published on vstarcam, zafego, etc. What router are you connecting with on the camera? I do find that routers plays a very big part in streaming smoothness.

BTW, for those that actually buys the products I reviewed, I seriously hope everyone of you login to self test drive the demo units before you commit to buying. There's nothing more realistic than to test drive a unit and see if it meets your needs.

 

[nonameisme]

need advice for you guys, i there any brand out there allow user to set proxy server for IP camera?

i think d-link and sineoji doesnt support changing of proxy server.

thanks.

 

[geckoSG]

need advice for you guys, i there any brand out there allow user to set proxy server for IP camera?

i think d-link and sineoji doesnt support changing of proxy server.

thanks.

Cloud cameras does not support these features. Gribber, how about your foscam?

But, why do you want to use a proxy server for? Whats the actual reason? Very curious to know

 

[Gribber]

need advice for you guys, i there any brand out there allow user to set proxy server for IP camera?

i think d-link and sineoji doesnt support changing of proxy server.

thanks.

I recently noticed that Sineoji has hidden link page with their camera (eg. reconfigure of DDNS). Might have a page for it. Not sure because i do not have the camera now.

 

[Gribber]

Cloud cameras does not support these features. Gribber, how about your foscam?

Sineoji has the normal "non-cloud" features. I am not a big fan of cloud features camera anyway. Cloud features are for people who wants everything plug and play without any concern for security (at the very least).

For Foscam, you could try this: https://bitsofinfo.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/securing-foscam-ip-camera-access-over-ssl-with-apache-reverse-proxying/

 

[geckoSG]

Foscam, vstarcam, easyn shld have this bah. Meaning u set proxy server ip into gateway Via their webui. But whether these cams can use the proxy correctly is another thing

 

[geckoSG]

Anyway, something interesting for everyone to know. As long as a camera have cloud feature, this cloud thing will still run and unless there is something on the camera setting to permanenrly turn off, otherwise your camera still do its heartbeat back to the cloud heartbeat server.

 

[Gribber]

Anyway, something interesting for everyone to know. As long as a camera have cloud feature, this cloud thing will still run and unless there is something on the camera setting to permanenrly turn off, otherwise your camera still do its heartbeat back to the cloud heartbeat server.

yes, i would prefer if they could have an option to have it disable completely. Not everyone needs it anyway.

Them doing that, meets more than an eye just to allow easy access of remote viewing.

 

[geckoSG]

i think its pretty interesting about the security concerns over using non-cloud vs cloud cameras. We should discuss more on this Concern, boss, do join in n share your view also. I feel this is an interesting discussion

Gribber, maybe you can share your knowledge why cloud cameras are less secure than traditional method.

 

[Gribber]

i think its pretty interesting about the security concerns over using non-cloud vs cloud cameras. We should discuss more on this Concern, boss, do join in n share your view also. I feel this is an interesting discussion

Gribber, maybe you can share your knowledge why cloud cameras are less secure than traditional method.

1. I do not know where the destination is (lazy to check)
2. I do not know who could watch the feeds as well
3. I have lesser control to it.
4. I have to depend on the server connection between

IPCAM > router > source internet > cloud server > target internet > to me. etc etc

Instead of IPCAM > router > source internet > target internet > to me

and the list goes on.

 

[Mecisteus]

if privacy is really a concern, don't put the camera in an awkward position. for my case, it is looking over my living room and main door at the far view.

 

[Gribber]

if privacy is really a concern, don't put the camera in an awkward position. for my case, it is looking over my living room and main door at the far view.

regardless privacy or not, i prefer to have more control over the device on my network.

 

[nonameisme]

Cloud cameras does not support these features. Gribber, how about your foscam?

But, why do you want to use a proxy server for? Whats the actual reason? Very curious to know

haha. thanks for the reply.

actually i'm using in office environment. company need proxy to get into into internet, hence i need this feature.

got a d-link 5222L cam. but doesnt support proxy changing.

 

[Mecisteus]

i dont see any proxy server capability from foscam in their web ui.

 

[Dr_ARCHer]

I am not a fan of cloud base camera. With my own router, I can examine the logs and see if there are suspicious connections on the WAN side. I have no idea about cloud accesses.

I don't have a packet sniffer, but it would be interesting to see if those cloud cameras operate like ET and start phoning home even though you did not configure the cloud services/account.

 

[geckoSG]

I don't have a packet sniffer, but it would be interesting to see if those cloud cameras operate like ET and start phoning home even though you did not configure the cloud services/account.

I just bought a simple smart switch, think i will analysis the traffic from my cloud camera this weekend. It should be interesting.

 

[Gribber]

Sineoji PT495V 720P HD

Sineoji PT495V 720P HD Indepth-Review (not the basic unboxing and etc)

Got this SINEOJI PT495V - HD 720P for demo purposes, courtesy from Sineoji (Dean and his team).

Details on the Product: http://www.sineoji.com/products/products-details/pt495v-hd-720p

Quick Installation Guide: http://www.sineoji.com/downloads/QIG_PT49X.jpg

CONCLUSION
Setup process is relatively straightforward thanks to the smart Sineoji mobile app that allows for effortless camera management. - Excellent for people who know nuts about IT and wants to perform the installation by yourself.

The camera is noticeably more responsive when you use Internet Explorer.

The Sineoji PT495V 720P HD Wireless Pan & Tilt IP camera gives decent video image quality and is complemented by a decent range of features.

PROS
• SINEOJI Customer Service/Support is the best in the market so far.
• Setup was pretty straightforward by using your mobile app.
• No need for Ethernet cable connection for setting device up.
• Supports up to 128GB MicroSD
• 4 X Motion Detection
• Ability to remove Cloud Sync Feature (hidden feature)
• Preset settings will always go back to where it is saved upon (as compared to Vstarcam - forgetting its preset configuration)
• Supports ONVIF
• Supports Video Mask (to mask part of the camera angle for privacy purposes)

CONS
• Video image quality is decent.
• Affordable but not exactly cheap. Price point is similar to Foscam FullHD camera.
• A lot of hidden features not exposed to the public (DDNS, Disable of Cloud Services, UPnP, AlarmAudio etc).
• Only works on Internet Explorer
• Video will only start recording with a SD card inserted
• Video playback will not work on DDNS (kept throwing "login failed")
• Unable to expand as a Wi-Fi Extender
• Maximum Video Record Time:

• Alarm Video Record: 13-20seconds (unable to customize this)
• -- Alarm Recording will be transferred to FTP Server
• Video Record: 900seconds (unable to configure it longer)
• -- Video Record will always be interrupted by Alarm Video
• -- Video Record will not be transferred into FTP Server

Feel free to ask if you require more information.
Will Sineoji help to improve on the product?