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The bad news is things were still a little flaky, so I did a factory default and a hard disk reformat and it seems to have fixed everything. It was a pain putting it all back in but was worth it. It seems they renamed themselves GenIV Technology?!?!?!
Also for installing the webrec. Does the new firmware give any more flexibility with motion detection? That's my biggest complaint. That's the same people. When I did it I had IE closed. It shouldn't really matter. I suggest copying the files to a folder before starting. Motion detection looks the same. The built in motion detection feature is pretty limited on all the DVR's I've played with.
It seems to work OK inside with fixed lighting but once you go outside and have clouds, shadows and blowing wind it's not much use. I gave up on it and installed real motion detectors using the alarm inputs.
I am using an Optex Redwave outdoor PIR for the front of the house, a ProTech doppler microwave in the back that gives me about ' coverage, and a regular "pet resistant" alarm motion detector on the front porch. The detector on the porch is not weather proof, but is out of the rain and has been working for about 4 years now without issue. The "pet resistant" feature keeps it from tripping on every breeze blowing through.
Unfortunately the method you gave me did not work. I unzipped and installed the webrec utility. It looks like it installed added a folder to my ProgramFiles directory but still when I try to go to my DVR I get the same pop-up asking my to install an activeX plug-in which of course doesn't work. Hi tondar. I just tried to install in Windows 7, and had the same problem as you. The fix was to open a command prompt run as administrator.
You Sir are a genious!!! That worked. I never would have figured this out on my own. Thank you so much for your help. It puts the registry entries in and makes it available to Windows programs. In XP the install program must have done this by default, I'm sure I didn't have to do it manually.
Sorry about asking very late. I couldn't install the active-x on XP no matter what way I tried. IE kept asking me whether to install or not install. The active-x file date was some days in I also changed the system date back beyond the file date but still did not work.
I had to go through a loop of steps to get it to work with IE, to the point where I didn't like the security settings it made me set up. Alternatively, it works real well in Firefox if you install the IE Tab 2 add-on to fool webrec into thinking it's connecting to an IE browser. Didn't work but thanks anyway. I have also found that the upgraded system from the mentioned config to SP3 and IE8 having had the Active-X installed and worked well before upgrading has no problem after the upgrading.
There are still a lot of problems of this kind on the web with no solution officially and unofficially. This shows the dark side of this industry. So, to summarise, new systems will have no way to communicate the survilliant systems that use webrec. I hope people who are acquiring surveillant system could learn this paradox since most of them depend heavily on this kind of UI - Active-X which belongs solely to Microsoft.
Not totally true, one does not have to use it like that. ActiveX controls are still a great help in programming, I use them all the time even when I write my own. I look at it this way, if you have to install something, which is any activeX or Java or quicktime etc windows does not have quicktime and updated java by default then might as well just install a real desktop app which is much more powerful being that it is not stuck within a limited web browser.
If you are in a web cafe to install an ActiveX you still need to have admin rights, same as installing a program - most wont give you admin rights. Ofcourse like anything you need admin rights. And they even have a Mac version of PSS. Ofcourse if you just want to see the basic live image then some javascript and server push or even just jpeg refresh would suffice, its still rare with DVRs though.
Even though I had local admin rights the policies wouldn't allow it to install because the active X was unsigned. I worked around that as shown in previous posts. The later versions of webrec. I've been able to get around the security by finding the webrec. Then I can right click, go to properties, view digital signatures, and choose to view the certificate. I have a button to install the certificate, and if I choose to install it in the trusted root root certificate store then after closing IE it will install OK the next time I go to the DVR.
This does compromise the PC security a bit in that you are now trusting any active X written by the owner of that certificate. Also you can download unsigned activeX controls just change that setting in the security settings from disabled to prompt. There are a few hidden fields which are not in the config but are in the ini file. BTW 4. Also instead of having to add each camera for multi playback there is a hidden check box that ads all cameras.
There is also a way to make the actual GUI faster and that is part of the skins but also by removing a few resources such as the icons that are seen on each video window, that makes say 36 or 64 multi view load much faster - yes 4.
Im actually working with the SDK for my own custom software and thats what I generally use to view live video, even compiled some for a client today, but for playback and config I use PSS. Another thing, when encoding is set to D1 the remote video from these DVRs is really high quality compared to some others.
If you have a really slow connection, as do my clients, the video can seem to hang or just be very slow, setting any of the PSS quality or fluency settings makes little difference, same with the SDK.
BUT, if you setup the substream on the DVR under encoding to CIF on all the channels, even if you uncheck the video box for it, we can still connect to that stream which is good enough for remote video and makes the world of difference on a slow connection. Inside PSS just right click on the camera under the device you want to view and click Extra Stream and it will stream from that instead. Im adding it as a feature in my own software as simply high quality main stream and low quality substream.
On a DVR I was trying to connect to last night, I could barely play 4 cameras, when I changed over to the substream I was able to now view all 8 like its on the local network and the quality is still good enough. There may be some other settings like network bandwidth etc but I havent found those yet in the SDK. There are some network settings in the PSS config file but I havent fully tested it yet to say whether that makes a difference. On a different topic but related to these DVRs, on the local DVR itself, I have found that in 9 way view there is some strange video issues like the video is vibrating or something, I wonder if anyone else is experiencing that, with the 16 channel DVRs?
I noticed it on another 16 channel but just put it down to the monitor, but now Im using a couple different PC LCDs and its still doing it. I guess its time to post on Dahua's site and see what they come back with, or get a firmware update and see if that fixes it.
Major flaw if you ask me, since most will be viewing in 4 or 9 way since 16 can be very small on even a 19" wide screen LCD. Without a doubt changing the security settings is the easiest way to do it. On large corporate networks when you log into their domain they can push "policies" down to all the member computers that limit what can be done on them.
On my work laptop one of the policies grays out the security settings tab so I'm stuck with them the way the company wants them, even if I log on as a local administrator. Been busy but for starters here is a screen shot of an extra stripped down LIVE only version I threw together last night for a client with a slow connection - trying to playback remotely crashes PSS and locks up the DVR's network for a while, they are stuck with local playback until they get a better connection.
This has limit of up to 16 way view, full screen, PSS device and user settings, auto login, and logout only requires clicking ok, and remembers last screen setting. No video window buttons so it loads quicker between multi views and full screen etc, can just logout to close all or use CTL-R to make a snapshot of a video window.
This one geared towards a netbook or other slow computer. Hello everyone, after banging my head against the wall with lots of PC's with IE10 and it not letting it use the webrec. After you do this, it will pull up just fine in IE on your machine. I can't believe what a pain this was before I figured out who to just download the cab, extract it, then install manually.
Come on Q-See. Fix this. Since Microsloth went overboard with their security this is unusable to so many people. Hope this helps everyone out. Change settings for "Download Unsigned ActiveX" and "Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting" to "prompt"? Well we have tested the unsigned version on latest IE and Windows 8 too Works, but needs to pay attention. We recommend you use Microsoft Edge for a faster, more secure and more modern web browsing experience.
Get started with Microsoft Edge. ActiveX controls are small apps that allow websites to provide content such as videos and games.
They also let you interact with content like toolbars and stock tickers when you browse the web. However, these apps can sometimes malfunction, or give you content that you don't want. In some cases, these apps might be used to collect info from your PC, damage info on your PC, install software on your PC without your agreement, or let someone else control your PC remotely. ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer prevents sites from installing and using these apps. This can help keep you safer as you browse, but it can also affect the performance of certain sites.
For example, when ActiveX Filtering is on, videos, games, and other interactive content might not work. Open Internet Explorer and select the Tools button. Point to Safety in the drop-down menu, and then select ActiveX Filtering. There should now be a check mark next to ActiveX Filtering. If the Blocked button doesn't appear on the address bar, there's no ActiveX content available on that page. There should no longer be a check mark next to ActiveX Filtering.
Internet Explorer might not be set up to download or run ActiveX controls for security reasons. Changing some advanced security settings will let you download, install, or run the control, but your PC might be more vulnerable to security threats. Only change advanced ActiveX settings if you're sure about increasing the level of risk to your PC.
In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button , and then select Internet options. On the Security tab, select Custom level , and then under ActiveX controls and plug-ins , do one the following: Allow Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls by selecting Enable. Allow Internet Explorer to Display video and animation on a webpage that doesn't use external media player by selecting Enable.
Allow Internet Explorer to Download signed ActiveX controls by selecting Enable , or Prompt if you want to be notified each time this happens. Allow Internet Explorer to Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins by selecting Enable , or Prompt if you want to be notified each time this happens. Allow Internet Explorer to Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting by selecting Enable , or Prompt if you want to be notified each time this happens.
Note: If you're unable to change ActiveX settings, you might not have permission to and you should check with your system administrator. Sign in with Microsoft.
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