Imou Cue 2C Indoor Camera + Bullet 2C Outdoor Camera + UC320 Webcam US$58.89 (~A$87.71) Shipped @ Imou Official AliExpress

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  belongsinforums on 17/07/2022 - 21:23

  can you explain rtsp for noobs? from context, it sounds like it's a way to run your own server for live viewing while away from home (correct me if im wrong). is it easy for someone to 'hack' the camera if you use this?

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    Clear on 17/07/2022 - 21:28

    +3

    You can use an RTSP stream to view the live footage from everywhere. VLC for example can open rtsp streams so you could see live playback. Out of the box however you can just use the Imou app on your phone to view the footage anywhere and it'll alert you to any motion detected.

    For more advanced uses you can use the rtsp/onvif to make the cameras record to an NVR or a NAS.

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      belongsinforums on 17/07/2022 - 23:04

      cheers

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      pinkybrain on 18/07/2022 - 09:13

      Should warn people in your original post about one big annoyance with imou

      Their PC/Windows app is crap in terms of regularly annoying you with nag screen to sign up to their cloud services..

      In the imou PC windows app, after a certain amount of time
      there will be a popup message about "To protect your privacy and save bandwidth, the video is paused.

      If you click continue then you can view the video footage again.
      and if you click "Don't show this again", you would think that it would stop showing this nag screen, but instead you actually get redirected to a page to signup to their cloud services plans"

      So there is no way to permanently disable this annoying nag screen.

      https://i.imgur.com/iFzRQFq.png

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        Clear on 18/07/2022 - 09:17

        Can't say I've ever used their PC app. I just use Dahua's SmartPSS since I have the cameras going through my Dahua NVR.

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          pinkybrain on 18/07/2022 - 09:38

          @Clear: well it is an extreme annoyance for anyone that uses their PC app to regularly get this nag screen considering we paid good money for their product.

          It is hard to consider buying more imou cameras if we keep getting nag screen to signup to their cloud services
          and they will intentionally turn off the video camera footage just to keep annoying you to signup..

          you can use NVR software and just use rstp stream but you can't do things like turn on spotlight or do two audio etc..
          basically stuff that only the app can do.

          Not sure if the Dahua NVR allows you do that stuff like in the app ie turn on spotlight or do two audio etc..
          but we should not be required to buy another hardware (if they let you do it in the Dahua NVR) etc

          I now realize why imou cameras are on sale or sometimes sold cheaper than some other brands..
          it is cos they keep bugging you with nag screen to signup to their cloud service.

          They also have zero customer service in regards to feedback to any problems, issues or feature requests.

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  FLICKIT on 17/07/2022 - 23:00

  +1

  I believe IMOU is an off-shoot of Dahua, so you can expect quite well refined firmware with good ONVIF support, certainly a lot better than your average cheap chinese crap…

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    Clear on 17/07/2022 - 23:01

    +3

    Yep Imou is intended to be the consumer range of Dahua so it works out of the box with SmartPSS and Dahua NVRs.

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  nedski on 17/07/2022 - 23:25

  I have imous at my house and they are fine. However I don't let them have internet access and use Shinobi NVR software to monitor them. Otherwise the imou app won't work if you have blocked internet access to the cameras, even if you are looking at them locally.

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    pinkybrain on 18/07/2022 - 08:31

    how do you view the camera remotely with shinobi NVR or any other NVR software?

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      nedski on 18/07/2022 - 21:51

      +1

      Port forwarding or through my home assistant server.

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  Aerith-Waifu on 18/07/2022 - 04:29

  So if i use a 256gb memory card and not using the cloud option. The footage will rewrite after 24 days on the memory card itself or i need to manually delete the footage on it?

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    Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/07/2022 - 07:31

    Auto

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  pinkybrain on 18/07/2022 - 08:59

  you sure the Bullet 2C and Cue2c has two audio?
  nothing is mention on the aliexpress site or even on the imou site

  https://www.imoulife.com/neu/product/detail/Bullet2C
  https://www.imoulife.com/product/detail/Cue2C

  As far as I am I aware these cameras are their lower tier cameras in terms of features, ie no two audio, no onboard speaker, no night color (no spotlight etc on the 2C)

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    Clear on 18/07/2022 - 09:15

    Cue 2C has a built in mic and speaker. I guess you're right about no speaker in the Bullet 2C. The Bullet 2 has it.

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      pinkybrain on 18/07/2022 - 09:21

      Cue 2C, where is mention it has two way audio though?
      https://i.imgur.com/x9fj9mW.png

      Don't think it even has a speaker according their page
      https://www.imoulife.com/product/detail/Cue2C

      Only the Cue 2 mentions two way audio
      https://www.imoulife.com/neu/product/detail/Cue2

      The Bullet 2 has it.

      so that is irrelevant in regards to this deal which is about the Bullet 2C