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Well, they didn't prove me wrong yet, but here's just a quick added note for anyone still curious. Care for a mostly glitchless stream from it? Use MJPG @ 720/30 and hit up this address with VLC/ffmpeg/etc: http://admin:pass@amcrestcamip/cgi-bin/mjpg/video.cgi?subtype=0 (Keep in mind the quality isn...

@Draco - were you able to get ffmpeg to connect to the camera? I've been trying a simple ffplay rtsp://admin:pass@ip:port/cam/realmonitor?channel=0&subtype=1 and all I get is method OPTIONS failed: 401 Unauthorized. Not sure if this is ffmpeg/ffplay or the camera. Sorry for the long delay betwe...

I'm having similar problems with my new (2 weeks) 2 842 Wireless IP Cameras where it drops frames. I go from say (seconds) 1,2,3,4 and then skips a few seconds and then starts again. Did you have any resolution/joy with the new cameras? Thanks. I didn't forget this thread! I've just been busy. :( C...

Thanks. I need to stream a surveillance camera... I have an Amcrest myself... Any pointers? I was just gonna use OBS to stream from the Surveillance system... Dunno of a better way. I suppose a quick and dirty way of going about streaming one is using ffmpeg/avconv or gstreamer (more complicated/bu...

HellKnightHicks wrote:Im looking to do the same thing myself.

Did you ever get this issue stored out?

They only just received my return RMA package. They're sending out the (new? refurbished?) cameras back today. I'll be sure to update the thread on how things turn out once I get them.

Just as a quick update to this situation (because there's nothing worse than a thread that goes nowhere): After emailing this over to Amcrest support, they have initiated an RMA process and want to replace both of my cameras. Once I get the two back from them, I'll update further on if the issue rem...

I attempted to call into support but was unfortunately quickly redirected to send in an email instead, so I'll post here and send one in too! I have two Amcrest 1080p IP2M-841B units that are impacted by these same issues. These following issues will happen at random and get worse over time: - Image...