Avoid Reolink RLC-820A

fishpick
fishpick
edited March 2022 in SecuritySpy

Same exact issue as this thread here :

https://www.bensoftware.com/forum/discussion/3666/messed-up-picture-trying-to-add-new-camera

The 4K stream is supposed to be h265 - except it does not decode correctly. Has the same issue with direct ffmpeg decoding. Reolink does something to the stream probably to make ONLY their NVR work with it...

Just posted for other people to reference some day in the future.

Comments

  • Ben
    Ben

    Thanks for the information, this is useful. Reolink does not have a great track record with this. Some users have reported success by updating the firmware to the latest version offered by Reolink, so this may be worth a try for you. Otherwise, a good replacement at a similar price point would be an Amcrest camera.

  • fishpick
    fishpick

    It’s on the latest FW. Checked per the other thread.

    good thing tho it’s from Amazon - so… back it goes!

    I think I’m gonna go Dahua overall.

  • iMac5K
    iMac5K

    I've got a Reolink RLC-823A which only uses the H265 codec according to its spec. I don't use an NVR but all the footage I get directly from the SD card is in H264.

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