IP3M-943B Losing picture settings

[Kamakzie]

I set my camera up so the picture quality is pristine but after a while it switches by itself from CBR to VBR and a crappy picture. Anyone know how to fix that? I have the latest firmware.

[japhule]

Are you using the Amcrest Cloud also by chance? I believe Amcrest Cloud will overwrite your settings.

[Kamakzie]

Hmmm I never even thought about that but I do have that camera on Amcrest Cloud when I tested it. I deleted it from the cloud and will see what happens. I had the camera turned off on the cloud but I bet you somehow it was doing something anyways. Thank you!

[Kamakzie]

That indeed seems to have fixed it

[brianamcrest]

Yep, Amcrest Cloud appears to negate the purpose of having one of Amcrest’s high-resolution cameras... No way to send a lower-res stream to the cloud without affecting other setting.

Amcrest should sell a super-cheap Camera wth only 1080p resolution as their cloud camera, since using the Cloud feature means you lose the high-res features of your camera, even for local recording.

[Melvin]

Hello brianamcrest,

The cloud only support maximum of 1080P resolution for recording. Also sending 3 MP or 4MP video consistently over the network is not ideal as it might fail due to limited network bandwidth.

[GreenScrew]

Melvin, but recording it locally (SD Card or local network) at the highest resolution IS ideal. The point here is that there ought to be a way to have lower resolution stored to the cloud while the max resolution capable for the camera can be kept/stored locally where bandwidth isn't a concern. As it is, the cloud service deprecates the camera quality/capability by overwriting the quality settings. Nobody should want to pay for that!

[Melvin]

Hello GreenScrew,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will pass this on to the concerned team and update you here.