hi just wanted to give an update on how well I am doing with the amcrest update to dahua I have changed over 8 4k cameras and 2 5 meg cameras and my dvr every thing just runs so much better THANK YOU again for turning me on to this I need a NV4108E now that will let me hook up 8 of the poe 4k and take that load off my network and on a side note I also changed batteries in my whal clippers saved a ton on that to you da man...
I did this or some very similar firmware upgrade to two cameras back when this video first came out and they seemed to work just fine until . . . Until one day I took my entire security system off-line for several months. When I brought my system back on-line, all my Hikvision and Reotek cameras powered right back up as if nothing had happened, while both of my Amcrest/Dahua cameras now seem to be bricked. No matter what I’ve tried, I can’t seem to get an IP on them. Factory resets don’t help either.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. I have those exact cameras and found an annoying bug in amcrest firmware. You can't flip the video 90° when resolution is set to the highest possible setting. It throws an error. I wander if that has been fixed in Dahua firmware. I have a couple of cameras mounted vertically but can't use them in full resolution.
Well, I flashed the dahua firmware on my camera and the issue is still there. There is a newer firmware for that camera that I tried as well, doesn't look like they wanted to fix it I guess. And unfortunately this camera has been discontinued by both companies, so don't expect any more firmware releases.
Sadly in my case HX1XXX-Eos - the amcrest firmware is 2017, and dahua is 2016. Firmware upgrade worked and kept my login credentials it was pretty much identical - just new badging. Going to switch back to amcrest if I can. Sadly IP2M is super duper deprecated despite being really high quality video.
Nice find. I recently purchased few of these cameras and upgraded to the newest FW. With the new FW (same number but different build date) I no longer need to install the plugin just like you said but many of the features that are in the bottom left and top right of the UI are missing now. IE is no longer supported and if I try to log with IE in it show a message saying to use Chrome. But this is interesting that a Dahua FW can be used. Did you try and revert back to the Amcrest FW?
Wow this is so cool thanks for sharing! I have both Lorex and Amcrest cameras which are both Dahua OEM. I want to do this but Im afraid I might brick my camera or cause issues.
Flashing Dahua firmware onto Amcrest cameras has been hit and miss, but I've never bricked a device - your mileage may vary. I can confirm that both the IP8M-T2499EW and IP3M-954E are Dahua cameras and both models work just fine with the Dahua firmware. I believe the IP3M-954E has been EOL'ed though.
I have a bunch of IP8M-2493ew after watching your video I searched the same way, I was in the newest version of amcrest's firmware but I flashed the same V2.800.0000014.0.R, Build Date: 2019-12-03 Dahua firmware, it installs, the new logon screen does not say Dahua OR amcrest now the new web interface has the Smart config features and the event tab has the special added features. The odd thing is it will not let me flash the Amcrest version back after this upgrade. I will mess with one camera first before I do it again to the others just in case I have bricked this one.
Hi there, So I was able to update my Amcrest to Dahua software but I am noticing that if I am not connected to my WiFi, I am unable to view the camera remotely (Amcrest / Dahua app). Do you have this same issue? Do you have a work around? I am also looking VMS that allows to view the cameras on a computer but saved to SD Card. Any recommendations for a particular software? Thank you.
Once the Dahua firmware is installed, is there a way to go back to the Amcrest firmware? Reason I ask is with the Amcrest fw the videos uploaded to FTP are MP4 format, however with the Dahua fw the video format is DAV and I prefer MP4 over DAV. I tried to revert back to the Amcrest fw but it would not complete the process.
I follow how you found the firmware page for Dalhua. But with so many results on that page that appear to be a matching firmware file what made you code the multi-lang file that you did ? In fact, when you used ctrl-f it highlighted a different link.
After flashing the Amcrest firmware with Dahua firmware were you able to view the camera in Amcrest Pro Mobile App? What are you using for your home video surveillance software hardware or NVR? What Mobile and desktop program App do you use to watch. Thank you for making great videos.
To be perfectly honest, I haven't spent much time testing things out or using the new features since switching from the Amcrest to Dahua firmware. Haven't tried the mobile app since then either. I have all of my cameras configured to save their footage to a computer on my network that runs 24/7... I believe I use the SMB protocol. It works fairly well and doesn't require additional hardware. The big downside to this approach is there doesn't appear to be a way to play footage saved to a local network server from the mobile app.
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC I am running Blue Irish on a dedicated PC I have purchased 6 of the same camera that you have but in black color. Please keep me posted on your progress. Thank again Joe.
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC I tried flashing a LaView LTDHIP3682W-28ISM as guys on the forum who posted your video link were able to do. But I click upgrade and it starts but never moves past 2 bars. Then I will get a timed out notice and start process over? Guys on forum are also saying to reset camera afterwards as well but notice you didn't? Any advice?
@@seattleplasma I had that same issue with this camera as well. After I upgraded to the latest Amcrest firmware, I was able to flash the Dahua firmware successfully. Maybe Amcrest goofed and left out some check in the latest version?
Hi Joe, I am so glad you did this video and I found it :) I did not realize that Amcrest IP8M-2493E camera do not have the advanced motion detection and was getting a lot of false alarms. I am planning on trying the new Dahua firmware's motion detection. I hope this works. Also after I made the update, my web browser to view the camera still says Amcrest and not Dahua, but the advanced features are there Do you (or anyone) have any thoughts on why this is? Also have you or anyone used the Dahua app? Thank you.
Thanks for the complement! It may work on other cameras as well. It depends what the "real" model number of the camera is and if it falls under Dahua's smart camera series. I'm a bit concerned with all of the bad press Dahua and Hikvision have been getting recently and if that is stunting innovation at these companies.
Thank you for great insight! This is really cool work you did. Unfortunately it did not work for me and I wanted to ask if you have any idea if anything can be done. You probably encountered something similar at your experiments :) Basically the update has stuck on the first 1 and 1/4 box, for a long time (20 min or so). I rebooted the cam (stupid, I know). Now it seems it doesn't start - I can not find it in the list of active devices (even though the link light on the switch is blinking). I tried restoring it to factory defaults, but no help. Do you know if there's any way to unbrick it? Maybe force the flash of original firmware?
I believe there is a procedure to recoveer it via TFTP. I have never had to do that before but I remember reading something about that in the Dahua documentation. Tried doing a search for Dahua TFTP recovery. If you can't find it let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up for you
i believe FPS is based on the resolution. Higher res obviously has lower FPS. But the max FPS is 30 fps. At least through Amcrest firmware. I haven't tried Dahua FW.
Could you put a link to the firmware ? I see amcrest does sell a cheaper model without the facial detection and then another 4K with AI for $130? Is it basically the same camera just without AI? Does the firmware basically unlock the AI?
The firmware enables features, such as IVS, facial detection, intrusion detection, etc that are present on the Dahua camera. You can download the Dahua firmware files from here: dahuawiki.com/images/Files/Firmware/
neat. I know this is an 802.3af PoE device, the standard voltage range for that is 44-57v per IEEE spec but the label on the camera rj45/power cable states 12v @ 1A POE. Can you confirm? Thanks
That is strange... I can confirm that this camera works just fine when connected to my Netgear GS324TP PoE switch. These cameras seem to draw between 3.5 and 4.5w when running.
Hi Joe I tried to do it your way and it took the firmware and looked like everything was ok. I got the first screen after reboot that had the scan code for the p2p. and I scanned it didn't go anywhere dead link, I logged in and it took me right to the amcrest page and i noticed on the login page at the bottom the copyright line was backwards it was .com copyright so I tried to do a reset on the camera and it errored out so i did a factory reset and it is now all Dajhua with all the setting you just have to set it up from scratch but so far all is well
@@iseeker3845 Looking at these data sheets www.dahuasecurity.com/asset/upload/Firmware/20180522/DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_EngSpnFrn_N_Stream3_V2_622_0000000_18_R_201711102.pdf You can see that if you use a model number like DH-IPC-HDBW5831E you will also find the firmware on the new site.
If i connect this camera (or any Amcrest - Dahua re branded) to my Dahua Nvr (I don't have a poe infector or external power source) can I still upgrade the firmware?, how can i access the amcrest interface in that case?. Thanks in advance.
@@dxdux I cant access the amcrest camera web UI if I connect it directly to my amcrest NVR (the NVR created a different private network for the cameras connected to it) I had to buy a separate POE switch so that i could access them and modify them .
@@noahpedraza2659 you do know you can plug it in to your router you use for your computer and flash it thru the ip address and not need a Poe switch just to flash then plug back into your nvr
in the video... go to amcrest download section, copy link to the download for the latest firmware, and that link will have the hardware id baked in - in my case ipc-hx1xxx-eos is in there. Dahua's website has an hx1xxx version
hi just wanted to give an update on how well I am doing with the amcrest update to dahua I have changed over 8 4k cameras and 2 5 meg cameras and my dvr every thing just runs so much better THANK YOU again for turning me on to this I need a NV4108E now that will let me hook up 8 of the poe 4k and take that load off my network and on a side note I also changed batteries in my whal clippers saved a ton on that to you da man...
Thanks for the feedback!
Brilliant, Thank you!
I did this or some very similar firmware upgrade to two cameras back when this video first came out and they seemed to work just fine until . . . Until one day I took my entire security system off-line for several months. When I brought my system back on-line, all my Hikvision and Reotek cameras powered right back up as if nothing had happened, while both of my Amcrest/Dahua cameras now seem to be bricked. No matter what I’ve tried, I can’t seem to get an IP on them. Factory resets don’t help either.
Oh wow that does seem strange... Sorry to hear that!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
I have those exact cameras and found an annoying bug in amcrest firmware. You can't flip the video 90° when resolution is set to the highest possible setting. It throws an error. I wander if that has been fixed in Dahua firmware. I have a couple of cameras mounted vertically but can't use them in full resolution.
Well, I flashed the dahua firmware on my camera and the issue is still there. There is a newer firmware for that camera that I tried as well, doesn't look like they wanted to fix it I guess. And unfortunately this camera has been discontinued by both companies, so don't expect any more firmware releases.
Sadly in my case HX1XXX-Eos - the amcrest firmware is 2017, and dahua is 2016. Firmware upgrade worked and kept my login credentials it was pretty much identical - just new badging. Going to switch back to amcrest if I can. Sadly IP2M is super duper deprecated despite being really high quality video.
Nice find. I recently purchased few of these cameras and upgraded to the newest FW. With the new FW (same number but different build date) I no longer need to install the plugin just like you said but many of the features that are in the bottom left and top right of the UI are missing now. IE is no longer supported and if I try to log with IE in it show a message saying to use Chrome. But this is interesting that a Dahua FW can be used. Did you try and revert back to the Amcrest FW?
Wow this is so cool thanks for sharing! I have both Lorex and Amcrest cameras which are both Dahua OEM. I want to do this but Im afraid I might brick my camera or cause issues.
Flashing Dahua firmware onto Amcrest cameras has been hit and miss, but I've never bricked a device - your mileage may vary.
I can confirm that both the IP8M-T2499EW and IP3M-954E are Dahua cameras and both models work just fine with the Dahua firmware. I believe the IP3M-954E has been EOL'ed though.
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC hit and miss in what way?
I have a bunch of IP8M-2493ew after watching your video I searched the same way, I was in the newest version of amcrest's firmware but I flashed the same V2.800.0000014.0.R, Build Date: 2019-12-03 Dahua firmware, it installs, the new logon screen does not say Dahua OR amcrest now the new web interface has the Smart config features and the event tab has the special added features. The odd thing is it will not let me flash the Amcrest version back after this upgrade. I will mess with one camera first before I do it again to the others just in case I have bricked this one.
What features does it add?
Hi there, So I was able to update my Amcrest to Dahua software but I am noticing that if I am not connected to my WiFi, I am unable to view the camera remotely (Amcrest / Dahua app). Do you have this same issue? Do you have a work around? I am also looking VMS that allows to view the cameras on a computer but saved to SD Card. Any recommendations for a particular software? Thank you.
did it retain the admin user account and password after the dahua firmware? This is good news.
Once the Dahua firmware is installed, is there a way to go back to the Amcrest firmware? Reason I ask is with the Amcrest fw the videos uploaded to FTP are MP4 format, however with the Dahua fw the video format is DAV and I prefer MP4 over DAV. I tried to revert back to the Amcrest fw but it would not complete the process.
I know its been a while but wondering if you were able to revert back to the Amcrest firmware after flashing Dahua?
Nope
I can confirm on HX1XXX-Eos I was able to move back and forth between amcrest 2.4 and dahua 2.5
Can you flash it back to Amcrest firmware?
I follow how you found the firmware page for Dalhua. But with so many results on that page that appear to be a matching firmware file what made you code the multi-lang file that you did ? In fact, when you used ctrl-f it highlighted a different link.
It was an educated guess on my part, actually
Amcrest just released a new firmware for this IP8M dated 200320. anyone tried this and still able to upgrade to Dahua?
I see no need to change to Dahua at this point. The new firmware from Amcrest seems to have the features
you mean that with the last update amcrest your now all IVS like dahua?
After flashing the Amcrest firmware with Dahua firmware were you able to view the camera in Amcrest Pro Mobile App? What are you using for your home video surveillance software hardware or NVR? What Mobile and desktop program App do you use to watch. Thank you for making great videos.
To be perfectly honest, I haven't spent much time testing things out or using the new features since switching from the Amcrest to Dahua firmware. Haven't tried the mobile app since then either.
I have all of my cameras configured to save their footage to a computer on my network that runs 24/7... I believe I use the SMB protocol. It works fairly well and doesn't require additional hardware. The big downside to this approach is there doesn't appear to be a way to play footage saved to a local network server from the mobile app.
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC I am running Blue Irish on a dedicated PC I have purchased 6 of the same camera that you have but in black color. Please keep me posted on your progress. Thank again Joe.
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC I tried flashing a LaView LTDHIP3682W-28ISM as guys on the forum who posted your video link were able to do. But I click upgrade and it starts but never moves past 2 bars. Then I will get a timed out notice and start process over? Guys on forum are also saying to reset camera afterwards as well but notice you didn't? Any advice?
@@seattleplasma I had that same issue with this camera as well. After I upgraded to the latest Amcrest firmware, I was able to flash the Dahua firmware successfully. Maybe Amcrest goofed and left out some check in the latest version?
Hi Joe, I am so glad you did this video and I found it :) I did not realize that Amcrest IP8M-2493E camera do not have the advanced motion detection and was getting a lot of false alarms. I am planning on trying the new Dahua firmware's motion detection. I hope this works. Also after I made the update, my web browser to view the camera still says Amcrest and not Dahua, but the advanced features are there Do you (or anyone) have any thoughts on why this is? Also have you or anyone used the Dahua app? Thank you.
Will this work on any amcrest ip cam or just this particular model? BTW this is a great gem video. I’m shocked it doesn’t have more views.
Thanks for the complement! It may work on other cameras as well. It depends what the "real" model number of the camera is and if it falls under Dahua's smart camera series. I'm a bit concerned with all of the bad press Dahua and Hikvision have been getting recently and if that is stunting innovation at these companies.
Can someone help me revert to amcrest firmware? Tried to revert back to amcrest the same way I flashed to dahua.
I found a way to revert firmware back to amcrest =D, flash an old dahua firmware and then back to amcrest using configtool. I got lucky.
Thank you for great insight! This is really cool work you did. Unfortunately it did not work for me and I wanted to ask if you have any idea if anything can be done. You probably encountered something similar at your experiments :) Basically the update has stuck on the first 1 and 1/4 box, for a long time (20 min or so). I rebooted the cam (stupid, I know). Now it seems it doesn't start - I can not find it in the list of active devices (even though the link light on the switch is blinking). I tried restoring it to factory defaults, but no help. Do you know if there's any way to unbrick it? Maybe force the flash of original firmware?
I believe there is a procedure to recoveer it via TFTP. I have never had to do that before but I remember reading something about that in the Dahua documentation. Tried doing a search for Dahua TFTP recovery. If you can't find it let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up for you
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC Thank you for the idea! It worked :)
@@alexl4494 awesome glad it worked out for you!
hello great your site I'm from quebec, by doing what you explain the fps will you increase like the dahua camera or will stay at 15 fps
i believe FPS is based on the resolution. Higher res obviously has lower FPS. But the max FPS is 30 fps. At least through Amcrest firmware. I haven't tried Dahua FW.
Could you put a link to the firmware ? I see amcrest does sell a cheaper model without the facial detection and then another 4K with AI for $130? Is it basically the same camera just without AI? Does the firmware basically unlock the AI?
The firmware enables features, such as IVS, facial detection, intrusion detection, etc that are present on the Dahua camera. You can download the Dahua firmware files from here:
dahuawiki.com/images/Files/Firmware/
neat. I know this is an 802.3af PoE device, the standard voltage range for that is 44-57v per IEEE spec but the label on the camera rj45/power cable states 12v @ 1A POE. Can you confirm? Thanks
That is strange... I can confirm that this camera works just fine when connected to my Netgear GS324TP PoE switch. These cameras seem to draw between 3.5 and 4.5w when running.
this is insane I just did it and I was greeted by a QR code and everything says amcrest BUUUUT those smart features are there!
The fix is to factory reset I have a video about it
Hi Joe I tried to do it your way and it took the firmware and looked like everything was ok. I got the first screen after reboot that had the scan code for the p2p. and I scanned it didn't go anywhere dead link, I logged in and it took me right to the amcrest page and i noticed on the login page at the bottom the copyright line was backwards it was .com copyright so I tried to do a reset on the camera and it errored out so i did a factory reset and it is now all Dajhua with all the setting you just have to set it up from scratch but so far all is well
Thanks Joe, can you please send a link to Dahua's firmware?
This is the page that I downloaded the firmware from:
dahuawiki.com/images/Firmware/
@@JoesGarageProductionsLLC Looks like that doesn't work now (seems behind a login). Anyone getting through to that site?
@@iseeker3845 Looking at these data sheets www.dahuasecurity.com/asset/upload/Firmware/20180522/DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_EngSpnFrn_N_Stream3_V2_622_0000000_18_R_201711102.pdf
You can see that if you use a model number like DH-IPC-HDBW5831E you will also find the firmware on the new site.
If i connect this camera (or any Amcrest - Dahua re branded) to my Dahua Nvr (I don't have a poe infector or external power source) can I still upgrade the firmware?, how can i access the amcrest interface in that case?. Thanks in advance.
(I don't have a poe infector or external power source) How do you run the camera?
@@rottison The camera get power from the NVR
@@dxdux I cant access the amcrest camera web UI if I connect it directly to my amcrest NVR (the NVR created a different private network for the cameras connected to it) I had to buy a separate POE switch so that i could access them and modify them .
@@noahpedraza2659 Thanks, that was my thought, appreciate the help!.
@@noahpedraza2659 you do know you can plug it in to your router you use for your computer and flash it thru the ip address and not need a Poe switch just to flash then plug back into your nvr
how do you find the corresponding dahua version of the amcrest camera you have?
in the video...
go to amcrest download section, copy link to the download for the latest firmware, and that link will have the hardware id baked in - in my case ipc-hx1xxx-eos is in there. Dahua's website has an hx1xxx version
That worked for me! Now anyone do their NV-5216???
I did NV-5208 worked going to dahua and back to amcrest
It is a turret camera
Small lens for 8mp, resulting in subpar night video.