This update took 3 years | Unifi PTZ Autotracking
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Ubiquiti has finally updated Unifi Protect to support Autotracking for their G4 PTZ security camera, so we're showing you what the features and capabilities of the camera are AND how we think Unifi can further improve this system.
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0:00 Unifi G4 PTZ Autotracking Update
0:18 Settings updates
1:13 PTZ Autotracking Test
1:48 Image quality
2:40 Camera reset
3:14 Trying to track 2 subjects
3:59 Room for improvement
nice test during the tracking 2 people would have been to have the 2 switch parking lot sides to see if the camera continued with the original person or switch targets to the "bigger threat"
I've got this camera mounted on a diamond with the top 1/3 of the diamond plated and the camera mounted to that plate. I can see 360 dgrees- 5 degree for each leg of the diamon of which there are 2 so 350 degree. Its freaking awesome... The camera can see pretty much everything, even at night... I've used it to hunt varmin, guide heavy equipment and deliveries while remote, monitor the house and driveway... although its best feature is a a giant "don't even think about it" sign to all the would be thieves and potential robbers. This thing might not be totally ready, in the commerical space but it is gold for the home owner that will invest in it. I can freaking monitor 10 acres of property with a single camera, if only there weren't so many trees....
Also, for the inclined, you can actually setup a small patrol program to set the ptz to a set of coordinates every no again by using their api to talk to the camera. It works well for getting quick shots but honestly its more for completeness of the context than real security. Your home view is doing 99% of the job so choose it carefully.
I really need them to allow auto tracking all the time....
Yeah the camera really amazing.. I agree about ur use case too, if u get it up high enough is can cover a crap ton of ground! I saw one mounted to a radio tower, now that's an eye in the sky!! I am glad they continue to develop it, let's hope they keep adding goodies!
Almost 3 years and still no basic patrol.. This should be a $900 camera max
I can't disagree...
Well it's on sale.. it's $900 now for a bit.
@@Ryanf550 I know, that really makes it more attractive. I was putting the final touches on my "all unifi camera" review to=night and I still really love my PTZ, hopefully that price is permanent..
@@Ryanf550 I wish I could have seen that. I would buy it instant for $900
So glad to see Unifi hasn't orphaned this very pricey purchase. They definitely got some well-deserved backlash about the initial lack of features, so I hope they fully make up for that (i.e. continue developing this well through the inevitable release of a G5 PTZ). Facial Recognition - if there's not enough hardware to handle it - should at least be supported when paired with a UDM Pro (or at very worst, sell an add-on hardware device for offloading the processing... people are NOT going to want to replace these with a G5 just for that feature, and Unifi will develop even more of a bad rep around high-end cameras if they just abandon this altogether, IMO).
License plate reading can be jerry-rigged with OpenALPR for anyone who needs it now, such as myself. It's workable, but a real pain to correlate. I'd love to see custom rule sets around multiple detections of license plates or loitering "blacklisted" plates. That'd be a huge selling point.
But yes, credit where credit is due: Thanks Unifi... for adding a feature I assumed would be available when I bought the thing ;)
Lol, good stuff
For the price of this camera and it's features! Id pass!!
Agreed, a lot of potential, but...
Just ABSOLUTELY NEED automobile detection. License Plate detection..... I would buy this camera tomorrow!
Agreed!
I would also buy it!
No vehicle tracking, no license plate detection, and no patrol mode all kill this for me.
When I saw it in their site a few days ago, when I was first introduced to the brand, I got very interested in it. But like most stuff on their site, finding ALL of the details seems extraordinarily difficult.
Seeing this video tells me it needs work, or price cut in half.
Agreed, it needs some work, but they are adding features, just slowly (too slow)...
its half price now
@@leviathan19I came here after seeing it on sale too 😂
I know, and that is probably the correct price, I hope it's permanent. @@leviathan19
@@leviathan19sadly not reduced everywhere but I think that price much better represents it given those 4 improvements still outstanding
Hey thanks for this video, I just tested the feature on protect ver 2.8.35 and OS 3.1.16 the tracking feature does not stick, as soon as I switch to different camera it disables itself. Same for you?
No mine is rock solid and has been for 3 or 4 months (with all the updates)
In this class of camera's which has the best tracking and sensor size/light sensitivy?
I'm my use case it has been.
Not so happy currently with the image quality of my Unifi setup (G4 bullets and AI360). It's okay to see what's going on, but recorded videos don't show enough detail. Not that certain about the general strategy of Unifi these days. Pricing is prosumers but features and image quality falls short.
To make the PTZ worth almost 2k more needs to happen. They should add a LIDAR sensor to improve 3D detection of moving objects. Ideally, it should integrate a second image sensor (G4/G5 style) to keep an eye on the entire scene, while the PTZ is pan/tilt/zooming. Following people beside, there must be a spotlight option (taking full advantage of the x22 zoom) to record people in full resolution, allowing to recognise faces to enable law enforcement. I would not mind, if the PTZ would directly integrate a WiFi6 hotspot to increase WiFi coverage on my property (simplify installation/cables/switch-ports).
Does anybody know, if the G4/G5 Pro now can auto focus/zoom (up x3) in case something is detected in the middle of the scene? There is restrictions because missing pan/tilt and based on optical zoom-range - but feature should not be that different to what has been added to PTZ.
Yeah the G4 bullets and AI360 are not the best for resolution and image quality. The G4 PTZ is pretty outstanding in my installation. Would love for it to have advanced AI capabilities but it's 3 years old so I understand. There are several new PTZ cameras rumored to be released soon. I would wait and check those out. The pro does not auto zoom, you have to set it manually.
A few settings that need work there. Turn off High FPS, you are just wasting the 4K love of that sensor. Set the slider for the motion to at least 1-2 seconds to avoid so many false-trips from bugs or flickers. I agree with others, poorly supported and progressed product.
Thanks for the tips man!
is there a PTZ camera similar to this one that works with the unfi platform and does NOT send data into a cloud?
None of the unifi cams send data to cloud. It's all local.
@@DPCTechnology I do know that about Unifi cameras. But my question is if there is something similar and cheaper that operates on the unifi system.
@@traderjoe477 There are screenshots of a smaller one that may come out but I have no info on what and when..
@@DPCTechnology thank you! I will wait for more infos hopefully in the future, although Unifi are not the fastes :D
The G4 PTZ doesn't have the advanced "AI" detection classifications, right?
Sadly, it does not.
@@DPCTechnology Thanks. Same goes for the G4 Doorbell Pro, right?
worth buying now, ;) ... out of stock...
LOL, I have noticed more people buying them lately