Simple Cheap Effective Outdoor WiFi Night-vision IP camera
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2014
- A review of the Zmodo ZP-IBI13-W - a budget IP camera that's easy to set-up and gives good results, but it won't suit everyone....
It seems this model, has now been updated slightly with a different mount and case - the ebay links below (CLICK SHOW MORE) will likely show the NEW UPDATED VERSION.
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Note about buying this Zmodo camera - It appears this is a slightly older model and the camera has been remodelled recently with a new case and mount - the ebay links in the description (click Show More) will probably bring up details of the newer model instead.
Two things to mention to anyone going to ask a predictably silly question (The people who ask about these things definitely won't be reading this).
1)The app will work over the 3G/4G network (as well as WiFi) and I tested this out by viewing my empty back garden whilst sitting at my desk at work 30 miles away.
2) Someone will no doubt ask about whether the camera can record and store video internally (like a dash-cam). I would ask this person to remember the sections of the video where I mentioned that this camera has no SD card slot in it and also contemplate whether I'd accidentally miss off demonstrating a headline feature like this unless it was actually absent from the camera itself.
Seems a squarer case. Still that short bulky lead though, strange they made it way.
i wonder how much influence you carry in the cheap camera market.
fredintheshed1 A long power lead that plugs into the camera itself and an RJ45 socket under a waterproof cover would make a lot more sense to me.
The new model APPEARS to have a shorter stem on the mount which could help overcome the short cables.
Those frame freezes used in editing are annoying!
I've purchased a fair number of IP cameras over the years and have yet to land one that "checks all the boxes." Glad to see you've added them to your reviews.
Short wire with that mess outside is a deal breaker
Thank you for showing to use
Been using this camera for about a year now with blue iris. Pretty happy with it considering the price/performance. The short cable is a bit of an annoyance and they could have taken a leaf out of other manufacturers books and incorporated an enclosure into the mounting bracket to house the connectors (similar to the Y-cam HomeMonitor HD Pro). I ended up using a cheap weatherproof IP55 enclosure to conceal them and it does the job though doesn't look the prettiest. Haven't used the included software or zmodo apps at all so it was interesting to see how they were supposed to work.
Two things I'd mention from my own experience: When testing the camera with iSpy I found the framerate would quickly slow to a crawl no matter how I set it up, and if I recall correctly it was due to the rtsp protocol - no such problem with blue iris. Secondly with regards to adjusting settings the camera hosts it's own active x configuration page so if you have Internet Explorer installed there's no need for any third party software.
Great review.
A good feature to have on these would be to start recording as soon as it detects motion
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@Keanu Oakley THANKS Keanu! I'm working on your account now. This is GREAT!
Was looking for an inexpensive camera for my front porch. After watching your review and doing some research, I"m going with the Zmodo! Thanks!
Thank god for the professional thumbs up decal. If it had not come with this- it would suck.
Very well demonstrated presentation of all the setting up of zmodo wireless camera. Including all the observations of the quirky niggles of the short cumming s of the supplied instruction sheet.Thanks for the info, now got mine installed fully.
Fantastic video. I'm not in the faintest bit interested by IP cameras but I was still entertained for the duration of the video. Well done and thank you.
This looks like great value for money. Interesting to see how the IR performed, I've ordered an IR illuminator to combine with my IR sensing bullet camera this weekend. I don't know how it will perform but it has many more LEDs than the camera so I'm quite confident that it will work well. I may attempt a review of the kit combination myself.
That QR on the side to pair the devices is cool ;)
The Foscam outdoor cameras have a similar lead arrangement. Once I'd configured it for wireless I simply opened the back up and put all the cables inside (was lots of room) and ran my own power cable through the same hole for the cable and plugged it inside (to clarify I removed the existing cable (unplugged from inside and could just about thread the internal connector through the cable hole, reconnected it and ran a new cable inside through the hole to plug in again -if that makes sense :p )
Oh something I ve been thinking about, cheers Matt. Happy New Year.
Thanks for this! i spent a fair amount of time trying to work out how to change the time on the sodding thing.
Another great review :) Thankyou I was actually looking for something like this.
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Hey Techmoan, you should look at the hikvision cameras, specifically the DS-2cd2032-i. They record up to 3mp and cost around $100. Its not wireless, but you can connect a ethernet cable and use POE so it only uses one wire to connect to the camera. Night vision with its IR is pretty poor though, the IR leds on them are only good up to 10 yards.
A great idea of yours to do reviews of IP security cameras..I for one am very interested. Cheers
Obviously a fan of the movie "WarGames" His home network is called the WOPR. Awesome! I don't think anyone else caught that in the comments.
An American Homestead (Because nobody cares geek,anal retentive, fantasy world loser)
Frankie Gonzalez Says the person watching a outdoor cam review on a camera/audio equip geek channel...
But yeah, that is actually mildly interessting, i guess i do care
JonasLue, I think Frankie was joking. Oh no wait he's subscribed to Stefan Molyneux, he's not.
Hi. I wanna thank you sincerely for this fantastic well explained video tutorial. I was wondering why my camera wouldn't capte WIFI. I plugged it on the Ethernet as explained and then unplugged as mentioned in the notice. But then I was waiting for my camera to be connected to WIFI, OFFLINE and it didn't connect.. Here is the truth and verdict after waching your video... I didn't go to my WIFI SETTINGS and the problem lay there. So I set my camera to WIFI SETTINGS and by MAGIC my camera read ONLINE. I almost eturned this excellent camera through "ignorance" this afternoon, lucky I was tired. I am so proud of you that you helped me keep this camera. I have the same brand for indoors and it worked so well but I didn 't have to connect it to the Ethernet, it got connected to WIFI immediately. I thought by already installing a camera there was sufficient information and I didn't need to re-connect to WIFI. You are such a blessing to me. Thanks for making me smile and thanks for sharing and caring xxx
I'd love to see some more security camera videos too
Nice video as always. Loved your "root" 66, route 66 tantrum.
Nice well paced review. We love your pommie rooter too. Lol. Cheers mate.
That spaghetti junction wiring from the rear of the camera no doubt took years of hard work and research to come up with.
Great video, really enjoyed it. Keep up the great work!
You do a great service with you videos, fair played to you.
A cut into segments bicycle tube, a bit of caulking, and a couple of zip ties work well for waterproofing a wire harness like that.
Nice camera, let down by those wires. They are very vulnerable to both the elements and snip snip!! But other than that, seems good :o)
Place it up high and power it with solar.
Yesthing like sitting down with a nice cuppa to a nice Techmoan episode!
Just bought this from Amazon. It has a different cable setup now, just a single miniUSB power connector, no ethernet connection required, This is a lot simpler, less cabling to deal with, but there's still an connection to be made about 20cm from the camera.
The instructions are quite confusing, different instructions available in different places, but got it running eventually, works well.
I love it. I want to modd it with solar recharging kit. Do they have a cloud software to manage few cameras...?
Great review, thanks! Do you know if it's possible to record multiple live streams via the PC software?
I get your frustration at the silly questions...and with the amount of subscribers you have it must make it even more so ,I know it would me.
Hi, first of all thank you for this and all others very interesting and instructive videos.
I have 2 PTZ (no zoom) cameras that run in a similar way, and for both I can access them and change the setup via browser. IE is fully compatible but it is also pretty decent with Chrome. Did you try it?
I have a different use in mind. Do you think it would work to video amateur indoor sporting events to then put on my website for replaying if people couldn't make the match? (would use 2 cameras). What would you suggest to use to store the video on for this use? I think you do a great job of reviewing products and give a fair evaluation
was looking for how to instal a camera i just got thanks for the vid
nice camera! works perfectly with my Xeoma software
I modified my IP cam (not quite the same as this one, mostly cos it's wired and pretty much a completely different camera!!) by lopping off the bulky connector (mine thankfully had a foot-long cable before the bundle of mess), mapping out the wires (Tx & Rx + & -, Power (Cam), Power (IR LEDs) and flashing status LEDs which were pointless so left them out) and snapping on an RJ45 plug after passing it through my doorframe, then connected that to a coupler then to a Cat5E cable and using a PoE injector I sent power up to it with the wallwart set away from where the camera is sited and hooked it up to a roooooter and it works great... :)
Is it able use FTP for motion detection alerts?
I would have liked to see how well it supports ONVIF by using it with an open source ONVIF client such as "ONVIF Device Manager".
I only buy cameras that support ONVIF because I don't want to be dependent on rubbish and proprietary Chinese software and sometimes intermediate servers that they connect to (and do who knows what with your data).
Another important thing to consider, is can the WIFI key be retrieved if the thing is stolen.
Hi does this camera work when your away from home on a mobile network? Thanks and great review
Hmm looks to be good value for money, ok you may have as you said sort out wiring a bit depending on where your going to install the Camera, as usual a good demo, nice video
Hi.
I would like to ask whether there is a way to mount the camera onto wall without screws, like some sticky magnetic mount or something?
Or if there is very similar model to this that has those magnetic mounts instead of having to screw it into the wall or something?
Thanks.
Nice video.
What's the point of having a camera running 24/7 that doesn't record? I can't think of a single use for this, unless you go on the app one day when you're out and you happen to be being burgled and you can then record...
Because it saves and emails images when motion is detected
No point. Video must be recorded on external server or NVR.
olestas it would be better to show the police the still images of your burglars faces than nothing at all Pedro.
Dan Woodward I was replying to first post. As I said, normally network cameras must stream the video to special recording device or at least sd card. And what was that pedro for?
olestas I thought you were replying to me sorry. And Pedro because the first part of your name sounds a bit Spanish. No offence intended lol
First of all I must say a massive thanks to you ;) I got myself a nice SJCAM now thanks to your review on it.
Im wanting to learn alot more about high frame rate cameras because I love slow motion videos, I learnt from you about the fake high fps cams saying for example that 60fps was really 30fps with 2 of the same frames shown, if you know what I mean, I would love you to do some cool new videos on budget high frame rate cameras, if there will be any lol we now have the apple iphone 6 with its 240 fps and I wonder if it really is a true 240fps ? Im hoping soon they will start bringing out cheaper cams like the Iphone 6. Many thanks for your hard work and Happy New Year mate ;) From ANTON ;)
I love the explanation in the night shot that the white dots are rain, but would it be useful to explain what rain is for those not living in the UK !!!
Really like this informative video. Router . . . Rooter . . . explanation is perfect and I agree English in America is confusing sometimes. The rest is "very well done" . . . . (Please use a British Accent). Consider me a regular user when I need any tech info. "Thanks again" (In American English here).
Excellent video! Thanks a bunch.
Is it weird that I live in Georgia, USA, and "fiddly" has now become part of my regular vocabulary? Thanks, Matt.
xVisuaLxEffects I didn't think that it might be a UK colloquialism - but now you mention it, I can't say I recall anyone from the US saying it on a TV show.
Over here, it has prompted either subtle eyebrow shifts, or the other person actually repeating the word back to me inquisitively during conversation. Odd how geography makes such a difference. Thanks for your response!
Thanks for such an informative video. Been looking around for a good and affordable IP camera for a while now. I think this is the one im going to go for. Just a quick question. Have you had a chance to use this while abroad, If so, how well has it worked for you?
+Michael Warmington I didn't get a chance to try that with this camera. It shouldn't be a problem though.
Okay, thank you.
Best Teachmoan,
The windows software is NOT ESSENTIAL to set time and date things. You can look up the ip of the camera and when you put that in your browser, you will get the same settings, preview etc..
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Interesting, that's not the first ip-cam app i've seen that goes bonkers when you try to switch orientation, or never gets it right in the first place.
Nice garden btw. :-)
great review, loads of info while entertaining and moved along and a good pace. Spot on! Wish other reviews were as solid as this one. Thank you much.
Nice one! I think I'll get one of these
@Techomoan, I was wondering would this cam work with iSpy? (it's free and works great with my old Wireless cams) I use iSpy 64 on my Windows 7 PC. Others use Blue Iris (not free) just wondering if you have used iSpy with this Zmodo camera. And thank you for your excellent video review on this camera.
LOL big time at the "rooter" vs. "rowter" thing and how you managed to slip that in there.
Hi Techmoan, how did you overcome the short cable problem in the end? Did you use a waterproof box?
Thanks 😉
Hey love your videos and how in depth your reviews are. I live in the US and had some recent shootings in our area next door the most recent. It's a bit hard at the moment to just up and leave our house so I'm looking into a two camera outdoor security cam set up and wondering what you would recommend. Hope to here from you and thanks again.
+Richard De Nieuwe I don't have any security camera recommendations but perhaps this article might give you some ideas. www.techmoan.com/blog/2015/3/15/cctv-basics-wired-day-night-outdoor-camera.html
I stumbled on your comment, seeing your avatar, presumably you?? in your fatigues. Just wanted to take the time to say that I'm sorry for your neighborhood circumstances. My first thought was, my God, this guy serves our country...only to have to worry about "warfare" in his own back yard?!? It's never fair for innocent people to have to worry and fear for their safety in their own home/home area. Hope things are better, as I see this was from 11 mos ago ; ) Thank you for your brave, self-less service for us.
I just commented on your s_j 4000 you have great videos I'm going to check a bunch of them now thanks man
Great info, also watched your NUC vid too. You should work in TV if you don't already with your voice, felt like I was watching the Beeb! Thanks for your time & effort, Brilliant.
F88tFirst Unfortunately the BBC didn't want me, but I'm better off being my own boss.
Techmoan hi there just a stupid question can you use any wifi stick to connect with a cctv wifi. reason i ask is because i have two belkins wifi usb sticks and both do not work with my cctv wifi but work on the pc .
Dear Mr. Mat,
I've been looking for weeks for a budget outdoor camera with loop SD card recording (like your dash cams) and hopefully an app so I can check the streaming if i want to on the go.. Do you know if there is anything out there with this two functions under $100?
They recomended me the Sricam SP007, but they say the looping option brings problems ( which is the most important feature im looking for) since the camera will be on a 5th floor and thus imposible to reach by thiefs.
Thanks so much for always replaying!
Im looking forward to graduate quick from college so I can support your patron.
Hmmmmm.... A wireless camera that needs wires! An interesting concept.
+ComPrt3 - next you'll be telling me your wireless router needs plugging in.
+Techmoan Its been known to happen. . . . . . From time to time. . . . .
+ComPrt3 of course, it need wires just to tell the camera to connect to what wifi with what password
This is an outdoor device, routers are placed inside so its easy to run power to it. The point of making a wireless camera is not to have wires running to it.What if you live in an apartment complex and your apartment is in the middle of the complex but you have to set up a camera outside to oversee the parking lot?. Run power from a different apartment?.
Nodak81 change it every 4 months.
I bought the new model of this camera and I can't figure out how to change the snapshot resolution for email alerts. Any idea? BTW, I enjoy every video you put up. Keep up the good work. Thanks
phenomenal tutorial thanks!
Could we have a new review of current security cameras? Our gate is 50 meters away from the house and we'd like to see who is in front of it - combinations with an 8 bell also speaking and hearing system...?? Thank you!
Does anyone happen to know wether the camera would require some sort of indoor wifi,like an indoor wifi router,or does it have some sort of built in wifi capabiliy?Thanks.
You ought to check out the ESCAM Brick QD900. A bloody good camera for £29!
Given it's an external use camera, I'm really surprised by the short length of the cables at the rear (as you are), not a selling point imho.
As others, I'd like to see more CCTV reviews should you be planning any Sir.
In terms of the Colour, an individual could always paint it if it was that important, the image and functions I would think are more important than the shell colour, at th'end ut'dayy?!
Good to learn about it.
Can you describe the quality of the mounting screws? The ones mine comes with seem to be made out of soft lead. A little torque...and...snap.
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I wonder if the windows software has video recording in motion detection?
Where the recording is saved?
Hey I'm thinking of buying one and I was wondering if it takes a lot of wifi to make the cameras run
Can you rewind to get footage that you did not record while in process? I'm guessing you have to always be recording and only saving the footage if/when necessary, is this how you would go about having footage in the case an event did happen and you needed the footage for a case or investigation? Thank you for your video and assistance.
@Techmoan +Techmoan could you tell me if this camera will record to the android tablet if set up to record video on motion detection, and if it stops recording again when the scene is still again? I appreciate this video was a while ago but any help would be great. Thanks!
Great review! seems like a legit product
Great rewiew can you test dvr cctv system? in the future
I hope you can do a Garmin Virb Elite review and JVC adixxion gc-xa2 review in 2015. Have a fun 2015!
You can get a 12v extension cable of up to 10m which connects to the camera and the power adaptor
any update to this mate as lots of break ins round here and im after a budget system thats got ok video quality? or buy a good nvr box with 8 inputs and buy a camera one by one as budget allows?
Can,you do a review of the,vivitar action camera range
Nice review Mat, looking forward to see more about IP Cams. Self have a wvc54gca and go to replace is soon.
Just bought one, but was a bit confused, Primarily I am interested in the take still images when camera detects motion function. Does this have to be set up via PC? I notice the android app stores some still images on the phone when motion is detected. Does the PC app need to be running all the time or after the setting up would it work just fine without?
Also as mentioned I have no access to shared apartment complex router for setup, but do have an old wireless router lieing around. Is it possible to connect to this offline router and the phone to the routers wireless just to turn on the cameras wireless, from there connect the camera to the third party wifi network and then the phone also?
Thanks in advance! Great videos!
Really good review. Very informative and nicely done.
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I'm curious to know if this camera can be purchased with power cords that work in the U.S.A. thank you
ha! Southern u.s. it Is r-OW-te 66 :) so :P :D love the channel keep it up, mate!
Some kind of two-tone blue dialed Submariner-style watch shows at 2:18, then the Seiko diver at 4:05.
yes i do say route 66 (rowt 66)
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Techmoan Where did you get that apple plug thing were you was able to plug the ethernet cable into? many thanks
Do you have any plan on installing more thank 1 camera?
Power is always a challenge. I use a small plastic utility box to house the connections and waterproof the system. Advise you first check WiFi connection before installing. My WiFi router can't reach some of the cameras outside the house. Limited use but 1-2 might be practical inside your house of business.
AFAIC your pronunciation of router is the correct one since that's how we pronounce it in french and router is a french word
Great video!
Can you drop the IP into third party software to grab the video feed like "dumber" ones without an app? I'm also wondering if you can just put the IP in a browser to get a video feed/interface?
Great video though I did not know there were wifi IP cameras this cheap that worked well outside of axis or other expensive brands.
Great review tho lacking compared to the others u have done. Would have been nice to see some video with movement in it to get an idea of how well it is or isn't. No mention of is the video can save to a network storage? How much delay is there from movement from real time? You say the IR is invisible to the naked eye are you saying they don't turn red at night like other night time cameras that use IR?
1) 12 Volts figure-8 power cable is easy to cut, insert extensions (with or without soldering). Solves the short cable problem; & its only low-amp, low volt power, easily fitting in small holes, etc.
2) Same with the wifi antenna. Buy an antenna extension lead, plus a longer, more powerful antenna. Place the antenna where it easily get the best transmission point. Use a directional antenna if needed.
3) Waterproof by coating all cracks, joints with soft silicon plastic.
4) Camouflage setup by spray-painting, or color-nail-polishing all/ parts of the complete setup.
5) Have a dummy surveillance camera in obvious view to outsiders, but in view of the real camera.
6) Use an external 12volt power supply, wired to the real camera. This may or may not be mains powered.
7) Use ancillary, extra infrared lighting in parts of the view that needs extra lights.
Can you set it up to remotely take high quality still images (no date at bottom) every 30 minutes? Timelapse video?
Good review.
a little something that i learned................
get some of those little solar powered leds lights and place then where the camera does not see so well. a led puts out an amazing amount of light, visible and non visible. dont believe me? take your tv or whatever remote and go outside and point it at your camera standing about 30 feet away. go inside and look at the recording, you will be able to see the individual pulses from that distance and greater even. the little solar powered lights act like almost range extenders for the night vision while adding a little bit of visible light
The motion detect when someone walks does it save to your hdd on your phone
So I am wondering if something like this would work well as a webcam? I have always wanted to hook up a webcam in the ceiling of my room to record videos and stream with and also be able to show my desk/studio area from above but I have always ran into the problem of having a webcams that run short on wire and when I connect them through an extender, they either don't work or work but with a VERY lower quality than when it was plugged directly in the PC.
With WIFI or an ethernet cable, it should work. USB cables do not work well when they are too long: I've had that problem with all kinds of USB devices connected to extension cables. I have an Ethernet cable that is 30m long and it works perfectly, so I would expect that to work for you too.
WIFI is also an option, but it depends on how the signal is in your house, and having this camera hogging your WIFI network could reduce the performance of other WIFI devices in your house.