Camera Issues
All known issues you may run into while using your camera.
With the SDI G2 model camera, the audio will embed over the HDMI and network only, but not over the HD-SDI. With the USB G2 model the audio will embed over...
Mon, 22 May, 2017 at 11:51 AM
This is a feature that occurs only when using an IP stream, The camera is bringing up a menu, it's just not visible from the IP stream. This is meant t...
Wed, 22 Apr, 2015 at 8:12 AM
This issue may occur if you add USB devices to a USB hub while you stream video with a USB camera that is connected to the same USB hub (Internal or externa...
Mon, 30 Nov, 2015 at 7:25 AM
Below is a comparison image between the HDMI or SDI outputs (16:9) and the Composite Video (CVBS) output (4:3)
There is no way to modify the aspect...
Wed, 17 Feb, 2016 at 6:56 AM
It is fairly common that someone may not be able to find their cameras from the IP address setting tool, even when the camera and the computer are on ...
Tue, 14 Feb, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Yes we can. The Decimator MD-HX is a fantastic little device that will let you change the framerate and resolution of any HD-SDI or HDMI signal. The setup i...
Fri, 30 Oct, 2015 at 3:42 PM
If you need to change the resolution of the camera, it is done through the On Screen Display of your PTZoptics VL Zcam. The only output the OSD will show up...
Fri, 8 Apr, 2016 at 10:05 AM
This can sometimes happen when you use the IP interface to set the image flip of your camera. If you use the OSD and go into the "image" sect...
Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 at 3:57 PM
The focus of the PTZOptics cameras can go out over time, or with a firmware upgrade sometimes. This should be completely fixable, it just takes a few minute...
Thu, 21 Feb, 2019 at 10:33 AM
so most major browsers do not natively have the ability to pull in RTSP streams at H.264. previously our cameras used the VLC plugin to allow this to happen...
Fri, 15 Nov, 2019 at 12:10 PM