Vivotek FD9187-H
Hi there-
I bought a Vivotek FD9187-H recently. Had two questions.
Frist, the camera does not get picked up by SS in the profile detection as Vivotek, and manually setting the Vivotek profile does not work. However the camera does load video on the ONVIV profile. Does that matter?
Second, when I change the video stream in the camera's configuration to H.265, the performance seems to be low in SS (dropped frames, glitchy video). Also, the Camera Info shows the decoder as Software on H.265, but goes to Hardware on H.264. Both the H.265 and H.264 settings are the same otherwise - bitrate, etc. Probably no big deal to stick with H.264 but was curious since H.265 is supposed to be superior.
Thanks!
I bought a Vivotek FD9187-H recently. Had two questions.
Frist, the camera does not get picked up by SS in the profile detection as Vivotek, and manually setting the Vivotek profile does not work. However the camera does load video on the ONVIV profile. Does that matter?
Second, when I change the video stream in the camera's configuration to H.265, the performance seems to be low in SS (dropped frames, glitchy video). Also, the Camera Info shows the decoder as Software on H.265, but goes to Hardware on H.264. Both the H.265 and H.264 settings are the same otherwise - bitrate, etc. Probably no big deal to stick with H.264 but was curious since H.265 is supposed to be superior.
Thanks!
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I've got the same problem with a Vivotek IT9389-H. Running the latest Beta as well. High Sierra on a 2011 Mac Mini. Only the ONVIV profile works. @Ben, any ideas?
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I'm not sure why the built-in Vivotek profile isn't working for this camera - it should - however if the ONVIF profile works, then there is no downside to using this.
If your Mac switches to software decode when you set the camera to H.265, this means that your Mac doesn't have hardware H.265 decoding abilities. This was introduced to Mac models somewhere around 2017, so if your Mac is older than this, then it probably has the ability to decode H.264 in hardware but not H.265.
This would explain the poor performance when the camera is set to H.265 - the CPU would have to do all the decoding work, which is processor-intensive, especially for older machines. H.264 is still a very efficient codec, so you will still get good results using H.264.
Alternatively, another thing to try would be to reduce the camera's streaming frame rate (try something in the range 5-10). The lower the frame rate, the less load there is on the Mac and the smaller file sizes you will get. So this may allow you to get H.265 working smoothly enough. -
Really great feedback, thanks. I have a quad core Late-2012 mac mini, so that would explain it. Will stick with H.264 for now and move to 265 once I upgrade the mini.
