Been doing some work on creating custom firmware for my Hikvision cameras, and have to say though hard it was pretty interesting and rewarding. But then I like that sort of thing cos I'm a geek with no life (or job)
I'm sure Hikvision don't want me spreading around the tech details of this and I will respect their point of view, and would likely not be acceptable on here anyway. But suffice to say cameras now running custom firmware rather than manually copying file patches which is fine for a few cameras, probably not if you got 100! lol
Anyway, just to let you know it is possible and if anyone wants to discuss custom digicap.dav with me, feel free to PM me. Languages, custom logos/contact info on web interface, network monitoring agents, ssh on cam etc etc etc. That's the great thing about linux embedded systems - can pretty much do what you want if you try!
Sorry technical notes been quiet recently - been reverse engineering firmware on my AVR for custom firmware on that too but now done so maybe do a bit more Hik stuff soon.
Custom Hikvision firmware
in IP/Megapixel Cameras and Software Solutions
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Hi CBX, It's cool.
I'm interesting to your job
NVB