Currently using four v3 cameras for surveillance - connected to wi-fi network with limited signal. Do the v4 cameras require more signal strength than the v3’s?
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v4s are 2K cameras so require more bandwidth than v3s that are only HD. You can drop the resolution on the v4 to HD but what would be the point of having one at that resolution.
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Glad I only have one. Didn’t notice any issues. How many v4s can you have on a network?
It all depends how good your network is and your ISP speed. On a robust WiFi network with an average 100/20Mbps you should be good with dozen of cams at least, I think.
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These are the figures I have as shown by my router. I believe these are in kbps. The V4 is inside a garage so it’s mostly black and white. I expect the rates to be higher outside.
V4 Tx: 114, RX: 129
V3 Tx: 58, Rx: 26
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I suspect those are just the PHY connection rates.
The 1080 cams should need around 1 to 1.5mbits/sec each during live viewing (obviously less when idle or just uploading events). Viewing in a group puts them at 360P so they need far less then.
From what I’ve seen here the v4 bumped up the compression rate so it probably doesn’t actually take that much more than the 1080P cams, maybe 2Mbit.
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It isn’t.
For a test, I measured the rates while recording from a V4; 129 and 143. Not much difference form the figures I posted.
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Then it is likely KBytes/sec, so around 1 to 1.1 Megabits, which is about the same as the 1080 cams.
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