AViPAS AV-1281G 10x HDMI PTZ Camera with PoE - Dark Grey: Professional Grade Live Streaming Solution Review

Given the price, I was skeptical about the quality of the camera. After plugging it in, I was surprised at how good it is. Chromatic aberrations are there, but certainly not much worse than other cameras even 3 times more expensive. The autofocus works well and seems to track movement quite well. PoE is really just PoE, not PoE+. I haven't seen any mention of PoE+ anywhere, so any injector or switch that supports the PoE standard (802.3af) should work.

Definitely not suitable for factory use! For this camera to work, you must be familiar with IP addressing. After understanding all that, I needed to get the camera to work in OBS for live streaming. It was also a challenge. I've grown very fond of the help/support page on Avipas. Customer service was great and the representative is very knowledgeable and willing to help. Between the camera settings and the settings in OBS, there are SEVERAL layers to consider for live streaming. beautiful…

We use this camera to stream and record our services with OBS. There are some items that have been downgraded from 5 stars. First, the camera comes with firmware that requires Adobe Flash to preview the video. It took me a bit of digging to find an update that lets you preview videos using HTML. After the update with two files, the preview worked fine. Second, while there are pan and tilt speed settings for manual control, these aren't available when using presets. The transition from one…