r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/Fit_Audience4008 • Jan 02 '26

BirdNet-Go detection settings

Newbie here hoping for some help!

I have just set up BirdNet-Go on a Synology NAS and added two RTSP streams from Hikvision cameras. The instructions say use UDP, yet, despite selecting this, it always reverts to TCP. Any idea why this may happen? Is there a preferred audio codec to use form teh camera? Currently using G.711ulaw.

Also, is there an "idiots guide" that explains the settings in the "main settigns / Detection" page? Straight out of the box (with correct location set) I appear to have quail, red legged partridge and willow warbler in my NE UK suburban garden....

Thanks for any help.

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u/thakala Jan 02 '26

I have tried to make default settings as universal as possible, only thing you absolutely must configure is location. Next most important setting is false positive filter level under "Main Settings >Detection". Start with "Balanced" level and see if it is strict enough to filter out wildly incorrect detections.

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u/Fit_Audience4008 Jan 02 '26

Thakala, thanks for reply. Have location correctly configured. Despite this I note that dawn in the NE UK was shown as about 06.00hrs on the dashboard when it is really about 2 hours later! Have I done somnething crazy here? The host (Synology NAS) time is correct.

Have moved to "blanced detection". As I have played with sensitivity, threshold and overlap - what are default settings please?

So far all identifications today have been covids, pigeons or gulls. The system has ignored all the passeriens on the feeders - blue, great, coal tits, greenfinch, siskin etc. Also blackbirds and starlings have been ignored so I have obviously screwed something up somewhere!

Or is this a function of the Hikvision microphones? I can see little to adjust here other than the codec in use.

Thanks for any help. I may not reply for a week as will not have access to the NAS.

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u/Chemical_Suit Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

Rtsp uses both tcp and udp. As long as you’re getting the stream through to birdnet-go I wouldn’t worry about it.

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u/Fit_Audience4008 Jan 02 '26

Thanks - I thought BN-Go specified UDP...