Hello everyone - New member from London, UK

[Gazza1234]

Hi everyone

Looks like a great site!

First of all apologies as I am a bit of a novice and may ask some fairly basic questions!

I am in process of setting up a simple home smart cam system. I am starting off with a Samsung SNH-P6410BN. I was planning to use the Samsung app but it doesn't seem to be very good.

I therefore started looking at a few options online and was drawn to Blue Iris which keeps coming up in various recommendations.

I now need to work out how to set Blue Iris up using a home broadband router and a home laptop (2012 Toshiba Satellite with 4gb RAM and 1TB hard-drive) on Windows 8.

I have 2 questions:

1 - Once setup will I need to leave the home laptop turned on ALL the time?
2 - Are there any simple directions I could follow to get this system set up?

Thanks so much in advance.

Gazza

 

[cyberwolf_uk]

Welcome.

A1 = The device running BI will need to be left on 24/7... ditch the laptop and treat yourself to a cheap Dell Optiplex SFF i5 Dell OptiPlex SFF Fast cheap Desktop Core i5 @ 3.10ghz 8GB 500GB HDD Windows 10 | eBay for example.

A2 = Blue Iris Video Tutorials Thanks to @Dasstrum

 

[Gazza1234]

thanks fella

 

[gwminor48]

Hello, welcome to the forum. As @cyberwolf_uk said it is normally something you need running 24/7 if it's for home security and a desktop is a better option. There are a lot of threads about what pc's are best for the job. I love Blue Iris but it can use a bit of cpu power if you start adding cameras. If those cameras you are trying are wireless you may have unreliable service at times.

 

[davw]

welcome - nice to have another Brit here.

 

[looney2ns]

Stay aware from wireless unless you enjoy heartburn.
Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris | IP Cam Talk
Welcome

 

[mat200]

Welcome Gazza,

If you're interested, It's easy to get swamped with information here, so I wanted to share some notes with you

Please check out @giomania 's notes:
Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

I have also made notes which are a summary of a lot of the reading I've been doing here,:
Looking for some advice and direction!

Have fun joining us here.

 

[Dasstrum]

Welcome! As stated above you definitely want a computer running 24/7 instead of a laptop. You can find cheap desktops on ebay. I buy off lease HP Compaq's with i5 processors all day on ebay for around $80-120.

Example: HP Compaq 8300 Elite SFF PC Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz 4GB Ram CD DVD RW. | eBay

Then throw in a western digital purple drive and your good to go! This PC will easily run 6 or so 4Mega pixel cameras without a problem.

 

[TonyR]

First of all apologies as I am a bit of a novice and may ask some fairly basic questions!

No problem! +1 on what @drunkpenguin said. None of us here came out of the chute knowing all there is to know about everything...but if you should ask "How do I turn my computer on?", then you're in the wrong forum.