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    IPC-Color4M-TL

    For TIOC-PRO series, are there models sold by EmpireTech/Andy that are 4MP 1/1.8"? I can only find PTZ models and one turret style (8 MP) with smaller sensor sizes. For 54IR, I see this one I linked earlier...
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    IPC-Color4M-TL

    Thank you for the explanation. EmpireTech also sells the IPC-T54IR-AS-S3 1/1.8" and IPC-T549M-ALED-S3, which are the same price as the Color-4M-T, but they both come with SMD 3.0. One has the warm light, the other doesn't. I guess maybe I can elaborate on what the use case is. I'm looking for...
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    IPC-Color4M-TL

    I see this camera with really good pricing - 4MP, 1/1.8" sensor for less than $100. The main difference I see between this and the pricier model, is the smart motion detection (SMD+ vs SMD 4.0). Is SMD 4.0 worth the extra $50-60? There is also this: Outputs max. 4 MP (2688 × 1520) @20 fps...
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    Blue Iris Setup for Motel – Live View Only for Front Desk?

    That was my guess. Glad to get confirmation. Do you recommending hiding/locking away the PoE switch as well or would it be fine sitting in that front desk area? Running 10-12 ethernet cables from the EoC extender where the coaxial cables end at the front desk to the less accessible room would...
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    Blue Iris Setup for Motel – Live View Only for Front Desk?

    I'm planning a Blue Iris setup for a small motel, and I’d appreciate some guidance on best practices. Current Setup: All coaxial cabling runs to the front desk where there's a flat screen TV. The existing DVR (coaxial system) is connected there — employees can view live feeds, but can’t really...
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    Substreams and setting quality based on number of cameras being viewed live?

    What kind of bitrate would you recommend for a sub stream? I understand this will depend on what I end up using. I referred to the "Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris" and "Sub Stream Guide" posts. It looks like 12 cameras at 1080P at 15 FPS would be roughly 372 MP/s. Multiplying that by 10 would...
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    Substreams and setting quality based on number of cameras being viewed live?

    First question is: are there any quality NVRs that are able to stream multiple camera feeds at full 4K. I'm curious because I know of some Blue Iris setups I've seen online where I would imagine they are more powerful than a NVR, but they struggle to have multiple 4K streams and they rely on...
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    4k cameras with 1/1.2" sensors?

    I don't understand Amcrest's lineup of cameras. Most of their cameras, even the high res ones, use ~1/2.7-2.8" sensors which wouldn't be too great for night time applications. But I did a little more digging and found that their 4k camera with the biggest sensor (1/1.8") is an analog camera...
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    Hello Andy. Do you sell analog/HDCVI Dahua cameras by any chance? I know this is a very old tech...

    Hello Andy. Do you sell analog/HDCVI Dahua cameras by any chance? I know this is a very old tech and most people now buy IP, but I cannot afford to replace all the wiring in the large building I'm planning on replacing cameras.
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    Keep existing BNC cameras/cabling and install additional IP cameras with everything running off of Blue Iris?

    Hello fenderman, Could you elaborate further by what you mean with commercial solution with failover? What's an example of this? I tried googling this and it seems that this is related to having multiple NVRs or DVRs in case one fails. Am I on the right track?
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    Keep existing BNC cameras/cabling and install additional IP cameras with everything running off of Blue Iris?

    I've been doing some research into security cameras and it feels like a rabbit hole. Time consuming, but learning about all of this is kind of exciting. I realize that BNC is aging tech. I'm dealing with a large commercial building, so rewiring will be difficult for someone like me. This is not...
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    Help with current network setup

    I don't have any IoT devices, but I do plan on setting up a Google Chromecast. Right now I have only PCs, phones, and the DVR connected to the network. I think I will look into VLAN setup anyway as it seems like the more secure method and I want to have a guest network setup anyway. I'm using...
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    Help with current network setup

    I have a DVR system setup on my network. I access it using a VPN and port forwarding has been disabled. I also blocked the camera itself from the internet using an iptable firewall rule. I confirmed that the camera was inaccessible through port forwarding when I had this rule setup, so I believe...
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    Trying to use OpenVPN to access NVR from outside network

    How would I go about doing this? I have no clue where to even get started with this. I did try changing my router's local IP to the 10.x.0.0 IP that matched what the device on VPN would get, but it totally messed up my internet connection for my devices whenever I connected to the VPN, so I...
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    Trying to use OpenVPN to access NVR from outside network

    When I connect to OpenVPN it assigns me the IP address in that 10.x.0.0 range you mentioned. What I'm working on right now is configuring the router to have a local IP in that range. I'm hoping that doing all of this might help me access the cameras. I'm trying a bunch of different things as...
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