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    Camera placement and type

    Hi. I am planning to redo and upgrade my camera system since I had a major renovation. I run Blue Iris. I currently have these cameras: EmpireTech IPC-B5442T-ASE EmpireTech IPC-HFW2831T-ZS 2x Amcrest IP5M-1173EW (104° FOV/ 2.8mm/ 98ft IR / 5MP / 1/2.7") Hikvision DS-2CD2183G2-I I also have a...
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    I finally got Pushover notifications working with Blue Iris, but I'm not sure what exactly fixed it. Notifications were being added to the log (I added a logging parameter to curl command), and notifications were being sent successfully when I ran the command via console. It also worked when I...
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    I was walking in front of the camera and alerts were picked up by BI, a jpg and dat file was created in Alerts folder but I did not get any notification through pushover :(
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    Yes, I did get a notification when running cmd and using a path for an existing jpg. However I am not getting any notifications for new alerts. It might be an issue with &ALERT_PATH, I am not sure what to replace it with.
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    I removed below string but still nothing. --form-string "device=YOUR_PUSHOVER_DEVICE_NAME(S)_HERE" --form-string "sound=YOUR_PUSHOVER_SOUND_HERE" The alert directory is D:\BI\Alerts The main camera is IPC-B5442T-ASE which I got from Andy (EmpireTech)
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    I played with the settings however I am still having a few issues, which I want to address before moving forward with substreams etc. 1. Every few seconds the Python process spikes CPU. First BI process spikes for a second and then it's followed by Python for another 2 seconds, sometimes its...
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    Thank you, I will try to play with these settings. I will look into this but it might be some other issue since I am not getting any notifications now. I thought of using Home Assistant for notifications. I have the auto reboot set up. However I'm in Florida and there might be power outages...
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    Looking to optimize my Blue Iris setup - AI, App, Home Assistant, and Hardware Questions

    Hi, I’ve been running Blue Iris using mostly default settings for continuous recording, while relying on my Eufy cams for daily alerts. Now I’m shifting my focus more toward a full PoE system and want to get things dialed in better. I’m using an old Dell OptiPlex 3020 (i5-4590, 8GB RAM, 4TB...
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    Im having issues with setting up camera/network system

    I changed the camera's IP to 192.168.0.xxx and it worked ! Thank you very much guys. Should I leave it with this IP or should I somehow change it to 192.168.1.xxx?
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    Im having issues with setting up camera/network system

    I've tried with several different IP's, 192.168.1.108 as well, but still couldn't get it to work :(
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    Im having issues with setting up camera/network system

    The Blue Iris PC IP is 192.168.0.193 and the subnet is 255.255.255.0 There are no devices using 162.168.1.108 I just connected Amcrect cameras and all work fine, Config Tool found them and I was able to set them up and change the IP without any problems. So Dahua cameras are the only ones that...
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    Im having issues with setting up camera/network system

    I am a newbie in networking. I did not make any changes to it. I am not using vlan. I tried to run ConfigTool on both, laptop (connected to the router) and PC with BI (connected to managed switch) This would be hard because I have both PoE switch hidden below the attic, one in the garage...
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    Im having issues with setting up camera/network system

    Hi. I am am upgrading my house with Cat6 cable and security camera. I purchased these BV-Tech 6 Port PoE+ Switch. For managed switch I have this NETGEAR 8-Port GS908E. I am using Blue Iris on a Dell Optiplex. Here is a diagram: I bought few Dahua and Amcrest cameras and I am having some...
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    Is this Amcrest budget camera worth it?

    Oh sure! IP5M-1173EB Link
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    Is this Amcrest budget camera worth it?

    Hello. I am looking to add few cameras to my house. I have Dahua cameras and looking to get few budget ones as a backup. I found 5MP Amcrest camera for $50. Here are the specs: High Resolution 5-Megapixel Ultra High Definition Video for Excellent Quality and Clarity; 5MP @20fps. 18 Powerful IR...
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