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I finally have my NVR going and plan to start installing cameras outdoors. I bought the Hikvision AcuSense DS-2CD2386G2-I and the Hikvision DarkFighter DS-2CD2785G0-IZS to test this out and see which I like better. The turret sits pretty flush with the surface/side of my house out of the box...

I'm thinking of a possible, alternative route: server with Xeon CPU. According to intel's site, the newest Xeon CPUs that support QSV are the W-10855M (passmark score of 17353) and the W-1270 (passmark score of 19704). They're pretty small sample sizes for those 2 CPUs though. I've looked at...

I have to look into substream. Is it applicable even if I want to record continuously on all 19 cameras as opposed to motion detection?

I read through some of the guides and posts here and was wondering if I could get CPU advice for my Blue Iris server build. I plan on having 19 cameras (8MP) recording continuously in H.265. According to my calculations, at 10fps, I will hit 1520 MP/s; at 15 fps, I will hit 2280 MP/s; at 20fps...