Recent content by Scott Ritchey

Any Frank Herbert/Dune fans here?

The profile is set to Day/Night so daytime imagery (still default/WDR) is not effected. For night, I have Brightness at 80 and Contrast at 70, Backlight at WDR, and Illuminator off. All else default. I have some IR illumination from nearby T5442 cameras (and I plan to add a dedicated...

Feedback on my experience. I previously had the 2K dual (boobie) cam ( HDBW4231F-E2-M) on the front of my house for a 180 degree surveillance overview. It worked quite well with default settings until I nearly destroyed it. It turned out that I only blistered the lens coating, as @wittaj...

Here are two identical shots from my D4231F-E2-M with the built-in IR illuminators on and off. Note the improved contrast and crispness with the IR lights off. The dome was as clean as I could get it. I think optical distortion from the actual dome may be responsible for some of the "fog"...

Thanks. I was aware of the LINOVISION/Loryta device but not the IPCamPower combiner/splitter you mentioned (which does the switch function at the source). Thanks for that information. I run (almost) everything from an older Unifi US-24-250w switch so power is not an issue (although fan...

True but that would require a PoE switch or at least a powered splitter at the cameras. There is really no good location for that unless I add some sort of utility box. In the meantime, I turned off the built-in IR illumination for that duo dome (boobie) camera and the image is much better...

The domes on these boobie cams must be clean, inside and out. As a test, I mounted the cam without the cover/domes and the images were the best ever (excellent, actually). Then I carefully cleaned the insides of the domes and re-mounted the cover while the camera mounted It was impossible to...

@wittaj: you da man!! THANK YOU so much. I removed the small rubber ring (that seals against the dome) and rubbed the front lens face with a paper towel, wetted with alcohol. That improved the image greatly but there was still some haze. So I used a genuine lens cloth which eliminated...

What @wittaj said. I'll experiment with that when I get a chance. After my misadventure, I inspected the camera about 2 a.m. and could see visible moisture trapped inside the rubber ring that surrounds the bad camera's lens. Quite possible that the long water-soak destroyed the coating and...

Sad saga with promising ending and a mystery. Sad saga: I finally got my 2mp boobie cam (HDBW4231F-E2-M) mounted and aimed the way it needed to be. In while cleaning the insides of the domes (before replacing the cover) had a fit of terminal stupidity and squirted one lens with Invisible Glass...

My i7-3770 is a HP small form factor box (about half thickness of a standard PC). The hardware is solid, factory configuration but HP never sold it with Win 10 and Intel was not eager to propose a non-HP driver. I am quite pleased to know that the GPU makes little difference. After enabling...

Is there a tutorial for Blue Iris audio? When I do a fresh start for BI it seems I can hear audio from all camera microphones on the PC running BI. If I select "audio from selected camera and mute others" (under main settings/cameras) I get exactly what I would expect (only hear selected...

Thanks for the info. Using sub-streams (except for a T2231) my CPU is running 15-20%.

Thanks. I appreciate your perspective on the effect of the GPU. I have also an i7-6700 box with GPU that does work under Win 10. I use it mainly for video where the GPU makes a difference. I was considering moving BI to that box but will hold off, at least until I go to H265. I'm trying to...

I probably answered my own question. There is not a clear change in CPU load when I disable/enable GPU in BI main settings. The 3770 seems to have enough power without GPU (12 cameras) so this isn't critical but I thought it might reduce power consumption if the GPU was helping. This does make...