Recent content by thendawg

So Im not sure what someone said about it being the "same sensor with more pixels" its not, its a diff starvis sensor entirely, but not the one I was hoping for :( So the traditional 2MP "Starlight" cameras use the IMX290/29, as far as I can tell this is using the IMX335, which is like the...

Funny, I just asked Andy about that camera, be interesting if anyone had feedback on it, it is kinda large, but still MUCH smaller footprint than a full size PTZ. IVe been very impressed with my SD22204UE-GN if you dont need IR. Im mostly curious if this is the 4MP Starvis sensor? (IMX335 or...

I think your issue is viewing it on the machine its running on which has a fairly old GPU likely not capable of hw decoding the stream. Using CPU to render video is very inefficient. So it's not actually the NVR, but the client rendering the streams. Iif youre running Windows SmartClient, it...

Although Im personally a Milestone fan, whichever VMS you go with, I agree with @looney2ns - dedicated NVR PC is def the way to go. You can pick up a cheap-ish Optiplex SFF for under $100 on ebay that will do the job just fine. Something like this - Dell Optiplex 790 SFF Intel Core i5-2400...

So Im not a fan of "app cameras" or anything requiring internet access, but I did want some type of wifi cam, that looked relatively "consumerish" for the living room. Some research later and I ended up on this Amcrest model, turns out I really like the camera - no issue setting up without...

Hmm this is very interesting, I started looking into openalpr a year or two ago, but have never bought the extra dedicated cameras for lpr (still plan to at some point). Back then I though I remember someone saying there was a forked version of openalpr from when it was still a true open source...

From what I understand the DB1 can send alarm/event information using ONVIF. If you have a locally hosted NVR/VMS thats recording the DB1 via RTSP, you can also receive these alerts via onvif then send notifications on your local network however you like. Using the Dahua service though, as it...

2nd your recommendation of the SD22204UE-GN, Ive been using one for about 6 mo now under an eve and it works great, none of the issues I worried about (rain spots, glare, etc) have actually been an issue at all lol. Its been a great camera - the lack of ir could be an issue for some, but I have...

+1 on the SD22204UE-GN if you dont need IR. I use one of these on the eve under my garage and am very impressed with the performance, keep in mind though its only a 4x zoom, the way I see it, its perfect for looking around my property (standard neighborhood lot) but much further than that and...

Wow, cant believe I hadnt manage to stumble across this. Will definitely be following as Im certainly curious to see how your SSD implementation performs. I've developed some ML notification software as well (based on tensorflow), Ive been using Faster-RCNN as I have GPU's with CUDA at my...

What about openhab? I wouldnt call working with it "programming" but it certainly is more in depth then using a point and click UI to configure everything, on the other hand its powerful, super customizable, and everything's free/open source. There's quite a bit of documentation to get a lot of...

Does your hacked fw support onvif? You need onvif capability to send onvif ptz commands to the camera, otherwise its going to require a specific driver - not sure how blue iris handles this as I havent used it. Based on the onvif profiles pdf -...

Personally, no, but Im paranoid. If I WAS going to do that, id just add an interface to pfsense for that vlan and only allow it routing to the internet specifically when I want to execute an upgrade. But still who knows how much identifiable data its sending back during the upgrade itself. I...

You seem very security conscious, use vlans with different subnets to isolate everything then route only what you want between them. Cameras should be on their own with NVR (and maybe a management box if your NVR isnt useable for the task), and Id also recommend putting your kids, IoT, and...

Im running pfSense on an older SFF Optiplex (2nd gen i5) with 4GB Ram and a quad port NIC - think I have like $75 in it lol. As for a VPN, that depends on the VPN performance wise, there are some with 500mbit+ packages if you're willing to pay. A VPN is also useful to obfuscate your identity to...