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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    Thank you! And yeah, I'm using SetPoint on a couple computers presently on Windows 10, mainly to change or disable Logitech's hotkeys. I'll gladly test anything you'd like if you don't want to install the software yourself.
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    @bp2008 - have you used UI2 in Edge at all, while using the Logitech Setpoint software? With Setpoint installed and using Edge, zooming in to a camera to simulate digital zoom doesn't work properly. Edge zooms to max zoom (50x) even if you move the mousewheel just one notch, rather than doing a...
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    Ah, so that was the trouble? I had switched over to your new login a couple months ago when you posted the preview files. Thanks again, anyway!
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    That fixed it right up!
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    BP, you're awesome as usual, but I get the same error as srglassw. I'm using Edge to view UI2, but the new version definitely has a login error when trying to login from LAN that does not occur when trying to login from WAN. I'm sure you'll sort it out - thank you for the continued updates to...
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    What is better for blueiris more cpu cores or GHz?

    Only on motion. I get about 50 days of recording with this setup. If the cams were recording 10 hours a day that capacity would drop substantially. I'm now running 24 cams (will be adding another one in a couple months), and the system is working just great. Slurps about 70 watts of power...
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    Well of course they already have a tool! Thanks for the link.
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    Just updated 24 cameras today - mostly 2432 and 2442 cubes, and a handful of 2142 outdoor cams. Aside from taking a while, every (US, retail) camera took the firmware update no problem. I do wish Hikvision Tools had a firmware update feature built into it, rather than having to update from the...
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    I suppose I'll be spending Monday morning updating 24 cameras at work! Real talk though - privilege escalations are one of the most severe kinds of exploits out there. I hope anyone that has an internet-facing camera buttons it up quick.
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    Using VLANs made sense to me because the PoE switches I needed to power the cams had the functionality built in already. If your setup works well, I'd say leave it. The more important factor is that the cameras are adequately segmented and firewalled from the outside.
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    Logging is going. When you disable all traffic from Hiks to the internet, I first found that some cams will constantly try to pound 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS server). I unblocked 8.8.8.8, since DNS traffic will likely be innocuous (though there are IP over DNS methods, I doubt the Hik cams employ...
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    I haven't been monitoring it, but it's well within pfSense's capability to mark IPs and monitor their traffic. If I see anything strange, I'll come back and report it.
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    Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras

    Of course, security is a huge concern in this day and age. Even before the "hacks" of default-passworded devices became publicized, Dahua cams (and probably Hiks too) had been observed communicating with IPs in China for unclear reasons. For Hiks, I think the answer is two-fold - disable...
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    Bottom line is, if it has a Windows 7 key it will activate on Windows 10. If it is a Windows 8 key in the BIOS, installing Windows 8 and then updating to Windows 10 will work. It is an OEM computer, so it has a valid key for it. Even if someone unscrupulous took the key on the COA and tried to...
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    The reason there's no 8 COA is because it's all BIOS-based. Windows 8 will automatically activate on these systems.
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    Fair point. If you buy that system, download the Windows 8 install media directly from Microsoft. Then download the Windows 10 install media directly from Microsoft.
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    Win8 COA, listed pretty clearly. These are systems that often have valid Windows licenses even built into the BIOS. Chances are Windows 8 would activate without even entering a key, and then you could update to Windows 10 for free. However, you can skip all that by building a Win 10 install...
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    DS-2CD2032F-I for $17 on Amazon?

    You won't receive a package. Seller will mark it as shipped with real or fake shipping info, then disappear. Since they are a 3rd party seller, when you go through Amazon's interface to get your money back there will be no automatic way for you to do so. You'll be prompted to call/email someone...
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    Sure it does. Win 8 COA which will active Win 10 perfectly. Even if it didn't, Win 10 was and continues to be freeware.
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    New day, new deals. Here's a remarkable deal on an i5-6500 from Ebay. If it were me, I would go for this i5-3570 from Ebay. The system is more than enough to run 10 cameras, but it is slightly less power efficient than the 6th generation processor listed above.
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    Good value for BI hardware?

    Ebay sometimes has the HP Elite i5-6500 machines quite a bit cheaper, but not always. $450 for that computer is not a great deal, in my opinion.
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    Blue Iris "user" server access?

    Why can't you set the recording up to be automatic (motion/sound based), give Blue Iris enough drive space to keep a decent backlog of recordings, and automate the scheduling? All of these things are what Blue Iris was designed to do, and taking power away from BI to let a human manually do it...
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    is BI & hikvision cameras more secure than using hik cameras & hik nvr?

    We're using pfSense, so I ended up blocking all traffic to WAN on the camera VLAN, while selectively allowing NTP traffic to go through so the cams can periodically set their own time. Works great!
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    is BI & hikvision cameras more secure than using hik cameras & hik nvr?

    On this same note, I've read on the Dahua forum that some Dahua cams are phoning home to China. Anyone know if Hiks do the same? I suppose I should enable logging on my firewall for one of the cameras and check myself.
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    Xeon 1225: 8x2MP: CPU Utilization?

    Since that's a Xeon with integrated graphics, it'll hardware decode just fine. My guess for CPU - interface closed - 20-25% usage, interface open 30-35%.
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    Windows 10. Can updates be reliably disabled?

    It is possible to disable automatic updates. Old school way is to just open Services and disable the update service, but if you do this you won't be able to check for new updates until you start the service. Better way is to install and use the Windows Update Minitool. This lets you disable...
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    Budget Server

    The RAM will add a negligible amount of increased power consumption. However, bringing it from 4 to 8 GB will let you use the server for other purposes, if you wish. Some ideas of extra use would be: file server, IRC relay, always-on torrent/usenet downloader, using Hyper-V in Windows to run...
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    Budget Server

    4 GB will be enough, if all the machine does is run BI. With 4x as many cams my BI sits at ~2.5gb of RAM used, according to UI2 interface.
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    (16) 3MP Camera System

    I would almost rather move to a political discussion than continue on this course, and I hate politics. You and I pretty much only agree to disagree, so I'm still waiting for someone to produce power consumption figures of Blue Iris running on an i5-6500 with any number of cameras. Come on...
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    (16) 3MP Camera System

    Yeah that guy has a Plex server with who knows how many hard drives full of files he serves. Our C2Q is a lowly, stock Optiplex 7600, probably with the original hard drive from 8 years ago. Truth is, I never suggested for anyone to get a C2Q - you created that narrative yourself. My first and...
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