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  1. DanDenver

    Creating Folders For Dates

    I rarely look at footage older than 2 weeks. So in BI I set up the clips to be in the new folder for only 14 days. This keeps the clip section (on the left side in the browser) short and sweet. It is extremely quick and easy to navigate clips. My wife became a clip ninja almost instantly with...
  2. DanDenver

    4K driveway cam?

    Whichever direction, avoid the soffit in the image. It is, and will be, negatively affecting the exposure of the image.
  3. DanDenver

    Streaming outdoor cam via wifi -- where do I start?

    Or just go with a complete all in one solution. It notifies you when a bird arrives, takes its picture, identifies and organizes what bird it is. No streaming live to the world, but fills all your other requirements. Remember, he will have to review all that footage he captures and perform a...
  4. DanDenver

    Low light - what to look for?

    I also have zero familiarity with any type of bullet. Can’t use a bullet to compare to anything so I made up this chart which simply tells you what is good/borderline/bad for night time motion capturing: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/night-time-camera-selection-w-motion-involved.64938/
  5. DanDenver

    AI still has improvements to be realized

    Here is an article showing how easy it can be to trick AI into not seeing a person. Just by wearing a t-shirt with a specific pattern on it. I am guessing that future iterations of AI will be able to close these recognition loopholes...
  6. DanDenver

    BI vs NVR

    All good thoughts for a business. But for residential use, a tad overkill. However I understand everyone has a different understanding of what 'secure' is
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    BI vs NVR

    You make a VPN sound daunting with words like ‘infrastructure’. I think this characterization is a tad misleading as setting up a VPN is pretty straightforward.
  8. DanDenver

    BI vs NVR

    You don’t mention what it is you are monitoring. Its important to match the camera security solution to the concern at hand. If it is pets, house-sitter, babysitter while you are away: NVR If it is your car, garage, yard, something of financial value: BI No matter what direction you take...
  9. DanDenver

    Looking for a poe camera solution

    That feature is called AI (artificial intelligence). It ‘weeds’ out the false alerts and is pretty effective. There is no right or wrong as to whether you lean towards the AI being in the camera or in the PC. The bottom line is that AI needs to be in your equipment chain somewhere. For me, I...
  10. DanDenver

    Looking for a poe camera solution

    Get it and forget it!! That is what I did with my NVR. But what a mistake. Quality of night time movement videos was non-existent. And hey! No charge for all the hundreds (and over 4 years, thousands) of false alerts. After 4 years of being very stubborn, I moved to BI and I will never repeat...
  11. DanDenver

    Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-HDW5849H-ASE-LED / IPC-Color4K-T - 2.8mm Turret

    Encode settings are not associated with profiles. Meaning the camera has only one setting for the encode rate per stream. But you can change the encode settings for a chosen stream using the HTTP API Search for this section in the following Dahua API doc: 4.4.4 SetVideoEncodeConfig This is the...
  12. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    It is good to know your are well versed in hardware and software. Security cams are an awesome way to stay engaged, I plan to do the exact same. I am 59. This is appearing more and more as an authentication (auth) concern. From what you are telling me, you don’t have the proper auth...
  13. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    Without the proper auth I feel no tool will help you. When you reset your cameras (one at a time) were you able to log in? You have indicated that you can reach the login page. This indicates that you are successfully hitting the camera and simply cannot log in. So this is good news. Just need...
  14. DanDenver

    Almost ready

    Yes
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    Almost ready

    If this is important to you, I suggest you have AI somewhere in your equipment chain. It can be: x) in each individual camera x) deployed in a container that BI makes calls to x) deployed as a windows service that BI makes calls to x) located in a NVR x) any combination above that you prefer...
  16. DanDenver

    Almost ready

    Here is a great diagram of an ideal comnfiguration for BI It was created by @TonyR It uses the dual NIC approach which is recommended. I bought a second NIC just last week, but have been unsuccessful in getting a subnet to work. Maybe another cup of coffee!
  17. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    2011? So your cameras are 11 years old. Are they POE? Do you have subnets? How are you constructing your camera URL? Manually, from bookmark, through BI, etc I am not sure what this sentence means: Now everybody is hacking everything and the tools are disappearing. What tool disappeared? Was...
  18. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    Yes! This could be the issue right there. Please try other browsers. Try: IE, Chrome, Safari, Edge, etc.
  19. DanDenver

    Almost ready

    In todays world for security cameras and the layman, there is work and research to be done. The only way to avoid that is to engage with a professionall security company. The reason is that each install is so unique. I think your install helps to illustrate that. Needing power backup that can...
  20. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    If you no longer have the proper auth credentials for the camera, then your best course of action would be to reset the camera. Some people on this forum also suggest using a different browser if you are having difficulty logging into a camera or making changes to the camera after you have...
  21. DanDenver

    View and set in Browser?

    Can you provide more detail? You infer they did, what changed? What is the error you receive? Do you have subnets? What was the URL you used back when your earlier browser did work? Have you tried that URL? How are you constructing your URL? From bookmarks? Manually? Is your camera setup using...
  22. DanDenver

    Codeproject or deepstack

    They say that SenseAI is ready for migration to their offering, but if you read the (super long) thread in this forum it just makes me want to wait until a few more revisions are released. I just don’t want to be a beta adopter, too much else going on in my life. However I am excited to make...
  23. DanDenver

    Problems upgrading firmware

    Thoughts that in general do not apply to this particular area of concern. Broad sweeps of this philosophical approach do not necessarily apply to all things technical. I know as I am technical and have learned this to be a valid point.
  24. DanDenver

    Covered Front Porch camera Placement

    What is it that you are struggling with? This part is not clear to me so trying to understand. Sounds like you have tried a few locations, but I did not catch what was not working for you.
  25. DanDenver

    Hello, complete newbie here.

    Uh… anytime someone brings up 17 year old equipment I am not sure what to think. I think it might work if you personally are monitoring via the equipment (monitor). I mean at that point all you need is the ability to view what is happening via an external camera. But for me, I can’t do that. I...
  26. DanDenver

    Are restarts normal? Solved issue.

    They need to be manually refreshed every few days. I use Chrome and am too lazy to run a script to refresh them every so often. So when I walk by i just manually refresh the page on whichever tablet is showing the orange clock. Between the 3 of them I am refreshing one of them roughly every...
  27. DanDenver

    Are restarts normal? Solved issue.

    Huh. I have 2 iPads and an android set up permanently around my house so that I can see outside conveniently. My BI restarts about every other day as well. This could explain those restarts. It has been happening for so long (restarts) I just thought that was how BI behaved.
  28. DanDenver

    PC version: 5.5.6.15 Upgrade to Later Version

    I versioned up to 5.6.2.10 about 2 weeks ago. I run DeepStack on CPU. I have not had any issues. I versioned up as out of the blue BI prevented me from setting my cameras to record anything longer than 30 seconds prior to the trigger. I prefer 60 seconds but can no longer set anything above 30...
  29. DanDenver

    IPC-T5442 (4MP) vs. new IPC-Color4K-T?

    There are many threads on this subject and I have not researched this. I pay little attention to budget when it comes to my security systems as I will probably only need them once or twice in my life, but they damn well better work on those occasions. So I purchased a high end PC. Deepstack does...
  30. DanDenver

    Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-HDW5849H-ASE-LED / IPC-Color4K-T - 2.8mm Turret

    I think you have some valid points about the differences. However motion videos at night are what concern me. How well do they catch motion when a perp is most likely to make a move.
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