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  1. aaronwt

    OnHub with a two NIC BI PC

    I have two of the 4mm Hikvision 3.0MP DS-2CD2332-I cameras and four of the 2.8 mm Hikvision 3.0MP DS-2CD2432F-IW cameras over wireless(using wireless bridges at 5Ghz). As well as eight other cameras that are 720P or 480P(three over wifi). This weekend I hope to replace most of the 480P cameras...
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    Record on Drive #2?

    :shame: Thanks!! I don't know how I ever missed that before.
  3. aaronwt

    Record on Drive #2?

    Is there anyway to store the recordings on a third drive? I use a 1TB SSD for the Win10 OS and I use 650GB for the new BI4 recordings. Then I have a second 480GB SSD where I have it set to use 400GB for storage where older recordings go. IS There an option to use a thrid drive and have...
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    OnHub with a two NIC BI PC

    And it still wouldn't be able to handle my dozens of wireless devices. I use four Access Points to make sure I never have any speed or congestion issues. And that I always have an excellent signal strength with all my wireless devices. Especially with nine of my cameras constantly sending data...
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    Advice for lost power on BI PC

    No idea. Now that it's running as a service. I rarely even access BI4 from the PC running it. I do it through my tablets, cell phone, laptops, or desktop PCs. But if I do access it from the PC it's to make some changes or check something. EDIT: I just checked my BI4 machine running it as a...
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    Advice for lost power on BI PC

    Yes that should work. I used those instructions to bypass UAC in Windows 10 so I could run the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility at startup. But for BI, I never ran it as a service until Windows 10. Because my BI machine uses Windows 10 Home. So I didn't want it booting automatically and not have...
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    Advice for lost power on BI PC

    Then also run BI as a service. So once the PC boots and WIndows loads, BI will be running.
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    anyone running windows 10

    Just run BI4 as a service. This is what I do with Windows 10. Whether I log into the PC or not, BI4 is running. So I can still access BI4 remotely. Or I can log into the BI4 PC and open BI4 to view the cameras directly from the PC.
  9. aaronwt

    Windows 10

    Whatever the reason, i just needed to re-enter the key. All my files and settings were still intact. It initially came up showing that there were zero days left in the evaluation period. i was worried when i saw that at first, but luckily after entering the registration key again, all the...
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    Why does BI seem to merge recordings?

    I like this feature. I increased mine to 24 hours instead of eight. I like having one file, for each 24 hour period, for each of my fourteen cameras.
  11. aaronwt

    Windows 10

    I upgraded my Blue Iris 4 machine to Windows 10 this morning. I did need to re-enter my BI4 registration info. But after that it was fine. And using BI4 was like before the upgrade to Windows 10.
  12. aaronwt

    Performance and general questions

    I finally pulled the trigger on an Open Box ASus PC with an i7 4770 CPU with 16GB of dual channel memory. For only $500 shipped I couldn't pass it up. I stopped building PCs from scratch a few years ago since it's just so much easier and cheaper to get one already built. Hopefully the i7 4770...
  13. aaronwt

    BlueIris 4.0.3.1 x64 high memory load

    I purchased a second BI4 license a few days ago since there is still a nice 50% discount on it. Both machines I'm using BI4 on use Windows 8.1 64bit. BI4 has worked great on them. Both machines have 16GB of total memory. My primary BI4 machine uses around 2GB of memory for BI4. The secondary...
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    Performance and general questions

    Yes I think that is what it did when I tried d2d. But I like having the boxes in the recordings. I tried d2D for a few days and in the end I just didn't like it as much. Although I do have two overlays, one from the camera and one from BI4. But the camera overlay is in the upper left while the...
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    Performance and general questions

    The 3.8Ghz HP system surprisingly draws only a few watts more power than the Dell 3.1 Ghz system. A Dell is what I'm currently using with BI4. Unfortunately the Dell CPU was locked. While the CPU in the HP was unlocked. But I also paid under $400 for the brand new Dell that was normally over...
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    Performance and general questions

    Ok. I had been looking for deals on both 3rd and 4th gen but everytime I find one it seems to sell out quickly. My BI4, core i5 system is a 3rd gen. I don't use d2d in my setup since I like to have overlays and boxes around the movement detected. I also had been thinking about swapping my two...
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    BlueIris 4.0.3.1 x64 high memory load

    That seems low wih 24GB of total memory. I have 16GB in my system. Not sure what BI4 uses but I average around 5GB to 6GB of memory in use for the entire system. The only time I will use all the memory is when I put content on a BD or DVD
  18. aaronwt

    Dedicated BI server OS question. Windows 8.1 VS Windows server 2012r2?

    I use an SSD for my initial camer recordings. I have 60GB reserved for BI4. Then the videos get pushed to a 6TB platter drive for longer term storage. Many of the SSDs have no problem writing /reading many hundreds of Terabytes and higher without issues.
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    Performance and general questions

    Really still 90 to 100% with an i7 3770k. I had been looking at that or a 3790 i7. Currently I run six 3MP Hikvisions and eight 1MP or less cameras. But I need at least four of the Hikvisions recording for me to hit 90% with my 3.1 Ghz core i5. Although I do record to an SSD. So maybe that...
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    CPU Usage in MHZ?

    And what about the percentage of the CPU? I know with my PC I run BI4 on, it could be using 75% of the CPU, but it's only using one core. I run the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility in the background which keeps track of the temp, cores used, percentage etc. If I'm logged into the machine it skews...
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    High CPU Useage on 22 Camera build system

    I am currently run four 3MP Hikvision cameras and ten other cameras under 1MP. My core i5 running at 3.1 Ghz has no problem with me running them in motion detection mode. I have two more 3MP Hikvision cameras on order and hopefully I can get a few more this spring. My plan is to eventually...
  22. aaronwt

    Questions for New BI4 Install w/ Hikvision DS-2CD2332 Cameras?

    Hard drives are so inexpensive now. You can get a hard drive with 4TB of storage for $140 or less. 6TB drives for under $230.
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    Formating the hard drive for best preformance { cluster size }

    yes use the default. With these small file sizes I don't see how it would make much difference.
  24. aaronwt

    Version 4.0.1.4 (January 28, 2015) seems good.

    No problem here with updates either. My BI4 x64 updates automatically without issues. Although 4.0.1.4 updated this morning after I installed Windows updates on the PC and restarted. When BI4 opened up it said an update was available so I said yes to install it. So it downloaded it and...
  25. aaronwt

    looking for BI server spec recommendations

    I use an SSD for the OS and for the initial storage. After thirty days or a certain folder size the Blue Iris videos get moved to a platter hard drive. And then they stay there for 150 days or until the folder reaches a certain size. Then they get deleted.
  26. aaronwt

    looking for BI server spec recommendations

    Why not go with an i7-4790K? It's four cores, runs at 4ghz with 4.4 ghz turbo. And rated at a low 88 watts. While the i7-5820K might be six cores but is rated at a whopping 140 watts and only 3.3 Ghz(3.6Ghz turbo). Both CPus do two threads per core. The i7-4790K seems like a much better deal.
  27. aaronwt

    Version 4.0.1.0 (January 25, 2015) d2d high cpu

    I noticed the update to 4.0.1.1 after I had rebooted my PC with BI4 on it this morning for a Windows update. Looking right now from the BI app on Android it's showing 62% CPU usage. But I also know that this usage listed does not reflect the number of cores in use. Most of the time my PC is only...
  28. aaronwt

    I see BI4 v4.0.1.0 x64 is out

    My BI4 just updated to it. I have it set to automatically check and upgrade at 5:01PM every day.
  29. aaronwt

    direct-to-disk questions...

    I run the cameras time overlay as well as the BI4 overlay for time. So far I like doing it that way but I have not seen a need yet for the D2D option. I just added four of of the Hikvision 3MP cameras to my other cameras. I removed some of those so now I have a total of 14 cameras including the...
  30. aaronwt

    Version 4.0.0.23 (January 20, 2015)

    I let my BI4 x64 install update automatically so I have the latest bug fixes. Although since v23 came out after the auto check this evening I just initiated a manual update.
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