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    Amouranth Breaks Down Full Video of Attempted Crypto Robbery - Colion Noir

    For someone with a panic room (if it's actually legit and not just a closet) you would think they would rely on more than just cloud based cameras. Yes, they had on masks, but all the more reason to have a good system and access to the means necessary to protect yourself.
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    I need more hobbies.. Working on a PVC post discrete camera housing... (a better birdhouse)

    I want another view for anyone coming up the walk to the house and have wanted to add a camera at about 42-48" high on the approach to my front door. This has been something I have been thinking about for a while now. Originally I bought one of the small, wooden birdhouses and was going to use...
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    Honey has been a scam this entire time.

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    Teaser Info and Mini Review - Empiretech B52IR-X3 Triple Lens Camera

    I just received my B52IR-X3 triple lens camera and wanted to throw up some information to answer some questions. I won't go into a full, in depth review but do plan to add more information to the first couple posts of this thread as I find time. You can currently purchase this through Andy's...
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    Skycam rig finally pays off.

    Some of you may remember my post about the last meteorite that fell and was only captured on potatoes. Well, we had another one come down last night, and I got some pretty good captures this time.
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    Black Friday things to look for?

    Anything tech related to keep an eye on for Black Friday? I was wanting to replenish my stock of SD cards, but damn they shot up in price. Any other options? This is what I have been using: Samsung 128gb SD Card Viofo A229 Pro Dash Cam - $239.99 Steamemo 5 port POE switch - $23.19 1 Gigabit...
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    Hindsight is biting my friend after theft, need opinion on camera layout.

    A while back, I asked some questions for some friends who were interested in putting systems in at their houses. Well, one of them came home to find his lawnmower gone and reports from the neighbors about missing stuff as well. Hindsight being what it is.... His main concern for now is to get a...
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    Happy Halloween! I got a rock...

    I decided to try an experiment for Halloween. I feel the results were skewed because the bowls weren't monitored and kids were able to take fistfuls of candy, but the rocks still had a pretty good showing at 16lbs, of the original 30lbs, handed out. I don't think it helped that a lot of...
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    Scene color/saturation changes with motion?

    This isn't the end of the world to find a fix for, but just curious why the scene will be a little washed out/dull until any motion is in the FOV and then the saturation/color will change. Settings are basic for Day: typical exposure, low gain, no Backlight, WB set to Outdoor. Z12E-S2 Below is...
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    A Skycam Double Rainbow

    It's hard to see the second rainbow, but we had some storms roll through yesterday and I was able to capture a pretty nice rainbow last night. You can just see the second rainbow to the right and left.
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    Best Practice for Profile Scheduling in BI - Looking for Opinions on Recording Logic

    I am going through and making adjustments to my camera settings and can't decide which logic makes the most sense when it comes to switching Day Profile to Night Profile. Currently some of my more important cameras have two profiles. Active: Uses BI Motion and IVS ONVIF triggers. Records Cont...
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    Some cameras are just missing footage from the same window every day?

    BI v5.7.7.14 I have 5 of my 30+ cameras that just decide to stop recording around 7am every morning, and then carry on like normal when the next hour segment hits. I was wanting to post a video of the sound of the mini-PTZ R2D2ing. I had planned to use one of my driveway cams that is 30' away...
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    Why are TV Cameras still HUGE and expensive?

    I stumbled across this video and thought it to be interesting. I didn't understand all of it, but it gave me a better understanding about cameras in general. They also show the difference in 8.4mm and 900mm focal lengths. I wish they would have said how far away the subject was though.
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    Prime95 and Mersenne Primes?

    I just watched a Veritasium video on Youtube about Prime and Perfect Numbers and have decided to download and run Prime95. Is anyone else doing this? Much of the information on their forum is severely outdated (20+ years) and I had some questions about the work/testing options...
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    Help with troubleshooting artifacts? on my 4K-T180s

    I made some updates to my sky rig which involved turning the whole thing 90*. In doing so it changed the scenes and I am seeing artifacts I didn't see before, possibly due to lighting. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot if it's a setting issue or a hardware issue? I am seeing this with three...
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    Chrome Remote Desktop immediately drops connection, can't seem to figure it out

    I have no clue where to post this, so it's going here. Presuming my Remote Desktop has been working normally up to this point, it is now only letting me log in for around 10 seconds and then dropping connection. It doesn't matter if I go BI PC to Office PC or Office PC to BI PC. Here are the...
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    Exposure: Range or Fixed? Which is better?

    Which exposure method is better to use? A range or a fixed value? I have seen a lot of comments in regards to exposure where the response was a fixed number and I am questioning whether I should adjust mine or not. Most, if not all, of my cameras are running around 3.33ms and 20-25 gain during...
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    A sky cam sunrise.

    This is another reason I wanted level East and West sky cams and have North and South tilted up; to get the sunrises and sunsets.
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    First good Sky Cam footage - Geminid Meteor Shower

    It took some scrubbing to find some good ones, but here is some meteor action from early this morning with my Sky Cam Rig.
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    Replacing my weatherstation. Which one?

    It's time to replace my weather station. Any recommendations with the Cyber Monday offerings on Amazon? I was considering this one: https://a.co/d/5yEcmYt
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    What to do with this pile of Lorex MPX cameras?

    I am in the process of purging crap to get my basement tidied up and have this pile of 8 bullet and 4 turret cameras that I keep moving around. They’re from my Lorex MPX system that I no longer use since switching to IP cams. 8x LBV2711S-C 4x LEV2712S-C As far as I know they all still work...
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    Ubiquiti P2P setup for passing standard LAN and IPC LAN?

    I have a friend who had some items stolen from his truck and has realized that his cameras were not up to snuff. He has since purchased two of Andy's varifocals and we are in the process of getting them setup. He has a couple out buildings that he would like to eventually put cameras on, but...
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    I put together a sky/roof rig with (4) 180* Color4K cams...

    I decided I wanted to see ALL of the things... After some posts on here about weather and watching the sky, and wishing I would have had my own, better footage when a meteorite came down a few months ago..., I figured I would put together my own sky cam rig. And, because I can't just do things...
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    Lightning strike on neighbor's house.

    We just had a storm roll through and my neighbor's house got hit by lightning. Unfortunately this is the only view I have of it, but it's still not bad. I wish I would have had my sky cams up, but now I am worried they will be a target for lightning. The dilemma... Camera: IPC-E35IR-AS (5MP...
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    Which covers have you noticed are able to defeat your LPR?

    Other than the 3M plates, I have noticed that there are some plates that my camera has a hard time picking up. What have you all found/noticed in your LPR captures that prevents your camera from getting a good OCR? I am also seeing more and more Flock systems in my area and am curious how well...
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    I caught me a Looky-loo

    From what I can tell I caught my first lawn looky-loo this morning. I am one of the few in my neighborhood who keeps the sidewalk edged and takes care of their lawn through the summer. This guy seems to be either appreciative or surprised.
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    AI is being used to create literal wi-fi cameras.

    This stuff is scary.
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    Varifocal vs Fixed focal length comparison.

    I know there are a couple other threads on this, but I wanted to make my contribution. It is always highly suggested for new installs to first get a varifocal and then use it to determine the focal length you need for a given field of view. I had replaced one of my varifocals with a fixed...
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    MP/s of my system and are there any concerns with adding?

    I saw MP/s mentioned the other day so I decided to look into the Wiki to calculate my system. I am running 32gb of DDR4 ram with an i7-10700K using Quick Sync (benchmark is shown as 18,998). I think I have a memory leak and need to update the driver, but memory is typically 42-50% and CPU is...
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    Prime Day Deals Thread

    I came across some deals I thought worthy of sharing and wanted to post them. Most Prime Day deals include 6% rewards (instead of the usual 5%) when using your Amazon credit card, but some offer even more. Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - $129.99 (6% back)...
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