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Hmm, no way to delete your own accounts on here? Please delete my account Mr. Big Bad Administrator.

-Ha, you sound like the Apple CEO telling everyone they're holding their phones wrong. -I watched the CPU usage drop with my own two eyes when I unchecked and restarted. You try again. -It's a computer I'm running for another reason anyways so it's already on. I clearly posted a full blown...

I guess that tells you something about the lack of intuitive interface. Half of the other buttons on that screen had no function, why should those? Is that good software?? Click all the buttons until something happens? Ridiculous. You were too busy ranting, whining about someone trying to...

fenderman you can continue "schooling" me but you're simply wrong. My original question was asking about instantly playing back the previous minute or so of a camera. The first 8 posts in the thread I believe really clarified how to do what I was asking and that was great. The caveat was that...

-You call it an "idiotic parsing of words" I call it correctness. Saying something was done in a lazy manner does *not* call that person lazy. You can post in font size 75 all day long it doesn't make you any more correct. -A child can pick up a remote and find the rewind button. It sure as...

-So you hold grudges/hard feelings towards people who don't agree 100% with you. Good to know. -No need to call anyone names. -I didn't call the developer lazy. I said it was lazy development. Huge difference. Kinda like if you say someone did something idiotic, vs calling them an idiot...

I hit a button to replay something I missed. It's exactly the same thing. I wasn't wishing for features here. Don't whine at me about it if you're going to defend them tooth and nail as if it's the greatest piece of software ever developed. I asked a very clear question in my original post...

By the way, the interface is cluttered because there's a bunch of useless buttons on it. Why do I have PTZ controls wasting my UI space when my camera doesn't have it?

Yeah... instant replay... such a "nonsense" idea that every TV DVR in existence has it. Thanks for your help... kinda.

What if there was an animal that didn't trip the motion detector I wanted to see but normally don't want alerts for? I see it as a perfectly valid idea.

Ok I see now. Those area all the files available in that calendar listing, not just alerts. That was the key. You still have to kind of fidget around to get what you want but it works. Might be a nice feature to suggest (30sec/1min "instant replay"). I will probably leave motion detection...

I don't see a time bar in my app.

Just for clarification to anyone else reading this. So the mobile app does not actually have a feature which allows you to quickly rewind a camera. It does let you quickly see motion events. So if your plan is to turn off motion detection don't count on being able to quickly see the last few...

Cool, good to know.

The manual (pg 82) for the camera I'm about to receive (Hik DS-2CD2342WD-I 4mm) shows it has dynamic motion analysis with selectable regions and sensitivity levels as well as separate day/night settings and up to 8 different timing periods per day. It also lets you take several different...

Very cool, and exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!

The thing I don't get is the many of the cameras do the full blown motion detection on board. Seems more efficient to let the camera do it (presumably pre-encoding). Just my very limited $0.02 as I'm just getting into this stuff and building my home system.

Motion detection algorithms.

I've got a couple of cameras on the way and am going to use BI to record them. The computer running BI will be headless most of the time so I'll be largely using the mobile app to access the system, view recordings/live feeds, etc. What I want to know from current users is, is it pretty quick...

Wow you live like 2 miles from me :). I'm over off El Dorado near 45. You really avoid 45 on your commute, ha!

Hello, looking to get about six IP cameras, can I get a catalog?

Yeah that's another issue altogether :). She sees projects going over budget and considers just forgetting them altogether. Will see how it goes. Thanks again for the help.

I think we got mixed up. I was comparing my old i7 vs a new i7. Both draw ~130W by the spec. Granted, the newer one has a lot more features. So that HP elitdesk SFF will draw 50W at full blown recording 24-7 of several cameras? If that is really the case then I could see the benefit...

What am I misinformed on and what have I posted that you're correcting? It seems like the only place we differ in is what constitutes a "HUGE" energy difference. I even agreed with your 100W difference assessment in my calculation of $7/mo. I have been reading the forum, quite a bit. I very...

I'm not sure why but you seem very offended or something. Anyways I did do the math. Heck if I use your math it still comes out to only $7/mo difference. (2.4 KWh/day x $0.0973/KWh). I do have a killawatt and have profiled the machine before. Something tells me a brand new machine with an...

The machine is plenty powerful. It simply doesn't have that particular feature that Blue Iris uses. I've had the machine plugged in and running for over eight years and my bills are just fine. The base power draw on it vs a brand new i7 isn't any different. They just cram more cores/features...

Glad the thread helped you! I am probably going to see if my old i7 can trudge through it as I don't care to spend any cash to upgrade it either. Especially when it's a pretty powerful system all things considered (i7 920 w/8GB RAM and 10TB drive space). As I add cameras I'll see how the CPU...

Interesting thought, do you think more light and going without the infrareds would make for better video?

Thanks guys, this helps a lot. Especially to realize more and more how much I'll have to spend on the setup! :P

Thanks guys. That calculator is awesome. It looks like 4mm should work. The front of our house doesn't lend well to me putting it anywhere but that corner, as the front gable is very tall, plus the WAF is very low :(. The good news is since the truck theft she's more willing to allow more...