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For some odd reason, BI started opening with two windows. The main control is blank, but it opens a second desktop frame for the video. This is annoying as hell.. why is it doing this and how do I stop it?

This is stunning... This guy started off jumping out of helicopters with his jet powered flying wing years ago.. He's flown in formation with passenger airliners... and now he no longer needs a plane. Watch the video when he takes off, transitions to forward flight, and climbs nearly straight...

Tried looking around but not finding the answer I'm looking for. My PC uses about 160 watts of juice when turned on... it adds up when the computer has to run 24hrs a day. So I'm wondering, has anyone ever put a kill-o-watt meter on their NVR system to see how much power it ACTUALLY uses...

I'm looking for a solution that would enable my android device to view a wifi camera without any router, internet, or cell phone service. There are apps out there called "wifi direct" where two wifi devices can connect directly to each other but I'm not sure how that works. Do both devices need...

I'm using an IPC-HDW2231 camera from Andy. When I'm using IP Cam Viewer Lite (app) on my tablet to view my camera, I can turn my IR Lights on and off with it. I was looking around in the Blue Iris software on my PC and I don't see any options for this. Did I miss it?

I understand that the size of the pixels on the sensor basically determines their low light sensitivity performance. The larger the pixel, the more photons which hit it. So what I'm wondering is, if a 4mp camera is set to a 2mp output, will the sensor's low light performance increase any...

So I bought a couple of those Tendelux 80ft IR illuminators and hung one off a ladder just to see its effects. WOW.. I'm impressed. They say 80ft but the treeline 120 feet away is lit up quite well. So here's my question.. My biggest problem is that the IR's on the camera are causing...

I have a dahua IPC-HDW2231-something something from Andy. Works great, really impressed with the night vision. I'm having a problem with my kid's android. She has a 7 inch Samsung Tab-A and I set it up so that all she has to do is open "IP Cam Viewer Lite" and she can see the stream coming...

When you folks use the standard RJ45 ethernet connector on an outdoor camera, are you greasing them when you make the connection or do you just plug the ethernet cable into the camera's pigtail?

My Blue Iris triggers an alert ever morning when the camera switches from IR (Black and white) to daytime, and every evening when it reverses the operation. Is there a way to stop this?

Someone posted a graphic of the different sensor sizes and I can't find it.. Found a few charts on google but they always seem to be missing certain sizes and are useless.. Anyone know where that chart is at? It shows rectangular boxes with all the common sizes in there.. good for...

I've been looking at the various Dahua PTZ Cameras.. What a wide price range to pick from. But I have a question about them I'm hoping someone can answer.. Not so technical in nature. What are these camera's designed to do? I mean, the PTZ is controlled by motors yes? How long will these motors...

So my wife works for a small business with a home office. She's been working there for a bit over 20 years.. watched their children grow up, etc. The owner, very wealthy and a bit of a ditz, had some security company come out and install what my wife is calling "Amazon cameras". I know...

I'm considering purchasing a Tendelux IR Illuminator (AI4 80ft range). Thing is, from the camera to my treeline is about 100 feet and I'm wondering if the AI4 illuminator will be enough. I actually plan to purchase two of them. The camera in the middle, and the IR Illuminators placed about 10...

Been playing with the camera now for a week and just got around to figuring out the ROI tab. I'm a bit confused. Its called the "Region Of Interest" and is supposedly forces more detail in the video in the area you select. This doesn't make any sense because why wouldn't someone just...

I need to figure out how to allow my android tablets at home to access the LAN but block them from the WAN. My ISP provides a DSL modem with a built in router/firewall. Cat5 line from DSL outside comes in, has 4 ports for computers going out, slow WIFI, etc.. Modem software interface...

Thinking of buying a couple of these Tendelux units.. The IR illuminator on my DH-IPC-HDW2231R-ZS lights up most of what I want, but is dark on the sides. Has good range, no so good spread. I see them on Amazon with some negative reviews about moisture getting inside and various failures. I...

The tablet app seems to be working quite well.. its a bit flaky on the android tablet though but I'm working through it. If I don't close the app when I put the tablet down, it takes a while before it will reconnect via the LAN when I pick it up and swipe the screen. When viewing live video...

When I'm viewing live video on my android tablet, everything works fine, but when I go to look at saved clip, the screen flashes black, then to a frame, then black again. Does this about every second.. 1/2 second of picture, 1/2 second of black frame. Do I have to download Java or activix...

Hi folks, My camera is up and working well with Blue Iris. Still working out some bugs, but I've noticed two very annoying issues in the camera itself that i was hoping I could get some help with. Problem 1) The camera keeps logging me out after I log in. After watching it for a while and...

Screwing around with the BI interface, I started playing with the clips and noticed something strange. Next to the thumbnail is a clip length indicator that shows how long the clip is. I have clips that read 04h52m31s I take this to mean the clip is 4 hours 52 minutes and 31...

So I bought a cam from Andy and its working good. I installed a 128 GB Sandisk card. When I went into the camera software after running the camera for a while, It showed the card as having a bit of memory used.. GREAT! Then I started clicking on stuff to see what it does. When I...

Going to buy a POE switch to mount in a NEMA enclosure box outside for my cameras. I already have an ethernet line running to my solar system's inverter and am wondering if the POE switch will damage the inverter because its just a regular ethernet device that does not need POE. If this is...

Been looking around and learning the different ways BI can alert me to a triggered camera, but none seem to fit what I want. Is there a way for BI to send an alert to my WIFI (LAN) Android device WITHOUT a connection to the internet? Just using the Local Area Network only? When I use the...

Anyone ever try to modify one of those solar landscape lights to use an IR LED? Wondering if they're powerful enough to make any difference to security camera.

What do you guys recommend for a wireless IP Camera? I prefer the wired cameras and that's how I'm setting up my system, but I want to purchase one wireless camera that I can hook up to a portable battery power supply with a solar panel so it can be moved around if needed.

I bought a Dahua turret camera that accepts a MicroSD card for internal storage. I'm having difficulty understanding how this works. I own a dash cam in my car and I learned the hard way that MicroSD cards can only be written to a certain number of times before they fail. If I leave my dash...

SO I bought a couple IP camera's off ebay.. Seller claims they are Dahua IPC-HFW4300S OEM version.. there are no markings on them, nothing on the boxes, instructions, etc.. so I suspect they might be fakes or something. Anyhow, while wrestling trying to get them hooked up, another member here...

HI, I bought an IP camera from Ebay. Its supposed to be a Dahua IPC-HFW4300S but the listing says its an OEM version. There are no brand name marks, and when I google the model number, it doesn't look the same either. I have an angled octagon type sun shade where the photos I google show a...

Hi guys, I'm trying to find an outdoor IP Camera with 940nm leds that can't be seen. I'd prefer a bullet style camera, don't need anything super fancy, but would like a 2mp or 4mp unit were the leds can not be seen with a human eye. Bought a Dahua for a friend and it works good but you can...