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If it could run under VMWare that would be fine, though I've heard there are all sorts of problems with that. But the overall design of the program and many other things about it I just really don't like. Though most NVRs I've seen are equally bad if not worse. Actually Moonfire NVR is looking...

Not quite as straight forward as it might seem. In Arizona, only the rear plate is required. For the direction that truck went, there are a few places I could get away with. For the other direction, not so much. Per the HOA rules, no wiring can be visible. In addition, there's a big tree in that...

When I say inferior, I'm speaking strictly in terms of LPR usage.

Possibly, I don't know if that was their routine, just speculation on my part. Given they got a u-haul truck, I think it's unlikely they wouldn't have it planned out in some way. Curious whether the truck was rented or stolen.

Wait how is it that the HFW5241E-Z12E does so well with a 1/2.8" sensor? I thought the standard these days was 1/1.8"? My current cameras have that and do remarkably well, especially considering they have a 111 degree FOV and still managed to catch the last two letters of that plate from 50 feet...

Does all of this apply even if the cars will only be driving 30mph max? This particular area isn't practical to drive any faster, even if you're wanting to burn rubber, because the roads are narrow and short.

Understood. Is there any advantage of the Z4E over the Z12 at all in real world usage?

Kind of wonder if I should position an LPR camera in a similar position to the one in my second youtube link. I think that distance is only about 50ft, possibly less. Is there a practical possibility of being able to spot both people and plates at that shorter distance? And if so, is there an...

Likely California, but not here as we haven't loosened any criminal penalties in recent memory. I think in this case there may be an organized crime element. These neighbors own a local restaurant, and I think they may have been getting cash for something related to the business, and it may be...

The problem is it doesn't show video when I do that, it just shows a blank feed with text saying to install the plugin. Installing the plugin doesn't help.

Is it viable to use this camera to try to see faces during the day and night as well? Say people walking on the adjacent sidewalks? Or is it only really practical to tune them to being able to get maximum contrast for license plates? Sadly there's pretty much only one place I can viably install...

I think she was in her garage, my guess is she didn't see him walking up the first time.

Doesn't seem to work for me. Also I don't understand what you mean by 'explorer baked into the nvr', how would that even happen?

I want to be able to ditch internet explorer completely though, i.e. eliminate it 100% from the work flow. These newer firmwares don't do that? Also one thing I should qualify is that I don't care if the plate reading is automatic, just so long as I can play back the video later and spot it is...

Had a robbery happen at a neighbor's house a few hours ago: Perp was in the uhaul truck, followed them home from the bank, robbed them at gunpoint, even fired shots but nobody was injured. Sadly, this is the best I have of the license plate: AFAIK the police don't have any leads yet...

For me, it means keeping door to door salesmen and missionaries out. So much fewer of those when you're gated, and when they do show up you can call the police to haul their asses to jail (up to a 6 month jail sentence in Phoenix if you pass through an open gate with no trespassing or soliciting...

Do they make a 12x zoom version of this camera?

I just put all of them at 4k with h.265 and 15fps with VBR. Probably should do a bit more adjustment but I have had to put this on the back burner

I wouldn't say I'm happy with the NVR, it just does the minimum. That, and I'm starting to see the ugly side of the people detection, it's been getting false positives when a dog wanders in my yard, even detecting the dog as a vehicle sometimes, and so far this has happened only once within the...

I haven't settled on a VMS yet, haven't been happy with any of them. Right now I'm letting this NVR do the recording.

What is the maximum iframe interval?

dynamic iframe interval sounds nice, I see why it has a higher processing demand

FYI, turning on the super codec (not sure what it even is) disables all of the people/vehicle detection features and leaves you with regular motion detection. Whatever it does, it's not worth losing those features IMO. Was pulling my hair out over this earlier because I couldn't figure out why...

Well I shouldn't say junk, but it's nothing to write home about. I guess it's standard fare for a chinese GUI, but its usability is crap, you literally have to use the mouse for everything (the hardware seems to support a keyboard, but the GUI doesn't) which means doing a lot of things that are...

This kit often goes on sale at $100 off the current price: https://www.costco.com/lorex-4k-ultra-hd-8-channel-ip-security-system-with-8-smart-deterrence-4k-(8mp)-cameras-with-color-night-vision.product.100499244.html The NVR is junk but at $699 + tax the cameras are worth it IMO. That...

Figured out how to control when and how the LEDs activate, you have to go to the Event tab, then IVS, then set the deterrence light for each rule you have configured. These rules seem to be pretty good at detecting people instead of i.e. trees, though I haven't tested it a whole lot yet. But the...

So I gave the LNE8964AB a try, and it has very bad low light performance compared to the bullet version. Can't set to anything faster than 1/60 exposure at night, so back to Amazon it goes. Meanwhile, the bullet versions of these cameras perform beyond my expectations, I just need to figure out...

Anybody know the meaning of the 4th digit in the IPC model nomenclature? I see some cameras with a 2 there but the decoder chart in the cliff notes only mentions 0 and 1 being options.

I'm in need of two varifocal cameras for seeing people and cars down the street, and I'm looking at the turret version of these cameras (LNE8964AB) because it has a sweet spot I'm looking for in terms of resolution and FOV according to IPVM. Problem is, how well will it perform at night? One of...

Based on both the distance and the angle that I need for this particular camera, I think I'll need an 8MP varifocal camera with a 1/1.8" cmos. Do they make such a thing right now? Or at least, here's what I'm finding: According to IPVM, I'm getting roughly the same image with the 1813E at 6mm...