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Hi all, I've cloned a few cameras to set up different trigger zones that would immediately alert me if someone enters a certain part of my property. I disabled all recording on these cloned cameras to avoid duplicating video and wasting storage space. I selected the original camera as the...

I'm concerned about, for example, if a car drives past my home and triggers BI to send an alert, I'll get an alert that shows a vehicle driving by. Now, if a subject immediately exits that vehicle and comes on my driveway checking doors, since it's still within the time frame of that original...

Anyone give this update a try yet? How does it change the motion/trigger/alert settings options?

I need to bump my video drive storage from 4tb to 8tb with a new WD Purple drive. However, the 4tb still works just fine and I don’t exactly want to just throw it aside and not use it. Any way I can incorporate the 4tb into my BI system after installing the 8tb? PC is an HP Prodesk 600 G1

My IOS push notifications for BI app have been taking forever to come in, and also not including the 3D rich push notification picture that I wanted. This is whether I am at home or connected through the VPN away from home. I just turned off 3d rich notifications (alert image) and now my push...

Dahua website says 5442 is EOL- any word on what they are replacing it with? https://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/productDetail/33357?us

Are there any camera options available in a 2MP 1/1.8 sensor size with IR? Wouldn’t those perform better in low light than the 5442 with 4MP at 1/1.8?

Hi all, Three settings I'm having trouble finding the details on.. 1) Auto Iris- What exactly does this setting do? And using manual shutter/gain, should this be on or off? 2) Exposure comp- What exactly does this setting do? I understand that it brightens/darkens the image, however what are...

Hi all, In the image, I have zoomed in my 5231 in an attempt to be within identification range at the sidewalk/street, approximately 50ft. I noticed once zoomed in that the picture was really only clear towards the center and right half of the screen, while the left side with the leaves and out...

Just received a couple 5442’s which will be an addition to my five 5231’s that are a few years old. Im interested in utilizing the vehicle and human detection AI on the 5442’s and I’m curious on how that set up with Blue Iris will look different than the 5231‘s. I’m assuming that I won’t be...

Hi all. Recently, my 6 month old 4TB WD purple drive has randomly been spiking to 100%, causing issues when playing back clips. It will spike to 100% even when not playing clips and when BI is just running in the background, minimized, as a service. CPU doesn't necessarily spike either and stays...

Just switched from ATT Uverse to Metronet Fiber. I had configured the ATT router/modem NVG589 to be used solely as a modem, passing through to my Asus AC1900 to be used as the router. I used the Asus due to it's OpenVPN functionality and accessed my BI system (on a PC) from outside of the...

Does your home internet speed affect the BI system? For example, internet in my area is terrible and the max I can currently get is 50 down and 5 up. I notice when I view BI remotely it can be jittery. Could this be related to internet speed? Also, I am getting ready to switch to fiber optic...

Hi all. Looking to upgrade my HP Prodesk G1 pro i5-4590 8MB, it’s getting a little slow. Currently have 6x2MP and 3x4MP cams, plus a DB110. would like to stay in the $300 range for the upgrade, thoughts on these two? Or could I do better?

Scenario. Family member's home is a few miles away and I would, ideally, like to install some cameras at that home and monitor/record from my BI at my home. Maybe have them able to remote monitor only their location as well from their phones. Is there any way to do this that is secure (I do...

SMART scan and CrystalDisk are showing that my C drive is failing. I bought another SSD to replace it. I plan on using a SATA to USB cable to clone old drive to new, then installing. Is that it? Will BI transfer over and just be plug and play? Same with camera settings? Will saved passwords...

I utilize substreams and my CPU usage generally got down to 10-20%. I just installed and began utilizing Deepstack, and, at times, especially when there's a dozen kids running around my house and cars going by, with Deepstack analyzing all the motion triggers, CPU will spike to 100%. Is this...

Does BI have the capability to show audio spikes on the timeline? For example, my neighbors house was egged last night. I have no relevant alerts and am unable to find any video by scrubbing timeline, however I'm sure the culprits made some noise while egging the house. It would be nice if we...

Hi everyone... is there an easy way to calculate shutter speeds or a conversion chart for, for example, 1/250 to MS to input into the shutter speed range?

This is certainly a dumb question, but if BI is telling me that my CPU is hitting 100% on video playback (40ish% when idle with 5 cams) and sometimes if other processes are running in the background, is it simply a matter of upgrading the CPU? This is what I purchased from eBay in Feb 2019...

Will using CCA cable affect video quality? If so, why?

Do you guys have any idea why my CPU would suddenly start jumping to 100% on playback of my 4 cameras through BI (hovers around 50% on playback for 1 camera)? It's around 30-35% when just on live view but I believe before it was around 20-25%. Only thing's that have changed were: 1) an update...

Im just curious what everyone's day/night settings are as I've been trying to play with the settings of my Dahua 5231s. Currently not happy with some of the motion blur and lack of clarity of faces at night, so if you've got it figured out, what do your settings look like? Side note, mine are...

I saw that an update for BI was released a couple days ago, but I haven't seen much talk about it on the forums as far as how it is performing (I'm almost positive I've just overlooked it, but I can't find anything about it anywhere). Is this a good, solid update with the kinks worked out...

Good evening guys, So my network is all set up and locked down tight with my router in bridged mode to an Asus 1900 and a VPN to remotely connect to my network while off the LAN. My Dahua cams came in today and my next step is securing them on my network so they cannot be accessed by anyone...

So I got BI up and running with a pass through from my ISP to my router, set a static ip on the pc and forwarded port 81 from the router to BI for remote viewing. OpenVPN is also set up. My question is that when I run a scan on all ports online, 81 comes up as open. I just want to make sure...

New (used) PC, cameras and PoE switch should be here in a few days. I'll have to install the new HDD, do a fresh install/updates and get BI up and running on it before it's ready. Asus router came and should be ready to be installed. Cat5 (pre-existing) is already ran to existing cameras that...

Checking out eBay and there's obviously tons of options for PC's to run with BI Having trouble deciding and obviously would like to make it as inexpensive as possible. Here's a few options I'm considering 1) HP ProDesk 600 G1 Pro Desktop Quad Core i5 4590 8GB 128SSD Hard Drive Win 10 Pro |...

Guys/gals, Look. I get it. You guys get asked the same questions over and over again. There's dozens of Wiki's and Cliff's notes (most of which I've reviewed) and thousands of recommendations that wonderful folks have took countless hours to compile (with my undying appreciation), but it leaves...