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Hi I want a wall mount for my Hikvision 2CD2142 dome camera Reason being is I have shutter blind taking up about 1/4 of the camera view, if the camera can stick out a bit, I think it'll fix most of the problem Check out the pics, but I dont want the typical one that Hikvision offer like this...

Hi I have a 1GB/s ethernet port laptop RDPing to my BI PC so I can run a live view feed from the kitchen. ( connected to a monitor) Lately the live view feed is always pixelated and poor quality. I run it on full screen mode like the picture you see. Funny thing is. If I right click and uncheck...

I was asking about CPUs and I was set on Intel and a friend told me that AMD's are much more powerful right now its better to go with AMD. I explained to him that Blue-Iris works better with quicksync. I dont know enough about it but I want to answer his follow up question and I would like to...

I have a 2CD2142FWD-IS which has fallen out of warranty and it no longer powers on over POE I cannot power it on over regular power as I dont have the power adapter for it I have asked the seller and they say they may charge me but I have no idea how much. I would be good to know a rough...

Hey guys I guess this has been good timing for me I recently upgraded my CCTV system to 8 cameras from my old PC running blue iris and plex media server with an i5-3570k Had my eye set on the i7-9700k originally but just learned new 10th CPUs are coming out and the 10700k will be around the...

Hi I am looking to start looking for updated parts to upgrade my PC that runs blue iris and also Plex Media Server I have a question about ram speed. I was reading this section from the choosing hardware wiki Memory 4 GB of memory is sufficient for a smaller system (4 or fewer cameras) but 8...

Hey guys I run blue irisi on a PC thats in my bedroom I also have a 6RU switch cabinet in the garage containing which is mounted high on the garage wall and locked with key. Power is behind the cabinet so it cannot be accessed without taking off the switch cabinet which will take considerable...

Hey guys I am looking to updating my Blue Iris PC . I will wait for sales but just wanted to know if anyone is running one with blue iris?? How do you find it and how many cameras?

Hey guys Moved into a new home earlier this year so of course a priority project of mine was to install CCTV and setup some cat6 cabling throughout the house for computers and home entertainment I did all the wiring myself. I learned how to terminate cat6 just off youtube and a bit of practice...

Hey guys Another quirk I noticed I might need to change hardware around I currently have a PC running BI with 8 cameras: 1 x 6mp 1 x 8mp 6 x 4mp all running at 15fps Everything is hardwired from cat6 solid core cabling to a switch with 1Gbps ports The PC running BI is also running a gigbit...

Hey guys Just completed my 8 camera setup with blue iris 4 x 4MP cams 1 x 8MP cam 1 x 6MP cam all at 15 fps ( would ideally want 20 at least later when I upgrade my computer) anyway I have a laptop in the kitchen hooked to a monitor and RDP to the PC thats running BI to display the 8 camera...

Hey guys I am trying to use UI3 to have it display 24/7 on a monitor This is probably or should be a simple thing but I cannot work out why the layout wont match the console's UI I have made a group and arranged the console UI like this and want it to look like this in full screen mode and...

I supposed there are a few ways to do this I have a NVR PC in a bedroom in the far end of the house and I want a CCTV LCD Monitor in the kitchen pantry with all cameras on so we can quickly check it from time to time The pantry where I want the LCD monitor has 2 ethernet wall plate ports and...

Hey guys I have set up 8 cameras and put them all into Blue Iris now. Gone through this Wiki to optimize blue iris to use less CPU The PC running this has the following hardware: i5-3570k 3.40Ghz 12GB ram Local SSD for DB NAS drive on local network for clip storage Windows 10 64bit latest...

Hey guys I am baffled right now. I have a 8 Hikvision and Dahua IP cams combined in my setup. I set up my own cat6 solid core cabling throughout the house through a netgear POE switch (JGS516PE) ALl ports I made through my patch panel have been tested with a cable tester. 8 Pairs all light up...

Hey I am setting up my home CCTV system. The NVR is a computer running blue-iris. I made the PC smaller then your regular PC case size just for CCTV but its not small enough to fit onto a shelf where we want the live view monitor. ( Our walk in butlers pantry ) The only way at the moment I can...

Sorry for asking this because I can just google it but the problem is I dont even know what half of the technical info means I have 2 camera domes. Hikvision and Dahua DS-2CD2142WD-I and DH-IPC-HDBW1431E both are fixed lens at 2.8mm non wifi models Are there any big differences ?

Hey I have 1 last camera to mount. I want it in my kitchen / living space THere are 2 viable locations pics below. Do you guys think there is any better location out of these ? I am standing ( taking the photo) at each far end of the room. I have marked 2 possible locations in one corner in...

Hey guys I want to change the default IP of my Dahua IP Dome camera I did some googling and found you can do this with Dahua's Config Tool I was able to change the password but after I initilized it , changed the password, then try to change the default IP it just tells me: "Error changing IP...

Hi Had to drill this hole to get the female ethernet port in. How would you fill this up so it looks neat but so I can easily cut it out again if I need to take the camera off for any reason in the future the material is steel I was thinking of grey silicone as I can pretty easily cut it out...

Hi guys I have 4 Dahua IP cameras and a Dahua NVR (NVR4108 - 8P - 4kS2 2T) I also have 5 Hikvision IP cameras to that I used to use with my computer + Blue Iris I want to install some extra cameras and combine the some of the hikvisions and Dahua's Option 1 is to not use the Dahua NVR and...