Funny you mention hardware acceleration. I started a thread on that very feature as I couldn't get it working and my CPU usage went through the roof when turned on. Seems none of the i7 extreme CPUs have the graphics functions, so it's all software rendering.
IMO brother, you're going to have to go down to 4 (or maybe 2FPS), or slip your system, to begin to achieve this. You boldly go where no BIer has gone before! Please keep us updated!
Setting the frame rate in BI does nothing, the software auto adjusts it.
As I understand it, there are still 7 cams running at 30 FPS. If those were dropped to 15 or 20 FPS, it should make plenty of room for an additional 8 cams at 15 FPS. No guarantee though. With this much video, you can run into other performance bottlenecks besides CPU usage. I remember a guy tried to install a few dozen 8 MP cameras on a significantly more powerful Blue Iris server, but it became unusable before he even reached 50% CPU usage.ipvm.com said:
I am pretty sure BI auto-adjusts it upward, but not downward, so there may be a small waste of memory if a bunch of 15 FPS cams are set as 20 FPS in BI.
I believe if you set it to 15, at some point it will auto adjust it upwards so setting it is pointless if it wont hold.
Well at 63%, I feel I can get the additional 5 domes up and running next month. The last time I added 8 domes, it went up 15%. This time it's only 5 cams and they framerate will be lower for each come (15 instead of 20). I think the last 3, which will be 30fps outdoor bullet cams covering an alleyway might put it over the top. By the end of August, I will know.
The thing about the 30fps cams is they are all in outdoor locations with fast motion. I tried 20, but most cars moved too fast to capture anything useful. Now I am able, most of the time, to be able to pull license plates by going frame by frame.
Ouch! If all 40+ cameras start recording simultaneously I think not.
It regularly records between 1 and 5 cameras at a time and sometimes higher. These cams cover an apartment complex consisting of 3 buildings. There are hallway, entry, exit, breezeway, parking and alleyway cams. I don't think I've seen much above 6 cameras recording at the same time. Night time is pretty slow. Busiest times are morning and evening.
If I take it off auto exposure, I have to change it constantly for different lighting.
Yeah, guess I got caught up in FPS. They look just fine when properly setup for bitrate and other settings at 15fps. Not to mention I probably increased my storage capacity by about 40%.