$459, but I think that's just a regular price.
Actually, if you were just doing 4 1080p 2.1 MP cameras, what would you buy?
Actually, if you were just doing 4 1080p 2.1 MP cameras, what would you buy?
Blue Iris Hardare Requirements
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fenderman
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That is a very low load...You can easily do on on a i5 haswell..even i3...you can get an i5-4590 optiplex via the outlet or elitedesk (hp) via ebay for 300 all the time..
Right now at the Outlet there's not an i5-4590/8 GB memory system to be had under $529, but no coupons are available (at 5/30/2016 at 1:01 AM)...but there will be later.
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They have a sale twice a month you need to follow the Twitter feed
I have been...
I appreciate your responses, and your taking the time to make suggestions.
Thank you.
I appreciate your responses, and your taking the time to make suggestions.
Thank you.
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I've been playing with my Top201 cameras on a AMD 3800+ X2 with 4GB of ram. Wasn't terrible. I added two new 2MP CIMPs to it and it crashed my system...
Im ready to buy a dedicated machine for this. What specs to I need to run eight 4MP cameras at full specs? Can a Skylake i7 handle this with room to grow on BlueIris?
Im ready to buy a dedicated machine for this. What specs to I need to run eight 4MP cameras at full specs? Can a Skylake i7 handle this with room to grow on BlueIris?
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So my BI setup on a dedicated PC is at 99-100% load and crashing, am I overloading my specs?
1 Hikvision 4MP Dome 20fps (two instances - one for continuous recording, one for motion alerts/clips)
1 Hikvision 3MP Bullet 20fps (two instances - one for continuous recording, one for motion alerts/clips)
1 Dahua 3MP Mini-Bullet 20fps (motion alerts/clips)
they are all at their highest resolution, varies per camera.
Here are my Dell specs:
Windows 10 Home Edition
Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz
(Intel HD Graphics 4600)
16MB RAM
1TB local HDD for db and New storage
Recording to 4TB surveillance HDD for Alerts and Stored
1 Hikvision 4MP Dome 20fps (two instances - one for continuous recording, one for motion alerts/clips)
1 Hikvision 3MP Bullet 20fps (two instances - one for continuous recording, one for motion alerts/clips)
1 Dahua 3MP Mini-Bullet 20fps (motion alerts/clips)
they are all at their highest resolution, varies per camera.
Here are my Dell specs:
Windows 10 Home Edition
Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz
(Intel HD Graphics 4600)
16MB RAM
1TB local HDD for db and New storage
Recording to 4TB surveillance HDD for Alerts and Stored
fenderman
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There is something wrong. Have you set the recording to direct to disk? hardware acceleration?
Optimus Prime
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fenderman
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Camera properties >record>file format
See help file
Its a must with high res cameras.
Could you explain direct to disk? I think I have it configured that way but maybe I do not, for instance both HDDs I'm using are internal SATA drives (1TB 7200rpm/4TB WD Purple). I will say that I was just administrating the BI configuration remotely from a remote desktop application so that actually may have spiked the hardware utilization a good bit.
When you have duplicates of the same camera how much additional demand on the system are you creating?
I have tons of storage space so I'd like to record continuously, but I also want to have alerts with small (sharable) clips for motion events. Is it most efficient to set it up as I have with two duplicates with one continuous and the other motion trigger/alert based?
edit: ahh no I have it configured for re-encode to MPEG-4. Hmm, I will change this!
When you have duplicates of the same camera how much additional demand on the system are you creating?
I have tons of storage space so I'd like to record continuously, but I also want to have alerts with small (sharable) clips for motion events. Is it most efficient to set it up as I have with two duplicates with one continuous and the other motion trigger/alert based?
edit: ahh no I have it configured for re-encode to MPEG-4. Hmm, I will change this!
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fenderman
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See post above. Duplicate cameras use little additional resources particularly if they are hidden. Direct to disk is not active in demo mode.
Yes, using a remote desktop application will significantly increase cpu utilization.
You dont need to setup duplicate cameras for your use. You can record continuously and trigger motion alerts from the same camera. You can export any portion of a clip you wish. Its silly to duplicate recording data.
Ok cool this is really helpful to me. I think I was over-thinking how BI handled clips as I've seen people on here duplicate feeds for some reason or the other but they must have had other requirements. Thanks for all the help!
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Here's what I finally wound up with:
Dell Optiplex 740 Micro ($472 after 40% off at the Dell Business Outlet)
- Processor: Intel Core 6th Generation i7-6700T Skylake Processor (Quad Core, 8MB, 8T, 2.8GHz, 35W)
- Windows 10 Pro
- 500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
- 8GB (1x8G) 2133MHz DDR4 Memory Non ECC
- Intel Integrated Graphics
- Dell Outlet Optiplex 7040 Micro Tower
- Intel Wireless 8260 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth 4.1
- Hardware warranty until June 2019
- Everything is running smoothly, with the CPU usually in the 20-30% range with just four IP 1080p cameras. I'm running BI4, and using a 55" 4k TV for a monitor.
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Are you recording direct to disk and using hardware acceleration? 30 percent is high for that load.
I did check the direct-to-disk boxes. Is there anything else I should do? I wasn't aware of hardware acceleration.
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There is also a hardware acceleration option. See help file and release notes. Are you running the licensed version of BI or demo? What frame rates are you recording at?
I'm running the licensed version of BI4. I haven't set any frame rates yet, but they seem to be arbitrarily set to random frame rates.
My cameras are currently not connecting now after the hardware acceleration option. I'm trying to figure it out. Changing back to unchecking hardware acceleration doesn't bring the camera back.