Hi all,
I presently have an 8 core AMD 8350 server with 32GB of ram and lots of hard disk capacity, to run iSpy (CCTV), HS3 (Home automation), Emby (Blu-ray and tv) and DVBLink (Combines Satellite and terrestrial tv in one server). It all worked quite well with standard definition analogue cctv until I put a 4MP IP camera on it. That camera alone uses 35% cpu when recording, so not good. The bottom of the picture jumps around, and iSpy thinks that means motion. Since it also smears (and breaks up) moving objects with the 4MP camera, and goes berserk if the bit rate is increased, it was clearly time to try something new.
So, I installed Blue Iris. It crashed. I couldn't get it to work. I then tried Blue Iris on a AMD Ryzen 1800X pc, and it works well there with the 4MP camera. It uses 2 to 3% cpu, the picture is completely stable, and there is no smearing of moving objects, even with the bit rate maxed out.
I am well aware that Fenderman advises people to use Intel chips with hardware acceleration for Blue Iris, and I am willing to do this. I do have a few issues though:
1. I'm in the UK, and I cannot find any good deals on used i7 pc's.
2. I'm aware that I can build a specific pc much cheaper than I can buy it ready built.
3. I'm unsure if this is the time to split my four programs onto separate less powerful hardware, or to keep them all together.
I'm looking at building a i7-8700k pc with 16GB ram, and using the Intel hardware acceleration for Blue Iris. Now Emby can use various hardware video card acceleration methods, so I am wondering if I could add a video card for that as well.
There it is. Should I separate the programs onto different pc's that need hardware acceleration for simplicity, or is there a well trodden path to keep everything on one pc ? Any thoughts ?
I presently have an 8 core AMD 8350 server with 32GB of ram and lots of hard disk capacity, to run iSpy (CCTV), HS3 (Home automation), Emby (Blu-ray and tv) and DVBLink (Combines Satellite and terrestrial tv in one server). It all worked quite well with standard definition analogue cctv until I put a 4MP IP camera on it. That camera alone uses 35% cpu when recording, so not good. The bottom of the picture jumps around, and iSpy thinks that means motion. Since it also smears (and breaks up) moving objects with the 4MP camera, and goes berserk if the bit rate is increased, it was clearly time to try something new.
So, I installed Blue Iris. It crashed. I couldn't get it to work. I then tried Blue Iris on a AMD Ryzen 1800X pc, and it works well there with the 4MP camera. It uses 2 to 3% cpu, the picture is completely stable, and there is no smearing of moving objects, even with the bit rate maxed out.
I am well aware that Fenderman advises people to use Intel chips with hardware acceleration for Blue Iris, and I am willing to do this. I do have a few issues though:
1. I'm in the UK, and I cannot find any good deals on used i7 pc's.
2. I'm aware that I can build a specific pc much cheaper than I can buy it ready built.
3. I'm unsure if this is the time to split my four programs onto separate less powerful hardware, or to keep them all together.
I'm looking at building a i7-8700k pc with 16GB ram, and using the Intel hardware acceleration for Blue Iris. Now Emby can use various hardware video card acceleration methods, so I am wondering if I could add a video card for that as well.
There it is. Should I separate the programs onto different pc's that need hardware acceleration for simplicity, or is there a well trodden path to keep everything on one pc ? Any thoughts ?