BlueIris 8 Cameras CPU spikes (Yes I applied fixes recommended here)

[Frank]

HI,

I've done lots of reading which helped lowered the CPU usage down to 70% from 100%, however I will be adding 5 more cameras and I'm afraid it will not handle it. I've already selected direct record and I have one screen 24/7 with live view, here is the current setup.

Dedicated PC fore BI:
- i5-3570k @ 4.20GHz (overclocked)
- 32gb DD3
- 120gb Samsung SSD (OS & BI)
- 4TB WD RED (recording
- ATI Fire v4800 vcard

8 Cameras: (I know you all think these are shit because of no iFrame settings, but I got them at $50 during cybermonday)
- ReoLink RLC-410
- Running Default configs

Questions:

1. Besides iFrame, Direct Record or sacrificing quality which defeats the point of buying 4pm cameras, what else can I do to lower my cpu usage as I add more cameras?

2. I will be buying 5 more cameras, I see most people recommend Dahua(?) but they seem a bit expensive. My budget is limited to under $100, what do you recommend?

3. I have a 1u server with 2x xeon E5620 2.4GHz Processors, would this allow me to add the 5 more cameras I want and keep reasonable CPU usage?

4. I'm new around, any recommendations to make my homemade NVR run smoother will be much appreciated.

 

[fenderman]

Lower the fps to 10-15....and lower the live preview frame rate to 10 or less.
Enable hardware acceleration remove that crap v4800 that is a huge power hog and use intel HD so that you can use hardware acceleration, this will dramatically reduce cpu consumption.
there is not that much of a difference between the image quality of the camera when set to 1080p vs 4mp...you fell for marketing gimmicks...some of the best cameras are 1080p.
Buy the dahua 1080p starlight turret...pay more, get quality...you already got screwed with reolink.
the e5620 server is old and outdated and a huge power hog, it will cost you more to run it than buying a modern i7-6700 skylake system.
record to bvr - its most efficient not mp4 etc.

 

[Frank]

Sounds good I'll give it a shot, what do you mean by record to "bvr"? I couldn't find anything by dahua 1080p starlight turret, but I'll see if reolink will issue a return based on the no iFrame settings since I purchased it about 1 and half months ago.

PS- One thing i forgot to mention, I have sound recording on 4 of the cameras as I turned it off on the others and the CPU stailized

 

[zero-degrees]

I couldn't find anything by dahua 1080p starlight turret

Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

 

[Frank]

I removed the video card and instantly noticed a drop on CPU usage, I tried HD hardware accelerator h.264 and blacked out all cameras even after restarting multiple times, then tried videopostproc and same deal.
Hard to find someone selling, aliexpress has it for $170 that's crazy.

 

[fenderman]

Sounds good I'll give it a shot, what do you mean by record to "bvr"? I couldn't find anything by dahua 1080p starlight turret, but I'll see if reolink will issue a return based on the no iFrame settings since I purchased it about 1 and half months ago.

PS- One thing i forgot to mention, I have sound recording on 4 of the cameras as I turned it off on the others and the CPU stailized

blue iris dvr format

 

[Frank]

It's already recording with a .bvr as default settings, any idea why intel accelerator blacks out the cameras? During the day I'm running at 80-90% CPU and 55-60% at night

 

[fenderman]

It's already recording with a .bvr as default settings, any idea why intel accelerator blacks out the cameras? During the day I'm running at 80-90% CPU and 55-60% at night

it will do that if your are using windows 7 AND running as as service.
and 170 for that starlight turret is an excellent price...its a night and day difference over the standard dahua/hikvision cameras.

 

[Frank]

I do have windows 7 and running as a services, I'll try removing the service... what other OS should I install?

 

[fenderman]

I do have windows 7 and running as a services, I'll try removing the service... what other OS should I install?

windows 10...you can still upgrade for free. Windows 10 upgrade for assistive technology users

 

[k2ace]

Not sure if you have check/tried this but the default power plan on most, if not all, versions of windows is balanced. Running high performance plan can reduce CPU utilization. In my case a balanced plan runs at 60-70%, high performance runs around 5-10%. This is running Server 2008 R2 on a i5-4590. I currently have 7 cameras, 3 cameras are 1920x1080, 1 is 1280x800, and 3 are 640x480. They are running 10fps in trigger + continuous each 1 second.

 

[fenderman]

Not sure if you have check/tried this but the default power plan on most, if not all, versions of windows is balanced. Running high performance plan can reduce CPU utilization. In my case a balanced plan runs at 60-70%, high performance runs around 5-10%. This is running Server 2008 R2 on a i5-4590. I currently have 7 cameras, 3 cameras are 1920x1080, 1 is 1280x800, and 3 are 640x480. They are running 10fps in trigger + continuous each 1 second.

Trigger + continuously mode is often misunderstood..you are not recording continuously...see the help file, you likely want to set the record tab to continuous..

 

[Frank]

Running at 40-50% now after installing windows 10 pro and hardware acceleration mode! Would it give me better performance if I do continuous recording?