Hardware Review for 7 Camera Setup + DR

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So I have a NUC setup with the following
  • i5-4250U CPU @ 1.30 Ghz
  • 8GB RAM
  • 4TB WD Elements connected via USB for recording
  • 256GB SSD for OS and Blue Iris Configuration to sit on.
  • Windows 10
The NUC doesn't perform any other operation apart from this and running a Plex server which is not used frequently, thus idle most of the time.

I have 6 x Hikvision Cameras and 1 x D-Link Baby Camera.. It's been running for a year or more.. Even forgotten what the cameras are recording at.. showing bitrate of approx 500 kB/s and 15 fps for all Hikvision Cameras and 130 kB/s and 30 fps for D-Link Camera

Current recording setup gives me about 2 weeks of 24/7 recording history which is more than enough I guess.

CPU usage is constant 94-98% all the time with BlueIris using approx 88-94% CPU and 3.1GB Memory without the app open. So the NUC is pretty much taxed 24x7

Is the setup ok or should I upgrade something or reduce some settings to make it better? If I do sometime want to use the NUC / update it or use another software. I sometimes stop BlueIris so that CPU usage drops and can use other applications.. But I don't do this everyday.

Hope NUC doesn't blow up on me some day lol..

If I keep the "Export Settings" from Options Config in Dropbox will that save everything including camera config and properties as well and restore.. Or should I save that + goto each camera and do export for each camera individually as well via their properties? Just looking for DR scenario
 
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drunkpenguin said:
Is BI set to record straight to disk? I dont think ur cpu should be running that hot.
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Checking all 7 cameras.. 4 of them have re-encode on..I have fixed them and this is the setting for all 7 cameras (Guessing this is what should be)

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WOW

that has dropped it drastically to about 36-40% BlueIris CPU usage.. fan is quieter now...

I obviously botched my setup.. does that usage sound ok ??

Anything else I should look at from setup and optimization perspective?

How about the DR ??
 
fenderman said:
What cameras what resolution?
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Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I x 5
Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW x 1
D-Link DCS-855L Camera

I believe all Hikvision are (from the camera config - not BlueIris)
  • Resolution: 1280x720p
  • frame rate: 15 fps
  • bitrate: variable
  • max bitrate: 4096 Kbps
  • Video Encoding: H.264
 
its said:
Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I x 5
Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW x 1
D-Link DCS-855L Camera

I believe all Hikvision are (from the camera config - not BlueIris)
  • Resolution: 1280x720p
  • frame rate: 15 fps
  • bitrate: variable
  • max bitrate: 4096 Kbps
  • Video Encoding: H.264
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see the wiki, enable hardware acceleration....
also now that you have more headroom, you can move up to 1080p...
 
fenderman said:
see the wiki, enable hardware acceleration....
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Thanks @fenderman ... I have gone through Optimizing Blue Iris's CPU Usage | IP Cam Talk and done the following

  • Direct to disc recording for all cameras (well already fixed)
  • Enabled Hardware Acceleration
  • Set all camera frame rates to 15fps (was currently 18 - 20fps)
  • Run as a service - was already doing so
  • Live Preview Frame rate - Dropped from 35 to 10
  • Video Scaling - Left it as Fast
  • Overlays - disabled all although nothing was overlaying - all coming from camera
  • Encoder Preset - set to superfast
Holy S**T... My Blue Iris CPU usage without app open is hovering around 15% CPU and 600MB RAM.. never been so quiet.. Although I will have to see if it has affected my 2 weeks storage in 4TB disk.. but that will take time to see I guess

Thanks once again

fenderman said:
also now that you have more headroom, you can move up to 1080p...
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Where are we doing this and how ?

Any thoughts on the DR plan? and whats better way to export and save config?

Also can you help with GeoFence broken in iOS 11 and App v1.59.03 ? ??

Had also revived quite an old thread BI Switching Profiles Manually

Thanks
 
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its said:
Thanks @fenderman ... I have gone through Optimizing Blue Iris's CPU Usage | IP Cam Talk and done the following

  • Direct to disc recording for all cameras (well already fixed)
  • Enabled Hardware Acceleration
  • Set all camera frame rates to 15fps (was currently 18 - 20fps)
  • Run as a service - was already doing so
  • Live Preview Frame rate - Dropped from 35 to 10
  • Video Scaling - Left it as Fast
  • Overlays - disabled all although nothing was overlaying - all coming from camera
  • Encoder Preset - set to superfast
Holy S**T... My Blue Iris CPU usage without app open is hovering around 15% CPU and 600MB RAM.. never been so quiet.. Although I will have to see if it has affected my 2 weeks storage in 4TB disk.. but that will take time to see I guess

Thanks once again



Where are we doing this and how ?

Any thoughts on the DR plan? and whats better way to export and save config?

Also can you help with GeoFence broken in iOS 11 and App v1.59.03 ? ??

Had also revived quite an old thread BI Switching Profiles Manually

Thanks
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this is done in the camera settings. log into the camera web interface.
if you export via blue iris options>about it will save everything except the license key.
There is a thread about geofencing issues with ios, email support.
 
fenderman said:
this is done in the camera settings. log into the camera web interface.
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Thanks will check it out..

fenderman said:
if you export via blue iris options>about it will save everything except the license key.
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Cool.. So all I need is that + the key from my email or somwhere.. All general config + camera IP / Setting will come back? Will just backup that file

fenderman said:
There is a thread about geofencing issues with ios, email support.
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Couldn't find that thread... Could you point me to it, please? Have emailed support already. thanks.. So its a known issue I am guessing
 
fenderman said:
this is done in the camera settings. log into the camera web interface.
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Thanks I have done this for 6 cameras.. CPU is now 30%.. I am guessing because of this my 2 weeks 24x7 storage will drop to 1 week 24x7 recording history?? (720p -> 1080p)

If that is the case can I tweak somewhere else? Or might drop some cameras (or all of them down to 720p).. How much loss of quality will be for these if I stick with 720p recording instead of 1080p ??
 
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its said:
Thanks I have done this for 6 cameras.. CPU is now 30%.. I am guessing because of this my 2 weeks 24x7 storage will drop to 1 week 24x7 recording history?? (720p -> 1080p)

If that is the case can I tweak somewhere else? Or might drop some cameras (or all of them down to 720p).. How much loss of quality will be for these if I stick with 720p recording instead of 1080p ??
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resolution has no impact on recording size...only bitrate...if you have a variable bitrate set then it could impact size unless its already using the max...
 
fenderman said:
resolution has no impact on recording size...only bitrate...if you have a variable bitrate set then it could impact size unless its already using the max...
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Thanks.. I have variable set in the cameras GUI with 8 MB/s set for all and 1080p.. I guess leave it to that.. Max rate in BlueIris Video (As per wiki) is set to 15fps

In BI, I can see its reporting about 850 kB/s (from my previous reported 500 kB/s) , So I guess I will loose some days..not half..

2 cameras are currently reporting a yellow exclamation mark on the fps with 0.00-0.46 and 0.46 fps respectively. something I should be concerned about?
 
its said:
2 cameras are currently reporting a yellow exclamation mark on the fps with 0.00-0.46 and 0.46 fps respectively. something I should be concerned about?
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yes...it should be coming in at the proper frame rate.
 
fenderman said:
you dont need that high a bitrate, set it to 4096 in the camera...are the cameras hard wired?
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Yes.. All are hardwired to a switch which goes into my router (and the NUC is hardwired to it).. I will drop them back to 4096
 
Hmm.. dropping it down to 4096 still has that issue for those two cameras.. maybe they were before I made changes today..
 
Something wierd is going on.. task manager reports total CPU usage at 40% with BI using 25%.. but the BI UI and other places (windows gadget) all reporting 100% CPU usage fully.. what the???
 
its said:
Something wierd is going on.. task manager reports total CPU usage at 40% with BI using 25%.. but the BI UI and other places (windows gadget) all reporting 100% CPU usage fully.. what the???
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are you logged in remotely using something like teamviewer?
with respect to the fps, try connecting the blue iris pc to the same switch as the camera, not the router.
 
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