Very cool, i def feel like I understand in principle but i'm sure I'll hit a snag or 2 on actual implementation. Are you recommending I delete the SD Sub stream on the clone/"second logical camera"?
[tool] [tutorial] Free AI Person Detection for Blue Iris
- Thread starter GentlePumpkin
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Mostly, yes. The video was incredibly helpful but I used the slightly modified instructions from
danecreekphotography/node-deepstackai-trigger
He gives full credit to The Hook Up but adds a few tweaks that updated the video.
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
@seth-feinberg
Here are the setup images for one of my system cameras and the last image is simply changed to show continuous recording. I suspect you may need to disable the HD stream if you find the continuous recording is in HD resolution. As configured the camera will monitor in SD (NOT RECORD) and when triggered send an HD snap to aitool for investigation. BI will automatically make the stream switch if you configure the pre trigger buffer for about 2 seconds. On my system aitool will send an external command to the clone which is set to record in HD for 60 seconds and continue to record if retriggered during that 60 second period.
Here are the setup images for one of my system cameras and the last image is simply changed to show continuous recording. I suspect you may need to disable the HD stream if you find the continuous recording is in HD resolution. As configured the camera will monitor in SD (NOT RECORD) and when triggered send an HD snap to aitool for investigation. BI will automatically make the stream switch if you configure the pre trigger buffer for about 2 seconds. On my system aitool will send an external command to the clone which is set to record in HD for 60 seconds and continue to record if retriggered during that 60 second period.
I have a few situations where I have an image snapshot that AITools detects a person, but the alert doesn't get flagged in BI. Looks like the alert is 21s long (someone walking around) and there are 6 images taken and 4 detected a person.
What's the correct action to take to fix this? Should I be lowering JPG snapshot each setting? Currently set to 4s
What's the correct action to take to fix this? Should I be lowering JPG snapshot each setting? Currently set to 4s
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
3-4 seconds is a reasonable capture rate setting. The fact that aitool recognises a person is indicative of an issue of confidence of image, cooldown setting or perhaps command syntax.
This is my command syntax that works reliably for me:
Hxxp:/192.168.2.6:81/admin?camera=[camera]&trigger&user=admin&pw=xxxxxx
Hxxp:/192.168.2.6:81/admin?camera=[camera]&flagalert=1&trigger&memo=[summary]&user=admin&pw=xxxxxx
I prefer to use the actual computer address rather than 127.0.0.1:81
You could also try pressing the test button a few times to confirm the command is working.
I hope this helps!
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Is there a way to record cars, and people but only send telegram messages for people when they are detected. I have tried setting up additional cameras where only people were detected but I think due to camera short name being same it did not work.
Thanks
Thanks
xdreamwalker
n3wb
- Jan 22, 2018
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Yep. In the Action settings for your camera you can put Person in the Objects field. This will provide notifications for people, but not cars. However, I have found that if it detects a car, and a person that is in a masked out zone it will still send the notification.
Thanks but I don't see those settings. This is what I have under the actions. Am I on a different version?
xdreamwalker
n3wb
- Jan 22, 2018
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Yeah, that's an older version. I'm on 2.0.627.7696. Found here: Filtering "action_mqtt_payload": "[detections]" · Issue #156 · VorlonCD/bi-aidetection
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My dude! this is just insanely helpful, thank you so much. Two questions:
- I've never seen the "Record Dual-Streams if Available" option before. Is that checked by default and I just never noticed it? or is that a necessary configuration for something in your setup?
- Where are you defining the 60 second clip on AI Tool confirmation? That's longer than most people record, right?
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
If you do not have the "Record Dual-Streams if Available" option it's possible that your BI software is in need of updating, 5.3.9.6 is the version I am currently running date 10th Feb 2021. My setup is as you know based on using a cloned camera, the main camera is used to generate the high quality JPEG for analysis by aitool. This camera monitors for movement in SD and then when triggered automatically switches to HD to take the high quality JPEG image. Hence the need to utilise both streams on this camera. The second logical unit of this camera is only used to capture video when it receives a command from aitool.
The 60 second period for the 8K recording is IMHO the minimum that makes sense to avoid missing something and also avoids lots of smaller files of video. My theory is that within 60 seconds the camera will trigger again if anything interesting is going on and ultimately will provide a complete record of what happened without recording 24 x 7 which I consider overkill for my application. If I were providing security for the queens jewels I would most definitely use 24 x 7 recording. By way of example, when my gardener is working in the garden I usually end up with a video lasting for about an hour because the camera is re-triggered within 60 seconds while he is working.
In respect to your last point, you can avoid the camera that generates triggered images from recording in HD by only listing the SD stream in the configuration if you do find that your recording are in HD. To achieve automatic stream switching you will need to be running a reasonably recent version of BI.
Very cool, thanks for all that. Yes my BI is def due for an update and that was my planned first step. If I delete the Main/HD stream on the 2nd logical camera, will it still act as a clone in regards to the low CPU overhead?
spammenotinoz
Getting comfortable
Sure is, I found this by accident.
Under actions, populate the "Objects" field to send telegram alerts on only specific objects. ie: I get telegram alerts only when a Person is detected (refer below), I still have all relevant objects selected in the actual camera.
I go further than this and actually have 2 AI Camera Profiles per BI Camera to align with my AI Home and AWAY Profiles.
That way AI still actions against all objects, but allows me have different actions such as only send Telegram Alerts when people are detected when I am AWAY!!
If needed you can have a different custom mask for each camera profile.
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
I do not see any reason why not but as I mentioned my experience of recording 7 x 24 is non existent so as they say 'your mileage may vary'
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Hi all,
I have just moved from 1.65 to 2.0. Nice update. Thank you! However, I have run into 2 issues where I would need some help:
1. The AITool seems to run fine. From the log I can tell that it works fine. However, I don't get any entries in the History tab. Do I have to delete the old History.csv?
2. When I start the AITool as a service, then when I execute the AITool.exe then it tells me that another instance of the AITool is already running. Is there an alternative way to get the GUI when the tool is started as a service?
Sorry, if these questions have already been answered somewhere in the 160 pages above, but I could not find anything on my topics.
Thanks!
I have just moved from 1.65 to 2.0. Nice update. Thank you! However, I have run into 2 issues where I would need some help:
1. The AITool seems to run fine. From the log I can tell that it works fine. However, I don't get any entries in the History tab. Do I have to delete the old History.csv?
2. When I start the AITool as a service, then when I execute the AITool.exe then it tells me that another instance of the AITool is already running. Is there an alternative way to get the GUI when the tool is started as a service?
Sorry, if these questions have already been answered somewhere in the 160 pages above, but I could not find anything on my topics.
Thanks!
aquarius72
n3wb
A newbie says hi!,
I have installed BI as a service, Deepstack CPU latest is running in Docker and currently I'm running AITool version 1.67 downloaded from 1st page of this thread. All programs are running in same PC.
Can a use also VorlonCD version of AITool or is it only for non-Docker version of Deepstack? I tried it, but it cannot find Deepstack.
I have installed BI as a service, Deepstack CPU latest is running in Docker and currently I'm running AITool version 1.67 downloaded from 1st page of this thread. All programs are running in same PC.
Can a use also VorlonCD version of AITool or is it only for non-Docker version of Deepstack? I tried it, but it cannot find Deepstack.
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
As I recall there was an issue with an old version of aitool that did not update history. Make sure you are using the latest version.
Your issue with "aitool is already running" is normal when you operate aitool as a service. The only way I know of to resolve this is to have aitool start manually or via an auto start link and not run as a service. Personally I prefer to run as a service and then stop the service if I need to make changes and start it again when the changes are complete.
Village Guy
Pulling my weight
I am using docker with latest version aitool. I suspect you may simply have a port issue. Check your ports are not in use by other apps and that you can reach deepstack manually.
Docker will work just fine with the original release as well. That said I highly recommend you run with the latest version.
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