Meaning I have fixed cam with a small defined area that is well lit and for whatever reason the image looks better with H265 than it does H264. But any of my cameras that see a wider area, H264 is better.
Video stuttering, hardware probably underpowered but want to confirm configuration is fine
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Meaning I have fixed cam with a small defined area that is well lit and for whatever reason the image looks better with H265 than it does H264. But any of my cameras that see a wider area, H264 is better.
fenderman
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Its a waste of money and time to recommend someone swap out their cables with cat6 when they have a problem that is not related to using cat5e. You are screwing them over. You dont need "enterprise" level equipment to get a solid connection. In fact there is ZERO chance you will notice any difference using enterprise gear vs home gear in terms of speed etc...in fact many home/prosumer routers will route traffic faster than expensive entireprise gear.
crap
ok, so what do I do now to reverse my boneheadedness?
I have this on my C:/ but during this reset up process i briefly redefined it on the HDD before realizing that was a bad idea and moved it back to the c/sdd drive
Yes, but all of this is a remnant of the previous installation. I haven't gotten to the "new to stored". Very happy to "reset" all this folder nonsense to scratch if possible.
yeah i have a NFS Nas drive in there as well, again from a previous installation. I still don't quite understand this notion of splitting cameras across drives but I assume inside the individual cameras, I define some to record to one drive and some to another?
This is a very interesting notion and honestly quite possible...Also very possible that i'm writing directly to the HDD which I now realize could def be inducing lag.
Great question, the age limits are ALL from the previous installation, I've since moved more to size limits, but this was def something I was planning on trying to "fine-tune" after getting it MORE or (clearly) LESS working as designed. But obviously this could/is probably the cause and not something to deal with later
Thank you for sharing that, I will def check that out.
I think i understand the mechanics of what you are suggestion but I'm not sure what VOF is or how to view it in a browser (or why that would be better for testing)
Yeah it's appearing like I'm missing something fundamental I thought i could get from the tutorials i was reading. I'll try to tackle as many of the 270 pages as I can tomorrow...
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fenderman
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the page you are looking for is 1 page not 270....search.
looney2ns
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You need to spend an afternoon, studying the BI help file.
IAmATeaf
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LOL You live up to your username.
Can I recommend some power cables for your setup
fenderman
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Its fine if you waste cash. Dont screw others into making the same mistake. I recommended the 50 dollar switch as a TESTING tool because believe it or not, an expensive ubiquti switch can have issues.
No one is suggesting thrift store routers - the op has expensive gear. I have over 20 BI systems most of which incorporate 50-100 dollar switches with cat 5e running flawlessly. When do you think folks even began installing cat 6?
Your shotgun "solution" is typical of an inexperienced novice who does not know where to begin trouble shooting. Lots of auto mechanics with the same mentality. If you dont know the solution to someones problem the best thing you can do for that person is to remain silent - not steer them wrong and waste their money.
That's wonderful to hear! Which page? what search term? I'm not trying to be flippant but more specificity stops me asking dumb questions, faster.
Absolutely, I will do it tomorrow.
Genuinely can't thank everyone enough for their help!
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Come on you need to do some work yourself. What terms do you think you should search for?
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I fall on this topic as I'm wondering what cause the same weird behavior on my brand new (sole) 4K camera. Dahua's doc mentions that this message ("lack of ressources. Video failed.") indicates there is a lack of bandwith.
So I've replaced the small toy POE switch (which was working fine with a Hikvision 4MP camera...) with a Linksys 24 POE+ Ports (that I already owned, naturally). Same behavior.
It's suggested to reduce the resolution. Slightly better but not yet perfect. Encoding was reviewed, sub stream is deactivated. No DVR here, the camera web interface lags even when I do not stream it...
I'm surprised to read that CAT5e is "enough". Cause that was my guess, as I'm not sure that this behavior was encountered when I was configuring/testing the camera, whilst on the table, powered-up at that moment by a dedicated power supply...
This is also weird as the previous camera was working fine, with the same network cable.
I'll have to unmount the camera to definetely have a good idea on what happens exactly. "Underpowered" because of the cable, power or bandwith greedy (can't imagine)...
So I've replaced the small toy POE switch (which was working fine with a Hikvision 4MP camera...) with a Linksys 24 POE+ Ports (that I already owned, naturally). Same behavior.
It's suggested to reduce the resolution. Slightly better but not yet perfect. Encoding was reviewed, sub stream is deactivated. No DVR here, the camera web interface lags even when I do not stream it...
I'm surprised to read that CAT5e is "enough". Cause that was my guess, as I'm not sure that this behavior was encountered when I was configuring/testing the camera, whilst on the table, powered-up at that moment by a dedicated power supply...
This is also weird as the previous camera was working fine, with the same network cable.
I'll have to unmount the camera to definetely have a good idea on what happens exactly. "Underpowered" because of the cable, power or bandwith greedy (can't imagine)...
looney2ns
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Lots of times this happens because the PC you are using to view the feed, can't handle the processing. Especially if you are using H265.
Switch to H264 or to h264H see if that helps.
OakleyFreak
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OP
Just another side note.
With all the talk about cat 5 vs cat 6 and switches.
Have you run any network tests? Simple ping to the cam may show a deficiency. Network latency could also cause issues you describe.
Another sign. the live time set on the camera display, If the seconds jump or are not smooth,then that could be network issues. I always use time display on the camera vs blue iris overlay.
Just another side note.
With all the talk about cat 5 vs cat 6 and switches.
Have you run any network tests? Simple ping to the cam may show a deficiency. Network latency could also cause issues you describe.
Another sign. the live time set on the camera display, If the seconds jump or are not smooth,then that could be network issues. I always use time display on the camera vs blue iris overlay.
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Sure. Seems fine pinging from the Blue Iris PC to the cameras but maybe i'm doing it wrong or missing something?
Interesting suggestion. I actually removed that overlay cause I was worried it would slow down the stream. I can re-enable it and see if it syncs up with the times. thanks for the suggestion
OakleyFreak
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Your pings look good.
I imagine the time overlay on the seconds will be fine as well.
Thanks for checking. I was actually curious about that and hadn't thought to ping TO the cameras yet (did a bunch of testing of the BI PC when setting up the VLAN. glad they are alright. I also agree that the time stamps are most likely ok (they looked ok).
Currently reading the the readme pdf. Looking for a way to reset the folders i (probably) screwed up due to changing the default ones. Will report back
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i just click on shit until it does what I want. sometimes for an hour.
fenderman
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Why would you randomly be reading the help file instead of simply going to the sections advised?
Well....1) no section was actually advised, I was told to "think about what search terms I'd need", 2) because another suggestion was to simply "spend an afternoon with the help file" which really didn't seem like a terrible idea 3) because my phone had an incident at the pool yesterday so I can't tether my laptop and have no way to remotely access my BI installation so I'm just reading through it during some downtime for semi-productivity.