[tool] [tutorial] Free AI Person Detection for Blue Iris

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The last change/addition was 15 days ago per the github source..
I'm curious what version most people use to upgrade. I searched this thread over the last week and found, in addition to the official VorlonCD release, versions 526, 569, and 626. I went with the latest I could see:


I don't mind taking a chance to be on the leading edge but I'd prefer not to be on the bleeding edge.
 

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I'm curious what version most people use to upgrade. I searched this thread over the last week and found, in addition to the official VorlonCD release, versions 526, 569, and 626. I went with the latest I could see:


I don't mind taking a chance to be on the leading edge but I'd prefer not to be on the bleeding edge.
As soon as their is a new commit I rebuild, but then I'm happy to test everything out and report any bugs. If you have a version that does all you want then their is probably no point in going with the latest until it has been tested for a while.
 

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In addition to the last question I asked, I have another. What is the right combination of settings so that you get a video recorded for a confirmed detected object? I thought the 'trigger URLs' were supposed to tell BI to record a video now that AITool had confirmed there is an object of interest in the frame? I only get JPGs with a Flag and the [summary] text included - no video.
Thanks for your help.
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I have tried enabling Recording video on the [Record] tab, but this means that BI is recording continuously (I assume because there is a lot of motion in the scene - outside and windy day). Is there a configuration that avoids the continuous recording?
These are my settings:

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I have tried enabling Recording video on the [Record] tab, but this means that BI is recording continuously (I assume because there is a lot of motion in the scene - outside and windy day). Is there a configuration that avoids the continuous recording?
Yes, just setup clones for your cameras and configure accordingly. It will then only record if AITOOL recognises something you have listed. I use clone mode as I have no wish to capture video of false alerts.
 

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Yes, just setup clones for your cameras and configure accordingly. It will then only record if AITOOL recognises something you have listed. I use clone mode as I have no wish to capture video of false alerts.
Thanks Village Guy. I wondered if that was going to be the answer. Back to that setup then.
 
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Thanks Village Guy. I wondered if that was going to be the answer. Up to back to that setup then.
Your welcome, I have been a proponent of Clone mode from the start of this project. It's disappointing that the BI developer will not give an option to only record on external trigger as we would then no longer need a cloned camera.
 

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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.
Hey @Village Guy, finally carved out a sec to look at this, would you mind sharing a screenshot of your trigger tab please?
 
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Just from my personal perspective and previous thefts/experiences. continuous recording is your second line of defense.

(everybodys setup and situations vary, so YMMV)
 
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Rolled this out today as a long-time Sentry user. Pretty cool stuff you put together OP. Thank you.

Looking forward to animated gifs in the notifications maybe someday?
 

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Just from my personal perspective and previous thefts/experiences. continuous recording is your second line of defense.

(everybodys setup and situations vary, so YMMV)
Yep so many people are going to be disappointed, recoding only from clones.
That being said, although I do constant recording with AI Tools flagging alerts, I have now setup clones to record a "timelapse" daily video summary of AI validated events in a single video per cam.
Then when I watch the actual footage, AI Tool as great as it is, misses a lot, but was heck more accurate than sentry.
 

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Just from my personal perspective and previous thefts/experiences. continuous recording is your second line of defense.

(everybodys setup and situations vary, so YMMV)
I'm intrigued by your comment. Can you share your reasoning for recording static video. Are you inferring that capturing video 30 seconds before an event along with the WHOLE event being recorded is in some way inferior to recording continously. Is it a legal requirement in your country?
 

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I'm intrigued by your comment. Can you share your reasoning for recording static video. Are you inferring that capturing video 30 seconds before an event along with the WHOLE event being recorded is in some way inferior to recording continously. Is it a legal requirement in your country?
I think this has been covered to death before, but you do what's best for you.

Parking legal requirements because they vary by region, it comes down to reliability and introducing more points of failure.
Just search this site for motion events issues. I have had BI set to trigger on the slightest alerts, as well as triggering ONVIF trigger and when it comes to an event, the always recording cameras have ALWAYS provided more insight.
With the low cost of storage and modern compression vs the price you pay to run BI + Camera's really worth the risk of missing events? Only you can answer that.
PS: I have many cameras at home, overlapping and not all are constant recording, that is how I know.
 
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Indeed you have expressed your opinion many times. With respect my post was addressed to @columbusgeek!
Same answer really. I have been a user since early BI4. I thought I had it all figured out, triggers working well with my testing, and still had a $700 diesel tuner stolen from my truck. Nothing picked up the individual on cameras, of which I have many. Nothing got triggered and I had no continuous footage to review. Lesson learned. Now Sentry flags things for my convenience, (possibly replaced by OPs tool) and footage is also collected continuously and chopped into hour-long chunks for specific cameras. I've never missed an event now, even if the automated side of things malfuncitons.
 

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Same answer really. I have been a user since early BI4. I thought I had it all figured out, triggers working well with my testing, and still had a $700 diesel tuner stolen from my truck. Nothing picked up the individual on cameras, of which I have many. Nothing got triggered and I had no continuous footage to review. Lesson learned. Now Sentry flags things for my convenience, (possibly replaced by OPs tool) and footage is also collected continuously and chopped into hour-long chunks for specific cameras. I've never missed an event now, even if the automated side of things malfuncitons.
Thanks for your feedback. Your bottom line seems to be reliability based upon an earlier unfortunate experience. On the basis of 'don't fix it if it is not broken' I can understand that.
 

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AITool Version 2.0.703.7716

I have attached a link below to the latest version of AITOOL for anyone that would like to test the new version and unable to compile it yourself. Please be aware this version is in BETA it is NOT released!

Please discuss / post issues here

At this time I recommend you NOT delete the default camera. I have found it deletes the next camera in the list and reinstates the default.

Download Link
 
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Hi all

I've used BI for a while with a small 2 fairly low res camera setup recording 24/7 and relying on BI triggers to bookmark events but having moved house recently and installed some additional cameras I realised I needed to be smarter at what was being recorded in full definijtion and came across AITools setup via The Hookup Youtube vid.

Anyway, I've got everything set up and I thought detection was working pretty well after some initial teething issues, but this evening my wife returned home driving in the dark and despite the camera being triggered and the jpg analysed, this was determined to be a false alarm despite having car ticked and 0% lower confidence limit. Is there anything I can do to help eliminate these missed events where a car's headlights are coming towards the camera and presumably the AI isn't seeing the car's outline to make a positive ID?



Thanks
 

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Hi all

I've used BI for a while with a small 2 fairly low res camera setup recording 24/7 and relying on BI triggers to bookmark events but having moved house recently and installed some additional cameras I realised I needed to be smarter at what was being recorded in full definijtion and came across AITools setup via The Hookup Youtube vid.

Anyway, I've got everything set up and I thought detection was working pretty well after some initial teething issues, but this evening my wife returned home driving in the dark and despite the camera being triggered and the jpg analysed, this was determined to be a false alarm despite having car ticked and 0% lower confidence limit. Is there anything I can do to help eliminate these missed events where a car's headlights are coming towards the camera and presumably the AI isn't seeing the car's outline to make a positive ID?



Thanks
Resolution is fine, but increase the bit-rate (quality) of whatever stream you are sending to AI Tool, there is a lot of artifacting.
Experiment with exposure options such as HLC.
Experiment with contrast. That angle detecting a car at night 100% of the time will be tough
 
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