Recent content by ArmoredDragon

If it could run under VMWare that would be fine, though I've heard there are all sorts of problems with that. But the overall design of the program and many other things about it I just really don't like. Though most NVRs I've seen are equally bad if not worse. Actually Moonfire NVR is looking...

Not quite as straight forward as it might seem. In Arizona, only the rear plate is required. For the direction that truck went, there are a few places I could get away with. For the other direction, not so much. Per the HOA rules, no wiring can be visible. In addition, there's a big tree in that...

When I say inferior, I'm speaking strictly in terms of LPR usage.

Possibly, I don't know if that was their routine, just speculation on my part. Given they got a u-haul truck, I think it's unlikely they wouldn't have it planned out in some way. Curious whether the truck was rented or stolen.

Wait how is it that the HFW5241E-Z12E does so well with a 1/2.8" sensor? I thought the standard these days was 1/1.8"? My current cameras have that and do remarkably well, especially considering they have a 111 degree FOV and still managed to catch the last two letters of that plate from 50 feet...

Does all of this apply even if the cars will only be driving 30mph max? This particular area isn't practical to drive any faster, even if you're wanting to burn rubber, because the roads are narrow and short.

Understood. Is there any advantage of the Z4E over the Z12 at all in real world usage?

Kind of wonder if I should position an LPR camera in a similar position to the one in my second youtube link. I think that distance is only about 50ft, possibly less. Is there a practical possibility of being able to spot both people and plates at that shorter distance? And if so, is there an...

Likely California, but not here as we haven't loosened any criminal penalties in recent memory. I think in this case there may be an organized crime element. These neighbors own a local restaurant, and I think they may have been getting cash for something related to the business, and it may be...

The problem is it doesn't show video when I do that, it just shows a blank feed with text saying to install the plugin. Installing the plugin doesn't help.

Is it viable to use this camera to try to see faces during the day and night as well? Say people walking on the adjacent sidewalks? Or is it only really practical to tune them to being able to get maximum contrast for license plates? Sadly there's pretty much only one place I can viably install...

I think she was in her garage, my guess is she didn't see him walking up the first time.

Doesn't seem to work for me. Also I don't understand what you mean by 'explorer baked into the nvr', how would that even happen?

I want to be able to ditch internet explorer completely though, i.e. eliminate it 100% from the work flow. These newer firmwares don't do that? Also one thing I should qualify is that I don't care if the plate reading is automatic, just so long as I can play back the video later and spot it is...

Had a robbery happen at a neighbor's house a few hours ago: Perp was in the uhaul truck, followed them home from the bank, robbed them at gunpoint, even fired shots but nobody was injured. Sadly, this is the best I have of the license plate: AFAIK the police don't have any leads yet...