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I do not really have a great place for that. The porch is low and the door basically goes right up to the ceiling so I cant put something above it. There is a security door that opens outward and due to clearance, nothing can go to the left of the window there. The only real option would be to...

Ok, so next question then. Say I returned the NVR and grabbed an i5 box to use with Blue Iris. How do you think power usage would compare, similar to a dedicated NVR or significantly more? Also, is Blue Iris that much better then the software on an NVR? Like is it truly worth it that you would...

Is there a significant change in the CPU usage with direct to disk? My original plan was to put Blue Iris in a VM on my existing server with the FX-8370. The server runs a few things including plex. I was trying to keep costs down, but after i had the 3 cameras going in demo mode, even i I...

Man, I wish I would have found this forum sooner. I was trying out Blue Iris demo with 3 cameras on a AMD FX-8370 Black Edition 8 Core CPU. The cameras were all set to 1080p and 30fps. It was using ~60% cpu and if something was triggering on all 3 cameras it pegged it at 100%... I'll have to...

Hi, I just ordered the following: HIKVISION DS-7608NI-E2/8P + 4tb Purple drive 2x DS-2CD2032F-I (Orange & Tan) 1x DS-2CD2042WD-I (Red) I don't have much of a budget so I am starting with 3 cameras with room to add more later. Here is an old floor plan of my house from before thins were changed...