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    quick way to see something from two minutes ago via iOS app

    Yeah that's often what I do, particularly if I know where the sound came from. Still, an easy way to instantly scroll back to some arbitrary recent point in time for all the cameras I'm looking at would be extra slick...
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    quick way to see something from two minutes ago via iOS app

    Yeah but do you have alerts going off all night or do you silence them?
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    quick way to see something from two minutes ago via iOS app

    Cool, thanks for letting me know that at least something is in the works! It's just very common, at least around my house, to have someone (cough*wife*cough) say "what was that noise". So being able to quickly see what happened 30 seconds ago is something I think I'd use constantly.
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    quick way to see something from two minutes ago via iOS app

    I'm not asking for mind-reading, just good app design. On my Wyze camera I touch 'view playback' and press the 'go back 30 seconds' button a few times as needed. That takes 'less than 3 seconds' rather than 'less than a minute'. And on BI if there hasn't been an alert recently, like beyond the...
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    quick way to see something from two minutes ago via iOS app

    Curious what people do if they want to quickly see something (on the app) from a specific camera that happened just a few minutes ago (assuming there are no alerts/events detected). Am I missing something obvious or do you really need to go into the clips section and then scroll to find?
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    Handhold me through data disk clone (what software, in particular?)

    Thank you! All working as normal again!!!
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    Handhold me through data disk clone (what software, in particular?)

    Cool, thanks. Is that MiniTool partition wizard a necessary part of the process? And is there a way to just specify that it's got the same drive name so I don't have to touch BI at all?
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    Handhold me through data disk clone (what software, in particular?)

    I'm a Mac guy but did manage to learn what I needed to set up BI on a Dell (win10) PC about 6 or 7 years ago. I then promptly forgot everything Windows-related since BI has been running smoothly since then. But, since I just had to pull the machine apart to put in a new power supply (the fan...
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    Latest thinking on favorite low-cost POE (indoor)

    Nice - the little cube looks like a great drop-in replacement. PTZ might be handy at times but that Amcrest isn't POE is it?
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    Latest thinking on favorite low-cost POE (indoor)

    Several years ago I bought one of the little Annke POE cameras for the basement but it's starting to behave erratically so I think it's about time to replace. What's the latest thinking on a decent but lower-cost POE camera that might replace it? Low light is not particularly important but I do...
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    IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M 'Boobie' Cam for License Plate reading?

    Thanks @chaosengine - SUPER useful! Looks like I can get longer lenses with some of these so that's great. And I'm in LA so what is this rain stuff of which you speak? :)
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    IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M 'Boobie' Cam for License Plate reading?

    Hmm, yeah the photo I posted is a little deceiving... that mounting point is actually an overhang (above the garage) that's about 7 feet high. Sounds like even w/ the 3.6mm lens (thanks @concord for the direct link) I may be a little too far out. Is there a rule-of-thumb lens/FOV/distance...
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    IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M 'Boobie' Cam for License Plate reading?

    Anybody have thoughts on using the dahua dual-camera (boobie) cam for LPR purposes? I'm trying to capture plates coming up and down the alley behind my house (see attached image) and ideally wouldn't have to mount TWO cameras there. I know it's available with a 3.6mm lens instead of the default...
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    USB webcam - 'no signal' for long time after restarting/etc

    So, for what it's worth, it was an audio issue. For my use I just turned off audio for the camera but presumably if I'd taken the time to track down whatever drivers were needed it would have solved it as well. I guess BI keeps trying for like 10 minutes to figure out if there's audio available...
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    USB webcam - 'no signal' for long time after restarting/etc

    I figured I'd go ahead and hang a cheap USB webcam (Logitech, 1080p, about 1 year old) off my BI PC so I can watch the room where it's located. But I'm getting a strange behavior with it where any time I restart BI this camera's feed it shows the dreaded 'No Signal' gray screen. Eventually -...
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