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[Release] OpenVINO for BI
I just upgraded to BI v6 to utilize the built AI and see if it utilizes QuickSync better only to have AI tell me that since I have an NPU I should be running OpenVINO instead. Well, that was the hardest thing I've ever installed. AI was useless and kept insisting I can download from links that... -
Holy crap, $450 for a WD purple 10TB drive now!
I have 2 cameras that record the main feed 24x7 and get a couple weeks of footage on a 5TB drive. I've considered recording just the secondary channel with the primary only recording on trigger. Also been messing around with h.265 again. With firmware at the latest, I get decent quality with CBR...- redpoint5
- Post #47
- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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Crazy Shooting - Neighbors house hit
How do you have so much crazy stuff going down all the time? Craziest thing in my neighborhood so far was a couple thieves that stole a 6-pack of Coke from an unlocked truck. Half the time I forget to close the garage door. My daughters once left the front door wide open during a 4-day weekend...- redpoint5
- Post #7
- Forum: Camera Captures
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Holy crap, $450 for a WD purple 10TB drive now!
I would be modifying my recording methods to reduce storage consumption before I pay the insane prices right now. Just wait 1-2 years and the market will flood with storage and prices will be at historic lows. Remember that all shortages are followed by glut.- redpoint5
- Post #43
- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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Sharia, Islam, Muslim .. pay attention to your blind spots
I changed my mind on this topic- some women really are born in the wrong body. -
Sharia, Islam, Muslim .. pay attention to your blind spots
The reason women go to church is because it's an institution of conformity, and women are more agreeable than men. It's why girls do better in school than boys. Primarily because they've been indoctrinated from birth (we all are), but also women are less disagreeable than men (more likely to... -
Sharia, Islam, Muslim .. pay attention to your blind spots
This video 10x my understanding of Islam. I had a hunch that Islam is not a peaceful religion, just that most people aren't very convicted about anything. If they have to give something big up or be very inconvenienced, they'd rather not bother, but they're willing to go to church to have... -
BI 6.0.4.8 Install Failing
Ran the installer and it needed the C++ redistributable installed, so I performed that install and rebooted as instructed when it completed. BI installation resumed, but said the C++ wasn't installed correctly. Repairing doesn't fix it. I'm stuck in an infinite loop or repair > not installed... -
I had another Dahua cam fail, but this post isn't about that.
Squirrels teeth grow continuously and have to be worn down continuously. They chose the wiring of my solar panels for that. Fortunately I only had to remove 2 panels to get to the broken wire. Horrible creatures. Repaired cable -
Holy crap, $450 for a WD purple 10TB drive now!
My RAID 1 14TB volume was getting thin on space, so I figured I'd pick up a 3rd drive and convert to RAID 5, but the price of that drive is double what I paid for 3 years ago. I decided to spend time de-duplicating files to free up space and wait for prices to come down. Long term I may end up...- redpoint5
- Post #19
- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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Think they bought these bikes and laptops etc?
Just call everything in as a homicide and walk it back later. Guy in shorts has a pegleg.- redpoint5
- Post #5
- Forum: Camera Captures
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My PC is dead
Bad time to have a dead PC as everything costs twice as much, if you can even find parts. Software issues aren't what I'd call dead though. The OS can be repaired/reinstalled. Use AI to guide you through the repair.- redpoint5
- Post #9
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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US Elections (& Politics) :)
Should be able to report previous year's taxes as theft on current year losses. -
The Typical picture of a Perp on Nextdoor-type Apps with Consumer Grade Cameras like Ring, Nest, Arlo, Canary, Wyze, etc.
I can beat that. Identify this thief that took a 6-pack of Coke from my neighbor's car- who is a police Captain. Captain asked me if I happened to have video because he thought someone stole his Coke since he knew he left it in his unlocked car. The couple happened to park 100' across from my...- redpoint5
- Post #1,185
- Forum: Pics & Videos
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Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?
I agree that AOC isn't going to have us standing before a firing the squad, but how many steps toward it should we take? Everything happens slowly, then all at once, and we're very bad at knowing where all at once occurs. All of that misses my point about how liberal authoritarians delude... -
Your liberty : OS level age ( and soon ID ) verification ! 2026+
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Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?
... can't figure out how to quote line by line yet since I can't figure out how to see the quote brackets... I was referring to the history of actual communists, and what would occur if "The Squad" types got their way. Those who see humanity as bugs don't understand human nature, and have no... -
Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?
Commies don't learn from failure; they attribute failure to the competent/wealthy, sending them to the gulag. Eventually anyone with more breadcrumbs is seen as the problem, and they go to the gulag. Failure is never due to ideology that is incompatible with the human species, it's due to not... -
Gasoline-- how much where YOU are??
... which was the real reason for the incursion into Venezuela. Funny how we built refinery infrastructure perfect for everyone else's oil, but not ours. We just need natural gas powered vehicles. It sells at a massive BTU discount compared to other fuels. -
Gasoline-- how much where YOU are??
The US is hedged fairly well against both high and low oil prices. When prices go high, our domestic production sells high, but we pay more at the pump. When prices go low, our domestic production diminishes and is less valuable, but we pay less at the pump. It's the non-producers that are... -
Gasoline-- how much where YOU are??
I paid $4.50 for regular at Costco Saturday. Filled the van up even though it had half a tank, just in case. It's a plug-in hybrid so I will get 1,000 miles between fills. The other cars are EV. -
Version 6
I was having a conversation with Grok about my v5 BI setup and that I wanted to start tinkering with AI features... eventually learning v6 is out and it has integrated AI! Grok recommended I upgrade. What is the consensus so far? Grok also says v6 handles h.265 better, as well as QuickSync...- redpoint5
- Post #272
- Forum: What's New
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bidens incredible transition to electric cars
Regarding physical buttons and knobs which are way more functional than screens (I can type better on an old Blackberry than touchscreen), many cars have voice control capability. Push a button, and tell it what you want... I've been meaning to get in the habit of using it more often. -
bidens incredible transition to electric cars
I believe it was federal regulation that caused vehicle sizes to increase. The MPG requirements were based on wheelbase, so it created incentive to make larger cars that were allowed worse MPG. CAFE (California) is also a huge market that tends to dictate what vehicles get made for the rest of... -
bidens incredible transition to electric cars
The latest iteration of Tesla's FSD is very good. I went from being constantly annoyed by it in previous versions, to preferring it. It still is dumb at parking and other things (it doesn't avoid potholes or small objects in the road), but incremental improvement will eventually deliver a system... -
Progressive Liberal Hypocrisy
I don't intend this comment at you in particular, and I'm being pedantic, but that isn't what liberalism is, it's just that Leftism has ruined the term like so many other things. Liberal is derived from the Latin word 'liber', which means freedom. It's why Libertarian has the same Latin root... -
bidens incredible transition to electric cars
I missed this bit of news. On a tangent, my latest gas bill is $230. That's twice as much as normal for this time of year. I received a letter from Northwest Natural Gas (I need to dig it out so I can quote it verbatim), but it basically said they colluded with politicians to require a certain... -
bidens incredible transition to electric cars
My fridge consumes about 2kWh per day and draws about 120w when it runs. That works out to 0.083 kWh every hour. My freezer consumes about 0.5 kWh and draws 40w when running. That works out to 0.021 kWh every hour. Divide the kWh rating of the battery by hourly kWh consumption of the thing... -
bidens incredible transition to electric cars
If you're talking about highway 20, there are a ton of Tesla chargers in Detroit, and then again in Sisters, so needing a charge on either side is not an issue. Heading back down, an EV will use hardly any energy since you're mostly coasting and regenerating. I'll have to pay attention to see...