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    BI: How to cut short (very) section of BVR clip?

    I didn't realize you could open an AVI file with BI and do that. Neat trick. Thanks!
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    BI: How to cut short (very) section of BVR clip?

    I would like to extract a 10 second section from a BVR file to email to a friend. I have tried convert/export but when I bring in the green and red triangles as close as possible to the start and stop times, the triangles overlap and are no longer individually visible. When I actually click OK...
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    Reliable sellers, Amazon vs. Ali, Hikvision vs. Dahua

    Hi all. I live in metro Detroit (MI, USA) and have typically purchased my cameras from Amazon vendors. A few have been outside the US (China) and I haven't had any trouble with them. I've moved up from crappy Foscams to nice Hikvisions (indoor and outdoor flavors of each). Now I'd like to...
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    Recommendation for outdoor camera w/nightvision and audio for small back yard

    Hello, I am new to Dahua cameras but see a lot of positive posts on them. I run Blueiris with a mix of Hikvision, Panasonic, and Foscam, indoor and outdoor cameras. I would like to try a Dahua outdoor camera mounted on the back of my house looking to the south, under the eave. My yard is a...
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    How to best convert and upload to web space

    Yes, I plan to set up the ftp service on the Raspberry Pi and hide the device in the house. I can't really think of a way to get the video clips, BVR or otherwise converted, up to the interwebs in a quick time frame such that they would be usable. I guess I'll just archive the videos to the...
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    How to best convert and upload to web space

    Thanks everyone for the replies. I will probably enable the JPG snapshot uploads and I'd still like to pursue the video recording uploads in a non BVR format, too. Can anyone tell me, if I want to use the AVI or MP4 format for the uploaded file, is it a requirement to limit the size of the...
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    How to best convert and upload to web space

    Hello all, I'm running BI 4.2.8.5 x64 on a desktop with a 4TB secondary HD, monitoring 10 cameras (Panasonic Netcams, Foscams, and Hikvision indoor and outdoor cams). I leave the motion settings pretty much to default but have tinkered a bit with pre-trigger buffer and so I collect a fair...
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    Turn off WIFI on DS-2CD2432F-IW

    I just switched this model camera over from wifi with a power adapter, to POE. I disabled the wifi by changing the wifi password to something incorrect, then saving it. My ASUS switch shows it is now connected with a LAN symbol instead of a wireless symbol, so it seems to be working over...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    Make time is 0.1. I will reset to direct-to-disk, cause an event, and double check the email. What are the benefits/detractors of direct-to-disk vs. other methods? BI is running on a dedicated Windows 8.1 PC with an i7-4790 3.60GHz quad core/HT CPU, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB HDD (I am...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    Things are finally working. Obj size is 255. Contrast is 35. Make is .1. Break is 20. In order to attach video to email I had to switch the record format encoder back to "Re-encode" (not direct-to-disc). Object Detection is unchecked. Mask and hot spot has no hot spot and no mask. Do not...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    After the previous post I cleared the mask and started over. The entire image is white and i pasted a hot spot rectangle across the view at waist to head height. This time when I walked through it BI sent me email saying there was motion, and a picture ... of nothing ... and attached an empty...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    Ok. Ghosts of Richard Nixon maybe. I have recordings that completely skip over the time that I WAS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. Prior to walking in front of the camera I set the BI recording to "direct to disk", let the camera restart, then went down the basement. I also launched the BI Android...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    I think I fixed this problem. Two words: Camera Groups. I have this camera in the "inside" group and one of the other cameras in the group had "trigger camera groups checked". Doh! No recent false alarms but now when I play the clip it cuts off before the subject (me) actually enters the...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    Nothing was displayed when I used the "test run ..." setting in the viewer. And I just updated to 4.2.3.2 a few minutes ago. Does this version have any fixes specific to motion detection issues? I think I may be using the "test run..." option incorrectly. When I right click on another clip...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    I watched all of the video clips and found absolutely nothing moving... not even a mouse. I right clicked while watching one of the videos and checked the "Test run video through motion detector" and when I un-paused the playback there was no alert. What should I be looking for? Also, what is...
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    Excessive Motion dection alerts in basement with nightvision

    I have a Foscam 9831P in my basement. At night there is simply no light down there but BI (4.2.3.1 x64) keeps alerting on motion. I have attached a screen shot of my Motion/Trigger settings. The camera is set to night vision at all times. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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    IP Camera Recommendation

    One more thing - the BI developer answers his own email, too, and usually pretty quick. You don't get that with big companies. There's also a guy named Fenderman that is usually around these forums that is a great resource for BI and cameras, too.
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    IP Camera Recommendation

    I have both Hikvision and Foscam indoor and outdoor cameras (total 8 now). I started with Foscam and soon learned that they were not very highly regarded on certain forums. Assistance was available but definitely prejudiced. I switched to Hikvision cameras and have been very happy. I am a...
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    Advice for lost power on BI PC

    I run BI on a headless Windows 8 server parked in my basement. I use TightVNC to connect to the server when I want to mess with the BI GUI since Windows 8 screwed me out of Remote Desktop Server. I have decent firewall and AV software installed. I also have a UPS. I wanted BI to restart at...
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    Recommendation for outdoor lamp post mounted netcam?

    Yep. Heading to Lowes this morning to get the actual inside dimensions of the post and look for solar lamps to put on top. Then I'll probably take a chance and order the best camera, that is the smallest, and hope it fits.
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    Recommendation for outdoor lamp post mounted netcam?

    Update ... I have learned that "Trex" makes a hollow composite deck post and has one in charcoal (don't call it "black" with the chat person or she gets snotty). It looks like they make a post that is 6"x6"x108". This might work if I can find one.
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    Recommendation for outdoor lamp post mounted netcam?

    Thanks. As I google around for cameras and posts my plan is reforming ... The camera you suggest looks like it will flush mount on the post but might stick out and be a little too noticable especially since it it is white and the post will most likely be black. I am currently looking at a...
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    Recommendation for outdoor lamp post mounted netcam?

    Hello, I am looking for a recommendation for network camera that I can mount on a flat vertical surface, like a lamp post, that will be focused on the front of my house. It would have to be a POE outdoor camera so I can avoid local ordinances on burying high voltage electrical cable under my...
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    Cameras losing signal

    Thanks for the quick reply. Apologies for being a noob, but I'm not sure what you mean by "pulling the rtsp stream using VLC". Can you elaborate?
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    Cameras losing signal

    Any update on this error? I have upgraded all (3) of my "junk cams" (Foscam FI9831P) to the most currently available firmware, and downgraded BI to the 32 bit (last night) as fenderman suggested. Please note, even though this camera is tanked according to BI, I was able to login to the Foscam...
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    Not worth the time or trouble.

    O.k. I just figured that since I was, theoretically, a "unix guy" I could conquer anything. Hmmm, could be wrong there ... I'll put my efforts into BI 32 bit. Thanks.
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    Not worth the time or trouble.

    Hello. I'm testing Zoneminder (Ubuntu pre-packaged VMware OVF file) vs. BlueIris on Win7. Both are installed as VM's on an HP Proliant DL380 G5 with 2 dual core Xeon X5355 2.6GHz CPU's and 32GB of Ram with VMware ESXi 5.1 . I'm reasonably sure I won't run out of memory or processing power but...
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    How to stop motion detection while turning camera (PTZ)?

    Hello, I'm finally coming to understand a few things. 1). My FOSCAM 9831P does not really have an audio detection alert. 2). If I use Blueiris to alert on motion detection ... moving the camera with the PTZ controls appears to trigger a motion alert. While this does make sense to me ... is...
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    Recording/Alerts Schedule

    Thanks. Now I just have to figure out external access and whether or not I should purchase the BI Android app. I really don't need another camera "viewing" app as the "IP Cam Viewer" Android app works just fine for my purposes. But I would like to have my cameras record upon audio detection...
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    Recording/Alerts Schedule

    Hello. Please pardon the newbie question but I can't seem to find the answer yet. I am a recovering Dropcam user (anybody want to buy 3 Dropcam HD's?). I have unplugged 2 of my 3 Dropcams and replaced them with 3 Foscam 9831P cameras. I also have 2 Panasonic BB-HCM381A netcams. I am using...
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