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    Blueiris on a mini PC? Check out these specs!

    I'm not familiar with AMD, but did run the BI demo on an Intel mini PC before going full boat. It's not that great. You will most likely need to stick a WD purple (or surveillance rated drive) in an enclosure and connect via USB 3. That alone is not recommended (I asked). But for purposes of...
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    Is more granularity possible?

    I have the BI app and push notifications work. What I'd like are geofence exceptions. For example, alerts only when outside the geofence is already possible, but I'd like to be able to have 2 cams alert inside or outside of it. Edit -- Would also like to be able to add another variant -- Send...
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    Newbie Questions

    Thanks. I'm not really gung-ho on moving the front door elsewhere. Might just get a video doorbell with 2-way capability on that. After researching that topic, I'm shocked to learn Reolink gets high marks for it. For S&G, I did try the CX410 because it was on sale for prime day for $79. Exactly...
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    Newbie Questions

    That worked. It must not have liked me adding it via a copy and changing the ipaddress although all the fields were the same. I've used all three of the cameras you recommended. Do you know if 2-way audio is supported? For example, this one (where I would want it most)...
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    The 2.8 worked. Grabs everything I need. The opposing glass is a little far, but not a big deal since that's covered from the outside anyway. Thanks.
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    Newbie Questions

    Did all of that, I'm getting somewhere so I can tweak from here. Any idea on audio? It worked before, but that was all under default settings, including not recording straight to disk. Thanks again for the help.
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    Newbie Questions

    Also, the sound is gone. That was working before I did the wiki stuff.
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    Newbie Questions

    It works haphazardly. Changed it on 3 cams, the driveway triggered once, 5 minutes later it didn't. The front door triggered, then walked to the driveway and it didn't trigger. The third (an inside room) won't trigger at all unless I turn the sensitivity way down.
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    Newbie Questions

    I had no zones set yet. It just took whatever it was defaulted to. Same problem with an inside camera. Turn the lights off, it doesn't trigger, but worked before.
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    Newbie Questions

    Where is the motion detection for substreams? I only see it for the main stream
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    Newbie Questions

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    Newbie Questions

    Well now things are getting to be a bit more complex. I either broke something, or have to make adjustments, perhaps I can get some starting ground? After going through the wiki and configuring each camera to use substreams and 15FPS, I now get no motion alerts at night. Turn on a light outside...
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    Specific request, is this even possible...

    Yeah, I glanced around and couldn't find something so I asked. Don't really want to replace the chime. It's loud AF throughout the house and my parents are used it. Doing their house.
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    Specific request, is this even possible...

    An existing old-fashion doorbell. I'd like to replace it with something BI compatible, must use Wi-Fi, would like the existing chime in the house to ring when pressed, and supply power to it (not POE) via existing wiring. I already have a wired camera above the door, but it is 11' feet high. It...
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    3.6 lens, likely going to present the same issue being too close to adjacent walls. It does look like a cool piece of equipment for the right application.
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    Thanks, then it should work for me as well. Same corner actually, and not concerned about the height cutoff opposite it, since the windows do not go all the way up.
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    Yes -- I need the walls covered, that's what the 3.6 is missing. The room is an addition with glass to the outside on the 2 opposite walls to the camera and the adjacent walls have French Doors into other parts of the house. Thanks, I'll see if this works, camera should be here tomorrow.
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    I guess my space relations : degrees is off. In any event, it's a square room with the camera going in one of the corners. I tried a 3.6 turret fixed before I mounted it outside and the FOV was too narrow. I have a 2.8 showing up tomorrow for a different area, I'll try it there first & see if it...
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    Newbie Questions

    Amazon did their thing quickly. 64GB since it was cheap & made no sense not to do it while I'm setting up the machine. Only thing worth noting for future reference for others is 2666 Ram is more expensive and harder to come by than 3200 or 3600. You can't take advantage of the faster speeds...
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    Newbie Questions

    64 is overkill (from what I understand) but populating all 4 banks is what gives the boost. Given I already have 2 16's, it's cheaper to buy another 2 and have 64GB than to buy 4 8's for the same 32GB. For $53, I ordered it. Might as well, I'm going to set this thing up and likely won't be back...
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    Newbie Questions

    Ok, computer is up, NVME works, 12TB internally installed. A few more dumb questions before I take this off the bench and set it up for production: 1) The WD purple is making a constant click every few seconds. There is nothing on it, no load, BI not installed yet. Is this normal? 2) The Cliff...
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    Need Camera Recommendation

    All of my outside stuff is covered, purchased from Empire Tech, so would prefer to buy from him again. I'm using 4MP low light variants -- a few variable focus, 2.8, 3.6. Mainly these (but do not want to use variable FL if I don't have to)...
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    Newbie Questions

    Awesome. It worked. Installed a Samsung 980 Pro, cloned, removed old drive, it boots and no complaints from Windows. Only problem is Dell did not leave a mounting screw in the standoff and it did not come with the drive. Ordered a kit from Amazon, turned off the machine, and when it shows up...
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    Newbie Questions

    Thanks! I found it, now I have to go grab a drive and clone everything to it.
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    Newbie Questions

    Most definitely not there. I would notice a horizontal M.2 slot...
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    Newbie Questions

    I could try an SFF PCI card, but then I have to get my licensed windows copy onto it & not have windows complain about it.
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    Newbie Questions

    I don't see any horizontal slots on the MB unless it's under the CPU Cooler (which would be really dumb) or closer to the front of the board in front of the ram. The spec sheet shows it on the side toward the back & I don't see it.
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    Newbie Questions

    Meh. This is going back. I really don't want a PC to use elsewhere with a serial ATA. I can get a 7700 as opposed to the 9700 with an M.2 & HDD (which I would toss) for the same price, or build. The trade off is a 4core CPU vs 8. Basically 2017 vs 2019 There is no savings to using much...
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    Newbie Questions

    There is no m.2 slot. It has a serial ATA 2.5 SSD siting in the cradle which would hold the WD purple. I might be able to take the DVD drive out & relocate the SSD to where that is, but haven't taken it apart to look. The RAM is underneath he DVD drive, might not be enough room. I wanted (and...
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    Newbie Questions

    Computer showed up, but I thought this had 2 HDD cradles. Maybe I can't find it? There's a DVD under the HDD which I can't figure out how to remove, and doesn't look like there's enough room there anyway. I also don't see another set of connectors for a 2nd Drive. Maybe buy ribbon cable with...
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