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  1. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    "The printing process for license plates allow for high contrast recognition for infrared (IR) and visible light illumination in daylight and nighttime conditions . The dye, ink, paint, or film used for the license plate number is opaque in both visible and IR spectrums, allowing for better and...
  2. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    One camera that I use, works at the 940nm (invisible to humans) IR wavelength. Hikvision DS-2CD6026FHWD-A3 2MP Network Box Camera It took some tuning (thanks to the great support on this site!), but at this wavelength the license plates do not reflect. Still, most of the time I can get a...
  3. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    I personally don't use a database to collect license plates. I found that my needs are just to be able to go through the files, find the dates and times I need, and capture those videos. We do have a lot of traffic on the road in front of our place and it has helped capture the license plates...
  4. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    I apologize for the delayed response. I just now saw your question. It was definitely a "Chance" encounter where I returned home to find him on my front door step leaving with the package. He walked from my left to my right. He said nothing. There are many reasons that we believe he was...
  5. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    I just walked up and confronted a Package thief as he was grabbing a package off my porch. The license plate cameras grabbed beautiful pictures of the truck and license plate. Because he set down the package and did not display any physical threat or danger, I allowed him to continue back to his...
  6. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    Arjun, thank you for the lead. I have actually tried to purchase this from CCTV twice.... Both times they took the purchase order, claimed to have sent the product, then after a month or so of haggling, claimed it got lost in the mail, and refund me. Crazy, right?
  7. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    VERY COOL! Now you have me thinking.... I wonder if I can take apart an 850nm IR Illuminator and replace them with 940nm.... Looks like I have some research to do!
  8. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    Arjun, I am wondering the same thing. I tried "Eprid.com", but the order page and communication link error out. I am also on the hunt for the same "cannon" illuminator in the 940nm IR range.
  9. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    cam235, you brilliant son of a gun... That was absolutely the issue... I went out, replaced the power supply and that was the stinking problem! Thank you!!! Again!
  10. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    bigredfish, thank you for the response and links. I'm giving them a try now.
  11. bigbadw

    IR Cannon w/Adjustable Focus

    nayr, my IR Illuminators just stopped working. (I purchased the ones you originally suggested and they worked perfectly). I am unable to find them or even an adjustable 850nm IR Illuminator on the market. I've searched Alibaba, eBay and any website I could find. Any chance you know of a...
  12. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    Happy New Year to all! fenderman, nayr, are there any "tuning IP cameras for dummies" training info out there? I am a Hikvision network at the moment, but I'm not sure I'm getting everything out of the actual camera settings that I should be. My newest experiment is the Ultra-dark camera from...
  13. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    Gotcha! I am sure you are correct on that, but holy smokes that hardware acceleration dropped the CPU down immensely!
  14. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    PROBLEM SOLVED!!! fenderman, you did it! The answer was to enable hardware acceleration and to place all Blue Iris folders plus application into Windows Defender exception list. NO MORE GHOSTING! Freaking amazing! CAN'T THANK YOU BOTH ENOUGH (fenderman and nayr) for hanging in there with...
  15. bigbadw

    Best O/S for Blue Iris

    Thank you for all your help on this! fenderman, you did it! You actually resolved that stinkin' technical issue that was hiding from me for so long! I am going to reply on the original "freeze frame/ghosting" thread, just in case it can help people in the future. It was hardware...
  16. bigbadw

    Best O/S for Blue Iris

    Holy crap fenderman, now I want to add you to my Christmas Card list! I added those tuning items and am amazed at the difference "hardware acceleration" made. I added in the additional two cameras (a total of 13 running) and the CPU dropped down to 35%! I didn't even try "Video Post...
  17. bigbadw

    Best O/S for Blue Iris

    Seriously, I cannot express how much I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me. -------------------------------------- I have a dedicate PC running only the latest Blue Iris and Windows 10 Pro (64bit). - CPU: i7-3770k, - 8G ram, - 4 hard drives (1-OS, 2-main Blue Iris hard drive, 3-Hard...
  18. bigbadw

    Best O/S for Blue Iris

    Thanks fenderman. How many cameras do you run? I just added my final camera tonight, a Hikvision Dark box camera (nicknamed, "DarkNight"). This all leads me to believe I need some serious configuring, both to lean out Widows 10 Pro and Blue Iris.. I'm rereading all of the Blue Iris Help files...
  19. bigbadw

    Best O/S for Blue Iris

    fenderman, nayr, any recommendations on the best O/S to use for Blue Iris? I am currently running Windows 10 Pro, and wondered if a linux O/S would offer better granular control of components.
  20. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    I am buddy, thanks. (it is a stable e-mail address). I have this crazy idea that BlueIris is doing post-processing of the video stream.. It is because you informed me that I am unique on getting this Freeze frame/Ghosting, that I decided to solve it, once and for all! Since I have eliminated...
  21. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    Thank you sir. My apologies for not realizing this before. I just signed up and moved my support question over to a Priority Support call.
  22. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    I am so ignorant. I honestly didn't even know that was an option... oh crap! I own three copies of BlueIris and have upgraded through the years.... Never even knew about the support model..... It makes perfect sense now!
  23. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    .... Its like communicating with the Mars Rover... Half duplex... Send an e-mail.. wait days.. Get a response asking a question, respond... wait days... Get a question, respond... wait days... At least I know it will eventually get some response... but the travel time between earth and mars is...
  24. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    j4co, might I also suggest you design in two License Plate cameras, if possible. What I have found is that, if for a number of reasons, you do not capture a clear picture of the cars License plate looking one direction, the other camera will capture the car after it passes you. I would place...
  25. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    Update: Ken (BlueIris) has contacted me and offered to do some analysis on the cameras. I moved the system over to the regular network (rewired and reconfigured the system...) and now will be able to have BlueIris support run diags. This does take two components out of play and makes the...
  26. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    This is so freaking frustrating... The freeze frames/ghosting would appear to be "data overload" and therefore need the bottleneck removed. Stats: CPU- 60% Memory - 4.4gb of 8gb Data disks: Separate disks for the cameras in question. (Each connected via eSata) Network: 44mb of 1gb data stream...
  27. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    cam235, that is a beautiful daytime shot!
  28. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    Damn!! That is an interesting segment of the population all right! My newest experiment in night time license plate capture is to use an "super-low light" camera. It should be here by next week. I am interested to find out if it can capture better detail at night. Hikvision DS-2CD6026FHWD-A3...
  29. bigbadw

    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    cam235, I have been finding some interesting license plates as well. While most are bright and easily legible, a few have been unreadable and really interesting: 1. some simply are not reflective and cannot be read. 2. one car had the entire nose of the vehicle sprayed with a super reflective...
  30. bigbadw

    Need help tuning BI to stop Frozen frames, ghosting,

    Just thought I would provide an update as I try to isolate the "Freeze frames/ghosting" issue. I contacted BlueIris Help. Unfortunately their way of helping me is to directly log into one of the three cameras I have "grouped" together, and all exhibit the freeze frame/ghosting in the captured...
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