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  1. jayleoness

    Is this acceptable blue iris machine and can I add 3.5 drive.

    Wanted to confirm that this would be an acceptable blue iris machine for me. I have done the calculator on here and believe this to be more then ample but just wanted to make sure and get any feedback. I have never bought a used pc before so not sure if there are keywords to look for either...
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    Smallest tower/form for blue iris pc

    can someone recommend a model I should be searching for or what the smallest tower I can get that would work as a blue iris pc? I’m using 4 x 4mp cameras. My main concern is size and would like to buy smallest tower pc I can even if it costs a little extra.
  3. jayleoness

    Blue iris pc - ssd plus hdd?

    Ah okay. So how does it work with the pc I buy then. All the recommended ones I’m seeing have very small ssd hard drives. So I’m going to have to remove that and install a 6tb or whatever size I need? Then install windows on it and everything?
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    Blue iris pc - ssd plus hdd?

    What are the clips even used for? How are they different than the normal recording
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    Blue iris pc - ssd plus hdd?

    How important/where would I see the difference between having an ssd to store blue iris clips vs having a standard hdd I have been looking into getting my pc to run blue iris and came across a post where someone mentioned something about clips being stored on your fastest drive and then the...
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    Ah thank you for all the info and links. I will likely come back to this with more questions when it comes time. I do have an asus router though. Not sure which model. At the moment I’m waiting on the installer and also looking for the right dedicated pc. Need to research recommended hardware...
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    Blue Iris 5 IOS app?

    Yes I was just curious. Good to know about the forum discount ty
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    Blue Iris 5 IOS app?

    So even if you buy the software for 70 you have to pay another 10 for the app? Or does it come with the software purchase. Is this app the best way to get alerts and stream to your phone when using blue iris/pc as your nvr?
  9. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    Thanks for the help. I did manage to change the ip and add the cam into blue iris. Pretty easy even for someone like me with not a ton of technical knowledge. So now that I got the camera in blue iris I will look into how to remotely watch from my iPhone, setup motion detection boxes and how to...
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    What is NIC? I would like to do that and keep the cams off the net however I’m starting from 0 knowledge here heh. I’m just testing out the Blue iris demo and plugging 1 camera in to see if blue iris will be easy for me to learn/setup vs going with nvr. So far no issues other then forgetting...
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    Ah yes i also forgot to connect the Poe switch lol. I just plugged camera into wall
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    No I have the Dahua 5442 I believe. 4mp starlight turret. I plug it into the Ethernet but I don’t see anything light up on the camera. The Ethernet works when I plug into my laptop. Is there an on switch or something? I can’t find one... these just arrived from andy
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    Nothing comes up when I type that in. However when I type in 192.168.1.1 it takes me to my router log in. Is this where I need to go to change the ip of the cam? I need to find my router un and pw lol
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    How do I find each cameras IP address? I watched tutorial on once cams are plugged in how to add each cam in blue iris. Seems easy but not sure how to get each cams ip address and user/pass.
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    Installer came out for quote - said I need switch w/ 15w per port

    Thanks for all the responses. So my cameras power consumption says IPC-T5442TM-AS DC12V:2.1W 6.2W(LED on) PoE:2.6W 7.2W(LED on) In theory then on my 8 port 60w switch for 4 cameras I should be completely fine(7.5w per port). I do agree there is something to be said about over sizing for...
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    Installer came out for quote - said I need switch w/ 15w per port

    So I have 4 Poe cameras that I need to have run through the house. I started out a little iffy on this guy when he asked what nvr I was going to use and I said blue iris and he didn’t know what that was, then when I told him it’s a software on my computer he said he doesn’t recommend that...
  17. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    So i know this is a hikvision forum but figured I'd update this. So after looking into all the comments here and talking with andy I think im going with 3x IPC-T5442TM-AS (4 mp starlight 2.8mm turrents) for outdoors 1x IPC-HDBW4231F-AS Starlight 2.8mm for indoors (i dropped the wifi...
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    Talked to andy he recomended these IPC-T5442TM-AS at 155 each. said its the latest model 4 MP starlight. What do you guys think of that cam? also if I order from him is everything in english and easy to setup just plug it into the POE and fire up blue iris?
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    i know everyone says blue iris is the way to go. I was debating that but just figured I wouldnt be getting too involved in the settings and different things you can do with each camera. So figured an NVR was just the simpler and easier route. Also cheaper from electricity standpoint no?
  20. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    do you know if those 8mp dahuas come in turret form? I know empire andy has great reviews but I guess one thing buying LTS from this local installer was the local tech support I could get. LTS is local to my house here. does LTS have any cameras that are better in low light? What would I...
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    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    ya ive seen the starlight screenshots and video playbacks. but id like to see how different they are from these models at night. unfortunately i cant find shots of these particular cameras.
  22. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    never heard of him. ill look into that and get a quote or see what he would recommend setting up. I am unable to find examples of these cameras at night. I just youtube their model number but i dont seeany videos or screenshots. are there any comparable models I can look at to see the exact...
  23. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    NVR - 349 3x - 8mp cams 250 each 1x - 4mp 150 POE switch - 65 instlaling and running wires - 600 so 1565 plus tax
  24. jayleoness

    What do you think of this equipment an installer is selling me?

    What do you all think of this setup that an installer has quoted me. just 4 cam setup, 3 4k cams for outside (corner of driveway, corner of backyard, front door) and one 2k cam inside. 4k might be overkill but I have a little extra to spend on this. This setup is just for basic surveillance...
  25. jayleoness

    Blue Iris vs NVMS - whats the difference

    But I am correct then, they are essentially the same thing. you install them on your computer and then use the software to view and manage the cameras? In both cases the computer they are installed on would be the NVR and doing the recording. instead of having a standalone NVR.
  26. jayleoness

    Blue Iris vs NVMS - whats the difference

    Bought a new house. New to all this stuff. I dont understand the difference between blue iris software and NVMS7000 software. Or are these functionally the same? you install cameras and these softwares manage them?
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