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    Pointing a camera into the setting sun

    Thanks guys.
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    Pointing a camera into the setting sun

    At present I have a no name Chinese Grandstream knockoff camera pointed down my driveway. In the evening it's pointed directly into the setting sun. For an hour or so the image is washed out. The image at other times of the day are normal and as good as it can be, both color and image. The sun...
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    Blue Iris UI3

    Can someone tell me how to capture an image? I pause the recording and then click on the camera. I then get 2 options, crop to snap or capture full screen. I want neither. All I want is to capture the whole picture and nothing else. It used to do this but now does not. I have searched in vain...
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    PFBlocker for PFSense

    No one has gained access but I'm still concerned and prefer that people in China, Russia and whatever other country I choose to block do not get past my router. Simple as that. My BI server has 2 network interfaces. One for the cams (192.168.5.XX) and the other for Internet. (192.168.1.xx)...
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    PFBlocker for PFSense

    Cameras are on their own subnet. Login attempts are for BI. BI and server it runs on are protected by an uncrackable passwords.
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    PFBlocker for PFSense

    Status button at the top.
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    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    Haste makes waste.
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    Which model am I looking for and were's the best place to buy

    Can't reach the site. Must be down?
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    Which model am I looking for and were's the best place to buy

    Thanks all.
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    Which model am I looking for and were's the best place to buy

    Model #'s for Dahua cam are totally confusing. So are features per cam. There seems to be a lot of dis info out there even Andy's listings on Amazon don't even list the cams as Dahua so I don't know what the heck they are. Mu requirements are - Turret cam US model with English firmware...
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    PFBlocker for PFSense

    Keeps the Chinese from trying to hack into Blue Iris. I've had zero attempts from China since I installed it. All my cams are on an internal subnet and not accessible from the Internet. Hopefully I am safe.
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    Reccomend me a POE switch

    I have one of these and it's a rock. Highly recommended if it fits your use case.
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    The problem with bullets

    I see spiders on mine all the time but never had one build a web over it. It's a cheap Chinese knockoff of a Grandstream, maybe that's why.
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    Sucker stole my umbrella!

    Guess he was worried about somebody stealing his bike, LOL.
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    Bumped the frame rate up to 30fps on the Driveway cam and set the HW acc to Intel and it made a big difference. Most of the herky jerky motion is gone now.
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    Looks like it dropped about 5%. Can't see any real world difference tho. Gonna play around with frame rates and see how much I can squeeze out of the system.
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    Thanks all. I went ahead and installed the Intel HD 4600 drivers for the builtin video. Strangely enough, the only place I could find them was on Dell's website. Neither Supermicro nor Intel had the server drivers for some strange reason.
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    I assumed the MB used crappy Matrox G200eW videos like most Supermicro server boards. Thanks for prompting me to actually look. Now I know it uses an Intel chip. LOL
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    The question is - Will I see an increase in performance if a Install a more powerful video card. Keeping in mind that I never view videos on the server, only on remote workstations.
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    Does the video controller make a difference?

    Pardon my ignorance. I'm running BI on a server using it's builtin crap video (Microsoft Basic Video Adaptor). All my viewing is done remotely using the web UI. The sever is rarely accessed and never to view the cams. I assumed that the server video was irrelevant. Could I be wrong...
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    Networking best practices?

    I'm using the 2 NIC approach. All the cams are on a separate subnet not connected to the Internet. Easy to setup and since the motherboard Blueiris is running on has 2 onboard NIC's there was no additional expense.
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    Cam pointed at the setting sun ?

    Thanks all. I was going to replace it with a dome. Didn't think about UV eating the plastic. Will be going with a bullet cam. Most likely a startlight cam. Now off to do my homework. Thanks again.
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    Cam pointed at the setting sun ?

    For a couple hours or so a day I can stand the smog. I just don't want to get a cam that will be permanently damaged by exposure to direct sunlight. Has anyone ever seen this happen?
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    Cam pointed at the setting sun ?

    Looking to replace mt driveway cam which is about 8 years old with a newer better more full featured model. Several I've looked at say "Don not expose to direct sunlight". My present has absolutely no problem with this. Every evening when the sun is setting the picture gets quite hazy and motion...
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    Quick and Dirty Comparison of: HDW4431C-A V2 HDW4433C-A HDW4631C-A HFW4431R-Z HFW5231R-Z HDW5231R-Z

    What exactly is "Starlight"? Reason I ask is because some websites list a camera as having Starlight and some don't mention Starlight at all. same exact model in both cases. TIA
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    a great cheap IMX291 3MP camera

    Just saying there are exceptions. A few months back I bought a half a dozen POE dome cams for 30 bucks each. So far they have been flawless and serve my needs nicely. The worst cams I've ever used were Foscams and it's wannbes like Hootoo, etc. One day, when I win the lottery, I'll move up town...
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    a great cheap IMX291 3MP camera

    My oldest cam is cheap, no name Chinese crap. Almost 7 years old and the only problems have been spiders, wasps and other assorted critters being attracted to the ir. It's an outdoor bullet cam that's mounted under the eve of the house and pointed down the driveway. I need to replace it cause...
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    Whistler Flashlight Cam

    Useful if you're a security guard I suppose but 640 x 480? Yuk.
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    Just a bit breezy out

    LOL
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    FPS vs BitRate / Camera settings vs Blue IRIS settings

    I'm running Mint-MATE. Just installed That you sir. Installed Opera and now all is well. :)
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