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  1. SoCal

    Outdoor Turret cam Recommendations

    Hi Folks Looking for advice on some nice outdoor turret cams. Have 12 cams right now mostly Dahua and Hik from all your advice. Want to add another layer on each corner of the house looking down from 15 feet up Excellent night vision. I do have lots of IR around the house as you can see in...
  2. SoCal

    IPCT Members Only Promo!

    I'm registered insured and bondage email semnt :)
  3. SoCal

    Need wide angle indoor cams with two way audio for BI

    Thanks Fenderman !!!
  4. SoCal

    Need wide angle indoor cams with two way audio for BI

    Like the title says I want it all LOL Running BI with Dahasu and hiko cams outside now I want to expand inside to watch my doggys Looking for Known working wide angle cams with two way audio that work with BI I searched the forums and found not much at all so figured I would ask A work...
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    whats the optimal height for a camera

    I put fake cams up high with a blinking LED on them then hidden facial height or less to do the actual recording Everyone looks at the fake cams so I get a great face shot of them with the real cams :)
  6. SoCal

    Cars and i am done

    I like Ferrari's
  7. SoCal

    Video Settings/Cam advice "WARNING" Pedestrian Crash video

    Much appreciated I will do that now until I can replace them
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    Video Settings/Cam advice "WARNING" Pedestrian Crash video

    Cool, yeah it was my first try before I knew how bad it sucked. Not to mention the reflective car cover screw the wall. :)
  9. SoCal

    Video Settings/Cam advice "WARNING" Pedestrian Crash video

    I agree I have 3 duahua cams in the back of the house. That cam was my first and need it replaced I have no issues adding cameras. This stuff is not my area of expertise but learning more everyday. To do that I would need at min a block diagram with notations as what they do. :)
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    Video Settings/Cam advice "WARNING" Pedestrian Crash video

    Hi folks, had a hit and run outside my place last night No one seriously injured they are walking today just a bit sore. Neighbors. GRAPHIC VIDEO 2 ladies get bumped by a car Anyway I wanted to turn this bad thing into something positive Running a amcrest bullet cam 3mp with blue iris...
  11. SoCal

    Door intercom BI integration suggestions

    Thank you I did do some reading here but was hoping it was another hallucination my old brain was having I will go old school on the intercom, maybe a couple tin cans :)
  12. SoCal

    Door intercom BI integration suggestions

    Hi Folks I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate a front intercom with BI Ultimately what I want is to see and talk to the person at my front door and record them They do not need to see me I need to access a camera view from the front door and from a second location further deep in the...
  13. SoCal

    10 seconds to steal a car

    In a nutshell Car throws a rolling code each time you press the remote lock. The car thief finds the model he knows works for him. Waits for the person to come home and uses a cloning device to catch the lock code. He then uses that to do his thing. To roll the code past the locking code...
  14. SoCal

    Computer build question Xeon E5-2660 or other server cpu's

    Thank you, makes total sense I just switched the 6 indoor cams it went form 33% cpu to 25% :)
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    Computer build question Xeon E5-2660 or other server cpu's

    No I am not direct to disk processing on the fly :) No contract here I am just a hobbyist that got hooked on this, I like to run everything flat out but usually blow up like all my cars LOL. No real reason I have dropped my frame rates to 10fps with no issues. I know I will need to enable d2d...
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    Computer build question Xeon E5-2660 or other server cpu's

    Yes they are old I have a 2 cpu box here with no use thought I may try it. It does use a ton of electric, 600 watt PS with scsi drives and screaming fans I have a mix of hiki @ dahua bullet cams and 2 ptz dahua. Would like to run them as close to full frame rate if possible 25 fps. All new...
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    Computer build question Xeon E5-2660 or other server cpu's

    I do not see that in the specs. With all the horsepower and running 2 I'm not sure it would make a difference. I'm not too familiar with graphics only moving data. Perhaps a graphic person knows better heres the specs Specifications - Essentials Status End of Life Launch Date Q1'12...
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    Computer build question Xeon E5-2660 or other server cpu's

    Hi All Looking to build a dedicated box, has anyone run a production server with the likes of dual Xeon E5 2660 or there about? pro cons over a i7 build? Will have about 30 cams high frame rate :) :)
  19. SoCal

    Need IP cam to fit inside an Orange or avacado?

    Yes I am a little nuts I want to put an IP cam inside a fake orange or avocado and mount it to the tree. Has anyone done simuler before? Any recommendations greatly appreciated :)
  20. SoCal

    Question about getting PTZ working

    Not yet. I have several more cams to put in the system, next project Spent the entire week putting in new AC. Cool comes first in SoCal LOL Should not be an issue at all I have an old foscan PT cam that will fit right in. Currently it is working "good enough" for its purpose of watching the...
  21. SoCal

    Looking for decent PTZ camera 100-200 range

    Much appreciated !!!
  22. SoCal

    Morning all !!!!

    Just wanted to say hello from sunny SoCal :)
  23. SoCal

    Looking for decent PTZ camera 100-200 range

    Hi Newbie here so be gentle LOL I see lots of you have great experience with the cams All I know is what I see on Amazon so I figured I woulds ask here and save some grey hairs Running BlueIris w POE cams I am looking for a couple PTZ ip cams poe, I dont seem to like the wifi stuff in the...
  24. SoCal

    What dash cam are you using?

    I'm using one of those garmins, pretty good so far A friend has one in his car also captures pretty good at speed
  25. SoCal

    5 MegaGixel 1/1.8" low light destroyer for $90-AVOID LONGSE JUNK

    Are these still available?
  26. SoCal

    Question about getting PTZ working

    For the price I decided to keep mine. reason being the enclosure is great and I can throw in a great PTZ indoor cam and geta really nice unit. Good dome enclosures are about the same price Yes when zoomed out the image is somewhat blurry. When zoomed in it is crystal clear. I am using it at...
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    Question about getting PTZ working

    Much much appreciated !!!!!!! Worked perfectly, Saved me a few greys LOL Just another question My focus when not zoomed in is pretty bad, does yours do the same?
  28. SoCal

    Question about getting PTZ working

    Same cam same thing here, Can not get PTZ to work in Blue Iris Emailed support waiting on a reply I am using the hootoo settings in BI