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So I just discover that I can use Hardware Acceleration with BI to cut my CPU usage almost in half, which is wonderful! But I ran into the same problem many others have, that if you run BI as a service, all my cameras show up with "No Signal". So I turn off "Run as a Service" and tried to make...

All cams @ 30fps BI service was using about 2.5gigs of ram. I dropped 6 of the cams down to 20fps, and now its using about 1.8gigs of ram, and the CPU usage is right now down to the 40% area. I will keep an eye on it and see what it looks like when I get another rush of people and see if it...

Already have it at 5fps

I'm kinda new to Blue Iris. I setup my first system a couple months back and have been slowly adding cameras as I have time. Right now I'm up to 8 - 3mp cameras (1920x1080 @ 30fps), all made by Hikvision. The issue(s) I am getting is very high CPU usage(80-95%), especially when I run Blue...

Good point. Saves me about $20/box to order Monoprice brand through Amazon. After your count in shipping its only about $4 more per box to order via Amazon prime then Monoprice :D. Think I will get two boxes of this stuff then: Monoprice 1000-Feet 23 AWG Cat6 500Mhz UTP CMR Solid Bulk Bare...

I do have fluorescent lighting and some of the 240v lines run along the ceiling through conduit until they drop down for the power plug. They where added after the building was built. For all my cameras out front I have to cross about 7ft above the 2 breaker boxes and there are quite a few...

The majority of my business is a copy shop with most if the copiers having 240v running to them. I'm thinking I will order shielded cat5e for the piece of mind. Or should I go with cat6? I know the cameras don't really need the bandwidth so is cat6 worth it?

I have been making my own cables for the last several years, and even wired about 1/3 of my house with cat5e, and when I was doing that I was getting pretty good a making the cables. But I haven't made many in the last 2 years, and I tried a few months ago and it took me almost a dozen tries to...

Yah, I like that it can supply up to 13 watts per port, as opposed to 7.5 watts on the midspan injector I was looking at. I know the cameras say they only draw a max of 7 watts, but have that extra headroom makes me more at ease. Also ordered these EZ-RJ45. They look amazing and should make...

I was going to do a SSD for my boot drive. Then a larger drive or two for BI to record to. I wasn't going to record all the time, only when there was motion. I know it takes a good amount of CPU cycles, but an i7 should be able to handle it. I order the switch yesterday along with 1 each of...

Err yah, that's the one I meant. Must have grabbed the wrong part number :P. @Razer I never thought about the variable focus shifting. Good to note. But I do work in the building the are being installed in every day, still don't want to have to adjust them that much. Also I like the look of...

Thank you guys for the input! I'm thinking now I might get a few DS-2CD2612F-I for the variable focus (2.8mm to 12mm lense). I know they are a bit more but I should be able to dial them in to get a good clean view of the cash register(s). Maybe use one out back to look at the far end of my...

Hello everyone. I have been poking around and asking questions for the last week or two trying to work up a half decent video system for my store. This is what I have come up with so far and would love any input from more experience people! Cameras - Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I with the 4mm lense...

OK. I think I will stick with BI. I already have some of the parts for the computer left over from other projects (I build all the computers for my shop). I don't like the per camera charge. Also do you have a recommendation for the PoE supplier. I was looking at a 16 port PoE TP-Link...

Razer, does Blue Iris handel H.264 compression well? I notice the Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I say they can do H.264/M-JPEG, and H.264 uses A LOT less bandwidth.

good point. I will ask my camera questions over there.

Ok Cool. I will start roughing out a list of camaras. Also, I am also looking to watch 2 cash registers that are 7ft apart (7ft from farside to farside of the 2 cash registers) with the ceiling being about 16ft tall right there. Can I do that with one camera and still keep the clarity to...

Wow Razer! Thanks for all the information! So you would recommend something like The CMIP3032-28 from the third link for indoor cameras to watch my show room and merchandise? How do these handle odd mounting angles? My roof is pitched with metal beams and angled metal cross bars. So If...

After more reading I am leaning towards Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I for at least the outdoor cameras. Do they make an indoor version of this came that's maybe a little less? Also would love a recommendation of an affordable PTZ camera for the back of my shop... Or maybe it would be more cost...

Hello everyone, I found this site while trying to rough out a new video surveillance system for my store. I have some cameras that are poor SD quality with a POS recorder with a painful menu to navigate pretty much negating the usefulness of having the cameras. So what I would like to do is...

Hello everyone. I just found this site while working on roughing out a new video surveillance system for my store. Hoping to get some help and recommendations from people with more know how than I have in this area!