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    Alerts play footage from wrong time

    I am experiencing an odd BI behavior. This started after I recently updated from a version 4.x to version 5.x using the in app updater. I have repaired the DB. I have deleted and rebuilt the DB. I have rebooted the machine, I have installed the minor newer versions of BI as they became...
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    Hikvision NVR user login question, viewing single feed via specific URL

    Hi Everyone. I have a situation that I can't seem to figure out and I am hoping someone on here with more Hikvision knowledge might be able to help. A business has a Hikvision NVR with 12 IP cameras directly attached. The boss would like to have a screen in a common area that displays only a...
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    Blue Iris 5.3.8.4 skipping alerts during playback

    Hi All. I was playing back footage on my BI machine from last night and have encountered a new (and strange) behavior in BI. When I am playing back alerts if new alerts are triggered in real time my playback point will skip forward the same number of alerts. Take the above image where I am...
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    Starlight/Darkfighter vs. iR illuminators ?

    I am pretty sure that iR illuminators with higher resolution cameras are a better choice than starlight/darkfighter cameras with lower resolutions either with or without iR illuminators. Am I missing something in this opinion ? Should I look at some combination of both, high res fixed cams and...
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    To conduit or not to conduit, that is the question...

    I would like to clean up the wiring at my house. The majority of the cable will be CAT5e with five RG6 for my DirecTV feeds. Currently all of the camera and TV cables are strung haphazardly on the outside of my home. I am going to make the garage my central hub for wiring and have a good plan to...
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    I would like your thoughts and opinions to build my system the "right" way (long)

    Hi All, I would like to hear people's thoughts and opinions on cameras and overall system choices I am looking at implementing. I have been lurking on the boards for a few months and frankly the choices are still quite dizzying. Please excuse the length of this post but I wanted to try to give...
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    Hello from the West Coast

    Hi all, starting to dig into security cameras and this seems a good place to learn and plan my system. Greetings from the West Coast of the USA. Smoothie
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