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    Help with zone crossing

    I'm trying to figure out how to setup zone crossing, my attempts this have haven't been successful so I was hoping someone here could guide me a little bit. This is the camera view, I want to trigger om humans coming and leaving.
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    Looking for Outdoor Motion Sensor

    I'm looking for one or several outdoor motion sensors that connect somehow to BlueIris, either through alarm-in on a camera or through Home-Assistant that forwards the alarm to BI. Motion detection in BI/cameras won't work at all for me, I have to many shadows/lights from passing cars or...
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    Can I improve the image from my IPC-HFW8232E-Z?

    I'm new to this camera so I'm just looking for advice from you guys that's been using it for a while and can say if my image can be improved and if so, how. My settings: Brightness: 50% Contrast: 50% Saturation: 50% Sharpness: 50% Gamma: 50% EIS: Off Anti-flicker: Outdoor Mode: Auto 3D NR: On...
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    H264 vs H264B/H?

    Hi, I've read that it's different versions Base and High with the high having slightly better quality. But are all these supported in BI with hardware encoding or should I stick to a specific one for that?
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    Sporadically stops recording?

    I'm new to BI so I've probably to blame for the issue, but nonetheless I need help figuring out whats going on and how to fix it. For some reason BI sporadically stops recording or at least that's what it looks like to me?
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    Snapshot url (IPC-HDBW4231F-AS)

    Hi, I'm trying to figure out what url to use to fetch a full resolution snapshot from my Dahua camera, does anyone know?
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    Snapshot url?

    Hi, I have BI integrated into my Home-Assistant setup through mjpeg, but I would like to get full resolution snapshots instead, is this possible through BI or do I have to get that directly from each camera?
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    Starlight vs. regular + extra IR?

    I'm about to install a few more cameras and are looking over the options. Going with 2MP cameras means I need more units to cover the same area with high enough pixel count to ID someone, that lead me to the idea of higher resolution, non-starlight cameras with extra IR-lights. How would that...
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    Indoor setup, will this work?

    I want to install a camera indoors to keep an eye on my bottom floor and have been looking at this one: IPC-HDBW4231F-AS | Dahua Technology I did a little drawing based on the info I could gather but I still want a 2nd opinion if this setup will be good enough to id people, I'm leaning towards...
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    Stream to BI from an iPad?

    Is there any good app out there that can be used to stream a live feed from an iPad to BI?
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    What camera/lens would be a good option for this outdoor location?

    Currently I have a Hikvision 4MP 2.8mm sitting at the red dot, you can see what it captures below. Now I'm looking to upgrade that to a Starlight and narrowing the field of view slightly (triangle #1). All numbers are in meter. Here is an image for my current camera. So a few questions...
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    HFW5231E-Z5 vs HDW5231R-Z?

    I was just about the pull the trigger on a HDW5231R-Z when I saw the new 2017 model Z5, a bullet though but with alarm in which could be useful.. Does anyone here have any experience with these two and/or could give an educated guess what differences could be expected?
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    Image goes black and fades up again?

    I have such a strange issue with my DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS (4MP) camera running v5.4.1 (tried v5.4.2 too). The image goes black and then fades back again, this happens in like 2sec and it's doing it over and over again, but sometimes it's running ok for a while. I have no clue what might be causing...
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    Setup motion detection on a standalone camera?

    Hi, I have one DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS camera and are trying to set it up with as good motion/intrusion detection as possible, at the moment it's crap but I haven't been fiddling to much with it. Can anyone guide me in the right direction? Which feature shall I use for this? I'm surveilling my front...
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    Buying advice: Is this (DS-2CD2142FWD-IW) a good choice?

    I'm looking to setup a surveillance system, but as I have no experience with these camers I'm going to start with one to make sure they are what I'm looking for. So this one will be mounted outdoors and be pointing to my house. The triangle I'm looking to film is about 14m wide and each side...
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    Advice on home security camera?

    Hi, I'm looking for a good ip-camera for home security, it will be used outdoor and in low light conditions. With my limited knowledge I was planning on getting the new Ubiquiti G3, but have understood that there are other good alternatives. I want to use the camera(s) in my home automation...
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