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Attached a pic. Not sure if this is called blurred or halo or ? Its a general fuzzy picture day and night. Great camera and only a few months old. I just put it at this location recently but the camera seems to be 'fuzzy' regardless of outdoor lighting. The dome is clean too.

Im adding another computer and moving BI to that...well, so I think. Current router and open ports have been online for years...no hardware changes. Asus RT-68 router, BI and remote desktop work like a charm. Still do. Issue.. I cannot open a port through the router. I tried absolutely every...

I need to replace my PC and Im looking at the one in the link below. 8 cameras and rare use otherwise. My old computer is an i5-4570 @ 3.2 GHZ. Available virtual memory 8.45GB Heres the new one.. Any quick thoughts? I have a few TB of external to use with the new computer...

I still have a question about how to select this one. Ive read looney2ns reviews (thank you!) I have a lot of light at night coming from these areas circled. Im looking for detail so manual focus adjustments are fine if needed. I feel like this is too far away for IR illumination to make a...

Im getting a new or renewed computer for Blue Iris and will be using the same computer for CAD on an occasional basis. Likely Solidworks or Inventor. Not heavy use, but the BI machine is in the area I do CAD work in sometimes. Looking at the BI recommended settings from 2017, does anyone have...

Current cam - DS-2CD2032-I. I attached a picture of the area this camera covers. It faces the Arizona sun everyday and its taken a toll on the exposed cameras. This one is going out often and must be something internal. I dont want to see in the backyards around me so a PTZ wouldnt be needed. I...

Question. I'm upgrading the Blue Iris software and at the same time installing some cameras at a second home. The cameras are Dahua IP cams. Is it possible to use the computer in one state and import the cameras from a home or location in another state? My thought is no, but if its possible I'd...

Heres what Ive had for the past 3 years or so: Lenovo desktop Windows 10 Pro Used I5-4570 3.2ghz 4 cores I got off ebay for $120 12 GB memory 500 gb HD with a 2TB external Blue Iris 4.8.6.3 7 POE cams mix of Dahua starlight or Hikvision The system works just fine and has been rock solid since...

Looking for a PTZ to mount on the ceiling of my shop. While out of town I sometimes need to look at items in the shop or keep an eye on processes doing work. It’s a rectangular shop and a single location in the middle would seem to do what I need. I can use a simple WiFi camera or plug in to my...

Looking to add a few cameras to my system. Runing Blue Iris and the system is doing well after a number of years. Can someone give me the quick reference for the latest version of the IPC-HDW5231R-Z camera or one similar? Or is this stil the latest tech? I would like to pick up a PTZ to...

I have a group of 4 girls in graduate school renting my house until December. I have a 7 camera system with a mix of Dahua and Hikvision cameras with Blue Iris 4 running. I would like to share the door camera and the outside front cameras with the tenants so they can keep an eye on anyone...

I have a 500gb internal drive and a 3tb external. I have all the clips setup properly from a previous discussion I started. I'm having issues with the clips moving to the 3tb drive and deleting on the internal 500gb. Of course this puts me in the red for storage. For a while Ive been deleting...

After watching tutorials and reading the help files Ive given up. Clearly a setting is off and I am not catching the $%&@! thing. I posted screen shots of the clips and archiving settings for new, stored, and alerts. My setup is a dedicated think station with 500gb and a 3tb external HD to...

I searched around but may not be calling this by the right name. I'll be renting my home and have an 8 camera system with Blue Iris. 2 of the cameras are on a detached shop in the back that face an alley away from any tenants. I am maintaining the shop and its not a part of the rental. I would...

Ok, done a lot of reading and testing and I'm not getting it. I have a 500gb hd on the computer and a 3TB external USB drive and 7 cameras. How do I save the videos and move them to the 3TB to store for the longest time? Ive flipped things around and changed locations, GB size and etc, read the...

I have 7 cameras setup with identical record and alerts settings. I reset the computer/HD and deleted all the clips last night. 5 of the 7 cameras have clips dating back to the time when I reset the computer (18hrs) , 2 of them are only an hour long. Somehow they offloaded or didn't record the...

I attached pictures of my setup. I have an FTP site that I want to send the files to after going from New to Stored. After the clips have moved from New to Stored I want them to be uploaded to the FTP and converted to MP4. I will be away a lot in the near future and can only access old clips...

i have 8 cameras and want to extend the length of time each camera holds recorded video. It's stupid simple and I just can't figure it out. What I've done is camera properties>record>video continuous> then change the hours to 128 and GB to 60 in the below in 'options' box. I can do 60gb per...

So I ordered the 5231's and some others as my core cameras. Yesterday I saw a craiglist as that had some Poe cams and thought what the heck, get em and work with it. 2 are hikvision and 1 dahua. Both Hikvisions had to be reset, so whoever did the hack is a hero. Both Hikvisions have awesome...

im getting 48mbps at the computer with a 8ft Ethernet cord. 100 ft run single cable cat6 it's at 12mbps. This isn't normal I'm guessing. Likely my crimp job on the rj45's? Anyone else see this with a bad crimp? I get 16mbps on the wireless router at the beginning of the 100ft run. I'm going to...

Im about to run cat6 from the house to the shop and before going through the underground pipe I notice this big communications wire. Its from the telephone connection we had and gave up a few years back. The cable is dormant but looks stout with a bunch of wires. Would it be good practice to...

im running a 75 foot cat5 or 6 in an underground pipe to a shop. I thought the pipe crossed over the power pipe in one place, but I just realized it runs parallel the whole distance. The pipe for the data is 1ft down and the power is 2 ft with 00 cable supplying the 200amp service in the house...

im buying a couple of these but will be mounting one where it will sit in the hot sun at least half of the day. This is in phoenix az where the sun rarely goes away and this camera will heat up hot to the touch in the summer. Just curious if there's been issues with sun exposure.

With my commitment to upgrade the system from an old 600tvl Q-see, Ive invested in the Blue Iris IP cam setup. Im purchasing 2 Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras as well as the dedicated desktop, PoE switches, wiring and etc. Needless to say the budget is near the max for this, but I prefer to add to...

I replacing a 6 camera system at home. Nothing intense in terms of needs, just want to keep a good eye out and add features if possible from the last (crappy) system. Old system was a 600tvl Q-see. So Im thinking a Reolink 8ch 4 camera system off Amazon then pickup two cameras or buying a...