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  1. Ri22o

    Permanent "Holiday" Lights discussion

    Cold fusion and I will need to buy the house across the street, tear it down, and replace it with a proportionally sized projector.
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    "How I Built the World's Only PoE Powered Driveway Gate to Stop People Turning Around" : Silver Cymbal Workshop

    I agree.
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    Permanent "Holiday" Lights discussion

    I want permanent lights since it would make every season much easier... but I have a hipped roof and there is no good way to install them that wouldn't look horrible the other 65% of the year. Neighbors have started installing the Govee lights, but I am not a fan of the scalloped look on the...
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    5442-ZE upgrade for better identification at longer distance - Z4E vs Z12E vs ANPR?

    Here are some captures, for reference. The X3 image could work for recognize, but I wasn't happy with it. X3, even with ALL of the onboard IR it has. Unfortunately I didn't save many captures. These are the Mid and Far views. Z4E with it's fewer onboard IR LEDs.
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    5442-ZE upgrade for better identification at longer distance - Z4E vs Z12E vs ANPR?

    I replaced my X3 with a fixed focal length 5442 and a Z4E because the 2MP just wasn't cutting it at night.
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    Well, I bought a $40 Lenovo Thinkcenter, got HA loaded onto it, and now have ESPHome running. I just need to wait for the USB TTL adapter to arrive, but I should probably also buy a better soldering station, too.
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    I have a Lenovo Thinkcenter on the way to run Home Assistant on. When that gets here I'll get ESPHome loaded on it. I had ordered the parts above, but am now considering going with the one below to simplify wiring and everything inside of the enclosure. Will I lose anything by going with this...
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    Camera Location by Garage

    I've had no problems with the install location. The garage door barely rattles the wall when it moves.
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    5442-ZE upgrade for better identification at longer distance - Z4E vs Z12E vs ANPR?

    The Z4 and Z12E are set it, and forget it, focus/zoom. They are not PTZs.
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    This is what I ended up with: 8 Channel, 5v Relay Module https://a.co/d/9MMoo4h ESP-WROOM-32 Dev Board with Expansion Board https://a.co/d/731UaVk I plan to use 12v fans off of the relays. To keep power wire confusion at a minimum, I would like to power the ESP32 with 12v. Can I do that...
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    Right now I am trying to wrap my head around hardware so I can get it on the way while I look into set up and programming. My thoughts are a simple setup of the controller, relays, DS18B20 temp probe, and an LCD screen to display temp locally. Which is the better/easier path? Is there a...
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    Right now I only plan to build two of these, so I'm not sure I want to also go through and do Home Assistant, but maybe later on if I find more uses or other reasons. Would I use the Command Line install method?
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    How much functionality/ease do I gain by running or not running Home Assistant?
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    Who knows ESP-32?

    I have gone round and round with the best way to control temps in an outdoor projector enclosure, and I think I have finally settled on trying to build a multi-channel ESP-32 controller. The catch? I know nothing about ESP-32. How did I get here? My current enclosure uses an Inkbird wifi temp...
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    Teaser Info and Mini Review - Empiretech B52IR-X3 Triple Lens Camera

    This is what I captured last night when a couple randomly decided to take a photo with my Christmas decorations. I feel my triple lens captures could be much better. They also couldn't have stopped in a worse spot. They avoided a lot of my triggers, haha. I have a Color4K-X from over the...
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    We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. - Benn Jordan

    It says the video is unavailable/private.
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    Teaser Info and Mini Review - Empiretech B52IR-X3 Triple Lens Camera

    Yea, not overly happy with it at night, but it's likely the limitation of 2MP. Could be better, but could be worse. I have a lot of IR on the front of the house too.
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    Teaser Info and Mini Review - Empiretech B52IR-X3 Triple Lens Camera

    Just to give a visual, below you can see the main, wide FOV and then the subsequent FOVs marked by the pink boxes. And here are the different FOVs.
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    I am running 5.9.9.36
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    I'll look again and make sure I didn't miss a setting.
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    Yep, your Youtube credentials.
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    I am on a 5.9 version. It wasn't difficult. Click Go Live, then create a Stream Key (and make sure to adjust the resolution accordingly before saving it). If you have been live before, then just select the appropriate Stream Key from the drop down. Then in Blue Iris, from the camera's settings...
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    I didn't realize there was also a setting in the camera's settings. Youtube kept alarming saying it was at 514kbps and should be higher (23500kbps). I looked at the camera settings and it was 512. I turned off the limit, and it is much better now with way less dithering.
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    Ooh, that could help, but I also found the setting on Youtube that was set to VBR, which made a huge difference. I just bumped my streaming bitrate from 1024 to 10240.
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    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    Well, I just remembered I can't stream direct from the camera because it can't see the internet... So it looks like I am stuck with the crappy 480p resolution.
  26. Ri22o

    Streaming to Youtube? Quality/Resoution settings?

    We have a big snow storm coming, and I am streaming my West Sky Cam to Youtube. How do I get the quality higher than 480? Is that possible? If I streamed from the camera, would it be better? I would prefer to stream from BI so I can keep the weather info overlay, but if direct from the camera...
  27. Ri22o

    We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. - Benn Jordan

    I posted the Benn Jordan video before, but how would one test various patterns to get a better understanding of how Captchas work..?
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    We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. - Benn Jordan

    I saw a news story this morning about someone arrested for taking down and stealing a Flock camera. The comments were about what I expected, and everyone was glad he did it.
  29. Ri22o

    Dahua 5442T-ZE at 70-100 ft - tuning limit or upgrade needed?

    I will also add these captures from my T54IR-ZE at full 12mm and 7ft install height. 18ft (85ft? to the license plate across the street) 25ft (85ft? to the license plate across the street) 40ft 40ft to the license plate B54IR-Z12E at 142ft
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    Dahua 5442T-ZE at 70-100 ft - tuning limit or upgrade needed?

    You are trying to ask too much of a single camera. One camera cannot do it all. You cannot see everything and still see details. Getting good details does not allow you to see everything; it is a give and take. This is why a good system will have cameras that complement each other. This is...
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