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    EagleEye7 reacted to jaydeel's post in the thread Text messages on motion? with Like Like.
    The camera must must be configured in Blue Iris to trigger on ONVIF events (Camera settings > 'Motion/Trigger' tab > 'ONVIF/Camera...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Thanks again for the helpful responses! I left the E5-1630 machine running a while, and then came back to check the power consumption...
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    Wagos are used all over the place in the UK, I think they are excellent.
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    And sorry to write so many posts, but another thing I just thought of - what about swapping the Xeon E5-1630 in the box currently for...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    It's a shame the sockets differ, as it means I cannot swap a more efficient CPU into my big chassis. Mobile / embedded CPUs are great...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    I haven't yet checked the power settings in Windows - so I am unsure what power profile it was running in the above test. I suppose...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Hmm. Sitting mostly idle (Windows running), this specific machine averages about 85w I think, although keeps spiking to about 120w for...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Also not sure if the above mentioned CPU supports hardware video processing - although I wonder if this is really needed with ample raw...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    One option I have is a machine which I may be able to get for free, with a Xeon E5-1630 v3 - according to Intel, the TDP is 140w, so...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Very true. If I was buying new hardware I would likely not buy a GPU for it unless absolutely needed. However, I am unlikely to be...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Also, I believe if you passthrough a GPU to a VM, the video output of that GPU comes directly from the VM's OS, so it could be useful...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Thanks all for the responses. Sounds like I might get away with it then. OK. I am thinking of probably running CPAI, either on the...
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Aren't they often OEM licenses, in which case they are tied to the hardware?
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread Blue Iris in a VM..
    Guess it's difficult to say without knowing what hardware I am likely to be using. Hoping to support 16 cameras, ideally with a little...
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    EagleEye7 posted the thread Blue Iris in a VM. in Blue Iris.
    Thinking of deploying a new BI machine, and wondering whether to run in a VM or not. I have yet to get some hardware to run the system...
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    That's great - can you actually tell everyone how, or give some tips?
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    EagleEye7 replied to the thread How do ya'll do backups?.
    Similar to above, I have a site where offsite backups are required. Instead of using a paid cloud service, I just run another NVR at a...