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    Mental Illness - This is what it looks like

    Castle Doctrine was created just for this.
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    The rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated

    So what is the problem with power there? Neglect? Old Soviet technology?
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    I Ordered an Axis Communications Axis Q1808-LE Camera

    Is the cam placement designed to get people walking or plates? As far as I can tell, the placement is bad for both. It’s at a 90 degree angle to the road so plates will be impossible. It’s also not zoomed in close enough to capture faces…
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    Was looking into mini computer for a new Blue iris build. Thoughts on this

    Small form factor, quiet, easy to work on, runs cool, etc.. They are great little devices. Perfect for my father who keeps it tucked away in his home theater console. He only has 4 cams around the house so a 2TB or 4TB SSD will get weeks/months of recordings. Heat isn't a factor for this...
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    Was looking into mini computer for a new Blue iris build. Thoughts on this

    Still works great. I log in every few months to update BI. No problems.
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    Starlink - anyone have it?

    I know you asked about Starlink as a backup but I use a Peplink Balance 20x router and it has dual SIM cards. Comcast is my main ISP and I have the $15/month TMobile 30GB hotspot plan as backup. The router will automatically failover to TMobile when it senses Comcast is out. You could add...
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    I Ordered an Axis Communications Axis Q1808-LE Camera

    I have one if their older versions of this camera. Just be aware, it’s a beast. 15” long and heavy.
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    Becoming a Cop?

    I would never have the patience to deal with the scum of society. Everything is filmed nowadays and if you do anything borderline (whether justified or not), it's your ass. God bless the ones that do it though. We would be screwed without them.
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    Do any IP cameras stream only when motion is detected?

    Have the cameras send motion activated clips to your NAS. Setup SMB or FTP on your NAS and then input the NAS address in the appropriate area of the camera to send clips to the server.
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    Do any IP cameras stream only when motion is detected?

    If the camera can do the motion detection then you could set it up so it writes the video over the internet to your NAS remotely only when motion is detected. Other than that, your choice is to buy another NAS and install it in your summer home. Then remote in to view clips on that nas from...
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    Server/CPU recommendations for ESXi host for Blue Iris, Linux media/file/web server

    6 cams. Host cpu is a Ryzen 1600AF
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    Ubiquiti Networks Cloud Gateway Ultra

    Has the controller gotten better? I used to have everything Unifi (APs, switches, routers) but moved off them years ago as their controller software just sucks. Lots of bugs from what I can remember. Ended up going with Aruba Instant On products and these things are bullet proof. Maybe the...
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    Blue Iris Updates - Official Thread

    New eCommerce provider? Looks like its SendOwl now when you try to purchase a new license. I have no idea if they are better or worse than Digital River but I feel like ANYONE has to be better than Digital River.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech Dual lens IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (The Boobie Cam Upgrade)

    Well I figured it out. I didn't have IVS enabled on Channel 2. Didn't even see the drop down menu. Bah!
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech Dual lens IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (The Boobie Cam Upgrade)

    I'm having issues getting IVS to work on both streams with this cam. IVS works perfectly fine on Steam 1. It triggers and sends ONVIF events to BI with no issue.. However, on Steam 2, IVS doesn't work at all. Even on the liveview of the cam using IE and the old plugin, Steam 2 doesn't even...
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    Home insurance rate increases

    I had to do that when I signed up with a new insurance company last year. I had to download their app and take pictures of all kinds of crap.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech Dual lens IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (The Boobie Cam Upgrade)

    Is this still the "go to" multi sensor camera that isn't $500+? Need one for indoor retail space. Ideally, I'd like 4 sensors but 2 will also work.
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    Review- Dahua/EmpireTech IPC-EW5541-AS 5mp Fisheye Cam

    Is there anyway to dewarp this in BI with live viewing yet? Considering this for my store but really don't want the huge panoramic view in BI. Can individual channels be accessed in BI that would give dewarped views?
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    IPC-Color4K-T and IPC-Color4K-T180 230227 Firmware

    Maybe a browser cache issue. May want to delete all cookies and cache and try again.
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    Chat GPT says this is more secure than using a VPN for remote access

    +1 for Tailscale. Amazing how easy it is to work with.
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    Lightning murdered my cam

    Anything mounted in a tree or flag pole or whatever sticking up into the air above other structures needs to be ran with fiber. Conduit at the base of the tree with power/nema enclosure can power the fiber transceivers and the camera itself.
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    Amazon courier stole one of my Empiretech 5442.....

    Im surprised Amazon isn’t siding with you. Have you contacted Andy? I know it’s not his fault but he may have some advice.
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    Running minimal wattage security system on DC

    What are the amp hour capacity of the batteries? You can determine runtime pretty quickly with that and known power consumption. Off grid camera system on solar can be done pretty easily without WiFi. It’s when you add wifi radio and a switch to power the wifi/camera that things start getting...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I think I responded to you over on Reddit! That's pretty good and a good estimate on what I'd use in a similar situation as yours. That is just a bit over $.50/hour. I pay about $.35/therm. My gen uses approx 2 therm/hour at 50% load (~10kW) which would probably be way more kW than I'd be...
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    Set up cameras on a Comcast/Xfinity home network

    If you are using your own router/switch then it doesn't matter. The cable modem is just a dumb OSI layer 1 and 2 device that is just passing internet traffic. It has no concept of VLANS if you are running a router behind it as your router handles all of that. Now if you are using their modem...
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    Set up cameras on a Comcast/Xfinity home network

    If you are already doing VLANS, then put them in their own VLAN and disallow internet access from any device inside that VLAN.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I was hoping Debbie would at least knock out our power for 10 minutes or so just to run the gen!
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Now that Debbie is out of the way. Onto next week.
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    Ughhh... Gonna be a wet weekend

    Up here in the panhandle, I think we are gonna miss most of it. Stay safe down there!
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I want to see that bad boy running on maple syrup!
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