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    BI Version 4.0 Issues

    Windows 7 64b machine - I clicked the update button and I end up in an endless loop asking if I want to download the files now, but no upgrade, install, etc., occurs. Are there instructions somewhere for completing the upgrade? My email said a full install is needed but the v4 upgrade file is...
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    Network Time Protocol (NTP)

    Many thanks, bp2008, and also many thanks for BI Tools. I am loving the weather data overlay! If you can consider a suggestion, maybe a NTP server function?
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    Network Time Protocol (NTP)

    Question to see if I understand how NetTime works. I download and install it on a Win7 PC. I start it and configure as needed. It's server is now running and I can point my IP cameras (Hikvision & Foscam) to that PC for the NTP source. Correct? (Can't be, that would too easy. :cool: )
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    After a quick look at your links, Gemote looks as though it may be almost turn-key (I know, likely wishful thinking :-) ), but there seems to be no documentation. Do I need to download and install/run to see any instructions, etc.?
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    BI Tools

    This is the link to the original station: http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KILWINNE6 It is now identified as "This PWS is not reporting". I guess it takes a while for the website to notice/report this.
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    "TCP-IP: There is a network application that is able to control your TV" I would very much appreciate any links, pointers, etc., to find any apps for this. Many thanks!
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    BI Tools

    I just changed the station to another within a short distance and the data changed immediately. Looks like a station issue.
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    BI Tools

    I did (and just checked again to confirm). Maybe the reporting weather station is frozen or hung up some way? I'll try another station.
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    BI Tools

    I installed yesterday and set up my video overlays, but my weather data is not changing in the display. Update is enabled. ?
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    Broadcasting through the house

    FWIW, I use Blue Iris to pull together all the camera feeds. Then, quoting from an earlier post of mine, this is what I did: I have two HDTVs (Sharp & Samsung) on which I wanted to be able to switch quickly to view my camera streams. After considering the suggestions in this and other...
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    Fenderman, agreed. Nayr, this is REALLY interesting. I must know more! :-) I recall struggling long ago with voltage/current/EMF sensors to sense the state of a TV, plus trying to learn the individual IR codes like the code for "turn on" and the code for "turn off", only to be told over and over...
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    "the main TV will turn on the display if needed and switch inputs if the doorbell is rang or the alarm is triggered.. without any interaction" I'd be interested in how you do this. My guess is you would need a sensor to know the on/off state of your TV, and IR emitters with appropriate IR...
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    Blue Iris Tools - Weather Overlay, Watchdog & more!

    Does running BI Tools add much of a CPU load? Maybe depending upon how often the weather data is updated?
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    :-( As much as I like my Ras Pi and look for ways to use it in some dedicated application, I keep hitting roadblocks like this. Oh well, the search continues . . .
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    Can I do that to view my BI server stream? I want to see all cameras in the display, not just a single camera.
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    Hikvison camera and Samsung Smart TV

    I tried using the browser on my RasPi to access my Blue Iris server, but it was very slow and would time out (or something) after some interval of inactivity, so I would have to keep restarting it and accessing my Blue Iris server all over again. This meant keeping a mini-keyboard (w/touchpad)...
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    Looking for some recomendations

    "with the hiks you can get a wider view if you drop the res to 2mp, i do this on mine...you will lose some vertical view..." "I run Hikvision 3mp cams at 2mp 1920x1080 as well." A wider view might be helpful. Where do I make this change? In the camera settings? Or in Blue Iris? Many thanks.
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    Stop Action Recording

    Better still! :loyal: In answer to nayr's question, I am using the native motherboard video (MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard from Newegg a few years ago). As for updating drivers, I wish this was as easy as Windows updates. It always...
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    Stop Action Recording

    Wow! - still a noobe, so still excitable :-) - I do have the Android app and it shows CPU use at 60-66%. Big difference. So, maybe I'm ok after all. Go fenderman!
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    Stop Action Recording

    FWIW, I am revisiting my CPU usage issue (90-95% consistently), with triggered recording as discussed earlier. According to my Resource Monitor, BI usage is 55-63%, followed by LogMeIn at 12-15% (my BI PC is headless so I access it via LogMeIn) and Java Platform SE Binary at 8-12%. Are there...
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    Stop Action Recording

    Finally getting back to report. I updated the Foscam firmware and enabled direct-to-disk. No go. My mp4 files were created as if recording took place, but they would not play through WMP. Apparently Foscam still does not support it, so back to re-encoding. In any event, it did not seem to affect...
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    Stop Action Recording

    Thanks. I did notice that. I am one of those who actually reads the instructions. :-) But I appreciate the reminder nonetheless. Wish me luck. I'm good at bricking things.
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    Stop Action Recording

    Never mind. ;-) Think I found it. (I know, whatta noob! Sigh.)
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    Stop Action Recording

    Tried unsuccessfully twice today to download current firmware from the Foscam website. Both times I was sent to the page to input name and email, but no return email with instructions came back. Anyboy know how to access their firmware? Many thanks.
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    Stop Action Recording

    They seem to work fine now and I've been fearful of bricking them with an update, but I will look into that. I still need to confirm CPU usage when I am sure there is no recording activity. That consistent 75%+ CPU usage does seem high for only six cameras. Thanks.
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    Stop Action Recording

    I tried disabling using the "traffic light" but it did not seem to make a difference. Does the "red light" take effect immediately? Or does it take effect only after the max record time/interval finishes. [so much to learn :-) ]
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    Stop Action Recording

    Understood. The Hikvisions use direct-to-disk and the Foscams use re-encode (since they apparently cannot support d-to-d). Thanks.
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    Stop Action Recording

    Good question (still a noob here :-) ). I don't know about CPU use at the time of the recordings, but I just looked now and it is pretty constant in the 75-80% range. My CPU is an Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor and has 8GB of RAM.
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    Stop Action Recording

    I have three Hikvision cameras (DS-2CD2132-I) and two Foscam cameras (FI8904W & FI8918W) that are triggered for recording motion (all controlled by BlueIris) with masking to try avoiding false triggers. The Foscams seem to work pretty well, but the Hikvision recordings occasionally freeze. In...
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    Intel Celeron NUC vs i5 NUC

    Dumb questions? First, why disable substreams? Do they use significant CPU/memory resources? Second, Why are they even there? Is there a use/need for them? What happens if we disable them? Third, how I disable them on Hikvision cameras? Many thanks.
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