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  1. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Two Chonky Raccoons near Thoroughbred Trail
  2. TheWaterbug

    How Many Cameras Do You Actively Manage?

    200 > 50, so >50 is true.
  3. TheWaterbug

    How Many Cameras Do You Actively Manage?

    Quite possibly the best first post ever! Welcome to the forum!
  4. TheWaterbug

    How Many Cameras Do You Actively Manage?

    I suppose I could have written "how many cameras do you have running?" as opposed to "how many cameras do you own?" because I'm sure we all have dozens of cameras either in the junk drawer, the workbench, or the "someday" inventory box.
  5. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Who Will Lay an Egg First? I have two House Finch nests on opposite sides of my house, and I have two couples preparing to settle down. Who will lay an egg first? Left camera is a Tapo C103. Right camera is a Wyze 2 with ancient RTSP perpetually beta firmware. Video recorded 24/7 in Blue...
  6. TheWaterbug

    How Many Cameras Do You Actively Manage?

    I'll leave it to the viewer to decide what constitutes "active" and "manage." I manage 3 different BI sites (home, work, and my parents' house), and in total there are 65 cameras. I think that's a little nuts, but I'm already planning for several more, because more is better, right?
  7. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    DM sent.
  8. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    Neat! I didn't know this existed, either: I just ordered a roll to play with. How does it hold up to weather over time?
  9. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    It was an overcast morning when I took them, so yes, it was a bit dark. But I'm not worried about the overall exposure value; I'm worried about the contrast between the fake bark and the real tree. None of the fake bark offerings on amazon have a choice of color, and their photos are going to be...
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    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    I'm still noodling over assembly methods, as I don't know how easy or difficult it's going to be to aim this and keep it aimed while installing this camo cover. I could either: Mount the camera to the PVC cap with a junction box, mount that whole assembly to the tree via the back end of the...
  11. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    It would look pretty obviously different, even from a distance:
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    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    The texture is a pretty darn good match: but the color is off more that I'd like. I wonder if I could lighten that up with a dry brushing of gray paint. I might try that on a small sample.
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    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    There is a human hidden in this photo. Can you see him?
  14. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Sorry; I don't understand what the "sample from BI" constitutes. The only data I have is the jpgs with the burnt-in plates: and their accompanying.dat files.
  15. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Do you want a set of .jpgs and their matching .dat files?
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    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Ah yes, I keep forgetting that the database and the actual LPR are two completely different modules, and that the communication is one-way.
  17. TheWaterbug

    Anyone get Blue Iris working with Wyze 3 Beta Firmware that adds RTSP Support?

    The official instructions from Wyze still point to the How to flash your Wyze Cam firmware manually page, which still says it requires an SD card: Did you find a way to install that does not require an SD card?
  18. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Ah, that's something to consider, and it shows up in the Stats for Nerds:
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    Blue Iris UI3

    Well, I'll answer my own questions in an inelegant way: I added a temporary text overlay in BI (which I normally don't use, and I prefer to burn the timestamps in-camera), and this disappears when I'm in D2W mode, so it's working! If I'm in Timeline view, and I'm current, the overlay...
  20. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Thanks! Is there an indicator when Direct-to-Wire (D2W?) is working? I don't see anything obvious in Properties or Stats for Nerds. And re: "Not when playing recordings," what about when playing in Timeline View when I'm "current" e.g. when Seek Position == LIVE?
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    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Welcome back! IMNSHO it's mature enough to warrant exposure to users other than the system admins, which is why I think multiple user logins would be useful. I'd like to give my office neighbors access to the feed, so they can tell me to add/hide/ignore their known plates, etc. Thank you for...
  22. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    ¡WoW! I had no idea fake bark existed! I just ordered a similar product from amazon and I've got the pipe pieces coming from Home Depot with free delivery. I'll take photos once it all arrives. Thanks!
  23. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    Here's another view of one of these trees, with a typical eyeball camera mounted on it, e.g. the look I'm trying to avoid:
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    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    Looks like I'd need at least 5" ID, and probably closer to 6" ID if I want any freedom to aim the camera inside the enclosure, as opposed to aiming the entire enclosure: and the camera is a full foot long, unlike some Subway sandwiches: I don't need the enclosure to be a full foot long...
  25. TheWaterbug

    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    EmpireTech didn't blow up the API completely, because the sunrise/sunset utility will still read back the zoom/focus positions: so there are bits and pieces that still work. And it's open source, so if someone could snoop our browser traffic and reverse engineer those calls, someone might be...
  26. TheWaterbug

    Wood-like Enclosure for LPR Camera?

    In addition to the three eyeball cameras that I have mounted to my mailbox post, I'm also considering trying a pair of my $35 Vigilant cameras for LPR. Given their ginormous size, I'd like to hide them in this tree, perhaps where I've put this red cylinder, but recessed even more than that...
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    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    If you can't park a car for any useful length of time, and/or if you can't fiddle with the camera while your car is parked (e.g. no connectivity), one workaround is to use a few of these adhesive temporary traffic markers that they use in construction zones: They're designed to reflect light...
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    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    While we're on the topic, it would be interesting to consider an extension to NTP, or perhaps some service that runs in parallel to it on the same server, so that a client device, e.g. a camera, can ask, "What is UTC, and what is our current offset including DST?" I run NTP on my pfense...
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    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    Is there a way to manage this in any way other than dragging the mouse and/or copying one month to other months within the same camera? I found this table of sunrise/sunset time for Los Angeles: If I could reformat that data into a CSV file or similar, plus or minus an offset, could I...
  30. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    Thanks! 2-pack ordered! But but but . . . . what if I need those cables 10 years from now?
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