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    CPU Usage v6.x

    Appreciate the graphics card info, @wittaj. For what it's worth, 6 of our 9 cams are POE with on-board AI (IVS), which have worked flawlessly for over a year (and as you alluded to, have little cpu overhead). We're using BI v6's built-in AI with three inexpensive wifi cams. After some...
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    CPU Usage v6.x

    Had a hunch a few seconds at 40-60% was acceptable, but wasn't sure. Thx for confirming. @Bruce_H, I've tried turning on the on-board/integrated Intel 630 graphics a few times in the past and noticed no improvement. Is there a reasonably priced dedicated graphics card that can put a...
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    CPU Usage v6.x

    Currently using BI v6.0.2.8. Currently supporting 6, 4k cams and 3, 3k cams (recording 24/7). Using the larger yolo8m module. When BI is static, cpu usage hovers around 7-9%. When AI attempts to confirm a trigger it momentarily spikes to 40-60% for about 2-3 seconds then drops to 7-9% again...
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    BI v6.0.2.7 built-in AI not confirming small moving objects

    Changing to 3/15 (pre/post) triggers (750ms) improved the confirmation rate (vs. nothing found) from roughly 10% to 70% (detecting our cat at night with infra-red active). Thanks for the suggestion, @jrbeddow. Changing from yolov8s.onnx to yolov8m.onnx improved things further. Now getting...
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    BI v6.0.2.7 built-in AI not confirming small moving objects

    Thanks! I'll give 3 pre/10-15 post a try.
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    BI v6.0.2.7 built-in AI not confirming small moving objects

    Just upgraded from v5.9.9.97 to v6.0.2.7. Been using/testing v6.0.2.7's built-in AI to confirm standard BI motion detection on several cams. AI works well confirming persons, but fails to confirm/detect smaller objects like our cat 90% of the time. BI motion detection triggers on the cat 100%...
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    BI v5.9.9.75 Deleting ALL "stored" Video

    Which version(s) have you been using? Ken acknowledged he's had to implement "many fixes" to the v6 DB since its initial release via v5.9.9.75. He suggested I upgrade to .87, which I did. Fingers crossed :)
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    BI v5.9.9.75 Deleting ALL "stored" Video

    It appears BI v5.9.9.75 is the very first release that uses the new v6 DB. That's a big change and probably explains most of my problems. If you don't want to deal with any of the v6 DB growing pains, I've been told v5.9.9.73 is the most stable release that still uses the v5 DB. Not sure...
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    BI v5.9.9.75 Deleting ALL "stored" Video

    @Tinman, @wittaj, thanks for the suggestion. I assume I would create a 4000-5000 GB "new" folder on the 6tb D drive, set Limit the Clip Age to 16 days and specify "delete" (vs. Move to Folder)? Not sure it's necessary, but should I also set the "stored" folder to 0 GB, not click Limit the Clip...
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    BI v5.9.9.75 Deleting ALL "stored" Video

    Over the last year (using BI v5.9.8.5) I've been keeping about 26 hours of BI "new" video on a 500gb Windows C SSD drive. After 26 hours it transitions to a 6tb Windows D drive where I limit BI video storage to approx. 4tb (or 16 days of total video for 6 cameras). I've had zero problems with...
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    Upgrading BI

    Currently running BI 5.9.9.xx. When upgrading any pros/cons to using the full install (file size 150-160mb) vs. the upgrade (40-50mb)?
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    Camera Disappeared from BI

    @Tinman, thanks. I'm not familiar with the BI group and sub-group function. We only have 6 cams so everything fits fine without any special grouping. If this happens again and the camera is not listed under the BI Groups->Index Windows registry folder, what is the corrective action at that...
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    Camera Disappeared from BI

    Thanks for the reply, @wittaj. Where is "the picture that is on the desktop" located? Within BI? Top right? If a camera is moved to the desktop, would that remove it from the list of cameras in the BI Status->Cameras ("Status" icon located in the upper left of BI)?
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    Camera Disappeared from BI

    Had a camera (1 of 6) completely disappear from BI a day or so ago. It was like it never existed. The camera was still present in the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Perspective Software\Blue Iris\Cameras\xxxxxxx). No problems accessing the missing camera via GUI. I manually...
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    Face detection not working

    We tried CPAI for a few weeks. It would correctly identify cars, trucks, people, bicycles, etc. Alerts were delayed 5-6 seconds. Face detection identified faces if pics were manually entered into CPAI itself, but it never worked within BI. Could have lived with these limitations, but it was...
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    NetTime Question

    Thanks for the link. I've read through that page a few times over the last couple of days. No doubt I'm missing something obvious. It does mention turning off the Windows Time Service. I ran "net stop w32time" a few times. Normally I check when the computer performed its last time sync...
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    NetTime Question

    A few days ago I got all our cameras to time sync to NetTime. However, I'm not clear how NetTime is supposed to work with the computer it's installed on. When I run "w32tm /query /status" at the cmd prompt it shows the Windows Time Service is still accessing time.windows.com for time syncs...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    I've noticed "wire" placement with IVS is a bit tricky if shadows (from a moving tree or bush) fall on them during a windy day. Took some experimenting to get them positioned right. As for 'tinkering with too many other things', I hear ya. To be honest, I'm probably using the term tinkering a...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    After tinkering with CPAI for a couple days decided to stick with IVS. CPAI was just a too buggy--even after reinstalling it 3-4 times. It would drop off-line randomly---a deal killer for us. The CPAI "auto stop/start" in BI seemed to play a part. With it active it would sometimes never...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Making progress. Finally got Remote Desktop on our laptops and iPhones working with the BI desktop using both OpenVPN and ZeroTier. Having the option to change BI presets remotely is sweet. It took some practice to navigate throughout BI on an iphone, but it's totally doable. Surprised to...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Thanks for the reply! I tried entering IVS-1, IVS-2, Person, Human, Vehicle, Motor Vehicle, etc. in the Contains field, Trigger in the Action field, and Person, Human, Motor Vehicle, etc. in the Memo field. Seemed to have no effect on the Pushover notifications. All the Pushover...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Got a refurbed Dell OptiPlex 7060 SFF (i7/8700, 32g ram, 500g SSD) up and running with BI. With 1 4mp and 4 8mp cams, the CPU typically hovers around 0-1% with UI3 (@1-2mp ;sometimes spikes to 10-15% for a few sec when accessing a single cam at 4-8mp). Setup BI and the Dell BIOS so they both...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Our wifi bandwidth is right up there with our ethernet, so might give that a try before investing in a 2nd NIC. Kinda figured wireless HDMI was not probably going to be the most refined solution--lol! Thanks for the heads-up ref the HDBase-T adapters. Didn't know such a thing existed. Push...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Thanks, @wittaj! Good to know we're headin' in the right direction. 50 cams?! With a 4th gen? Wow. Guess we should ok with 10 cams and an 8th gen :) I get the impression isolating the cams completely from the internet using a 2nd NIC is ideal. However, does our VPN offer a reasonable...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Got our VPN online. Been testing our 5 EmpireTech cams (w/micro SD's) with BI, UI3 and Pushover with our laptop (and 16ch POE switch) for the last few weeks. Not fond of switching from Pushover to UI3 to access notification videos on our iphone, but we can live with it. Thankfully, the...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    Thanks for getting me back on track! After I uploaded the iphone config file, OpenVPN on the iphone successfully connected! Why I uploaded the Windows config file to my iphone is beyond me--lol! Tired, I guess. After reloading the original Windows config file, then accessing the internet...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    Thanks for the help! I've tried connecting using the OpenVPN iOS iphone app using 5g and wifi---no-go. Get the Windows OpenVPN config files loaded to the OpenVPN iOS app, it opens the profile, but the app responds with: "Error message: UKNOWN/UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS: dev -node Unsupported option...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    Yes, testing everything using my laptop. Have tried connecting to the router via ethernet and wifi with same results. My opening post for this thread pretty much covers everything we're experiencing with the Netgear. If it could make that last connection on port 12974 it would be a go IMO...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    @bigredfish, tried the changes to the config files you suggested, but no-go. Got a couple question ref using VPN's on Asus routers. Again, I have no networking experience :( Will an Asus router support OpenVPN, Wireguard, etc. natively? In other words, once installed/activated, will you...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    Thanks for the reply. It's a new Netgear AX4200 router that's still sold everywhere online. Supposedly it's compatible with OpenVPN up to v 2.7.?. We installed OpenVPN v2.6.12.
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