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Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2023-07-24T14:58:51+00:00

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Statistics: Posted by TimG — Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:58 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2023-07-24T13:09:44+00:00

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Statistics: Posted by HeneryH — Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:09 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-07-13T14:11:29+00:00

I totally agree with "just pick one and run with it unless you have problems" philosophy.

Statistics: Posted by HeneryH — Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:11 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-07-13T11:13:04+00:00

This is true, potentially better disk compression. I'm not sure of the actual ratios and/or how much you gain and clearly I can't be bothered enough to google it. Since it's fairly easy to change and monitor I'd probably just set it one way and observe. I'm cramming about 3 weeks worth of recordings onto my storage which is more than sufficient for my needs. Obviously very dependent on capacity, number of cameras, FPS, etc.

Statistics: Posted by Matts1984 — Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:13 am

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-07-12T16:13:55+00:00

H265 should get you better compression (more days of storage for any disk allocation) and I would think (not sure) that a modern QuickSync Hardware Acceleration should be plenty of horse power.

I just am not sure about the "+" on h265.

I set all my cameras to H265 and let BI write direct to disk. BI decodes the streams on its GPU for motion detection but doesn't need to reencode for writing to disk.

Statistics: Posted by HeneryH — Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:13 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-07-12T11:55:45+00:00

Yeah unless you're seeing network issues or just really trying to cut down on bandwidth consumption (cameras to server so most likely NOT hitting your internet pipe), I wouldn't even worry about H265+. You may even find H264 is more ideal. The lower you go the less compression..... so more bandwidth BUT less CPU crunching. Assuming typical gigabit internal network, you're not even flirting with network loads.

Statistics: Posted by Matts1984 — Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:55 am

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-07-10T23:07:28+00:00

if you record the raw bvr stream instead of transcoding to mp4 or something else, it will take a lot less CPU power. transcoding H265 on the fly is *expensive*

Statistics: Posted by leftcoastgeek — Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:07 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-26T19:42:06+00:00

I'm not really sure about the H265+. Not even sure if it is actually part of the standard.

Statistics: Posted by HeneryH — Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:42 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-26T19:09:00+00:00

Annotated graphic with gens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

Thank you. my cams are h265 at it works. just the h265 plus doenst work ?

so is that sheet wrong ? should i choose h264 for my cams ?

Statistics: Posted by ivamar — Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:09 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-25T23:56:36+00:00

Annotated graphic with gens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

Statistics: Posted by HeneryH — Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:56 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-25T14:08:06+00:00

Im on my setup.

is it possible that h265+ doesnt work ? seems like its limit by my i7 generation ?

Statistics: Posted by ivamar — Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:08 pm

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-23T11:25:10+00:00

Nice! Always exciting when someone buys new toys.. kind of like buying a new car (only a LOT less money )

Sounds like a really good deal, enjoy! Hit us up again if you run into configuration questions or issues. Blue Iris and camera settings can be set to completely cripple even the most modern CPU out there - or it can be tuned to optimize the CPU and still give a great experience (Direct to Disk, watch your FPS, substreams, etc). There are some great recommendation guides out there. I initially was at 50-60% on 3 cameras to now being around 10% with 9 cameras.

Statistics: Posted by Matts1984 — Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:25 am

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-23T10:29:59+00:00

Ok thank you guys. helped me a lot.

i bought now one: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF

CPU : Intel Core i7-4790 ( 4 cores 8 thread, 8MB Cache, 4.0GHz Turbo , AVX2 )
iGPU : Intel HD Graphics 4600 ( 2 x Display Port )
Mainboard : Intel Q87 Express
SSD : 256GB ( Samsung )
RAM : 16GB ( 2 x 8GB , PC3-12800)
PSU : 240W
OS : Windows 10

round about 200 dollar used inclusive delivery. i decided for an bigger case (SFF). just in case

im happy.

Statistics: Posted by ivamar — Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:29 am

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-23T01:11:34+00:00

I agree, that system should work just fine. I'd always recommend (as Thixo did) to just shop around a bit to get the best CPU bang for your buck. All other specs are more than sufficient but the CPU listed should be just fine too!

And yes, BI supports using network storage, second drives, whatever pretty much. It's flexible.

Statistics: Posted by Matts1984 — Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:11 am

Re: Looking for new system, 5-7 cams

2021-06-22T23:08:55+00:00

With those specs it sounds like it should work just fine. If you can get a little snappier CPU for not too much extra $$ then I'd go for it, but what you specced below seems like should work for 5 ~ 7 cameras.

HP EliteDesk 800 G1. Cost 250. 00
Prozessor: Intel Core i7 4785T 2..2 GHz
Ram: 16 GB
SSD 256 GB
Intel HD Graphics 4600

Is this enough? I would record on my synology if bi Supports this. I have plenty space free on it.

Statistics: Posted by Thixotropic — Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:08 pm