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  1. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Hmm. Did something change in this recently? I scaled everything the way I want and turned off Fit to Viewport, and it looks correct in Timeline if I'm current/live: but if I go back in time even one tick, I get these small black areas between the cameras: if I go forwards to Live, then the...
  2. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    https://github.com/TheWaterbug/alpr-dashboard-patches Package was Next.js 15.0.3,
  3. TheWaterbug

    Is Blue Iris worth pursuing for my situation, or am I pushing it beyond its practical comfort zone?

    I'm running 28+ cameras on a cheap refurb PC that I got off of amazon for $372 a year ago (costs more now), and it's been zero hassles. I migrated from an even cheaper PC that had been running BI for 4 years, and migration was as easy as moving over the config file. My storage space is a JBOD...
  4. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Red Tailed Hawk Bonks Me on Head, 05/16/26 Mild-mannered gardener on his way to do some orchard maintenance, and BAM!!! I'm lucky she didn't hit me with her talons. S/he just gave me a bump on the noggin' to remember. Seems like s/he was ok, the way s/he flew away. The side view shows her...
  5. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    It was all Claude! I was just watching. It was actually funny; Claude was soooo convinced that 100% of my performance issues were because of this logging thing, and then when it found the malware it actually put exclamation points on its response put its response in ALL CAPS:
  6. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Sorry to hear about your situation!!! You've been a great asset to our little community, so we all wish you well. I did vibe code two quick fixes to some issues, which I posted here awhile back: https://github.com/TheWaterbug/alpr-dashboard-patches I didn't want to bother you with it at the...
  7. TheWaterbug

    Add Axis MJPG Stream to Blue Iris?

    Unfortunately, no: Your input can't be opened VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://webcams.avmi.net:1249/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=640x480'. Check the log for details. Nor does: https://user:password@webcams.avmi.net:1249/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=640x480
  8. TheWaterbug

    Add Axis MJPG Stream to Blue Iris?

    No luck. I've put it in as Generic/MJPEG Stream, but no combination of port number in the URL or in the Media port or Discovery port results in video. I always get an HTTP 400: Bad Request. And I have the protocol set to https, exactly as it is in my working browser link, and the path to the...
  9. TheWaterbug

    Add Axis MJPG Stream to Blue Iris?

    My cat is at a specialty vet for radio iodine therapy, and they've provided me with a link to her live webcam: https://webcams.avmi.net:1249/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=640x480 plus a case-sensitive username and password. These work in my browser, and I'm watching her now. I can't...
  10. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    I went wayyyyy down the rabbit hole in this, and asked Claude to do a controlled test of CPU and RAM usage in the container, of the old logging routine vs its new logging routine, under a set of simulated loads and current log-file sizes (since the pathology is a function of both)...
  11. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Closing the port forward would stop the crypto miner from getting out, but it won't clean it from the container. You'll want a fresh pull from GitHub to ensure a fresh image.
  12. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Crow Strikes Again, Eating Finch Eggs I thought this nest was safe, but apparently not. The crow swallows 3 of the eggs, but leaves with 2 intact, presumably to feed to their own chicks. Nature is brutal.
  13. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Bad news and good news on this: I put Claude on the case this morning, and the problem isn't the application, it's MALWARE!!!!! I had stupidly opened a port-forward the ALPR container, assuming that my ridiculously long password would protect me. The app is built with Next.js 15.0.3, which has...
  14. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    I'm having the same issue with the built-in (ONNX) AI, so it's not limited to CPAI.
  15. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    I did try this, but I didn't get the result I expected. The wider camera just got wider, and it didn't force the 2nd camera to the bottom row.
  16. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    I figured it out. My problem was that, in all my experimentation I had clicked Align to grid in the console's group layout mode: That was causing both problems, e.g. the scaling up of the half-width dummy images and the left-alignment of the lower 2 cameras. Once I unchecked Align to grid I...
  17. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    And now I think this is the answer to my first question, which is to create two black "padding" cameras to flank the camera I want to be top-center. I'm trying to figure out what the right sizes are. If I create 2 at 848 x 480, I get the top camera centered in the top row (good), but the whole...
  18. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Hrm. In the midst of attempting this, I somehow dragged one my cameras out of the frame in the Edit Layout view of the BI console, and it moved itself into some other set, as another #1, and I can't figure out how to get back into the same set. It's still part of the group, and if I remove and...
  19. TheWaterbug

    POE Trigger/Switch for Mailbox Cameras on BI?

    Fun physics questions for the kids: Ignoring air resistance and the trivial mass of the grit, and assuming perfectly efficient transfer of rotational kinetic energy to translational kinetic energy, at what speed will the sphere be rocketing down my street at equilibrium? Bonus points for...
  20. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    I'm not sure if this is related or not, but is there a way to configure 3 cameras such that I get one on top and two on the bottom? These are my 3 mailbox cameras: The bottom camera, RainbowRidge, would logically fit in between the other two, but more logically on above them rather than below...
  21. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Yup. It's got either a runaway process or a memory leak or both, and the Docker contain will ramp up to 400% CPU and/or many GBs for RAM and bring the machine to its knees. I did a brief amount of googling on how to put a watchdog on the container to restart in when this happens, but I didn't...
  22. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Finches Are House Shopping! And here they are, with nesting material! Dad even tests the mesh protector and declares it sound. We'll see if they build a new nest here. There's still plenty of time in the season to have a brood or two.
  23. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Installing the Crow Stopper: Sorry finches. I hope you come back next year. It should be safer, now. And yes, the finches definitely use the "front" entrance frequently, and the front side should be significantly more protected from crows. But we'll see what happens .
  24. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Crow Eats Finch Eggs, 03/25/26 After the crow ate my finch babies out of the light fixture last year, I thought I'd fixed that problem, so that the finches would go back to the "safe" nesting spot, where'd they'd successfully raised chicks for several years prior, with no crow predation...
  25. TheWaterbug

    Camera Corrupted; Can't Delete from BI 6.0.4.3

    Recently one of my cameras, "LowerGarden" stopped responding in BI. No recordings, and snow in the live view. No amount of camera reboots, camera restarts, or BI restarts would fix it, despite the camera's web server showed a healthy stream, as did VLC. So I opened exported its settings in BI...
  26. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Oh, hallelujah!!! I wish I'd known about this for the last few years!
  27. TheWaterbug

    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    I do not have this working yet, and I haven't had time to properly debug it. The revised app does send the new mode, and the cameras confirm that they have received the new mode, but the settings don't actually get applied. I'm still trying to grok what "Working Mode" means, and how it applies...
  28. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Deploying the Tomato Fortress of Great Destiny I planted my tomatoes 5 weeks ago, with the intention to protect them 360° against squirrels, gophers, ground squirrels, and birds. I built a prototype of a single 4 x 4 x 6 cage in my living room, realized it wouldn't work, and then built a...
  29. TheWaterbug

    Acceleration for Built-in AI?

    Is there a way to see how much BI' Onnx-based AI is using? I expanded-all in Task Manager, and I don't see it as a discrete thing.
  30. TheWaterbug

    Acceleration for Built-in AI?

    I'm doing LPR from 4 cameras in an office park, and feeding that into the ALPR Database. I also have 20+ other cameras doing regular monitoring, and my CPU is hovering around 50-60% when there's not a lot of traffic, but during peak traffic times it can peg, especially when the Docker container...
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