Blink Camera On Blue Iris?

Unfortunately this is a bit like asking "What motorcar should I buy?". The answer is, information technology depends - and everyone has their own opinion.

A significant portion of the market supports POE, which if you lot have the cables run equally yous do, in my opinion is platonic. I like the single cable and the control from my POE switch. That part should not be an issue.

Type of photographic camera... well this depends on your location(s). In my opinion (only an stance), a bullet photographic camera is non simply less expensive, it'due south also less prone to breakup - both because it has fewer (zero) moving parts. Modern bullet cameras take a pretty broad angle, 100° or more, and with a few strategically placed y'all may be able to cover your entire space with stable and fixed cameras. On the flip side, a PTZ gives you the ability to await elsewhere and have some sort of zoom functionality (some bullets practise too). While I do non own whatsoever, from reading on here I know that you lot can gear up them up to auto-pan which would give yous potentially a very large area of coverage however I believe motion detection while panning is limited because the whole image is in motion. Of the bullet/turret cameras I take, I am pleased with the build quality with a metal housing - information technology's not bullet proof armor merely it feels substantial and I'm happy with information technology. If annihilation, information technology'south but the cheap screws they provide for mounting that should exist improved! It's for these reasons, plus that fact that you could likely get 3+ bullets for the cost of a PTZ that I prefer them. Using Google Maps or a site like https://calculator.ipvm.com/ (credit to TimG for finding that) can help view your area and guesstimate your coverage based on cameras (assuming exterior!)

I don't have audio on my cameras, I didn't/don't expect the microphones to be that adept on them and likely just pick upward dissonance I don't care near, but I know some have information technology. All of this would be different yet if y'all wanted indoor cameras where I could totally understand. Ultimately I wouldn't make this a purchasing priority only if you lot had it, and ended upwards non wanting information technology, you could ever disable it I suppose.

How many MPs..... well the more the better I guess! That said, the more MPs that Blue Iris has to contend with, the more processing power (and storage) you're going to need. My cameras are capable of 5MP, though I run them at 3.2MP and so I become the dimensions/screen ratio I want. I'm happy with the quality I have (this is scaled down a bit due to forum attachment size limitations).

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Y'all can definitely get college which could be helpful if you're really paranoid about reading license plates or seeing blemishes on someones face... a little lower resolution on the other hand nonetheless works very well for a security photographic camera, the goal here is (probably) not to brand an iMAX pic.

Brands.... well the biggest thing I've learned is that 80-90% of the marketplace is either Dahua or Hikvision based cameras/firmware. A majority of the cameras out in that location are just rebranded with small firmware tweaks. All of mine are Dahua based and I'grand happy with them, only between the two brands (links in my signature) in that location are firmware differences. Considering of this, I'm not sure that the brand you buy matters THAT much merely as long every bit it has the features you want and it'south at a cost point y'all similar, information technology's probably good enough. Ane important note and concept many on hither follow, is to Not trust your cameras. Most of the firmware comes from the same country and is often configured, sometimes without the power to disable, to communicate to the deject. That doesn't hateful they don't provide good images and work quite well. Your cameras practice non, exercise not, do not need access to the internet or need to be accessible for you to view them remotely. The Blue Iris server connects to the cameras to access their video streams. You/users connect to the BI server ONLY for all viewing. With very explicit exceptions - with multiple design options - your cameras should be locked down/isolated to non be able to reach the Net.

Promise this helps and that my opinions - they are opinions - don't ruffle too many feathers. Happy to answer more questions if you have them.

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