bi-aidetection VS argos

I run Blue Iris with https://github.com/VorlonCD/bi-aidetection (getting very long since the last update, but still works great) and am very happy with it and am using DeepQuest AI's latest Windows release rather than Docker. I have 14 cameras going to a VM running it all with 24/7 low res recording and event triggered high res recording. I have MQTT reporting of events to Home Assistant for notifications and Blue Iris handles all the actual video pieces. The hardest part is finding decent RTSP cameras that don't re-stream from the cloud. I've got a mix of Amcrest, Reolink, and Unifi. The older Amcrest seem to work best, but the Unifi ones (once you get past the restream from the local UMD bit) are really good as well and provide a nice double layer for notification if I ever want it. I've been running this setup for just a little over 3 years now and the only real complaint I have is about the Reolink cameras. I have them working, but do not recommend them at all.

and this tool to gain ai detection https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/tool-tutorial-free-ai-person-detection-for-blue-iris.37330/

​ https://github.com/VorlonCD/bi-aidetection

1) https://github.com/gentlepumpkin/bi-aidetection 2) The fork: https://github.com/VorlonCD/bi-aidetection

This is a thread that discusses a technique for analyzing still images coming out of Blue Iris using DeepStack initially and later DeepQuestAI. Between those three links you should be able to get going.

The easiest way to think of it is a camera aimed at a driveway. You are probably interested in people and cars in a driveway. Since DeepStack doesn't know which part of the frame has motion, it will alert on a parked car in the frame even if something else triggered the motion. Dynamic masking will automatically apply an "ignore" mask on an object that has remained stationary for several frames and it will keep it ignored until it moves again. This allows you to enable alerts for cars and people, and only get alerted when a new car arrives in the driveway, or an existing parked car moves. This is the fork of AI_Tool that I use to accomplish this: https://github.com/VorlonCD/bi-aidetection/releases

I think what you are asking for came from this project: GitHub - VorlonCD/bi-aidetection: Alarm system for Blue Iris based on Artificial Intelligence.

@diymatt https://github.com/VorlonCD/bi-aidetection cool deepstack implementation for blue Iris

Good observation.

Turning off extensions is where OP lost me. In the last year, the single biggest quality of life improvement for me has been discovering the Argos[0] extension, which basically lets you put whatever text/menus you want in the top bar by writing scripts that print to stdout. To save space, I hid the dock (I use [1] as a replacement alt-tab), so the top bar is the only piece of screen that isn't OS chrome.

On my top bar right now I have the time in four time zones (including the ever-important UTC to save a mental calculation when logging at logs), the name of the current Wifi access point, and some VPN details gleaned using a combination of ip r, ping, nc, and curl. Another extension shows free RAM. I look at them dozens of times a day.

[0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1176/argos/

[1] https://gist.github.com/cbd32/cbec9a32b32bd9e93b0d2696c71b5f...

I’ve heard this called “the defaults lifestyle” on the Software Defined Talk podcast. I’m forever locked out of nirvana because I have an iPhone but not a Mac, but that’s fine.

Occasionally plugins are worth the expense though. I finally discovered Argos[0] and I’m using it to show time in UTC and a couple other time zones. Super handy.

But if I try some new software and find that I have to tweak it a bunch to make it usable, that means the devs have different aesthetics and I should probably try something else.

[0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1176/argos/

I'm really surprised no one mentioned Argos

Currently, Argos extension (not developed since 3.32) holding the records for more than 13.8M downloads following by Dash to Dock extension with 6.2M downloads.

This is what I was referring to.

If you want, you could make the extension yourself via Argos https://github.com/p-e-w/argos using https://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/ or using one of these https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38867/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-the-active-window-process-title-in-gnome/122870

Hey Recently I found this widget named Kargos that shows terminal command output as a widget it uses Gnome's argos and BitBar (Mac) This gives a very nice opportunity to make your own custom widget.

Argos

There is Argos. However, maintenance is unclear since the original developer steps down.