Blue Iris UI3

[boyessen]

I enjoy this new Auto-Maximize option, but my wife does NOT. Is there a way to disable the "Auto-Maximize"?
I have the option to select Trigger/Motion from drop down, but I don't see a way to disable it.
It looks like the blue icon would be a clickable button to toggle, but no such luck.

 

[bp2008]

The toggle for it is in the playback control bar near the fullscreen button.

 

[VirtualCam]

Is it possible to do auto-login with UI3? I want to put a bookmark in the startup folder so a browser opens up right to a page when Windows starts up, but it's still pausing on the browser basic auth login box. I searched back through the 150 pages and it looks like it's possible, but couldn't quite figure out how. I don't want to put an anonymous login configuration on the server as the computer is in a public area of the house and I don't want the account having admin access to the server.

 

[bp2008]

@VirtualCam

Yes, but you need to check the box "Use secure session keys and login page" in Blue Iris Settings > Web server > Advanced. This will disable basic auth and redirect you do the login page instead when necessary. That login page has the option to remember your credentials. Right-click the "log in automatically" checkbox to find a hidden setting to remove the auto login delay if you want.

You can also configure anonymous access but configure the "Anonymous" account to have limited privilege.

 

[VirtualCam]

@VirtualCam

Yes, but you need to check the box "Use secure session keys and login page" in Blue Iris Settings > Web server > Advanced. This will disable basic auth and redirect you do the login page instead when necessary. That login page has the option to remember your credentials. Right-click the "log in automatically" checkbox to find a hidden setting to remove the auto login delay if you want.

That seemed to do the trick, thank you!

 

[atmelton]

I recently started seeing an error when logging into the UI3 interface and hoping someone can tell me how to fix it. Here is a screen shot of what I am seeing. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[bp2008]

@atmelton This is probably complaining about invalid JSON encoding. That has happened a number of times because Blue Iris does not use a proper JSON serialization library. If we can find out exactly what the problem was, we can tell Blue Iris support and he can fix it.

Try opening the browser's developer console and get the full error message out of the console. ctrl + shift + i should open it.

 

[atmelton]

@atmelton This is probably complaining about invalid JSON encoding. That has happened a number of times because Blue Iris does not use a proper JSON serialization library. If we can find out exactly what the problem was, we can tell Blue Iris support and he can fix it.

Try opening the browser's developer console and get the full error message out of the console. ctrl + shift + i should open it.

@bp2008 Thanks for the help.

Here is a screenshot of the developer console. I also recently upgraded BI to the latest version and changed to the Non-LAN Only settings on the web server tab.


EDIT: After seeing the console messages state something about missing cookies I deleted the cookies from my browser and tried it again. It seems to have cleared the error.

 

[bp2008]

@atmelton I'm glad clearing your cookies fixed it, because the cause of the failure is a mystery to me. The error message it was printing is nonsensical because your login clearly had just succeeded.

If you load any other web applications from the same host name (e.g. via a different port number), they can interfere with each other's cookies, local storage, etc.

Anyway I deleted your screenshot because your BI license key was in the login response.

 

[atmelton]

@atmelton I'm glad clearing your cookies fixed it, because the cause of the failure is a mystery to me. The error message it was printing is nonsensical because your login clearly had just succeeded.

If you load any other web applications from the same host name (e.g. via a different port number), they can interfere with each other's cookies, local storage, etc.

Anyway I deleted your screenshot because your BI license key was in the login response.

Thanks for deleting the screenshot @bp2008. I did not realize that was there. I have not had any more issues since deleting teh cookies so it seems to be resolved.

 

[VirtualCam]

@atmelton I'm glad clearing your cookies fixed it, because the cause of the failure is a mystery to me. The error message it was printing is nonsensical because your login clearly had just succeeded.

If you load any other web applications from the same host name (e.g. via a different port number), they can interfere with each other's cookies, local storage, etc.

Anyway I deleted your screenshot because your BI license key was in the login response.

I get that same JSON error when I log in with an account that has admin privileges. If I use an account that has more restricted rights, I don't get that error.

 

[cam26]

Is there any way to use UI3 from an external pc that connects to its own vpn?

For example, I have a work laptop that has a mobile hotspot that I use to connect to the internet, and that the connects to the work VPN.

I use OpenVPN to get into BI on my network from an external non-work source. Can I still use OpenVPN if my work pc already connects to a vpn by default? Can I access my BI from this pc via UI3?

 

[bp2008]

Is there any way to use UI3 from an external pc that connects to its own vpn?

For example, I have a work laptop that has a mobile hotspot that I use to connect to the internet, and that the connects to the work VPN.

I use OpenVPN to get into BI on my network from an external non-work source. Can I still use OpenVPN if my work pc already connects to a vpn by default? Can I access my BI from this pc via UI3?

Depends on your VPN configuration and network configuration, but it should be possible to connect to two VPNs at once and access resources on both networks.

 

[cam26]

Depends on your VPN configuration and network configuration, but it should be possible to connect to two VPNs at once and access resources on both networks.

Thank you @bp2008. I would assume I just need a cert file on my work pc then? Would I need to download any OpenVPN software to the pc? (Sorry, not super well versed with vpn connections).

 

[bp2008]

I don't know.

 

[rkn]

I would like to see the date for alert/recording tiles changed to also include the day of the week or an option to do so. The reason is that day of week is often important when reviewing old clips and I often find myself doing the mental arithmetic or calendar checking for older dates to determine this.

For example currently I am looking at tiles titled "March 15, 2021" and I would prefer something like "March 15, 2021 (Monday)" or perhaps with the day name right aligned in the tile title area.

I've use the former style by modifying the ui3.js source a while back but haven't bothered in more recent versions and was wondering if anyone else would like to see this change or option in UI3 generally?

 

[bp2008]

@rkn I've added that in UI3-144 (next release).

For future reference, UI3 has a system in place for writing persistent modifications.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Is there a way to delete a "queued" export job in UI3? I tried exporting a portion of a clip as a WMV from two different machines and the job hangs and never completes but I see no way to abort or delete it.

 

[bp2008]

I don't think we implemented cancelation in the API. You can probably do it from Blue Iris local console. Click the folder icon above the clip list, then choose Convert/Export list at the bottom of the menu.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Thanks for the quick response!

I'll fool with that. The whole thing happened yesterday and there were log entries showing a WMV export failed "WM setup failed: 80070057" when I think the jobs finally timed out in BI. They were started at around 17:00 local and that last error happened at 22:00 local. AVI and MP4 worked fine though. Wonder why the WMV failed. Maybe because Windows update has been shut off for too long? Beats me.