Greetings, a brand new Blue Iris user here as of yesterday. I'm a 35+ year IT guy so not afraid of the technology side of things. My wife and I are in a new house in which I plan to implement between 6-8 cameras. Blue Iris looks to me to be the best solution.
I've now read through the help files a couple of times and searched various posts for the best way to handle folders. Frankly I'm totally confused. The use of "NEW," "STORED," and "AUX" folders in the dropdowns has me baffled in terms of; are these actual names of the folders or if I pick "NEW" will a dialog pop up asking me what name / location I want to use to create the "NEW" folder - the answer is NO.
The help files refer to the capability of numerous sub-folders but in practice that seems to be discouraged. I've seen posts on this site referring to questions around folder setup as OCD and silly so I am trying to understand best practices. As an IT guy my inclination is always to organize things into separate folders, as in one for each camera, yet again that seems to be discouraged.
I'm confused about the file folder options in the clips and archive tab versus the folders on the individual camera tab again coupled with confusion about "NEW" and "STORED" back into the picture. And then I need to understand the next step of having Blue Iris archive clips from current clips to saved clips again with various folder options.
My desire is to 1) fully understand how the folder process works and then 2) what is recommended for best practices.
I'm willing to be persuaded in any particular direction but right now my confusion is overriding how to proceed.
Can someone point me to a thread or threads where I can fully learn the folder process? Once that clicks into place I can move on to configuration and best practices.
Thank you in advance.
I've now read through the help files a couple of times and searched various posts for the best way to handle folders. Frankly I'm totally confused. The use of "NEW," "STORED," and "AUX" folders in the dropdowns has me baffled in terms of; are these actual names of the folders or if I pick "NEW" will a dialog pop up asking me what name / location I want to use to create the "NEW" folder - the answer is NO.
The help files refer to the capability of numerous sub-folders but in practice that seems to be discouraged. I've seen posts on this site referring to questions around folder setup as OCD and silly so I am trying to understand best practices. As an IT guy my inclination is always to organize things into separate folders, as in one for each camera, yet again that seems to be discouraged.
I'm confused about the file folder options in the clips and archive tab versus the folders on the individual camera tab again coupled with confusion about "NEW" and "STORED" back into the picture. And then I need to understand the next step of having Blue Iris archive clips from current clips to saved clips again with various folder options.
My desire is to 1) fully understand how the folder process works and then 2) what is recommended for best practices.
I'm willing to be persuaded in any particular direction but right now my confusion is overriding how to proceed.
Can someone point me to a thread or threads where I can fully learn the folder process? Once that clicks into place I can move on to configuration and best practices.
Thank you in advance.