Recent content by aaronwt

Are these people drunk? It doesn't seem like they should be piloting a boat.

I also added a yearly support plan in February. And my BI server switched to Evaluation mode last night. I just needed to re-enter that code I got in February, and BI was out of Evaluation mode.

Whew!! I was able to enter the Blue Iris Extended Maintenance and Support code I got back in February. Which took it out of Evaluation mode.

Crap!! Mine just switched to Evaluation mode a few minutes ago.

I'm hoping I don't get hit by this. Right now, my seventeen cameras are still working fine with my BI machine. So I will not remotely access the PC unless it stops working or comes up in evaluation mode.

Today I paid for the renewal and upgrade to BI5 and then cancelled the subscription. I assume I should be good for next year with updates? I just won't be charged in a year?

IS there an issue with the Hikvision cameras? I've been running thirteen of them for years now. And so far I haven't noticed any problems. Instead of using a VLAN I have my cameras and BI machines physically separated on my network. So the only time it should go outside that section is to...

I never got around to upgrading my systems to BI5. So I'm wondering what the upgrade price is now? I guess i will need to test it with my backup BI machine first. And then get a second license to upgrade my primary BI machine. EDIT: I'm guessing the prices are still valid on the first post.

An i5, 8th gen or newer will work fine with this. Since it has six cores. I know my low end, 8th gen i5 has no issue with fifteen cameras at 15FPS. Ten 1500P 3MP, three 1500P 4MP, and two 720P 2MP. Heck even my old 3rd gen i5 works with this. My backup BI machine. But the CPU usage is very high...

I still have version 3 on both of my machines. I guess when I decide to update to BI5, I will also leave version 4 on. Sent from my Nexus 7(16GB)

Things are much faster when reading and writing the video from an SSD or NVMe drive. The videos populate almost instantly. While things are noticeable slower if I did that from a platter drive. Plus SSDs are so cheap now.

I've been using a 1TB Samsung EVO with BI for around five years now. I've had between twelve and fifteen cameras in use during that time. With most 1500P. I've only had around 100TB of data read and around 100TB of data written during that time. And the drive still has 80% of it's life left...

Wow!! Thanks for all the info in this thread. I think I will wait awhile before paying for the upgrade to BI5, for my two BI machines.

My core i5 3rd gen can handle 15 cameras with most at 1500p. But there are plenty of times the CPU gets pegged at 100%. Both the 8th gen core i3 and the third gen Core i5 uses four CPU cores. I switched to an 8th gen core i5 last year which has six cores. Now my CPU usage is down to around 30%...

Yes. Ive had no issues on my 8th gen core i5. My BI machine runs 24/7 without any memory ssues. With my fifteen cameras. Sent from my Nexus 7(16GB) using Tapatalk