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    Lost montion detect areas after adding new camera

    So I added my 3rd 12MP fisheye camera last night and ran into a few hiccups 1. I couldn't set the area of interest on the 3rd camera correctly. I would draw a landscape rectangle and when I hit okay the camera window would instead resize to portrait. I messed with it for a while and gave up...
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    BI running as service cannot connect via APP?

    awe!!! Gawd! Sometimes I wonder what is the matter with my head. I changed the IP and forgot to change the port forward on the router.... working now. This why we never should change more than one thing without first testing.
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    BI running as service cannot connect via APP?

    So is it to be expected that if BI is running as a service with no gui instance open that I cannot connect via my iPhone app?
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    Thank you Fenderman Now I know that much more about these cameras and BI. Very helpful.
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    Hmmm I have an Area of Interest set at 3056*1344... that is almost exactly 4.1MP Wonder if that is the cause
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    Okay, so BI must be reporting the stream size incorrectly then?
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    the above screen cap was from the raw fisheye stream this one screen cap is from the pano stream Can you please enlighten me as to how to figure out the stream size?
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    So no change if I switch to non pano (fisheye) still reports 4.1MP
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    forgive my ignorance... I did figure out how to open a stream in vlc but not sure what to make of the information
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    single camera I have the camera stream set stream in Panorama (already dewarped)
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    Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldnt that be 12mp?

    Hi there Blue Iris status - Cameras - Pixels showing 4.1mp shouldn't that be 12mp if I have 12mp cameras? fps is 15 bitrate is around 1982 kB/s Maybe Blue Iris is streaming the lower quality substream? The live view picture looks normal but the recordings are a bit stretched out and lower...
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    BI recording continuosly (randomly) even though set to when triggered

    Hello there purchased BI after testing for a few days, so far really happy with all the options but having a few difficulties navigating the software. under schedule - Currently I have only activated profile 1 and filled weekdays and weekends. under record - I have it set to "when triggered"...
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    To NVR or not to NVR that is the question

    seriously not one opinion on this?
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    To NVR or not to NVR that is the question

    Does anyone know if there is any benefit to using a NVR (like this one DS-7600NI-I2) at 12mp recording and stream -vs- iVMS 4200 software on a PC? How do I determine what MP my PC is is streaming/recording /camera? The PC is not the most powerful but it did handle 8 analog cameras back in the...
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