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    Android tablet as front door cam viewer

    Thanks Jaydeel, your work definitely inspired me. I did not consider installing BI app on the tablet previously. I was almost able to do what I wanted with just BI app and tasker. Unfortunately my tablet is old enough to not support BI app. (Kitkat!) Will be trying the MQTT route, running the...
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    Android tablet as front door cam viewer

    Hi, I am trying to setup an old android tablet to stream my front door cam and hanging it inside the house right next to the door. The web ui should be fine for streaming, but I would like to prevent screen burn in by only waking up the screen when there is an alert triggered (eg. Someone...
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    Web server local login problem

    Thanks, the .5 version fixed the problem for me. Phew!
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    Web server local login problem

    I have a new installation of BI 5 (5.2.6.4 x64) on windows 10. Whenever I open up (on the same LAN) the web server page and try to login, it gives me "Login failed but Blue Iris did not provide a reason " error. I have created several test users, admin and non admin. So it is not a credential...
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    Where do you get high quality lens replacement?

    I see, so banggood is kinda like aliexpress or dealextreme. Thanks for the heads up
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    Where do you get high quality lens replacement?

    I have a Hikvision DS-2cd2032f-i unit that is 3 MP but need to replace the lens with a 8mm lens. I have had bad experience before with random ebay lens replacement - the lens would bottom out before I can get it to focus. Furthermore I want the replacement lens to be of good quality, as I want...
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    Update: It works after I did a fresh install of Windows 10. Didn't change a setting on BI or the camera, I guessed it was a borked Windows installation. Thanks for all the help!
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    I have already disabled the firewall and windows is up to date. Is there a way to see a detail log on BI's attempt to connect to the camera? I am really curious because VLC on the same machine manage to stream it and the codec info shows that it is H264...
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    Here are the camera's network and the camera's video setting
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    Tried deleting the camera, reseting the camera hardware, adding it back on BI, disabling firewall ... and still nothing :(
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    Tried the preset 2cd-xxxx and hikvision rtsp , but no luck Camera setting is h264, and SVC is already off
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    Camera Streams on VLC, BI gives no signal

    Hi, I have about 10 IP cameras running on BI now, including one with hikvision. Today I added Hikvision DS-2CD2032F-I to my network. I manage to stream using VLC from the BI computer without trouble through any of the following paths: rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.210/...
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    New purple drive + old HDD

    Ah, cool. Thanks!
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    New purple drive + old HDD

    I recently got a new 2TB WD purple drive and have placed all my recordings there. I have a standard HDD (500GB) with windows and BI installed and noticed in windows 7 resource monitor that the HDD with the OS and BI is still constantly active. I was hoping to limit HDD activity there since the...
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    Clearing alerts without deleting clips

    I guess there is no harm in letting the alerts be, thanks for the help everyone!
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