Best way to view cameras on a remotely connected TV

Hello,

I'm hoping that someone could help me with the following.

I have a 7 camera system running Blue Iris on a PC sitting in my office. I'd like to be able to view cameras on the TV in our kitchen.

The setup is currently:
- PC running BI in office.
- PC has HDMI out port.
- PC connected via ethernet to switch.
- PC could have a direct ethernet connection to where the tv is in the kitchen.

I'm not sure if the best way - preferably also the most economical way - would be to:

1. Run an HDMI over ethernet connection between the PC and TV - if I do this would it be a mirror of what is viewed on the PC, or could I use it as a 2nd screen and just show the cameras? As the two are separated by a floor, would I still be able to view the cameras on the computer screen as well?

2. Purchase a small cheap android box and connect that to the TV and run some sort of monitoring software. Would I need a new license for BI, or is there some free option for viewing the feed?

3. Something else.

Furthermore, in the future, I could see the potential need to want to view the cameras on another TV somewhere else in the house. All TVs have available ethernet connections nearby.

I'm sorry, I'm new to this world, and just don't know what to do here.

Thanks so much for your help!

2. Purchase a small cheap android box and connect that to the TV and run some sort of monitoring software. Would I need a new license for BI, or is there some free option for viewing the feed?

I run a android stick "fire tv" although there are many many sticks also I use with tinycam monitor pro (free version for one camera), you can side load with a app on a samsung phone called apps2fire (free app). I run KODI (free app) and add a file loader called "fusion"(free) on it too which then you can watch every movie and TV show so its a two birds with one stone = (all free) - look up fusion install to KODI on youtube its easy .

NOW here comes the I'm stealing from the rich and giving to the poor which is me speech...

The best most stable connection will be hdmi over ethernet. It will mirror the BI pc but you can run it as a second monitor and put BI on the second monitor only, though a VMS pc should only be used to run the VMS.
As to Jacks stealing TV and movies, its no different that stealing software or electronics from best buy. Its repulsive. He is not stealing from the "rich"..he is simply a thief. The victim is irrelevant.

fenderman said:

The best most stable connection will be hdmi over ethernet. It will mirror the BI pc but you can run it as a second monitor and put BI on the second monitor only, though a VMS pc should only be used to run the VMS.
As to Jacks stealing TV and movies, its no different that stealing software or electronics from best buy. Its repulsive. He is not stealing from the "rich"..he is simply a thief. The victim is irrelevant.

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Thanks fenderman for the information I've looked at HDMI over ethernet, and they seem pretty expensive for a decent one, especially if I want to run this to more than 1 tv. I think I'll try my luck with a cheap tv android box first and see how that works.

Is the best way to view the stream by opening a browser window and logging in via the internal network IP, or by using some sort of BI app?

Thanks.

cpgh said:

Thanks fenderman for the information I've looked at HDMI over ethernet, and they seem pretty expensive for a decent one, especially if I want to run this to more than 1 tv. I think I'll try my luck with a cheap tv android box first and see how that works.

Is the best way to view the stream by opening a browser window and logging in via the internal network IP, or by using some sort of BI app?

Thanks.

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You can use the BI app or tinycampro if all you need is live view...the BI app allows for viewing recorded video as well.

I have several remote tv's set up with a raspberry pi running the UI2 web browser. Upon boot the PI's automatically pull up the cameras in full screen.

Ya that raspberry pi work well I should have bought a bunch when they were 5 bucks.

jsomerville said:

I have several remote tv's set up with a raspberry pi running the UI2 web browser. Upon boot the PI's automatically pull up the cameras in full screen.

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I'm not terribly familiar with PI's but what are you running on it for this setup? Linux? Android? Windows?

I'm trying to find a easy solution and have never dug into the PI before but always see it recommended more and more for things like this.

The Pi is used mainly with Linux OS's. My flavor of choice has been Ubuntu Mate. It's easy to configure and works great on the Pi.

jsomerville said:

I have several remote tv's set up with a raspberry pi running the UI2 web browser. Upon boot the PI's automatically pull up the cameras in full screen.

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What is a UI2 web browser? Care to elaborate on your RPi setup?

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The original question was referring to remote viewing of cameras running on BI. UI2 is a web viewing system developed for BI. It can be found here: https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/93-I-made-a-better-remote-live-view-page
I run a raspberry pi using Ubuntu Mate, automatically running firefox and the ui2.htm page of my camera server on boot up.

I use a wireless HDMI transmitter on my TV. IR blaster to change the tv HDMI input. I use it to take the tv signal from a bedroom tv to a TV in my detached workshop. I guess don't see why you couldn't use it on a PC to do the same.

jsomerville said:

The original question was referring to remote viewing of cameras running on BI. UI2 is a web viewing system developed for BI. It can be found here: https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/93-I-made-a-better-remote-live-view-page
I run a raspberry pi using Ubuntu Mate, automatically running firefox and the ui2.htm page of my camera server on boot up.

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Managed to get myself a PI3 and have got Ubuntu Mate up and running without issues. I found the startup applications to open a firefox window on startup and I assume you can just set the default page to the Blue Iris Webserver address but is there an easier way with Ubuntu.

How did you get it to run at reboot and show full screen? Is there a specific command you use when adding it to the startup list?