How is it that BI is loading system just simply recording?

Version: Release 4.4.9.10 x64
Service: Yes
Support: Basic
OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
RAM: 1.79G
Clips: 61 files, 977.9G/6.86T

6 cameras recording continuously; direct-to-disk; no timestamp or any other overlays; motion detection by camera only; 3MP resolution at 20FPS (two cameras 25FPS);

With no web interfaces open and admin panel closed it is loading system at 50%. Exactly same setup running on E3-1231 v3 was at 20-25%. Anyone can point out what else I may have missed?

On 2500k machine I also installed xprotect to test and it does 24/7 recording at full resolution and full FPS. Motion by camera signal and by xprotection motion detection (key frames only). The only noticeable load it puts is recording.

do you have hardware acceleration enabled?

Just a sidenote, before it get's pointed out. BlueIris was installed and tested first. Then xprotect was installed and cofigured alongside blue iris.

nayr said:

do you have hardware acceleration enabled?

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BlueIris doesn't seem to like HD3000. Enabling service and hardware acceleration drops connections to cameras. With service disabled but hardware acceleration enabled there is literally no difference.
HD3000 is enabled and properly detected by the system. Latest driver installed.

if your running 18Megapixels of h264 w/out hardware acceleration enabled its going to take considerable cpu.. what do you mean it drops connections? sometimes for HA you need to use standard h264 and not some h264+ or alternate codec on the camera.

nayr said:

if your running 18Megapixels of h264 w/out hardware acceleration enabled its going to take considerable cpu.. what do you mean it drops connections? sometimes for HA you need to use standard h264 and not some h264+ or alternate codec on the camera.

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You do make a valid point, without hardware acceleration it will take quite some power. However, how would that explain same setup with E3-1231 v3 (mentioned in OP)? It is using only 20-25%. I can kinda see how E3-1231v3 would be on the higher up end of performance compared to 2500k, but have doubts that it can't be that much different.

As for dropping connection, with hardware acceleration and service enabled blueiris can't connect to cameras. As soon as one is disabled (HA or service), connection to cameras is renewed.

Double checked the cameras and they seem to use regular h264, nothing fancy there.

So it looks like HD3000 may not support h264 hardware acceleration. Found another thread where user with 2500k had high CPU usage, but after he upgraded it was low because HA was finally working.
Sigh... Might have to put my haswell and use that sandybridge for my pc.

either that or stick w/Milestone.. IIRC BlueIris always decodes a video stream, even if your just saving it to disk.. with h264 HW acceleration its not a burden but if its all done in software it sure is.

PancakeBimmer said:

So it looks like HD3000 may not support h264 hardware acceleration. Found another thread where user with 2500k had high CPU usage, but after he upgraded it was low because HA was finally working.
Sigh... Might have to put my haswell and use that sandybridge for my pc.

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Its not about the hd3000...your problem is windows server...Blue iris has issues running hardware acceleration AND as a service on anything other than 8/10... 18mp your system could likely easily support them even with hardware acceleration...two things to check
1) are you running the demo? direct to disk does not work on the demo.
2) are you remoting into the system? this takes LOTS of resources when video is involved.

Also note the e3 you are using is significantly more powerful than the 2500k....however if you use HA you will see a significant drop..

fenderman said:

Its not about the hd3000...your problem is windows server...Blue iris has issues running hardware acceleration AND as a service on anything other than 8/10... 18mp your system could likely easily support them even with hardware acceleration...two things to check
1) are you running the demo? direct to disk does not work on the demo.
2) are you remoting into the system? this takes LOTS of resources when video is involved.

Also note the e3 you are using is significantly more powerful than the 2500k....however if you use HA you will see a significant drop..

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1) Running full licensed version.
2) Yes, however blue iris admin interface is not open and no live webpages open.

Unfortunately, in my case HD3000 was probably the issue. I realized that barerly used media pc was haswell system as well with i5-4590 (HD4600), so I quickly swapped motherboard+cpu+memory and booted up the same system. Started up blue iris, enabled hardware acceleration, closed admin panel and then restarted blue iris server.

Taaadaaaa!!! With blue iris admin panel closed and no blue iris web pages open, blue iris loads 15% only with same settings as previously except HA of-course.
Also xprotect client running on same server reports that HA is being used for xprotect client.

Maybe someone else with HD3000 can test and pitch in. May be HD3000 not compatible, or just HD3000 on Windows Server

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Now we are talking. With remote session logged out, running blue iris as service, and HA enabled blueiris is hovering around 10% on CPU usage with single UI2 page open.