So what does BI5 fix?

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I'm afraid to even look at it.

Can I review one camera and skip ahead to the next events only on THAT ONE camera? I don't want to jump to other cameras. I don't want to fight with viewing things that bridge two clips.
 
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I'm afraid to even look at it.

Can I review one camera and skip ahead to the next events only on THAT ONE camera? I don't want to jump to other cameras. I don't want to fight with viewing things that bridge two clips.
You can do that on blueiris 4.
Why do you assume blueiris 5 fixed anything. there are release note that are published here on the website that tell you about the new features.
 

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How can I do that on BI4 ?
At the upper right of clip view pane are 3 icons, titled as you hover your mouse over them: 'Timeline', 'selected camera' and 'sort order'.
Click on the "selected camera" icon and when you click on, say Cam 3, only clips for Cam 3 will appear in the clip viewer window to the right.

FWIW, this is covered in BI's extensive, built-in "Help" (the ? at above left), topic "Working with Clips".
 

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Okay, I wish I had known about that icon. Otherwise I have no use for the clips window.
 

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Okay, I wish I had known about that icon. Otherwise I have no use for the clips window.
There are others who use the clips window extensively. The icon was there in plain site. In BI5 you can now open the clips window into full screen using the "more clips" icon making it even easier to find what you are looking for.
 

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There are others who use the clips window extensively. The icon was there in plain site. In BI5 you can now open the clips window into full screen using the "more clips" icon making it even easier to find what you are looking for.
Scrolling performance of that clip list goes straight to shit when I full screen it on my 4K monitor. LOL
 

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There are others who use the clips window extensively. The icon was there in plain site....
The clips window never made any sense to me. I don't care about clips. I just want to select a time and start viewing, so I would use the Timeline to select a time. I didn't suspect that there would be a critical icon on the clips window that would affect the viewer.
 

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The fact is BI has a good help file and you either you didn't read it or just missed it. You aren't the first and won't be the last. I've been a BI user for 5 years and still learn about things because my needs change and I discover more as I go along. This forum makes much of that possible.

I'll be the first to admit I'm bad about reading instruction manuals or help files and I know it. But I started using computers in '78, back when very little could be read. Half the schematics and electrical diagrams contained in the traffic signal cabinets, storm sewer pump lift stations, and airport lighting control boxes were missing, illegible due to rain, rips or bug or incorrect due to undocumented modifications. To me, an incorrect schematic is worse than NO schematic. So over a 31+ year period I learned to find my way by trying stuff, without the manual or the help file....because after a time, you learn your limitations.

I also realize people are different and what works for me may not work for someone else. But feel free to explore, click on things in BI and see what they do, paying close attention to what changes and remembering how to put things back...learn by doing, even if you bite off more than you can chew....it'll be a lesson learned well.

That being said, looking back to the mid 80's I realize that I could have saved myself some time and heartburn if I had read those assembly instructions that were for my daughter's bike at Christmas.:highfive:
 
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