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    blue iris - watching your cameras when off of wifi

    man im not gonna lie for an amateur to set this stuff up is a mission!!! i hope after this im done and can enjoy the system lol all i got left is getting the AI alerts to work on the 5442s and secure network so i can view it from anywhere other then home will check this open vpn procedure a...
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    blue iris - watching your cameras when off of wifi

    is there any tutorial on how to set up VPN so can watch the cameras from your phone while not on home network? trying to understand everything but the description is pretty vague for an amateur (at best) So i have cyber ghost, but lets just say i want to use the openVPN -- i download open VPN...
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    Blue Iris App - doesnt work unless on home wifi

    so i had cyber ghost VPN, unfort. my router doesnt have it, just wondering if i can get some quick help, how do i know my network is "secure", im just trying to make the cameras connectable once i leave house edit when i turn on the VPN, and i go to BI setting -> web sever, the remote...
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    5.7.5 - April 20, 2023 - Onvif updates

    did anyone figure this out ? trying to use the factory AI on the 5442, followed wittaj's instructions, but cant seem to get push alerts, not sure what else i can send, this is also the ACTIONS - ON ALERT if that helps anything
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    few BI questions

    is there a way to increase sensitivity or something? i dont get this at all along the path i took this morning, i have 3 cameras, 2 driveway 1 doorbell walked outside, walked down side of driveway, 3 minutes later took same path back door bell camera - caught me leaving and coming driveway...
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    Camera IR and Building/wall issue

    this is turning into a great helpful thread i am trying the no IR/ color only tonight, we will see how it goes
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    Camera IR and Building/wall issue

    your the boss at helping people lol countless times you come to the rescue ill try the full color first i guess easiest one to do how do i disable night vision on BI i cant seem to find that
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    Camera IR and Building/wall issue

    I have one camera in a tight space between houses, there is no way to position it so i dont get a large amount of wall (at least 60% of image) because of that at night, the IR goes right on the wall and i cant see anything in the middle between houses. I was going to manually tape a part of the...
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    Blue Iris App - doesnt work unless on home wifi

    ok i will look into this tonight. out of curiosity if i have an NVR at work and i am viewing it via app does that mean its unsecure?
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    Blue Iris App - doesnt work unless on home wifi

    if i am on home wifi BI works good as soon as i step outside of house and i am on LTE off of wifi it will no longer connected to BI
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    few BI questions

    so i followed all this motion now works and pushes to my phone, however one camera (although it has same settings as the other ones) doesnt push at all also i had someone walk through 2 cameras twice, one time it it alerted me on both, one time it alerted me only on one, even though i could see...
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    few BI questions

    1. to limit processing speed on PC, is there anyway to view the cameras (when your viewing the window with all of them at once) in shitty quality, and only to view the best quality when you double click it to check it ? 2. how do you push the motion alerts to your phone - right now i just set...
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    DB6L - how to connect to blue iris

    how am i able to access the camera settings? all i have is the dmss app, but there are no options there to do anything im getting a huge amount of white light (IR reflection or something)? i was told to try to turn off night vision to see if it would work but have no access to turn it off / on...
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    DB6L - how to connect to blue iris

    i am able to see it in the ipconfig tool, but not sure how to set this up so it works on blue iris
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    DB6L ISSUES - PLAYBACK // LENS CLARITY @ NIGHT

    ok perfect how would i enable color only ? what about the connection issue
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    DB6L ISSUES - PLAYBACK // LENS CLARITY @ NIGHT

    IR From camera bouncing back ? how to eliminate this
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    DB6L ISSUES - PLAYBACK // LENS CLARITY @ NIGHT

    Noone on this?
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    DB6L ISSUES - PLAYBACK // LENS CLARITY @ NIGHT

    I installed an DB6L DOORBELL CAMERA camera works great but 2 issues 1. i put sd card in it to do playback when I press playback I get "connection failed -- Doorbell " see pics 2. i lose like 40% of visibility at night. looks almost like reflection from lens see pics THANK YOU
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    Had camera working on BI, IP address changed now cant get into them what do i do

    i thought i have to go to initialize again and change IP but i cant even find them in the IP config tool
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    Swann NVR-8580 as POE Switch Only

    anything results on this ? old thread, but im trying to connect same NVR to blue iris and having no luck
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    connection issues - BI

    weird it started to work again while on wifi but still does not work when i am off wifi BI IS ON PC , UPDATED THIS WEEK SAME IP/ROUTER I DONT PORT FORWARD -I DID NOT SET UP DDNS I DID NOT ASSIGN MY BI COMPUTER A STATIC ADDRESS - USED THE IP ADDRES I FOUND IN CMD IPCONFIG WHAT DO YOU MEAN...
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    connection issues - BI

    issue one so at start whenever i would conect to BI it would connect and show me camera, however when i left my house and tried it at work - it wouldnt connect issue two this morning i tried to connect while at home and it says unable to connect. please try again. Reason: unable to reach server...
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    mobile app - IP banned

    tried to login too many times as couldnt figure out login / pass, now says IP banned on my phone, how do i reset this
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    what is best harddrive for security cameras

    is it the purple (WD) or purple pro ? if so what are differences thanks !
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    Is it possible to run a swann NVR through Blue Iris ?

    would it matter if my PC ip address is different then the NVR ip address ? because of that "backup hitron internet" i have 2 different IP address'
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    Is it possible to run a swann NVR through Blue Iris ?

    i have a swann NVR, got some camera's from empire tech and was trying to set up a switch to get them going, however because i am with rogers using the hitron backup im having issues connecting these cameras (cant get them to pop up on blue iris) I was thinking for time being maybe run the NVR...
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    Doorbell Camera / Blue Iris / Recording 24/7 Questions

    so does anyone have any experience with that lorex or arlo? just wondering few things - for simplicity sake, lets compare to the google doorbell 1. is video quality good ? 2. is it possible to view VIA blue iris to record on PC 24/7? I dont mind using app for everything, and then having blue...
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    Doorbell Camera / Blue Iris / Recording 24/7 Questions

    any other feedback on this? currently have the google doorbell cam, not bad... cons doesnt record 24-7 i can only play back the motion, and there is large gaps in playback (can only see the motion alerts + keeps recording for like a minute)
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    Doorbell Camera / Blue Iris / Recording 24/7 Questions

    Hopefully once this is answered it helps everybody! Few things... So I hate that to get 24-7 recording all of these stupid door bell camera's require subscriptions, i have enough subscriptions in my life i dont need anymore I was looking at two cameras (unless someone has another...
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    Hitron Router - Cannot see IP camera connected

    so i changed camera IP to same as my IP (minus last # is different ...i.e. PC IP is 192.168.4.4, i made camera 192.168.4.101) i have it connected MODEM/ROUTER -> POE SWITCH -> CAMERA i try to connect to it via blue iris - i put in IP and the user / pass i gave it, cant find it anything im...