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Reset and Start Over with BlueIris
A backup is mainly important in case you discover later you forgot something that was in your old Blue Iris configuration. It includes your Blue Iris license key, and all settings, such as user names and passwords, email/ftp configurations, and that sort of thing. Not to mention if you changed... -
Should I ditch Amcrest and go Empiretech?
Yup, based on the screenshots you provided in the first post, the main problem I see is the bit rate is too low. I would even try to go higher than the 8192 Kbps bit rate that @wittaj recommended, especially if using a short iframe interval that matches the frame rate. I'd try 12000 or 16000...- bp2008
- Post #15
- Forum: IP Cameras
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How to run cat 5e outdoor rated cable along a fence?
I don't know if rodents don't like UISP-Cable-Carrier (ubiquiti's most heavily armored cat5e cable) or if I've just been lucky, but I've done several runs over the years just laying it along the ground. I spooled back up a roughly 100 ft length of it when I moved out of my first home, and it...- bp2008
- Post #9
- Forum: Camera Installation Questions
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Reset and Start Over with BlueIris
Also the reboot is not actually necessary for any technical reason I can think of. Once Blue Iris is not running, and you've deleted its registry and file data, there's nothing left belonging to Blue Iris to clear with a reboot. But as a general troubleshooting step when things haven't been... -
Reset and Start Over with BlueIris
That looks good mostly. First make a registry backup. It is sufficient to just export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Perspective Software. Make sure you have your license key available for the reinstall. Also push the Deactivate button in Blue Iris Settings > About. I'm not sure if that... -
Updated today (10/27/24) and have some issues, help please?
If you are recording continuously, that creates a constant load on the hard drive could trigger a "can't write fast enough" message once in a while. I wouldn't worry about it as long as there are no obvious problems with playback of clips. If you record continuously then a "surveillance" hard...- bp2008
- Post #4
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Getting audio bleed on web interface on laptop
Look in camera properties > Audio tab and make sure that is not configured to get audio from "Another camera". Also make sure the audio is coming from the source program you think it is; e.g. if you close UI3 and still hear the audio then it is coming from somewhere else.- bp2008
- Post #7
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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MyCommerce/Digital River meltdown
It shouldn't be surprising. Lets just say, legal counsel never would have approved of that post as it was written. (especially the last sentence)- bp2008
- Post #12
- Forum: What's New
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Blue Iris UI3
No, but I've created an issue for this in the github repository. I don't use AI on any of my Blue Iris systems so it is very cumbersome for me to test anything I do related to it. -
MyCommerce/Digital River meltdown
Funny how this hasn't hit the news sites yet but you can find lots of people complaining online if you look: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.digitalriver.com- bp2008
- Post #2
- Forum: What's New
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Server/CPU recommendations for ESXi host for Blue Iris, Linux media/file/web server
Wow, that is actually brilliant to pass through a USB display adapter to a VM. I bet it has way higher CPU overhead than a "real GPU" but overall better energy efficiency almost certainly, and with simpler drivers that would be less likely to have a problem with passthrough. Nice. -
Blue Iris and Remote Desktop crashing
Unfortunately this sounds like probably a hardware or driver issue and it may be hell to solve. But it looks like your Event Viewer may hold some clues. Although most events are incredibly vague, sometimes they do contain useful information. You should go through that summary page and look at...- bp2008
- Post #5
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset
Something must have changed. Did you update firmware or edit anything via the camera's web UI any time recently? -
Locating a lost Blue Iris key
There might be a registry backup file from before the uninstall, in the Blue Iris program folder, if that hasn't been deleted. That would contain your registration info including the license key. Once restored into the Windows registry, BiUpdateHelper can retrieve your key for you. -
Database issues after power loss
Have you talked to Blue Iris support about this? The log file will probably contain important clues, so I hope you have BI configured to save a log file. In my experience there is a high chance of clip database corruption whenever Blue Iris is killed unexpectedly (which happens a lot to some...- bp2008
- Post #2
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Blue Iris UI3
@morrisky Can you share some screenshots of how you want that to look? The data is available in UI3. There just isn't really any room in the layout for more stuff to be shown. -
Dahua Cameras hacked
Yes, Blue Iris is meant to be run 24/7 and provide all of the remote access to the cameras through itself. Oh, so Blue Iris is not on-site with all the cameras? That does complicate things. The optimal solution in that case is probably to use site-to-site VPNs for remote access to the cameras... -
PC for Blue Iris
That would technically be more than adequate for the computational needs, however you will not be able to fit a 3.5" HDD in there so you will be very much capacity-limited unless you want to deal with a USB or network attached storage device and the performance/reliability issues that can come...- bp2008
- Post #2
- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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Dahua Cameras hacked
Most likely the camera(s) are getting hacked because one or more of them is directly accessible from the internet via port forwarding. The good news is, because you use Blue Iris, all your remote access should be handled by Blue Iris's web server. You do not need to have any cameras port... -
2024 EmpireTech Autumn Sale Plan
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- Post #84
- Forum: EmpireTech Andy
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2024 EmpireTech Autumn Sale Plan
You should be pasting the foreign text into a translator website. Google themselves should be able to do it.- bp2008
- Post #83
- Forum: EmpireTech Andy
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Alert clips only stay in menu for 30 seconds?
I guess so. Seems like a questionable decision to hide alerts just because the AI app was not working. There might be a setting in Blue Iris's configuration to control that.- bp2008
- Post #8
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Hardware/Software Advice for BI
I would avoid a wireless HDMI solution. If you want HDMI, use a cord. You can get HDMI over fiber optic cords for fairly cheap ($50 or so) that are really thin compared to standard HDMI cords. Or you can get HDBase-T adapters which use standard cat5e or better network cable to carry the HDMI...- bp2008
- Post #3
- Forum: General BI Talk
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Alert clips only stay in menu for 30 seconds?
Bizarre. Some things to check: Blue Iris's log, in case it mentioned deleting the alerts, maybe there is a clue there. Your storage configuration (size allocation too small perhaps?) The status window, Storage tab, to see if there is any free space, overallocation, etc. The actual Alerts folder...- bp2008
- Post #5
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Alert clips only stay in menu for 30 seconds?
That is happening to all alerts? Probably something weird going on with the AI confirmation code. Are you on the latest BI release?- bp2008
- Post #2
- Forum: Troubleshooting
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Help with macros please
The cam= argument tells UI3 which camera you want to have selected/active, but the rec= argument tells it to load a clip (which may be from a different camera of course). While the clip is open, UI3's address bar includes the name of the camera which is represented in the clip. When you close... -
blue Iris OS
There are ways to reduce some of Windows' bloat so it doesn't need as much RAM or CPU cores to do the same job in a VM. For example Revision | Revision With that I'd be comfortable running with at least 1 fewer core as there'd be way less chance of some rogue windows process(es) maxing out a... -
DS-2TD4237-10/V2 (Thermal Hybrid PTZ)
Yes, it only does the old-fashioned picture in picture mode, no smart blending or anything. -
BlueIris live view lagging
Another few things to check: Blue Iris Settings > Cameras > Limit live preview rate: Try this unchecked and also checked and set to 5 or 10 or 15 FPS. Blue Iris Settings > Other > (Advanced section) > Scaling: Fast -
BlueIris live view lagging
There is a pause button just above the cameras on the top right corner. Make sure that pause is not active. Also if you have enabled "limit decoding unless required" on camera properties > Video tab, that could be contributing to any live view problems.