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    120V doorbell cam with wireless chime?

    I want to put a 2K or higher, 2 way audio, Blue Iris compatible (i.e., rtsp, http or onvif ready) doorbell cam by front door and wireless chime inside. The old traditional doorbell, chime, transformer and wiring were ripped out during a remodel a decade ago. An electrical outlet is located on...
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    Blue Iris changes clips path for some reason

    But in Blue Iris, it says the DB and New folder should be on fast/SSD storage
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    Blue Iris changes clips path for some reason

    I'm trying to change Blue Iris to use the new SSD I installed for DB, New and Alerts, I stopped Blue Iris service, robo-copied the BlueIris folder to the new drive, but whenever I update the paths in the Blue Iris app (Settings -> Clips and archiving), Blue Iris changes the path automatically by...
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    Confirm camera/stream is using Nvidia GPU/hardware acceleration?

    Is there a way to confirm a camera/stream is using the Nvidia GPU/hardware acceleration? I've tried nvidia-smi and nvitop and there's just one entry for Blue Iris, instead of multiple entries for each stream (unlike on Linux when it does show an entry for each stream).
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    Trouble with Push notifications to specific phone. (Solved)

    This happens to me about once every 18 months (only with my android phones), but forget the previous fix every time. I believe the most consistent fix is un-checking/re-checking the device in Settings -> "Mobile devices" tab (but restarting the computer in-between un-checking and re-checking).
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    Jacks/ports on IPC-HDBW5421E-Z

    Pictured below is a Dahua IPC-HDBW5421E-Z and I need clarification on the jacks/ports (can't find anything with details on using them). The red one I thought was a composite mic-in, but when I plugged a mic in and got no sound (Microseven M7WP-MIC). Do I have to continue playing with the...
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    mobile notifications suddenly stopped working

    My phones (Samsung S22 Ultra and OnePlus 6T) suddenly stopped getting mobile notifications when motion is detected on my cameras (pop-up and sound). Here's the troubleshooting steps I've tried so far with no luck: Removed and reinstalled the Blue Iris Android app (3.0.36) Removed and re-added...
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    640x480 streams are squished

    I have sub-streams at 640x480 H265 added to Blue Iris and they're all showing as and recording with a squished/taller aspect ratio (see attached). This is happening with both my Hikvision and Dahua cameras. Blue Iris lists/detects them properly as 640x480 in each camera's properties screen. The...
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    theft not recorded, how should I tweak my camera?

    Good point about the bounce back, contrast, light and wasted space. I think I'll move it to the right
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    theft not recorded, how should I tweak my camera?

    Someone stole a chair from the front yard one night and to my surprise the camera didn't record it. It's a Hikvision 8MP (4K) DS-2CD2185FWD-I fixed dome camera. Attached are my current settings for that camera (mainly default stuff) and snapshots of the scene at night, before the theft. I...
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    Blue Iris not deleting old clips from NAS

    I'm running FreeNAS, but there is no recycle bin set up on that share. And Blue Iris is saying there's nothing to do, not saying delete failed, permission error. Blue Iris appears to be simply ignoring clips stored there
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    Blue Iris not deleting old clips from NAS

    Done, but it doesn't remove old stuff from the NAS. I watched the rebuild via the Blue Iris Status and I noticed it only searches through the local storage (C: ) for Alerts and Stored (clips), but not the stuff moved to the NAS (E: ). Also, I see it moved some items to the NAS, but again didn't...
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    Blue Iris not deleting old clips from NAS

    In the "Blue Iris Status" window the entry for Stored (clips on the NAS) says "Delete: nothing to do [0K/3.05T, 2.00T free]". Odd it says 0K when there's 13T there and there's definitely more than 2.00T free (6.18T free). So it looks like Blue Iris is not properly reading the disk space used and...
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    Blue Iris not deleting old clips from NAS

    Yes, it is able to write to the NAS - it has been writing successfully to the NAS for the last 25 months, just hasn't deleted anything (hence ballooning to 13 TB).
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    Blue Iris not deleting old clips from NAS

    I'm running Blue Iris 4.8.6.3 (current version more than meets my needs, don't need to upgrade to version 5 at this point) and have clips set to move to my NAS (SMB/CIFS) after 7 days and then set to delete from the NAS with the "Limit size" at 3125 GB. I checked my clips folder on the NAS and...
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    Blue Iris restart and crash loop

    Thanks! Re-installing using the latest full installer worked. For safe measure, I un-installed Blue Iris, restarted Windows, Blue Iris was still listed in Programs and Features so I un-installed it again and got a message saying something about it being uninstalled already and if I wanted to...
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    Blue Iris restart and crash loop

    Blue Iris is suddenly crashing and then restarting every 5 seconds or so. I stopped and started the service, restarted the computer, compact and repaired database and upgrade Blue Iris to the latest (4.8.4.2) but it still loops. The traffic icon in Blue Iris loops between red and green and the...
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    move recordings cleanly?

    Yes, the clips are in the new location on the second hard drive (now SMB share... had problems with iSCSI drive), but BI doesn't list them in the Clips side panel. It doesn't matter for now, there's nothing crucial in any clips so far. I'll wait until the threshold is met in New and see if the...
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    move recordings cleanly?

    Thanks! I tried that, but looks like BI lost all records for Storage and Alerts anyway due to my failed attempts to move them before asking for help here. Does repair/generate look in the currently set folders/locations (Storage, Alerts, etc.) for video and images and update the database...
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    move recordings cleanly?

    how do I manually repair/regenerate the database?
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    move recordings cleanly?

    I wasn't paying attention and my hard drive is down to 500 MB and Windows 10 is sluggish and kind of unstable. I added a big secondary hard drive (E: ), changed the location of Stored/Storage and Alerts folders to this drive and and dramatically decreased the size limit (and disabled clip age)...
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    IndexSizeError in WebUI with 4k stream

    Now, I know this is a stretch (and subject to ridicule) considering the tech being used, but I gotta try. When using the webui (UI3), I get a "IndexSizeError" error message when trying to full screen a 4k live stream on my Surface RT or RT2 (using either desktop or metro Internet Explorer). The...
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    8MP recordings chopped and distorted

    Well, that's embarrassing. I forgot I changed them the 360 option to ceiling while toying with options upon initial installation. Recordings now display properly when changing the 360 option to no. Thanks!
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    8MP recordings chopped and distorted

    Forgot to attach screenshot of the issue (attached now).
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    8MP recordings chopped and distorted

    I just added a Hikvision DS-2CD2185FWD-IS 8MP network dome camera to Blue Iris (4.7.4.3). The live view displays fine but the recordings are chopped in two reordered and distorted (see attached screenshot). Recordings play back this way on all devices. The camera is set up with all it's out of...
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    quick sync and non-intel onboard graphics card

    Ahhhhhhh, Intel Quick Sync is possible through the drivers. Good to know. The Supermicro boards were basically free. I picked up one for a light server I'm building, but the seller ended up giving away multiple. Would of been nice to use one for a BI powered NVR since the foot print was so...
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    quick sync and non-intel onboard graphics card

    I understand Intel Quick Sync/hardware acceleration is highly recommended for Blue Iris. I have a Supermicro X9SCM motherboard that supports Intel Core i3 2nd & 3rd generation CPUs (which have Intel Quick Sync). The mobo has onboard graphics (Matrox G200). The X9SCM product page specifically...
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    NVR/DVR alternatives to Nest, Arlo cloud features

    dual XEON E5-2620 v4 or upcoming dual XEON Gold 6138. Or is there a guesstimate of a spec the system should have (clock speed, cores/threads, bus speed, memory, etc.) to perform comparably or better than a Core i# series system with QuickSync for Blue Iris?
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    NVR/DVR alternatives to Nest, Arlo cloud features

    rats! it looks like quicksync does work via VT-d, but I have a XEON processor which doesn't include quicksync. Any idea if the performance of a dual XEON CPU system with 10Gb direct connection to SSD RAID NAS is anywhere near the performance of a system with quicksync for Blue Iris?
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    NVR/DVR alternatives to Nest, Arlo cloud features

    My home lab is anchored by ESXi + FreeNAS so I wouldn't be purchasing hosting. I try not to use standalone machines anymore for basic functionality like this - I try to virtualize and consolidate as much as possible to keep the bare metal count minimal. Does anyone have any experience with...
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