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    Upgrading my storage drive?

    It will be the same. That's sort of what I was thinking, but thank you for confirming. I appreciate your help.
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    Upgrading my storage drive?

    I have BI installed with Windows on an SSD and store my footage on a separate HDD. Until recently, I only had two indoor cameras and I just used the 500GB HDD that came with the computer. Recently, I've added two indoor cameras for a total of four, plus a doorbell cam. I've also purchased, but...
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    Cameras stop recording when using sub stream

    I think I have it working now. When I went back into camera settings, I double-checked the camera model showing under the configuration. There was another option below the default one that had been selected during setup. It listed the same camera models, but it had RTSP at the end. I selected...
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    Cameras stop recording when using sub stream

    That certainly may be true, but within the Foscam ecosystem, the R4S is a higher grade camera than the one that is working, which is basically just a wi-fi only baby monitor type camera, so it seems really strange that it would work with that one, but not the other two. I'll touch base with...
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    Cameras stop recording when using sub stream

    Well, it seems to be enabled. When I use the Foscam software and go to those cameras' settings, they show sub stream information, and the sub stream appears to be being used for the BI display when I enable it in BI. It's just that, when I do, the main stream stops, so there is no recording done...
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    Cameras stop recording when using sub stream

    I have been using out-of-the-box BI5 for a couple of years now. I finally started watching through some optimization videos and reading through the ipcamtalk wiki articles and making changes. After adding the sub streams to lower CPU utilization, two of my cameras have stopped recording...
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    Need help repairing a doorbell from old ADT install

    I got over quicker than I thought I would. I found what I thought I’d find. I determined which wires went to the switch and which to the transformer and then the fixing was easy enough. Everything is working well now.
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    Need help repairing a doorbell from old ADT install

    I'll checked it out, and that's pretty much how a Ring or any other doorbell camera I've ever seen works, but that's not how this one is setup. I think I may have figured out what they've done though. It's just a guess, and I can't go over for a couple of days to check it out, but it sounds...
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    Need help repairing a doorbell from old ADT install

    My wife and I own a few rental homes. We're currently working on one after a tenant left. They had installed a DIY ADT Blue system and left most of it at our rental. I've removed everything but the problem is the doorbell camera. I'm really not sure what all they modified with their install. I...
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    Yes, I've always known that I'd want a much better camera for outside.
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    Yeah, that goes back about 2.5 years, so I don't really recall, but I may have. I don't think I did, but possibly. I just bought another R4S though for somewhere else inside, and I know I used the barcode to set it up and everything went well, and it's working well with BI. Comparing the...
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    Nope, it's just a normal ip address that is part of my network. One strange thing I noticed is that, when I check the ip in the Foscam iOS app it gives me one address, but when I check with Windows Foscam VMS it shows another address. Both are able to view and control the camera perfectly, even...
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    I found a few minutes to log on and tinker, but no luck, or at least no good luck. I deleted the old camera and created a new one using the new info. When I click on find/inspect, it never finds anything. It gets a timeout, so it's still dead in the water as far as BI is concerned. It works...
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    I had been thinking I might try that tomorrow. Actually, I can remote in from work, so maybe I'll tinker with it over lunch. I'll reply back if that fixes it. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    Foscam R4S dropped off of Blue Iris after ip address change

    I have a Foscam R4S in my garage. It's been out there for almost 3 years and I've never really had any issues with it. The video feed is recorded using Blue Iris. I was doing some work out there a couple of days ago and I had to turn off the circuit breaker that happened to feed that camera...
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    Blue Iris Web Server not found on port 81?

    Thanks guys, and @sebastiantombs, your advice isn't falling on deaf ears. I just want to get things back as they were and working before I try changing things. I don't think it's ever a good idea to jump in and start making a bunch of changes unless you're coming from a known good state, which...
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    Blue Iris Web Server not found on port 81?

    OK, I see that, and I gather that you're promoting running my server through a VPN. That's all fine and well, and a very good suggestion, but I don't see anything in there that is going to help me with my current situation, which is that I can't see BI from the mobile app. While I don't mean to...
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    Blue Iris Web Server not found on port 81?

    I've had occasional issues with not being able to hit the BI web server from the mobile app. Typically, this is only from outside my home, but I'm fine if I'm connected to one of my home wi-fi networks. Now it has stopped working again and I can't the server from anywhere inside or outside of my...
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    Looking for advice in locking down my system

    I have a Linksys WRT3200ACM router and my wi-fi extender is a TP-Link AC1750 WiFi Extender. I think they're both very capable and relatively secure, assuming I have things setup well. I'm certain I'm past due to review the security settings of both, as well as making certain their firmware is...
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    Looking for advice in locking down my system

    Thanks Rob! Excellent information on the dual-NIC. I'd never thought of that or even heard of it, but that looks like it would be very helpful, and a great way to help keep things segregated. I've been planning to pickup a POE switch soon, before I start picking up my outdoor cameras, so this...
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    Looking for advice in locking down my system

    I'll start reading through that thread. Thank you.
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    Looking for advice in locking down my system

    Currently, our camera setup includes a Hikvision DS-2CD2442FWD-IW in our great room and a cheap Foscam R4S monitoring the inside of our garage. They're both connected via ethernet and recorded through Blue Iris. I plan to start adding outdoor cameras soon, but that's what we have now. A week or...
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Yep, it is. Thanks for the tip though.
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Sorry for rambling. When I'm remoting into my BI server, which is running on an old HP running Windows 10, I cannot hear audio when reviewing clips or watching live video. This server is in my network closet with no keyboard, mouse, monitor or speakers, so remoting in using TeamViewer is my best...
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Well, BI isn't running as a service, at least I don't think I set it up that way, but I am remoting in using TeamViewer. My security server is running on a PC in my network closet and it has no physical keyboard, mouse, monitor or speakers. Any other Windows or system sounds from that computer...
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    OK, still one small quirk. I can't seem to get audio to work from within the Blue Iris app itself. If I export a video clip or watch a video clip or watch live from the iOS app, I get sound, but if I'm watching live or watching a clip from within the Blue Iris Windows app, I get nothing. I have...
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Great!, Both cameras are working correctly and sound is recording now. I'm in great shape now.
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Hey, thank you. I thought I'd had that set for both cameras, but I hadn't. I enabled it on the Foscam, and I now have audio recording from the garage camera. Unfortunately, it was already enabled on the Hikvision camera in the great room, and I get nothing whatsoever from it. EDIT: I may have...
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    Well, I'd hate to think it was that simple. I'm pretty sure that I've tried that, but maybe I only imagined it. I'll check it out and we'll see how it goes. Thank you!
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    Having trouble getting audio to record with video

    To be honest, I haven't tried in awhile, but I remember trying a lot of different things several months ago, before finally giving up and moving onto other things. Today, I saved a clip of my 18-month-old grandson being naughty, and funny, as he was doing some things he wasn't supposed to. I was...
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