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Hi, I have had my BI system off the internet for quite some time. I did just purchase support for a year to get some updates. My BI system is running 5.6.5.9 (12/7/2022). I have nightly imaging for backups on my internet'less lan. I purchased the support package, downloaded the new BI &...

Hi, I have disabled internet on my camera vlan which my BI5 server is running. I would like to purchase a year of updates but am unable to figure out how to do this. The BI website has new licenses but I have a license but cannot update. Any help would be great. Thanks, Rich

Hi, My BI system (I7-10700, 24gb ram, etc) has my BI New & Stored on a separate 500gb SSD hard drive. New - 120GB (then move to Stored) Stored - 275GB (then move to Aux1) Aux1 (50TB Nas) - 40TB storage (then delete) When I am using BI, then view older clips, nothing shows up. My nas has...

Im thinking I would like to record everything (continuous?) but would like to have alerts for motion - is that possible or recommended (assuming storage space is not an issue)? Is there a downside from a CPU/Ram perspective to always recording? Thanks, Rich

Hi, I have a Dahua Sd52c225u-hni. It has been working great for a number of years. Firmware is 2.812.00000009.0.R (might be one more or less 0). Nothing changed on my network, no firmware upgrade, working fine for a number of years. My DVR didnt have the image, so I logged in, checked...

Hi, My SD50225U-HNI seems to be bricked, is hanging off the house (hard to get to for me). I did get up a ladder, tested the cable & it is OK - no issues which I guess is good. I was happy with the SD50225U-HNI until it stopped working. I can always use another so if I manage to get it...

Hi, I have a fairly large BI setup & am experimenting with Deepstack. If I want to make a change to 40+ cameras at once - is there a way to do so? Apply Cam1 settings to all other cameras? Or do I need to edit each camera individually? Thanks, Rich

Hi, I have my triggers setup for camera motion but for some reason i am barely getting any video. Ideally I would like triggers to capture 10 seconds before the action & 10 seconds after the action. I have the rigger set for most sensitive but still not getting a ton of hits. Any advice...

Hi, I am using BI 5 and am using the default trigger of and checked off motion sensor - configure is default & camera motion is off. I am not getting many clips & was curious on the best way to have it work? I did try disabling object detection and made the sensitivity higher (slid to...

Hi, I am using BI 5 on an internetless vlan. I downloaded the BI update (update64.exe) from the website, i run the update but nothing seems to change. The version number changes but nothing else. I dont seem to have the areas for the stream/substream. Not sure if this is due to upgrading...

Hi, I have a few Geovision cube camera (and others) from years ago & in BIv4 they work fine but in BIv5 they are not working. I have a BIv4 VM running which has the cameras running but my BIv5 physical PC is unable to access the same camera. Any ideas on what I can try as both systems are...

Hi, I have a few SD50225U-HNI cameras, I like them and need to add another outdoor POE PTZ camera. Can you recommend something similar but newer? I like the tracking & overall its a nice camera. Thanks, Rich

Hi, I currently have my IP cameras & BI server on a Vlan with no internet. It works but requires a VPN in to use/see it. What do people do in terms of networking to keep it all 'secure' but accessible? Thanks, RIch

Hi, I am running into an issue when trying to view the 'raw' files from BI. I have a months worth of recordings & it is about 120,000 clips. When I try to browse, sort, etc - my PC hangs up. Is there a way to set the clips to go into sub folders by camera (or at all?). So - Cam1 saves into...

Hi, I have BI setup as a service and am saving files to my Nas. I noticed that the main hard drive of the BI system was full & it looks like it has been saving files to the nas & also my local folder. How can I make it so it just dumps all video files onto the nas drive without deleting older...

Hi, I have a Dahua camera & in the video settings i have it set for: H264H Smart codec off 1080 res FPS 15 CBR 4096 Iframe - 15 (range is 15-150) SVC off I am playing with the frame rate & it seems like the best I can do is any FPS but the key seems to stay around 5.5-6. Any suggestions on...

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to get BI to record maybe 5 seconds before & after motion? I am also looking to see if i can get the recording settings to be more sensative. My son came home from school & his walk up the driveway started when he was half way up the driveway. Ideally I...

Hi, I bought the above camera from Andy from this board (shipped very fast). I purchased in in June 2018 - this is my second SD50225U - I like the camera very much. The June 2018 unit I purchased sat in my office plugged into a POE switch for about 3 months, then I deployed it on a tree (80...

Hi, I am looking for something like this: https://www.cctv101.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ds-2cd2335fwd-ib_1.jpg Does Dahua make a black turret camera with IR in the 4mp range? I would like to mount this on a tree near the bottom of my driveway and ideally black would blend in...

Hi, I am beginning to understand why people keep the BI app at 1FPS – because they don’t use that as a viewer – they use UI3. Sorry I am late to the party. My PC is an I7 4790 with 16gb ram & a SSD. I have a few questions: 1. Can I restrict the UI3 interface to a specific group (say...

Hi, I bought BI from IPcamtalk & have been using it for a few weeks. Today I have a customers new I5 8400 PC with 8gb of ram (I have a I7 4790 16 gb ram) with Windows 10. I deactivated the BI software on my I7, exported the config, then on the I5/8gb I installed the software, installed the...

Hi, So I have had cameras for years & have been using Geovision to power my system. Geovision uses a substream for live viewing, then switches to the main stream when you click on a camera to view. It records in the main stream. I am running into CPU issues with many cameras and am having a...

Hi, I setup FTP access for Blue Iris - not entirely sure how to make it send all files to FTP by default. My ftp server is part of a Freenas box with FTP turned on. I tested it & it works. If my freenas box reboots or shuts down - what will Blue Iris do? I had a shared directory setup...

Hi, I am having some issues using the audio portion of blue iris with my cameras. On the web server I have several cameras. If i want to listen to the audio from camera 1, I would expect I click on that image, get the live feed, then increase the volume to hear. When I do this i hear no...

Hi, So I bought two of those USB charger "cameras" (two different vendors, similar style products). They have web admin pages to login, make changes, etc. I have them both working with Blue Iris and my android IPCamviewer Pro. With Blue Iris, I added a new network camera, put the IP...

Hi, I am currently using a Geovision Pro VMS System. It works well for my needs but is lacking after 10+ years of usage. My Ip cameras range from Geovision, Dahua, Hikvision, and a bunch of PIR Onvif cameras. I recently bought a USB “charger” style camera & couldn’t get it working with...

Hi, I have a customer Hikvision DS-2CD2342WD that died & i am looking to replace it. It is currently sitting in a tree outside roughly 20 feet above the ground. Overall its been fine for the customer - just curious if I should be looking at something else as a replacement? Thanks, Rich

Hi, I bought a few hikvision cameras to run with my Geovision VMS system (adding a few more actually) - the older cameras logged right into the server with the onvif protocol. I went to the config settings, enabled onvif, then added a user/pass. I then went into Geovision where it the...

Hi, I have been using Geovision for close to 10 years. I switched over to VMS & the software is OK & I am wondering if there is something else better. My setup is about 20 Geovision cameras & 16 3rd party (Hik, dahua, misc onvif). I am using an I7 PC with 32 gigs of ram. I have it running...

Hi, I have a ipc-pd42212 PTZ camera. It has two options, tour & scan. The tour looks like it will follow any preset patern (10 seconds per preset) then move on. What is the scan option? Thanks, Rich