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Is there a way I could configure Blue Iris to detect my posture while sitting at my desk and alert me if I start slouching?

I have a new DS-7616NI-E2/16P, with the latest firmware, but Live View shows a blank screen. The video on the device directly works fine, and playback video displays fine as well. Interestingly, this occurs in both the web Interface of Internet Explorer as well as when using iVMS-4200 client...

I'm having this exact problem! What was the resolution for you???

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place... What online store do you buy them on? Amazon doesn't have much of a selection.

I had a feeling... Thing is I need cheaper indoor wifi cameras and Dahua and Hikvision seem like mostly outdoor cameras. I'm not sure where to look...

What about Zmodo? They have a deal on Amazon, but I can't find a list of cameras that Blue Iris supports...

I think you're missing my question. I already have the VLAN and VPN setup on my existing network. I want to choose a vendor that has a better reputation than the others. For example, I have read that Dahua releases more stable firmware than Hikvision - that is the type of advice I am looking for.

...or, if all are good, which vendor do you guys prefer and why?

I understand all that, but even still, some vendors must be better at updating/patching their firmware than other's, right? I also read some, by design, use P2P to punch through firewalls exposing themselves, and I just want to avoid all of that... IN ADDITION to the recommendations you made.

I've read a LOT about security vulnerabilities in IP cameras and I don't want that shit on my network. Which vendor keeps their cameras most secure and up to date on security patches?

Oh, I have to hit the Profile number again! Thanks - I didn't get that. I was hitting the stopwatch. ...man this UI could use a little more newb intuitiveness...

I don't see a hold button on the main screen. If I click on a profile, it sets it to temp, and then if I click on the clock, it goes back to the schedule. Is there a hold button I'm missing? BTW, setting temp to 10080 seems to work ok so there's at least a UI bug there.

I'm going on vacation so I set the profile to 43800. It seems to revert back immediately to the default profile.

The Export->Import is not suitable for copying detection/notification settings to multiple cameras because it also copies specific camera device mapping. :(

That is a very asstute observation and I was thinking the exact same thing. I run a webserver behind the firewall which is on a separate VLAN, but yes, I'm not super comfortable with an open port for video. I'm clueless on VPN though. I didn't think that would be an option for the Blue Iris...

hmm... I guess that makes sense for motion detect hot spots - but a lot of cameras would have identical alerting setup. I think a profile should have global alert notification settings. ...or something. I don't know, I just started using the system. I'll give the export/import a try but I...

I can't figure it out! Do I really need to set triggers, motion, and record settings on each camera individually?

Ok, nevermind - I had fat fingered the IP address... :) works now. But to answer my own questions - protocol of TCP/UDP work, and it looks like the android app will indeed use LAN settings, and then fail over to WAN settings.

I'm putting in my external IP : Port, like 1.2.3.4:64589 (which is actually the port I'm using). What protocol does it work on? Does the android app try the LAN info and then fail over to the WAN info?

I'm having trouble with remote connecting through the Blue Iris app - I'm only able to connect locally on my LAN. On my PfSense router, I have a NAT port forward from 64xxx to 81 on the LAN IP (both WAN and server have static IPs) and no ports are blocked as I'm on a business internet...

Using three Microsoft USB LifeCams I found I also needed to disable the audio. Interestingly, the behavior wasn't entirely consistent. Turning off the audio didn't initially work until I changed the video standard to something other than default - though changing it BACK to default seemed to...