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Is there a video re connecting Blue Iris to Tailspin as there are several about connecting BI to Zero Tier?

THAT FIXED IT! OMG, thank you BP (and all others who weighed in of course)! I would never have thought of that. I admit, I DO like to use that feature if I see something suspicious to zoom in an move the cam to keep the activity in view, and would've hated to be with out it. Count that as...

Thanks Mike, et al. for your help and thoughts. Hey, between Covid and the Ukraine, this is entirely a first-world problem so if it doesn't get fixed, well, that's OK.

Yes, I'm using a very standard Logitech M510 mouse with a top wheel. I saw -- and thank you for the print-screen -- the "Use mouse wheel for digital zoom" button IS checked. I tried to troubleshoot that by unchecking it, and rechecking it, and logging out and logging back in - the whole gamut...

Bizarre. It certainly still works in the CLIPS that have been recorded -- I'm able to "grab" the image and move it around; but I am still unable to do the same with the live shots. Perhaps it's some setting that is or isn't checked. I'll wait for some more thoughts but evidently I do now...

This should be extremely simple. I finally upgraded to BI5 from BI4. I noticed in the live shots of my cameras, while I can still zoom in, I can't move the view around so that I can see a zoomed-in object. If there's, say, a vehicle in the upper right-hand portion of the screen at 100% view...

After using BI4 for 4-5 years, I finally installed BI5 yesterday -- didn't want to fix something not broken. However, I'd NEVER been able to successfully figure out how to view my cams on my phone from when outside the home or traveling. With the new BI5 I frustratingly tried port forwarding...

I have seven cameras that send video clips to the default array of folders with more or less the default storage, retention and deletion parameters: G/Blue Iris/Alerts G/Blue Iris/Clips G/Blue Iris/New G/Blue Iris/Stored However, I've also added another folder from which I've copied certain...

Great. Thank you very much; I'll seek him out.

Arjun: Who is Andy and why or how would he know? On the other front, I did just get off the phone with B&H; they would order that camera as a special order (2.8mm WITH the audio) for $214. I'll probably go with them -- they sell them branded/from Hikvision and told me to be careful about...

Well, uh, good for you...

I'm seriously considering purchasing the above intriguing camera (I have 7 Amcrest cams presently). Hikvision sells it in 2.8mm, 4mm and 6mm lenses but I cannot find it anywhere in the desired 2.8mm lens, only a 4mm lens. Would anybody know if it's available in the 2.8mm? I'm happy to call...

"'I SEE,' said the blind man...!" Thanks everybody for your valuable insights and the education. - Mike

I have many Amcrest cameras but keep hearing Hikvision cams have better night vision. Curiosity peaked, I found an article on the web that compared the two companies, and comparable cameras: 1. Hikvision's Hikvision DS-2CD2085G1-I and 2. Amcrest's IP8M-2496EB. (ultimately, they gave the...

Congrats on that great price! Otherwise I totally agree. I actually just installed my Amcrest IP8M-T2499E a few hours ago and love the daytime view I saw on BI, not to mention the bonus audio which surprisingly picks up a lot). Now that it's later and dark here in California I'm noticing that...

Spot on and Amen Brother StratRider...

Personally I love every camera Amcrest makes (I have seven myself)! Others here may disagree and make you believe you need to pay 2, 3 or 4 times as much. You can certainly allow yourself to be swayed by this forum-peer-pressure or you take a more practical and pragmatic approach...

Ha - I'm proud of my stable of 6-7 Amcrest cameras, but admittedly, have always removed their logo. Not only does it proportionately take up too much real estate but if I ever had to submit footage to any outside agency, I'd be less than enamored with providing Amcrest the free advertising...

I just purchased this model myself (albeit in white). I have numerous Amcrest indoor (WiFi) and outdoor (POE) cams but knew I wanted this since it's the only outdoor Amcrest camera with built-in audio. I'm going to install it tomorrow or during the weekend but based on online reviews I've...

Admittedly I love Amcrest's cameras -- I own three of their standard 841 indoor/Wifi cams and three outdoor (3 and 4MP) POE bullet cameras. I've just purchased a fourth outdoor POE camera but this time went with their 4K/8MP TURRET camera, the IP8M-T2499 EW. I did so for several reasons: (1)...

Thanks fenderman. I see now how easy and intuitive that is to set up. Inexplicably, I didn't earlier find those A-G zone settings, which is precisely what I was looking for. This program never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

If one of my cameras showed and triggered recordings in, say, a 50-foot corridor area, where the first 20 feet shows MY property, then the last 30 feet beyond shows the sidewalk and street, could I set up Blue Iris to give me an alert for motion that occurs in that first 20 feet of my property...

Thank you federman. I certainly will be careful to employ those prescient precautions.

ANSWER FOUND! -- After TonyR's response where he asked what happened if I sent an email containing my tmobile telephone number (from which I saw in my rarely-used Gmail account many messages that had a 550 error/permanently failed code), I nosed around a bit and found the answer: The culprit...

Thanks NoN; and sorry to hear of your similar issue. Since this mercurial glitch seems obviously Blue Iris-borne, I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't finally upgrade my BI V4 to Bi V5 entirely. I'd imagine that would fix the problem. It's just that my V4 has always worked and I don't...

I appreciate your thoughts. I wouldn't think there's a problem with my email server (Gmail) however because I'm using that same server to alternatively send alerts by email, and it's doing that fine. It almost makes me think that WideAngle above is on to something with T-Mobile blocking so...

I wonder if unchecking the "Enable" (Wifi) box under "Setup/Network/WiFi" in your Ancrest WebUI would force your connection to utilize Ethernet only and alleviate your cam working on WiFi... Otherwise Tony's info above was golden for me!

And thanks fenderman, I saw that reply. I sure am flummoxed as to why I'm not receiving those SMS/text alerts anymore, unless WA's thoughts are actually not unfounded.

Thanks very much. I also saw (and read in the manual) -- as you pointed out -- the device is added when one tries to access or log in to Blue Iris and otherwise isn't already listed under "Mobile Devices."

Thank you WA, given the way you've logically explained it, that certainly is something to consider. I'll Google that to see if it's even "a thing," because yes, if I were a carrier, I'd suppose I wouldn't allow a virtual avalanche of similar messages to bottleneck my system either. I read...