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    Why are my PTZ cameras now not stopping when I manually move them?

    In the last month or so all of my PTZ cameras won't stop when I manually move them. They just keep moving in the direction I clicked on until I either press a preset number or click the opposite direction. This seems to have started in the last month or so and I kind of ignored it because I did...
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    what is the rushing water sound I am hearing!?

    So when I run BI console, every few minutes a very quick audio clip, maybe lasting 1 second plays of rushing water (or that is what it sounds like). I have looked everywhere I can think, including the user setup area for login/logoff sound and it isn't there. I can't pinpoint exactly how often...
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    Help with BI PTZ resume after moving camera via GUI manually

    I've used BI motion detect for years and learned much about fine tuning. But, I'm still catching shadows and leaves as well as people and cars. So, I'm testing using the best of both worlds, using BI to manage PTZ schedules (since my Dahua cams don't do that) and I'm using the IVS in my Dahua...
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    BI Tools; list of variables?

    Is there a comprehensive list of all of the variables that can be used in Blue Iris Tools? I looked around in the app and searched here but came up empty. I'd like to add solar UV and solar radiation but I'd also like to see all of the variables list anyway.
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    Dahua IVS questions

    I'm fairly new to using IVS. In the past I've always relied on Blue Iris to take care of motion detection and I've gotten pretty familiar with BI in that respect. Still, I'm liking Dahua's IVS on my 3 cameras and want to expand my use and knowledge of this feature. Please don't tell me to use...
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    SD4A425DB-HNY external mic connection help

    I'm trying to use an external powered mic with my SD4A425DB-HNY camera but unsure about the wiring connections. The camera has 3 wires, red, black and white. The wires from the mic are red and white. The mic has a separate power connector. How would I connect two wires with 3 wires? Is one...
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    help understanding a few settings

    I've recently started using 3 of my Dahua cameras IVS features to record on a local SD card (in addition to BI recordings). However, in the past few years I've always let BI do the heavy work of motion detect, filtering and trigger recording. I've decided to use some SD cards in my Dahua cams...
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    Blue Iris Tools and UAC

    I guess Windoze updated on my Windows 11 computer and now, on reboot, UAC is asking for permission to run Blue Iris Tools. Is there an easy fix for this to automatically run BIT or have UAC ignore it?
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    UI 3 and green screen playback issue (again?)

    Fixed this a few months ago from a suggestion to turn on javascript in UI3 but it's been back now for a least 2 months. Tried Edge, turned off hw accel in both edge and chrome, still no love. Anything new on this to try to get rid of the green screen video playback in UI3?
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    Loryta IPC-2347G-LU (Hikvision), possible to flash with Dahua firmware?

    I have a Loryta IPC-2347G-LU camera and I thought I saw somewhere, awhile back, that this camera could be flashed with a similar version of a Dahua camera. I'm interested in doing this because it would then fit nicely in my Dahua Smart-PSS environment. I intend to replace this camera anyway so...
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    VLAN or other solution to separate camera traffic; advice requested

    I have a TPLink AX6000 router, a Netgear 16 port unmanaged switch and a TPLink 8 port POE switch. Currently I have 15 cameras total. 6 are on my POE switch which is directly connected to my router. and 7 are on my Netgear switch, which is also directly connected to my router. My BI system is an...
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    How to view recorded video directly from camera?

    I have a couple of Hikvision cameras that I've been using with Blue Iris for a few years now but would like to view the video that has been recorded directly onto the SDCard in the cameras. I can't do it anymore with Edge or Chrome or IE Tab in Chrome because the browsers no longer support...
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    Could use suggestions for a video trigger fault on 3 cams

    I have three "better" cameras in the front of my house. One on the left, one in the middle, one on the right. They all generally face forward with the two end cams "crisscrossing" each other's video paths. I did it this way to capture foot and car traffic coming from/to left/right and the...
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    Does BI allow you to use camera speaker to announce/talk?

    I'm drawing a blank here remembering this. I have 3-4 cameras (Ezviz, Hikvision) that has an app and I can use the app to "talk" through the speaker of the camera. Does BI allow for that or is it only native through a camera's app? I can't find a setting for this if it's in BI.
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    Occasional blank video only on BI3 UI playback

    I upgraded my computer in the last 2 days and followed BI instructions for deactivating key, exporting the BI registry, etc. Downloaded the most current/stable version of BI (5.5.9.6 x64), which I had on my 'old' pc, and installed it, reactivated the key and imported the registry. Everything...
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    Ezviz CS-CV200 camera take HTML/RTSP commands?

    I have three of these cameras and one of them occasionally turns off it's IR light. I have to load the Ezviz studio app and turn the light back on. So, I know these are low end cameras and Ezviz appears to be a subsidiary of Hikvision, at least for this camera. But, they do what I want and they...
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    Possible to get snapshots on higher stream?

    I've got all of my cameras set up with the main stream and sub stream video. I like to get an hourly snapshot from one of these cameras but the snap shot is always from the lower quality sub stream. How can I get the snapshots from the higher quality main stream on this camera?
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    macro to show preset

    I'd like to add an overlay that shows the preset when video is recorded and live. How can I do this? I don't see any way to add such a variable to the overlay text list.
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    A good, free mail server to send BI notifications from?

    I use google and Yahoo email. Over the years I've set up BI to alert me via email on Yahoo and Gmail but occasionally both email services seems to 'forget' that I've turned on the "use less secure apps". It works for while then I start getting the message indicating Gmail has stopped a sign-in...
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    Hik? or Dahua 4MP turret, wide field of view with some type of e-zoom?

    I was mindlessly searching for different outdoor cameras a few months ago and thought I remembered seeing a Dahua or Hikvision (fixed) turret camera that had a wide FOV that 'zoomed' in on movement triggers. I don't recall the details and I'm sure there is a term for this type of technology and...
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    triggered clips no longer showing on clip list in BI android app

    Lately, 7 of my 15 cameras, are not showing triggered clips in my BI android app like they used to. I can launch UI3 (or the BI console) on my Windows pc and there are indeed triggered clips there for those cameras. What would cause me not to be able to see the triggered on the right?
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    UI3 blank screen on play clip - related to my Nvidia GEForce GT1030 card?

    I have a fresh 2 week build of Windows 11, i7-4730 machine with a fresh install of BI (registry restore) and an Nvidia GT1030 card. When I built this box I expected to install Nvidia driver/software but Windows 11 included the Nvidia control panel (v 8.1.962.) All in all everything worked great...
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    Trigger configuration per PTZ preset possible?

    A question occurred to me while I was adjusting a PTZ preset. If you choose a ptz preset in the BI console and go to trigger tab, then configure. You will see the Active zone map below with something like "\PTZ\Presets\8" (in my case for this particular preset). Does that mean that whatever I...
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    Should I deactivate BI for a computer wipe/rebuild?

    Need to wipe a computer and re-build with Windows 11. Should I deactivate BI first then export my BI reg file? Then after installing a new copy of Blue Iris, import the registry file and activate my license (all in that order), or does it matter?
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    BI android app not updating all camera triggered clips

    Admittedly I was playing around a bit with some settings related to BI push notifications to my android phone last week. Now, for some of my cameras on the BI android app, the clips are not updating with current trigger clips and some cameras are. If I view the camera clips on BI console or...
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    Blue Iris registry file contain all camera settings?

    I recently had to do a system restore on my Blue Iris workstation so I exported the registry file from BI to a safe location. I also normally export each camera to it's own registry file and 90% of my 15 cameras had recent exports, only 2 didn't. When I finished with the system restore I...
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    Unique name when adding a camera error

    OK, I know I've had this problem before and 'fixed' it but for the life of me I can't remember the fix... I used to have a Cam36 camera in BI (Short name) I deleted it because I wasn't using it anymore but exported the reg for the camera for the day I would use it again. Today I reconnected the...
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    Blue Iris webinars, are they gone?

    I've been out of the loop for about 3 months but can't find any new(er) webinars they did on Fridays. Are they still doing them anymore? Thanks
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    Solution for portable power (battery) for small camera

    Wondering if anyone here has attempted some type solution to power a small camera with some type of external/portable power source (ie: portable USB battery). I have an owl box that I'd like to put into a tree where there is no power but within close range to my outdoor access point. The camera...
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    Hardware encode and Hardware acceleration

    Can someone explain what the differences are for the Hardware encode (under camera options/video) and the Hardware acceleration (under camera options/record/encoder options)? I have kept my video compression set to direct-to-disk but was wondering now that I'm using a dedicated NVIDIA card for...
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