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  1. F

    Hello from BC, Canada - forum newby

    Hi all, New to the forum and looking forward to reading the cliff notes & wiki. Also fenderman pointed me already to the BI help file! Some excellent forum threads on here that have been very helpful already. I'm running 6 Lilin IPR6122 and 2 Lilin MR3042A fixed dome cameras outside and inside...
  2. TL1096r

    What are you using/doing to make your camera more secure?

    There are a lot of great threads that talk about securing you camera but some of the step by step instructions that really help the noobs like myself are mixed around. I wanted to make a thread to share my experience with setting up stunnel so it is all in one place. ----- Knowing why you...
    • TL1096r
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    • asus blue iris diy port forwarding security setup stunnel vpn
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Cyber Security
  3. bas bakker

    Hikvision camera wont show link/communication (at the switch)

    i am using a hikvision camera, and i've got 4 running perfectly fine, but there's a problem with two camera's. i configured them a wile ago, and back then they functioned perfectly fine, but now, 2 months later i want to install them. i tested the cables, and tried the same cables with two other...
    • bas bakker
    • Thread
    • blue iris blue iris 4 hikvision hikvision ds-2cd2043g0-i
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Hikvision
  4. Austinandersen23

    Constant stuttering/dropped frames BI server

    I have 9 amcrest cameras (7 dome POE and 2 wifi). Dedicated server with i5 and 8gb ram win 10. Ssd for main and wd purple for recording. I have direct to disk, blue iris encoding, intel hardware quicksync accel and everything else rec. I've stepped down fps to 10 for all cameras. I even brought...
  5. A

    Blue Iris Constantly Dropping Connection To Amcrest IP8M-2496EB Camera

    Hi everyone, For a couple of years now I have been running Blue Iris on my premises to record streams from a number of different cameras. During this time I have slowly added a camera here or there to meet my needs. I recently decided to add another camera to my system and purchased a new...
    • Anon User
    • Thread
    • amcrest blue iris connection lost dropping connection dropping frames fx-8350 ip8m ip8m-2496-eb no connection windows 10 upgrade
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Troubleshooting
  6. AveryFreeman

    I take issue with this page about Blue Iris hardware:

    Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris | IP Cam Talk I came across this when looking for compatible hardware for Blue Iris - was actually looking for an HCL (list of compatible NVRs, DVRs, cameras, switches, etc.) But the information is so glaringly omissive I have to say something about it - Being...
  7. M

    Which wifi cameras are better for Blue Iris?

    Hello, I need to get some cameras for Blue Iris V4 I have already very old cameras from Sricam and Wanscam working well but new generations doesn't seem to work well So I want to add new cameras with an affordable price (I can't pay on Amazon) So Ebay or direct Paypal My needs : Wifi + PTZ +...
  8. GentlePumpkin

    What is your experience with Sentry?

    to make it short: For me it does not detect anything. Seems to be a blind AI ;). btw: I even though ( pah crazy...) that this person detection feature would be included in the BI license price. Well I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles... So what is your experience with Sentry person...
  9. digisol1

    Camera List is Empty - Camera Groups not working in Webserver

    I have been trying to get a simple Raspberry PI monitor working with the WWW interface with no luck. I wanted to get two of my Cameras to display Horizontally (on top of each other) using the original WWW interface (Pre UI2) and couldn't get it to work. So I started reading and found out about...
  10. B

    Windows 10 and BlueIris

    Recently updated the PC I'm running BlueIris on from an old AMD based processor and Win7 to a Intel i-7 system running windows 10. And have added an additional camera, so now a total of 6 cameras. What I am now experiencing is a lot of loss of cameras or No Signal errors, but mostly on 3 of...
  11. buggysharp

    Unable to access Swann Cameras.

    Hello all. I'm unable to access my swann cameras using blueiris. The first two images are from my DVR's settings. The next image is the settings for blue iris. If anyone could help me, I would be incredibly grateful.
  12. Martin Paul Sr

    Stunnel can be a multi-host incoming router

    I recently started using stunnel, which is the web proxy server supported by Blue Iris settings to provide an encrypted (HTTPS) incoming connection to the Blue Iris web server. My motivation for this was to enable the Android app Chromecast feature, which only worked for me with this HTTPS...
  13. aesterling

    PoE cameras' video occasionally freezes & slow pings via NVR

    I'm trying to determine why my cameras' video occasionally freezes/drops frames like in these two examples, both on the NVR recordings and Blue Iris recordings. Hardware: Hikvision NVR DS-7616NI-I2 (built in PoE switch, latest firmware) Hikvision DS-2CD2385FWD-I Turrets (connected to NVR...
  14. www.ptvc.ch

    wanted camera Dahua wide angle outdoor

    wanted camera Dahua wide angle outdoor have a to advise me that movie good night, compatible blue iris
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    • blue iris dahua outdoor wide angle
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Dahua
  15. Mark DC

    Blue iris video lag on uNraid Windows 10 Pro virtual machine

    Setup: I currently run Blue Iris on a dedicated Dell Optiplex 7890 (Win10 Pro, Core i5, 8gb ram) with 7 Amcrest POE and 3 Amcrest wifi cameras. The video lag when I access the server from my phone or PC/Mac is minimal and unnoticeable (a small fraction of a second). When I export the same blue...
  16. D

    Blue Iris Mobile App Camera Black Screen during the day

    Really strange one here. Blue Iris mobile app has worked just fine. Added a new Hikvision DS-2CD2T85FWD-I5. The camera works just fine on the server, no issues. On the mobile app I can see the camera working on the all camera field, but when I go to enlarge the camera the screen is solid...
    • DLP
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    • andriod blue iris mobile app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Android
  17. F

    Laptop instead?

    Hi, I read the wiki and is suggested Dell Optiplex and or HP to use with Blue Iris. I am wondering can I use a laptop with the same HD, CPU, RAM, OS specs instead of a PC? thanks, Frank
  18. skip2friday

    Blue Iris is maxing out CPU

    Hi All, New to the world of home security cameras. I have a total of 22MPs worth of cameras running (5 cameras) on my system and it is constantly running the CPU to 100% I have tried multiple things to lessen the usage of blue iris but seems the system isn't having much luck. I'm running a...
  19. SchoolTech93

    Camera Audio Issues

    I have 15 Wisenet QND-6020R cameras connected to my Blue Iris server, For the life of me I can only get half of the cameras to play audio. I have tested and all cameras play audio when I log into the camera's IP but it just wont play on the server. All the cameras has the exact same settings on...
  20. C

    BI Remote Viewing and Pi-hole

    I've been running BI for about 6 months now and am loving it. Have everything configured the way I want and it is performing great. I have the iOS app so I can login and view remote and I would also view my cameras through a browser when I was on my work desktop. I have recently installed...
    • chollz
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    • blue iris pi-hole pihole remote viewing
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Blue Iris
  21. V

    Help Setting Up PTZ Camera From Vivint/Alarm (Vivotek ADC-V620PT)

    Hello there, Hoping to seek the guidance of helpful members of ipcamtalk :) While cleaning for the New Year, I found an old Vivint camera which was not being used. I decided to hook it up and see if I could access the camera via the IP. Turned out there was a login/password requirement - but...
  22. S

    Quick pre-purchase question on CPUs

    So, I'm building a small micro-atk NVR system for Blue-iris and wanted to get feedback on processors, specifically the importance of hyper-threading. Ultimately I will have about 12 cameras. I'm currently looking at either an i5 9600k but I'm concerned about the loss of hyperthreading and...
  23. Storm Johnson

    Blue Iris will not install

    I purchased blue iris through IP Cam Talk. I installed the software and put in serial code I received in email. I then get message I have to “activate” software by sending url and get activation code. So I copy it all down and drive the 15 miles back into town to get wifi signal. I get...
  24. B

    Computer for Blue Iris

    looking to buy a computer dedicated to blue iris, is this one good? Will eventually work my way up to 12+ cameras. Dell Outlet Inspiron 3668 Desktop Processor: Intel Core 7th Generation i5-7400 Processor (Quad Core, up to 3.50 GHz, 6M Cache, 65W) Windows 10 Home 64bit English 1TB SATA Hard...
  25. J

    New to BI Dahua cameras, i5-6500, no file recordings when hardware decode set to Intel?

    I've done a fair amount of research along the way before finally switching from Synology to BI. To start with I picked up an HP ProDesk 600 with 8gig of ram and an i5-6500 with 2yr of mfr warranty on it still for just under $200. Killed the cameras on the Synology the other day. Installed BI...
  26. B

    Clicking Sound from Amcrest IP2M-841

    Hello All, This is my first post here, but you guys look like a very knowledgeable and helpful community. I am really hoping you can help me out. I recently began setup on a home camera network consisting of a server running Blue Iris, and 2 Amcrest IP2M-841 IP cameras, with intentions on...
  27. maplechris

    Low FPS in MJPEG Streams

    Hello all, I'm looking to improve the framerate in my MJPEG streams. I get around 30fps average on my cameras in both the web interface and the blue iris software on my PC. However when I access the MJPEG stream I'm getting closer to 10FPS, it's pretty choppy. I've tried messing with the bitrate...
  28. C

    WiFi Outdoor Two way Audio IP Camera Recommendation

    I am looking for suggestions for an WiFi Outdoor Two way Audio IP Camera that will work with Blue Iris. I would like to spend less than $200. This is a camera I want to place at my front door. I have already tried the MicroSeven camera (Microseven 1080P HD WiFi Outdoor Camera) (it was...
  29. M

    Outdoor PIR+MW that are pet friendly suggestion to work with BI

    Hi, After reading on this forum a lot i purchased Blue Iris and 6 Hikvision cameras for outside of my house. Really happy with the cameras but I'm getting a lot of false detections and want to interface some sensors to BI to activate recording and send alerts. Can anyone recommend best sensor...
  30. D

    Camera snapshots obscured by bounding box and blue squares

    In the camera/Record menu I have Jpeg snapshot set up to record every 2 seconds when triggered and this works well. However the resulting images show the bounding box and blue squares on the section of the image where motion occurred. This makes it difficult to identify the person causing the...
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