direct-to-disk

I'm sure many parts of this question have been answered across many posts but I'm trying to get an answer all in one place. I am planning a new Blue Iris system which will replace a Swann NVR. I can access the 7 surviving Swann cameras on RTSP and I plan 3-4 new IP cameras. I have available a...

I'm using D2D .bvr format and the files that are being produced will play in MPC , but you cannot control the video. There is no pause, no FF, RW nothing... Is this a known issue or am I just doing it wrong?