4.8.0 - September 10, 2018

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4.8.0 - September 10, 2018

  • New make/model selections for Nest/Dropcam now allow you to specify only the "public page" URL. The software will automatically use this to obtain the HTTPS/JPEG URL or UUID for RTMPS streaming. The public page requires no user/password, but is not actually "public" unless you distribute your UUID. When supported by your camera, the RTMPS option will provide a superior resolution, frame rate, and audio.

  • Every password entry field now has a corresponding password "peak" eye icon.

  • The web server has now disabled HTTP pipelining which was leading to issues with improper/incomplete responses under some load conditions. This scheme also has been deprecated by HTTP/2.

  • A memory leak bug on the camera properties page has been corrected.
 
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Not Good...

On the web interface, every 5-10 seconds I get:
"The video steam was lost. Attempting to reconnect..."

Then after a couple of times of doing that it will end with:
"The video stream was lost. Due to rapid failures, automatic reconnection will not occur."

I'm reverting back to an old version...
 
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Mine just automatically upgraded to 4.8.1 sometime today and I stopped getting email notifications of triggers... that's no good! I've rebooted the PC and hopefully that fixes the issue. The last alerts I got were around 11:15am and nothing since then - I know our dog walker came by at 1pm to pick up our dogs and I never got alerts from several cameras.
 
derekkoopowitz said:
Mine just automatically upgraded to 4.8.1 sometime today and I stopped getting email notifications of triggers... that's no good! I've rebooted the PC and hopefully that fixes the issue. The last alerts I got were around 11:15am and nothing since then - I know our dog walker came by at 1pm to pick up our dogs and I never got alerts from several cameras.
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Automatic updates should always be disabled.... You can revert back by installing an older update file..
 
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derekkoopowitz said:
Thanks. I just unchecked the "Apply updates automatically" option. Where can I find the update prior to 4.8.0?
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I download copies of the updates at the beginning and end of each day.
So, I should have whatever version you need, just let me know if you don't find what you are looking for.

fenderman said:
Automatic updates should always be disabled.... You can revert back by installing an older update file..
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Sadly this was not the case for me. I tried to simply install 4.7.8 and failed, told me a newer version was already installed and I had to uninstall it first.
I uninstalled it, checking the boxes that said, don't delete my stuff, still did. Veeam to the restore rescue.
 
Steven4x4 said:
I download copies of the updates at the beginning and end of each day.
So, I should have whatever version you need, just let me know if you don't find what you are looking for.


Sadly this was not the case for me. I tried to simply install 4.7.8 and failed, told me a newer version was already installed and I had to uninstall it first.
I uninstalled it, checking the boxes that said, don't delete my stuff, still did. Veeam to the restore rescue.
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You should always have a backup of your settings this can easily be exported and evenly set to backup and Save.... It is possible that do the significant changes in the last couple of revisions it wouldn't let you go back... But I've never seen that before..
 
Steven4x4 said:
I download copies of the updates at the beginning and end of each day.
So, I should have whatever version you need, just let me know if you don't find what you are looking for.


Sadly this was not the case for me. I tried to simply install 4.7.8 and failed, told me a newer version was already installed and I had to uninstall it first.
I uninstalled it, checking the boxes that said, don't delete my stuff, still did. Veeam to the restore rescue.
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Thanks I appreciate the offer. I found an FTP site that had the 4.7.6.10 version from 8/15 available and installed it. I've started receiving alerts again - thankfully! I've also installed that updatehelper service which will save off the older versions.
 
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fenderman said:
You should always have a backup of your settings this can easily be exported and evenly set to backup and Save.... It is possible that do the significant changes in the last couple of revisions it wouldn't let you go back... But I've never seen that before..
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I typically haven't had to many problems with updates, so I didn't even bother backing up the settings.
I also knew I had a full Veeam restore and it doesn't take much time, so it didn't feel like it was to risky.

I was not aware of the Auto Back up feature. I just enabled it.
How often does it backup? I tried looking through the "help" built-in to BI, but wasn't finding it.

derekkoopowitz said:
Thanks I appreciate the offer. I found an FTP site that had the 4.7.6.10 version from 8/15 available and installed it. I've started receiving alerts again - thankfully! I've also installed that updatehelper service which will save off the older versions.
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You're Welcome - Glad you found what you were looking for.
 
Steven4x4 said:
Yea, I typically haven't had to many problems with updates, so I didn't even bother backing up the settings.
I also knew I had a full Veeam restore and it doesn't take much time, so it didn't feel like it was to risky.

I was not aware of the Auto Back up feature. I just enabled it.
How often does it backup? I tried looking through the "help" built-in to BI, but wasn't finding it.
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Here's a thread about biupdatehelper...

Blue Iris Update Helper (BiUpdateHelper)
 
Steven4x4 said:
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I was not aware of the Auto Back up feature. I just enabled it.
How often does it backup? I tried looking through the "help" built-in to BI, but wasn't finding it.
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it is noted in the release notes
  • 4.7.0.1 Automatic settings backup at startup to "backup.reg" in the exe program files folder. Backups from two previous days are archived to backup2.reg and backup3.reg. You may disable this feature with a checkbox on the Options page. If you see gigabyte files created, you may be using Kaspersky antivirus, which is notorious for creating large registry entries for unknown purposes.
 
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fenderman said:
4.8.0 - September 10, 2018

  • New make/model selections for Nest/Dropcam now allow you to specify only the "public page" URL. The software will automatically use this to obtain the HTTPS/JPEG URL or UUID for RTMPS streaming. The public page requires no user/password, but is not actually "public" unless you distribute your UUID. When supported by your camera, the RTMPS option will provide a superior resolution, frame rate, and audio.
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Anyone tried the Nest option yet? I tried to configure my Nest doorbell cam and couldn't get it to work, so I reverted back to the old methodology per YouTube.
 
---EDIT, this issue is fixed for website, in app update check still having issues.

In case it helps anyone, Blue Iris servers are down this morning. Blocks application update checks and Blue Iris - Download only returns "Service is unavailable".
 
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