5.2.8 - May 20, 2020 - Direct-to-disc BVR recording will now include metadata for video overlays

I am happy to report that mine has been rock solid and all the clips are correct again. I even did a manual reboot of the cam I had the issue with before and this time it maintained the 30 min clip perfect. Keep in mind I did a complete delete of all clips and database to get this fixed. I see others are having same issue as I did and it could be all the testing of sub streams and starting and stopping the cams a huge number of times, but since going with a fresh set, it appears to be back to normal. (23hrs anyway)
 

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Very strange, one of my cameras was showing no signal in the android app so I did a restart of it in the app. Then I looked in the log and it showed all my cameras had signal restored.
 
bbakels said:
hi,

i am not sure if i understand, but if i am playing back alerts or recordings i am seeing the overlays, however i use the macros for displaying info. However when i play back recordings i see the current macro values in the overlays, and not the values as they were on that moment. is there a setting that i am missing? As I expected that the overlays will now be saved in the bvr so also these values?

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DarkHelmet said:
ive recently noticed the same behavior and emailed Ken. I imagine he'll reply monday.
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reply from ken: "Thanks ... fixing this today. "
 
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DarkHelmet said:
Rules defined under 'Webserver > Advanced > Limit IP addresses' seem to be ignored. At least in my case. I've given admin to certain subnets, but am now getting login prompts.
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Did you have it working prior? I never had any luck, though it was probably back in v4 that I tried this!
 
Vini said:
Did you have it working prior? I never had any luck, though it was probably back in v4 that I tried this!
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Yup, I rolled back to 5.2.8.3 and everything immediately reconnected without credentials. Ken did some networking changes around ipv6, so probably just a line of code got overlooked. I'm sure he'll fix quick.
 
UPDATE: 5.2.9.1 fixed this issue.

I'm getting the motion overlays now when I export a re-coded clip with include overlays checked. I do not have that option selected on my camera drop down menu. This was working fine in 5.2.8.3. Email sent as well to Ken . It appears you get everything now :)

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I know some time back I could even see Overlay on the iOS app when reviewing the alerts.. I do not see them any more. I do see them fine on my PC..

Does anyone know How I can turn it on the iOS app as well ? its kinda cool :D I love it..

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Tinman said:
So does this mean we no longer need net time and use the camera's time now ?

Edit: just tried it and it works !
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How would this be different? You are still using the camera's time? I use the camera time and nettime to keep it in sync. Am I missing something?
 
TL1096r said:
How would this be different? You are still using the camera's time? I use the camera time and nettime to keep it in sync. Am I missing something?
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No, I myself no longer use the camera's time or Nettime to just keep it simple. The only drawback is that when I have to export a clip I have to re-encode the clip with the "Add text/graphic overlays from direct-to-disk BVR" selected. This does not really bother me as most of my clips are small events. I like that BI keeps all my clocks synced exactly and all look the same on the GUI.
 
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No, I myself no longer use the camera's time or Nettime to just keep it simple. The only drawback is that when I have to export a clip I have to re-encode the clip with the "Add text/graphic overlays from direct-to-disk BVR" selected. This does not really bother me as most of my clips are small events. I like that BI keeps all my clocks synced exactly and all look the same on the GUI.
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I see how do you add BI time? I guess I removed it due to cliffnotes. I wasn't sure why. I don't understand the difference between BI or camera timestamps.
 
TL1096r said:
I see how do you add BI time? I guess I removed it due to cliffnotes. I wasn't sure why. I don't understand the difference between BI or camera timestamps.
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BlueIris uses the computer's system clock to sync everything. To add it is very simple and you can select many styles. I have show a few captures to help explain. So as far as the camera's time, I have the camera's overlay disabled in each camera's GUI as I don't need it anymore.
 

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Tinman said:
BlueIris uses the computer's system clock to sync everything. To add it is very simple and you can select many styles. I have show a few captures to help explain. So as far as the camera's time, I have the camera's overlay disabled in each camera's GUI as I don't need it anymore.
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Yes that is what I never did because it was told not to but I guess since it didn't export. Thanks for explaining this with SS.
 
Blue Iris does not sync anything time related. All it does is place a display, based on the PC clock, on each camera and is not syncing the internal clock in the cameras in any way. If you want to actually sync the cameras the only way to do that is to use a time server, set and use the time overlay from the cameras. In terms of evidence for court purposes this is the only way that is acceptable.
 
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