Blue Iris logfile entry 'live.sem stuck'

[jaydeel]

A few days ago I woke up to a custom Pushover notification from my new Powershell script BI_logfile_wdog.ps1 ***.
I tried opening the Blue Iris Android app, and it could not connect (unresponsive webserver).
After rebooting my Blue Iris server, I inspected the Blue Iris logfile and found the entries mentioned in the notification.
This was the very first one (of 394!):

2,10/25/2024 11:00:20.174 PM,App,live.sem stuck​

This being the first time I had ever observed this entry, I searched the forum for info.
While I could find the error mentioned in old posts, none provided an explanation. So I emailed Ken.

I'm posting Ken's reply so others might find it on searching.

First, this is a bad sign ... something in the frame pipeline is stuck and this will eventually cause system instability.​

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I have seen this with come hardware decoding incompatibility ... maybe try fewer/no cameras through hardware decoding as an initial test.​

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This is also a good time to double check all security software exemptions for the BlueIris.exe.​

So far, I've not had a recurrence. Further investigation showed the error was accompanied by a major memory leak.

*** Here's a screenshot of the custom Pushover notification:



Here's a screenshot of the accompanying memory leak:


I remotely rebooted the server at 3:44a (using my MSNSwitch)

 

[samplenhold]

Thank you for this. I recently had an issue where I needed to reboot remotely but could not. I think I will be getting one of those MSNSwitch. Also will look into your Powershell script. Thanks for that.

Quick question: The graph you posted above showing the RAM usage over time...what is that from?

 

[jaydeel]

Quick question: The graph you posted above showing the RAM usage over time...what is that from?

The chart was created using a custom web app (my 'Covid project').
I've been meaning for quite some time to share it, but it's taking me entirely too long to complete the documentation!