Blue Iris registry file contain all camera settings?

[marklyn]

I recently had to do a system restore on my Blue Iris workstation so I exported the registry file from BI to a safe location.
I also normally export each camera to it's own registry file and 90% of my 15 cameras had recent exports, only 2 didn't.
When I finished with the system restore I imported the BI registry file thinking it had all of the current cameras and settings but it did not.
I also had to re-enter the registration number upon first running BI after the restore, but that is no biggie.
Why wouldn't BI registry export have everything I need, including all of the camera settings?
Or is it not supposed to?

 

[Mike A.]

Yeah, I don't recall now exactly what but I've also had to re-do some things after exporting/importing.

Ideally it should restore everything as it was, and it does largely, but these things kind of do what they do sometimes.

 

[marklyn]

Yeah, I don't recall now exactly what but I've also had to re-do some things after exporting/importing.

Ideally it should restore everything as it was, and it does largely, but these things kind of do what they do sometimes.

Guess I'll ask Ken.

 

[matt_pl]

Guess I'll ask Ken.

@marklyn Did you find out with the support if the BI registry file includes settings of all cameras as well? Or an additional export of each camera settings is needed?

 

[weigle2]

If the BI Export doesn't capture all the settings of BI and how the cameras are setup within BI, what's the point? It's undocumented things like this that turn customers off. The cameras themselves are not going to have any settings changed when BI needs to be re-installed because of a hardware failure, or a move to an upgraded PC. I have found using a product like Macrium Reflect to be the answer, as it does a full or partial backup.

 

[jaydeel]

It is documented. The software backup from the Settings > About tab includes camera settings. See the 2nd screenshot below.

You can verify this yourself by holding down the shift key while exporting settings, then opening the *.reg file in a text editor.

Two excerpts from the help PDF…

1. Settings > About tab



2. Camera settings > General tab

 

[IAmATeaf]

@jaydeel Now that is something I didn’t know about being able to export in .reg format.

By default Bi saves settings in what I call regdmp format and I’ve always used reg.exe to take a peek inside.

 

[jaydeel]

@jaydeel Now that is something I didn’t know about being able to export in .reg format.

By default Bi saves settings in what I call regdmp format and I’ve always used reg.exe to take a peek inside.

Another benefit of the human-readable *.reg file backups is that they can be modified using a code editor (I use Notepad++). I’ve used this method to do things like copy a complex motion zones map to other profiles on the same camera, and copy preset ‘On call’ action sets to other cameras.

Is it possible to copy/paste zone maps to a different profile?

For example, I've drawn three fairly tedious motion zones in Profile 4 for a camera. Can I copy/paste those same zone maps to Profile 5 on the same camera? Thanks

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Calling a specific ptz preset from BI app?

Is it possible to call a specific ptz preset from within the BI Android app? For example, I want to call preset 69 or 70 to adjust my cams IR spot light.

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[SpacemanSpiff]

... (I use Notepad++).

That's my go to editor... great program!

 

[IAmATeaf]

That's my go to editor... great program!

Mine too/two

 

[concord]

@jaydeel, thanks for the info. Hadn't got around looking at the manual/help yet on how to transition BI to my "new" HP SSF i5-9500 to replace my non-Win11 HP.