Blue Iris Tools not detecting that Blue Iris is down

TooOldToKnowBetter

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I am running BI 5.3.7.12 x64 (Not as a service) and suddenly BI Tools is not restarting BI after it goes down. BI Tools show that BI has been found.

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However BI Tools still indicates that BI is running, even though Windows Task Manager shows that it has been killed.

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Any ideas on what is happening?

TIA
 

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Out if interest, whats the benefit of using this tool? I run BI as a service and not once in all these years have had it quit or crash
 

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One benefit is if you do not run it as a service and use Remote Desktop then you get sound. It is a known issue with Remote Desktop that you do not get sound on live view, but you do on playback.

I simply open up a camera GUI and turn audio on that way if I want to watch BI live with sound. I'd rather run as a service than take a chance that it crashes or restarts and then not record.
 
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