Blue Iris UI3

[bp2008]

Lately my client PC running Brave and UI3 238 begins pegging my CPU for the tab that has UI3 open. It's quiet for the first minute or so, but if leaving any active UI3 tab open, the CPU fan starts to prepare for takeoff. SOunds like a hairdryer. It didn't used to do that. Maybe it's time to clean my CPU heat sinks, or did something change in how UI3 is utilizing CPU? I'm running with h264 (not java).

The bigger the screen of video, the angrier it gets. So if it's streaming in the background (with taskmanager covering it, for example), CPU drops to normal, but as soon as I shrink or minimize whatever window is covering the browser, it's liftoff time...

It also does it more for single cameras than for group/index views - and I do use D2W almost exclusively.

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I'm not sure. Try without D2W and see if it makes a difference. Also check Windows task manager and see if any other processes are using much CPU at the same time. I didn't recently change anything that I would expect to cause a performance hit.

If necessary there is a way to do "performance profiling". Browser dev tools (ctrl + shift + i) > Performance tab. You could check the Screenshots box and then click the record button . Then do the thing that makes the CPU usage change from low to high. Then stop the recording and use the "save profile" button to export the recording. This produces a rather large file (probably around 50 MB per 10 seconds) so compress it and then send it to me in a private message, and explain what you did during the performance capture. The file will contain some info you might not want public, such as the URL of your UI3 and frequent screenshots of UI3.

 

[actran]

@bp2008 Enhancement request: As an option, is it possible to have the clip listing in Timeline tab?

That way, when I click on a clip thumbnail, I get group playback starting at the event timestamp. This is different from clip playback in Clip tab because I want group playback versus just single camera playback.

 

[erkme73]

If you're open to enhancement requests, I have one too

When I'm looking at a group view (especially all cameras), I cannot select the bottom two rows of cameras since the toolbar pops up. Oddly, sometimes, when the tools are hidden and I tap one of those cameras, it punches through and the camera will come up. But 90% of the time, it only makes the tools come up (and by tools I mean the timestamp, volume control, quality settings, full screen icon, etc.).

Currently, to select any of those cameras on the bottom rows consistently, I have to pinch zoom in and scroll down so that the desired camera is above the toolbar.

Hope this makes sense...

And lastly, as a separate repeat request, I know you're not a fan of advancing from one camera to the next by swiping left or right while on a single camera, but having a user-selectable option for those of us that are used to that navigation (from the BI app) would be awesome.

 

[samplenhold]

Any idea why this happens? Happens about once/twice a week. This is not new, probably been for about a year. Just thought of asking today. Using Chrome.

 

[bp2008]

@bp2008 Enhancement request: As an option, is it possible to have the clip listing in Timeline tab?

That way, when I click on a clip thumbnail, I get group playback starting at the event timestamp. This is different from clip playback in Clip tab because I want group playback versus just single camera playback.

Sorry, no. It is very difficult for me to add a clip list to the timeline tab and have it behave in a way people would find useful. One of the considerations is that a clip list and timeline together would take up an enormous amount of space on a small display, and I don't think the value is there to justify it.

One of my future plans is to improve behavior when switching back and forth between the Clips and Timeline tabs so that you better retain the context of what time range you were looking at, but even that has certain challenges and people might find it very awkward to use.

 

[bp2008]

If you're open to enhancement requests, I have one too

When I'm looking at a group view (especially all cameras), I cannot select the bottom two rows of cameras since the toolbar pops up. Oddly, sometimes, when the tools are hidden and I tap one of those cameras, it punches through and the camera will come up. But 90% of the time, it only makes the tools come up (and by tools I mean the timestamp, volume control, quality settings, full screen icon, etc.).

Currently, to select any of those cameras on the bottom rows consistently, I have to pinch zoom in and scroll down so that the desired camera is above the toolbar.

Hope this makes sense...

And lastly, as a separate repeat request, I know you're not a fan of advancing from one camera to the next by swiping left or right while on a single camera, but having a user-selectable option for those of us that are used to that navigation (from the BI app) would be awesome.

Ugh, I bet this is only a problem on small screens I am sure I could solve the issue by reserving some space for the playback controls (not allowing the video player to overlap it) but that would go against the core structure of the user interface, where the playback controls are a child of the video player. Since that change is not actually wanted by most users, it would have to be optional, and it is simply too complex of a change to make it optional.

I suggest you right click the group video and choose Group Settings and use this to lock in a particular resolution that works well at the browser window size you like to operate at. This can help prevent the cameras from overlapping the playback controls. You could also go to UI Settings and enable the "Playback Controls: Always Visible" setting in order to make the behavior more predictable, if you like.

Left and right swipes are something I could technically do, however they would only work if you were fully zoomed out because otherwise the input would be interpreted as panning the view.

 

[bp2008]

Any idea why this happens? Happens about once/twice a week. This is not new, probably been for about a year. Just thought of asking today. Using Chrome.

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I only just added the code for "A script resource failed to load" in UI3 version 231 (March 26), so I think it is unlikely you have been getting those for about a year

It is very curious that you are showing HTTP status 200 in the error message, since "200" is the status code for "OK". This means Blue Iris is likely not sending the correct file in the response. So at this point I assume it is a bug in BI 5.7.3.0 and I would be very interested to hear if it continues to happen in later versions.

 

[samplenhold]

I can't say that the exact error message is the same, but the white browser and the 'loading...busy' messages have been happening for quite some time. It just never bothered me enough to complain. But I figured I would ask today.

I will keep an eye out and when I upgrade to a later version, if it happens again, I will post it. Thanks.

 

[erkme73]

Left and right swipes are something I could technically do, however they would only work if you were fully zoomed out because otherwise the input would be interpreted as panning the view.

That would be just like the BI app. It, too, won't let you swipe left/right to get to next camera/group unless fully zoomed out. I'd take that as an option if you're willing to make it available.

 

[erkme73]

Ugh, I bet this is only a problem on small screens I am sure I could solve the issue by reserving some space for the playback controls (not allowing the video player to overlap it) but that would go against the core structure of the user interface, where the playback controls are a child of the video player. Since that change is not actually wanted by most users, it would have to be optional, and it is simply too complex of a change to make it optional.

Yes, that does seem like a bit of a conundrum. Short of being able to force a static arrangement of cameras in a group, whereby the last row of cameras is above the toolbar controls, I can't see of a one-size fits all solution. I thought maybe a different gesture could bring up the hidden toolbar (maybe two fingers, or a diagonal swipe) but a single, quick tap (<100ms) on a camera in the suspect area would only bring it up but not trigger the toolbar to unhide...

 

[Buxton]

Hello. I went back a few months of forum posts to see if there were any mentions of the below error, but did not see anything posted. I'm using the latest BI version 5.7.6.7. The error has been occurring for at least the past 5 versions of BI. It occurs when I try to delete clips. I can resolve the error by clicking on my BI bookmark on my chrome browser, --- which refreshes the browser screen and pulls up the UI as intended.

 

[bp2008]

Hello. I went back a few months of forum posts to see if there were any mentions of the below error, but did not see anything posted. I'm using the latest BI version 5.7.6.7. The error has been occurring for at least the past 5 versions of BI. It occurs when I try to delete clips. I can resolve the error by clicking on my BI bookmark on my chrome browser, --- which refreshes the browser screen and pulls up the UI as intended. View attachment 163394

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Those are two different errors, and neither of them should happen as a result of deleting a clip, but could potentially occur during UI loading if things happened to load outside of the intended order. Can you provide any more information?

 

[Buxton]

The error doesn't occur during the actual clip deletion, but just after the deletions while refreshing the browser. It usually takes three refreshes to clear the error.

I use two different streaming profiles: one for low resolution wireless tablet monitors, and another for wired PC playback. The wireless streaming is stock streaming type 0, and the the reconfigured streaming type for PCs is as follows:



However, the UI error shows up under both streaming profiles on multiple machines. The streaming profile is the only thing I can think of that is not standard...

 

[bp2008]

The error doesn't occur during the actual clip deletion, but just after the deletions while refreshing the browser. It usually takes three refreshes to clear the error.

I use two different streaming profiles: one for low resolution wireless tablet monitors, and another for wired PC playback. The wireless streaming is stock streaming type 0, and the the reconfigured streaming type for PCs is as follows:

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However, the UI error shows up under both streaming profiles on multiple machines. The streaming profile is the only thing I can think of that is not standard...

I agree the configuration of streaming profiles shouldn't matter here.

Could you open the developer console after these errors have happened (ctrl + shift + i) and on the Console tab, copy or screenshot the error messages? They might include something called a stack trace which will tell me more line numbers of code that led up to the error and that would help me understand why it is happening.

 

[cybernetics1d]

@bp2008, just wanted to say thanks very much on your amazing works on UI3 interface.

Currently, I'm using Pushover for notification in combination with UI3 for remote live viewing. A have a question relating to the UI3 interface. Whenever we highlight a recent alerted clip, it seems to display a 5 seconds animated GIF of some sort. Is this generated on a fly or is there a "predefined path" to this that we use for Pushover? Reason I ask is I was wondering if this generates a GIF of some sort behind the scene and if so, would we be able to send that as attachment to Pushover?

 

[bp2008]

@bp2008, just wanted to say thanks very much on your amazing works on UI3 interface.

Currently, I'm using Pushover for notification in combination with UI3 for remote live viewing. A have a question relating to the UI3 interface. Whenever we highlight a recent alerted clip, it seems to display a 5 seconds animated GIF of some sort. Is this generated on a fly or is there a "predefined path" to this that we use for Pushover? Reason I ask is I was wondering if this generates a GIF of some sort behind the scene and if so, would we be able to send that as attachment to Pushover?

Unfortunately the little animated preview is very much a scripted creation of UI3 and would be impossible for you to attach to a notification.

 

[cybernetics1d]

I thought it generates some gif file on fly or something so it was worth a shot asking. Thanks for the quick response.

 

[Buxton]

I agree the configuration of streaming profiles shouldn't matter here.

Could you open the developer console after these errors have happened (ctrl + shift + i) and on the Console tab, copy or screenshot the error messages? They might include something called a stack trace which will tell me more line numbers of code that led up to the error and that would help me understand why it is happening.

 

[Buxton]

Here's the verbose version:

 

[bp2008]

Here's the verbose version:


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Thanks. The message Clip List db view not found: "new". Falling back to "all" is the key to all of this. If I choose the "new" folder in the clips tab and refresh the page then I get the same thing as you. At the early moment when UI3 is initializing the dropdown list of clip list database views, it doesn't have the list of valid folder names from Blue Iris yet so it is wrongly assuming that the "new" folder doesn't exist, and changing to the "all" view instead. But at this early moment, it is unable to load a clip list at all because the clip list loading module hasn't been created yet. All hell breaks loose from there

I believe I have a suitable fix in place for UI3-242 which I will release shortly.