Can a Amcrest camera send a .wav file from Blue Iris upon an Alert?

wpoynter

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Dec 26, 2024
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Any thoughts on this use case would be appreciate. Looking for send out a message to intruders between 10pm and 6 am that the police have been contacted.
 
Yes, with BI you can send out a sound to any camera in BI that has a speaker. Many of us do so.

Or the camera can do it without BI.

But the camera needs a speaker.

Choice is yours.
 
Yes, with BI you can send out a sound to any camera in BI that has a speaker. Many of us do so.

Or the camera can do it without BI.

But the camera needs a speaker.

Choice is yours.
Well, Reolink doesn't accept a .wav file from Blue Iris, per support. I called them and they confirmed they can do it through their app but not in Blue Iris. So, if I have four cameras they are managed in the app, which is not what I want. Thanks for the reply, but I think not on Reolink Duo 3. Maybe their support "person" is wrong?
 
Oh Reolinks are a different story.

Lots of threads here documenting how poor a reolink/BI combo is.

Here is a post that kinda summarizes the issues with BI:

"I can concur that I'm having the exact same issue.

However, with the number of ongoing issues I've had to deal with over the last 6 months, Reolinks just ain't worth it anymore. I've also dealt with the BI developers and Reolink's Support which is how I got the firmware, which, after 6 months, haven't been released to the public as yet.... :thumbdown:

Just the past weekend we were robbed and the Reolinks were nothing more than an absolute waste of space, time and energy on a wall.

BlueIris SHOULD remove all references to Reolink and clearly state that the brand is not supported. Full stop.

As such, I'll echo @sebastiantombs , @SouthernYankee and numerous others whom held the same view when I first joined this form in search of some enlightenment on all-things-not-working-re-Reolink and all-possible-workarounds-to-hopefully-make-it-work-re-Reolink. It's not worth it. It's a difficult pill to swallow, but you've burned cash and Reolink will just pay you until you cannot return the crap for a refund.
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We even have a master thread documenting these issues, along with the poor night time performance.

Can you not upload any type of audio file directly into the Reolink and have the AI of reolink play the file or have BI play it?

Probably not because well they are Reolinks.
 
Reolink, like other Cam systems want to keep you in their ecosystem. So interoperability is stymied.
Like the fucking piece of Chit Costco Night Owl DVR which I began this Cycle/Journey of learning spending money, or vica versa.