Benigno Santos
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I'm a newbee here, how can I record one camera on one folder and another camera to different folder? the camera folder options shows only new and stored?
Clips and Archiving: how to best use the folder structure
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fenderman
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you have to create new aux folders in the clips and archiving tab...generally there is no point in separating folders unless they will have distinct storage criteria or are on two different drives....otherwise you are wasting your time...
aaronwt
Getting the hang of it
I do have them named. But I couldn't tell you where each one is located without looking at a list. Since they just have something like Hik1, Hik2, Hik4MP_1 etc.(for my Hikvision cameras)
I just installed another hdd, so I set some cameras to record to one drive while the others recording to the second drive. I need help on how to properly configure these drives now that I don't need the "move" file function.
Unless I missed it in the Help files, there's no explanation about the folder setting options. Do I check the box for "Do NOT monitor free space (for some NAS)" or leave it blank so the Limit size and Limit clip age option underneath is in effect?
Assuming I keep it unchecked and if I'm using the hdd primarily for storing clips, do I set the limit size equal to the hdd size?
And then do I check the "Delete" option so that after it reaches the "limit size" previously set, it will start deleting old files first?
Thanks
Unless I missed it in the Help files, there's no explanation about the folder setting options. Do I check the box for "Do NOT monitor free space (for some NAS)" or leave it blank so the Limit size and Limit clip age option underneath is in effect?
Assuming I keep it unchecked and if I'm using the hdd primarily for storing clips, do I set the limit size equal to the hdd size?
And then do I check the "Delete" option so that after it reaches the "limit size" previously set, it will start deleting old files first?
Thanks
fenderman
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its all common sense...you dont have a nas..so why in the world would you check dont monitor free space...
leave free space on the drive...I usually leave about 5 percent or so...also remember that 1tb does not equal 1000gb...blue iris will tell you via if you have over allocated space...
yes, you set delete, that is exactly what delete means....
I appreciate the quick response.
Do you know what would happen if the limit size were set to something larger than the hdd and the delete option was checked? Would BI automatically delete old files even though the limit size was not reached in this situation?
Do you know what would happen if the limit size were set to something larger than the hdd and the delete option was checked? Would BI automatically delete old files even though the limit size was not reached in this situation?
fenderman
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Benigno Santos
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Yes just try and give us a feedback, I think it will crash the system or "hung" your PC
So I tried for about 1/2 a day... I set the max to 15,000GB on a drive that's only 3TB. The system continued to run fine and the cameras were still recording.
Benigno Santos
n3wb
- Jul 11, 2017
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1/2 day cannot fill the whole 3thdd, i have 10 2mp camera that last 12days. Extend your observation
If you're going down the route of different cameras recording to different hard drives you can add some redundancy to your system by splitting similar areas across the 2 drives.
ie if you have 2 cameras at the front of your house, have one record to each drive. That was if a drive fails when it should be recording something important you've a 2nd chance of capturing the event.
ie if you have 2 cameras at the front of your house, have one record to each drive. That was if a drive fails when it should be recording something important you've a 2nd chance of capturing the event.