I'm trying to understand how the stream from an IP camera (ie Hikvision) is used or overused if more than one software application tries to access the stream for recording. Hypothetically, let's say I have Blue Iris running on a dedicated PC and then I set up another identical PC with Blue Iris and in both cases, they both are setup to record a stream from the same camera from the same time. What issues, if any, would this cause? Like would each instance of Blue Iris only get half the frame rate, or would one take priority over the other?
The reason I'm trying to figure this out is that I was playing around with the Hikvision IVMS software for the first time last night while my Blue Iris dedicated PC was doing it's thing and recording streams from several cameras and it occurred to me that running the IVMS software might cause the stream to BI to be interrupted or drop frames. I also have another piece of software called IP Timelapse from Mike at Sebectec Software that is designed to create timelapse movies from IP cameras. If I use that on a camera that is also being monitored in BI, will that cause an issue (IP Timelapse uses the RTSP stream too, which is what I think the IVMS and BI do, but I'm not positive about this). Would it be possible to use BI, IVMS and IP Timelapse all on the same camera(s) at the same time without causing any issues? If it makes any difference, each of the software programs would be running on their own dedicated PC.
Thanks in advance for your help and guidance!
The reason I'm trying to figure this out is that I was playing around with the Hikvision IVMS software for the first time last night while my Blue Iris dedicated PC was doing it's thing and recording streams from several cameras and it occurred to me that running the IVMS software might cause the stream to BI to be interrupted or drop frames. I also have another piece of software called IP Timelapse from Mike at Sebectec Software that is designed to create timelapse movies from IP cameras. If I use that on a camera that is also being monitored in BI, will that cause an issue (IP Timelapse uses the RTSP stream too, which is what I think the IVMS and BI do, but I'm not positive about this). Would it be possible to use BI, IVMS and IP Timelapse all on the same camera(s) at the same time without causing any issues? If it makes any difference, each of the software programs would be running on their own dedicated PC.
Thanks in advance for your help and guidance!