Is there a way to change which streaming profile it uses? For example I want it to stream at a very low quality so as to not use too much data, and then I can change the streaming quality to a high profile if something is there that i want to actually look at?
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Depends on how you are viewing. If you are streaming jpeg images (as is default for UI2) then you could use the Low Quality mode:
The quality is then configurable in the UI2 Settings panel, Video Streaming category, at the bottom. You can also add a delay between jpeg refreshes to reduce bandwidth without reducing image quality. This option is at the top of the Video Streaming category.
If you are viewing H.264 (not the default for UI2) then you can simply adjust the bit rate setting in Blue Iris for streaming profile 0. I'm not sure if you can change which streaming profile will be used. In my experience it is always encoder profile 0. But if you can change it, it will probably be in the bandwidth limiting options built in to Blue Iris in the Edit user dialog.
The quality is then configurable in the UI2 Settings panel, Video Streaming category, at the bottom. You can also add a delay between jpeg refreshes to reduce bandwidth without reducing image quality. This option is at the top of the Video Streaming category.
If you are viewing H.264 (not the default for UI2) then you can simply adjust the bit rate setting in Blue Iris for streaming profile 0. I'm not sure if you can change which streaming profile will be used. In my experience it is always encoder profile 0. But if you can change it, it will probably be in the bandwidth limiting options built in to Blue Iris in the Edit user dialog.
Awesome. That's exactly what I wanted to do. I'll just use the default jpeg streaming. That works perfectly.
Thanks for your work on this.
Thanks for your work on this.
TksAnother issue Im having I have 5 servers listed in UI2 and all work fine except for 1. When I pull the main page and it only shows me 1 camera? I can pull up clips and playback from "all camera" but it only shows the one camera view...tks agin in advance..........
Probably, you need to find the "Current Camera" label at the top of the UI, and just under it select "All cameras". Chances are you accidentally selected a group with only one camera in it.
I thought of that also but as you can see I currently have all cameras selected.....any setting I may be missing in BI? I even deleted the one group....
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When reviewing alerts clips via a WAN connection I'm having a hard time finding the sweet spot for smooth playback and decent quality. What do you suggest? My BI server is on a hard-wired 75 down/6 up internet connection and when accessing it from work on a 100 down connection, it stutters a great deal when reviewing clips. Awesome interface, thanks!
The best streaming performance will come from default.htm or default2.htm in the Internet Explorer browser, because this uses an ActiveX plugin for all video playback and therefore it can handle more advanced compression than jpeg.
UI2 can only stream clips as a set of jpeg images for now. There are a few tricks to make it work better but nothing will make it perform as efficiently as the ActiveX plugin. Go to UI2 settings and under the "UI Behavior" category scroll down to the "Clip preview animation enabled" option and uncheck it. You can also use the Low Quality mode as I described in post #1365, to trade resolution and quality for speed.
Thanks @bp2008... I use a Mac so IE is not an option. I can use Safari, Chrome or Firefox... any chance one of those would offer nice playback? Thanks
Currently, no. IE is the only one that can do better than jpeg streaming, because Ken built a plugin for that back in the day and it still works. All other browsers are stuck with the ancient jpeg format for now. I'm working on a cross-platform H.264 solution, but it requires Ken's support in Blue Iris to get around certain limitations in the web standards. The best I've been able to do without his direct help is the H.264 live streaming in UI2 in Chrome (UI2 Settings > HTML5 Canvas section). I can't do the same with clips yet.