My biggest complaint with Blueiris is the constant Maintenance, DB too large, maintenance not moving the files off the "NEW" disk Just relentless, with only 20 cameras.
Possibly I update usually a few days or so after each release. currently, my DB became corrupted, and Blue Iris was not usable, I had to pitch the entire DB and now it's working again. The AI is top-notch, I seem to burn a lot of storage and have to manage it quite a bit. Appreciate the feedback not denying it could be my doing causing my demise; I'm just trying to learn the best I can.You must have something configured wrong or allow auto-updates to beta versions.
Most of us don't experience what you do. I have been on the same version update for almost two years and it just goes and goes with no issues.
CodeProject AI now supports Coral on Linux (Docker) x86 too. No need for Raspberry Pi. And you get less overhead and faster speeds than Windows and Raspberry Pi.
Big mistake....you are essentially indicating that you are having issues with a Beta release.Possibly I update usually a few days or so after each release. currently, my DB became corrupted, and Blue Iris was not usable, I had to pitch the entire DB and now it's working again. The AI is top-notch, I seem to burn a lot of storage and have to manage it quite a bit. Appreciate the feedback not denying it could be my doing causing my demise; I'm just trying to learn the best I can.
It's impossible that it's running 90% less of the CPU... The only way you could have accomplished that as if you failed to use substreams in Blue Iris which is what scrypted is using by default..I also recently moved from Blue Iris to Scrypted NVR and it has been the best moved I've made in a long time. Scrypted has every feature that I need, runs on docker on Linux, and takes less than 10% of the resources that my Blue Iris setup took. The app and web UI are excellent, and cameras load instantly. Blue Iris is great, but if you can float the bill I will always recommend Scrypted from now on.
Running 9x 4k Dahua and Reolink cameras on a low power Dell Precision. I am not running Coral but have no issue with CPU, someday would love to buy a coral. My favorite feature by far is the timeline view on the NVR. I do use HomeKit and the integration with Scrypted is top notch.
I benchmarked both systems and it's not impossible, I'm not saying that Blue Iris is a bad product or that it performs poorly. I am only pointing out my experience with the two products.It's impossible that it's running 90% less of the CPU... The only way you could have accomplished that as if you failed to use substreams in Blue Iris which is what scrypted is using by default..
If it took you years to configure Blue Iris you definitely did something wrong if you don't understand what substreams are again you did something wrong... This is now essentially the default in Blue Iris... What version of Blue Iris were you running and what exactly did you do? But to say that scripted uses 90% let CPU is simply false. You need to compare apples to apples.I benchmarked both systems and it's not impossible, I'm not saying that Blue Iris is a bad product or that it performs poorly. I am only pointing out my experience with the two products.
Maybe I had something configured wrong in Blue Iris, but it took me years to get Blue Iris into a smooth-ish state where the web UI and app never worked that well for me, and it took me 1 hour to set up Scrypted and it was optimized right out of the box with no fussing or looking up documentation and forums.
When I talk about 90% less CPU, it was when motion was detected, it spiked to 85-95% CPU on my machine while it processed it on Blue Iris. Blue Iris is also running on Windows, which is significantly heavier on resources than my minimal Linux distro. Scrypted has never gone above 10% CPU, even when multiple cameras are triggering motion. I did have sub streams set up in Blue Iris and 24 hour recording on sub stream, with high quality recording on motion. I used Deepstack instead of Codeproject AI for object detection.If it took you years to configure Blue Iris you definitely did something wrong if you don't understand what substreams are again you did something wrong... This is now essentially the default in Blue Iris... What version of Blue Iris were you running and what exactly did you do? But to say that scripted uses 90% let CPU is simply false. You need to compare apples to apples.
The notion that windows is significantly heavier on resources is silly. What percentage of CPU does windows utilize? An insignificant number. That said even if a windows system uses more power, which it does not, the additional cost of scrypted could pay for it 100 times over.When I talk about 90% less CPU, it was when motion was detected, it spiked to 85-95% CPU on my machine while it processed it on Blue Iris. Blue Iris is also running on Windows, which is significantly heavier on resources than my minimal Linux distro. Scrypted has never gone above 10% CPU, even when multiple cameras are triggering motion. I did have sub streams set up in Blue Iris and 24 hour recording on sub stream, with high quality recording on motion. I used Deepstack instead of Codeproject AI for object detection.
I'm not trying to insult Blue Iris, I used it for years and it got the job done. Scrypted is just a better product for my use case.
The notion that windows is significantly heavier on resources is silly. What percentage of CPU does windows utilize? An insignificant number. That said even if a windows system uses more power, which it does not, the additional cost of scrypted could pay for it 100 times over.
The reason scrypted is not using lots of cpu is because it is using tiny models and the substream. You can do this with BI too. You simply used deepstack on a large model vs using codeproject with a tiny model and hardware acceleration that is allowed by code project. Competition in this space is good, my point is you must compare apples to apples - scrypted is not using any less resources than a BI system setup comparably - its just that BI allows you to do more if you so choose.
I am happy you are happy, my point is that your report is not accurate and that is what I am correcting. You cannot use heavy settings in BI when you can use light settings then claim this incredible magical drop in cpu when you go to scrypted. It is important to be honest.I'm happy that you all are satisfied with your Blue Iris setups, I'm simply reporting my experiences with the two products.
To me, the extra cost of Scrypted is worth it for an improved UI, Mobile App, docker, Home Assistant and HomeKit integration alone. For everyone else, don't take my word for it. It's easy enough to spin it up in docker and see if you like it too. I personally found it exactly mets the needs I was looking for in an NVR .
Here is a few screenshot of the iOS app . You can also crest Timelapse of the timeline… UI experience is the same on Mac, windows or any webdrowserInteresting. Thanks for the summary.
I keep meaning to reevaluate BI. It has so many issues anymore, e.g. motion detection randomly stops working, push notifications randomly stop working, etc. It emails tiny, blurry images for the first but not 2-4th images. The BI iOS app is pretty bad, too. Finding anything in a recording is next to impossible since it can't scrub video.