Random, I mean random spikes on CPU usage

[hdtvjeff]

I'm down to 30% CPU usage now, thanks to your folks, learned ALOT. Thanks so much again and happy holidays

I guess I don't have to use substream enabling on my high end i9 10980 cpus since I get 30% cpu usage as is

Again, thanks !

 

[sebastiantombs]

@hdtvjeff You do realize that there is no need to hide local IP addresses, right? We all use the same ranges for them. The only one that needs to be hidden is your internet IP, not the local LAN addresses.

You might want to enable ONVIF on the camera you posted the screen cap of if it has PTZ or motion detection functions.

I think you can do better with some careful tuning of frame and iframe rates, making them match. Also bit rates can be fine tuned. I'm running 21 cameras on an i7/6700K and the CPU sits at under 20% during the day and at around 15% at night.

 

[wittaj]

I would run substreams even on your beefier machine - why make it work harder than it has to?

 

[hdtvjeff]

@hdtvjeff You do realize that there is no need to hide local IP addresses, right? We all use the same ranges for them. The only I that needs to be hidden is your internet IP, not the local LAN addresses.

You might want to enable ONVIF on the camera you posted the screen cap of if it has PTZ or motion detection functions.

I think you can do better with some careful tuning of frame and iframe rates, making them match. Also bit rates can be fine tuned. I'm running 21 cameras on an i7/6700K and the CPU sits at under 20% during the day and at around 15% at night.

See y,ou're the pro I'm not

All my cameras use WAN, I do not use 192.168.1.x for anything on BI camera setups , I do port forwarding to access my cameras at other homes I own where BI runs.

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On a side note, i can tweak the substreams on the cam setup page right if I want slightly better preview rez?

 

[hdtvjeff]

Look at these stats, WOW!!

 

[sebastiantombs]

Yes, you can tweak sub streams up in resolution and bit rate to improve the preview display. All of mine are running D1 at 1024 bit rates, frame and iframe at 15 on both main and sub stream.

You need to shut down P2P and use a VPN. Using P2P is like leaving you front door open and going on vacation for a few months at a time. Hackers love P2P enabled networks. They don't care about your video feeds, they want to use your cameras for botnet attacks or get into your system, see what information they can steal and maybe leave a gift in the form of a keystroke capture routine. If you have an Asus, or Netgear, router OpenVPN can be up and working in a few mouse clicks and importing a client file that the router generates onto you phone(s) or remote PC(s).

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[hdtvjeff]

I will let cyberghost run 24/7 going forwAED

 

[IAmATeaf]

I will let cyberghost run 24/7 going forwAED

CyberGhost? That won’t help will it?

What @sebastiantombs is talking about is using a VPN to access your BI system which means that you then no longer need to port forward.

Im also intrigued by your statement that all your cams have a WAN address? How does that work? Here in the UK we only get a single WAN ip which the router has.

 

[sebastiantombs]

CyberGhost and other commercial VPNs are to hide your porn surfing. They are "outbound" clients. OpenVPN is an "inbound" client designed to all secure access into your network, not out from it.

And, while you're using CyberGhost or other commercial services like that, how do you know they are not collecting, and selling, the very same data everyone else is?

 

[hdtvjeff]

Good point; I did opt pot on sign up to sharing data collection

 

[hdtvjeff]

CyberGhost? That won’t help will it?

What @sebastiantombs is talking about is using a VPN to access your BI system which means that you then no longer need to port forward.

Im also intrigued by your statement that all your cams have a WAN address? How does that work? Here in the UK we only get a single WAN ip which the router has.

When setting up a batch of cameras at a new location ( like a new house I bought) I use the WAN address in each of the cam setups with 4 ports that I port forward ( like enclosed photo)

 

[wittaj]

So you are saying that not a single camera in your BI has an IP address that starts out as either 10. or 172. or 192 and every single cam is outside of starting with those 3 numbers?

If so, how in the world is your router keeping up with 33 cameras streams being received by all those port forwards?

 

[hdtvjeff]

So you are saying that not a single camera in your BI has an IP address that starts out as either 10. or 172. or 192 and every single cam is outside of starting with those 3 numbers?

If so, how in the world is your router keeping up with 33 cameras streams being received by all those port forwards?

I have 3 physical locations running blue iris at each of these locations

The IP addresses (WAN) are different at all locations but to add cameras I use the WAN from those locations and vice versa

I honestly never knew of any method other than port forwarding

If i use for example 192.168.1.243 ( Backyard cam for example) how could I view that remotely hence the only method I know is using WAN and port forwarding.

There are geniuses on this forum with BI, I know a little but pale in comparison to the experts here

 

[looney2ns]

Use the remote connect feature of Blue Iris to connect to another Blue Iris remote Location.

Read the BI help file.

Setup a VPn between each location.

Using port forwarding is asking to be hacked. Read the links already provided.

 

[hdtvjeff]

Use the remote connect feature of Blue Iris to connect to another Blue Iris remote Location.

Wouldn't that mean keeping TWO instances at two locations On for this to work?

 

[looney2ns]

Use the remote connect feature of Blue Iris to connect to another Blue Iris remote Location.

Wouldn't that mean keeping TWO instances at two locations On for this to work?

Yes, you said you had BI at each location, right?

 

[hdtvjeff]

Everything works well, except when i do a timelapse or a straight continuous record. It records at the substream rez even if I untick or tick on record page record dual streams if possible.

The only way to record high rez is unticking substream entirely

Not a biggie but tis there a workaround?