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I have a camera that was watching a birds nest while the birds were growing. They are gone now, and I'd like to let my viewers know the show has ended by replacing the stream url to the video with a static picture. Is there a way to do this?
 
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yds said:
I have a camera that was watching a birds nest while the birds were growing. They are gone now, and I'd like to let my viewers know the show has ended by replacing the stream url to the video with a static picture. Is there a way to do this?
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The above suggestion pertains to images that are on the web, IIRC. Below allows you to get the image from YOUR local BI server. The following pertains to Blue Iris v4 and likely to v5 but I haven't upgraded yet.

  • In MS Paint or your favorite image editor (I use old OLD Paint Shop Pro 5), create a .jpg image you'd like to display. I suggest a snapshot of the feed that they're used to but with big red letters the message you want to impart, such as "CAMERA IS CURRENTLY OFFLINE".
  • Save that image as "offline.jpg".
  • Using notepad or simple HTML editor, type in the following file that's in BOLD (or copy and paste):
__________
<html>
<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>Camera Offline</title>
<center><img src = "offline.jpg"></center>
</body>
</html>
__________
  • Save it as "offline.htm".
  • Copy "offline.htm" and "offline.jpg" to Blue Iris' "www" directory.
  • Open up BI's "Options", "Users" and double-click the specific user name that people log into your server to view the stream.
    At lower right of the screen is "homepage" as image 1 below.
  • Type in "offline.htm" and then "OK".
  • Now when people open the URL then log in they will see the "offline.jpg" such as image 2 below.
  • When you want them to view the stream (cam is online), simply delete the words "offline.htm" and click on "OK" on the user edit page, you can leave the .htm and the .jpg files in the "www" directory for next time!
Image 1
user_offline.jpg

Image 2
offline.jpg
 
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Thanks for your ideas guys! I run my own webserver, so I used the first suggestion and just placed the PNG file there and pointed BI at it. Works great!
 
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