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Blue Iris Updates - Official Thread 5.9.9.97

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Getting close! Only three more updates to 5.9.9 left!
 
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jrbeddow said:
Maybe....but despite it being unprecedented, is there really any technical reason Ken couldn't just roll into 3 digits for the final "octet"?
IE: 5.9.9.100 , etc.
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That would be an IP address, lol
 
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jrbeddow said:
Maybe....but despite it being unprecedented, is there really any technical reason Ken couldn't just roll into 3 digits for the final "octet"?
IE: 5.9.9.100 , etc.
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I actually think it is likely he can continue up to 5.9.9.255. I had been saying for a while that I think 99 is the highest possible version number in Ken's system based on the insane way he makes people encode the version number in his web server JSON API for remotely installing a BI software update. Here's the help file documentation for that:

“version, flags” install current software update. version is the HEX formatted number, for example 0x05030906
(5.3.9.6), converted to decimal (84084998 for this example). flags should be 0.
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But I was wrong. The help file description does not make this clear due to a poor choice of example, but the hex formatted number does in fact use base-16 encoding, so this scheme supports version numbers up to 255 in each segment (not 99).

Version 5.9.9.100 would literally encode as 0x05090964 -> 84478308, and nothing breaks due to this.

This isn't to say that nothing will break if he releases 5.9.9.100, but it won't be this part that breaks at least.

Blue Iris update files as downloaded by Blue Iris are also named poorly, like this one is the current version:
The only way that naming scheme works is if the first 3 segments are a single digit long. That is probably why we never got a 5.9.10.0 or 5.10.0.0. Granted, this is a really silly reason that he could have eliminated a long time ago if he wanted to badly enough. He didn't do it though.

The fact remains, Ken has a tendency to code himself into arbitrary limits when it comes to numbers/sizes so there may be other reasons in less visible parts of Blue Iris's code base that would prevent the last segment from growing to 3 digits. We may find out soon enough :)
 
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Sure would love to see a Linux version of BI since Microsoft is going crazy lately with their forced Windows Updates and 25H2 WIN11 forced MS Login/Account. Throw their unwanted AI in and we are stuck with running old unsecure versions of Windows.

A Linus version of BI would fix this...just sayin'
 
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Tinman said:
I run a local account and am on 25H2

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Yeah me too, I have 5 WIN11 25H2 systems running now...all Local. What MS has done is take away being able to create a Local account when doing a clean install of WIN11 with 25H2.

Of course there are work-arounds for this.

I used this method:

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Post in thread 'Windows 10 EOS (22H2) Oct. 14, 2025'

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Ok so she is finished, I refer to all my PCs as she :) well my vehicles too...guess in a way I have Concubines, LOL

She is running cool at idle (AIO Install was not bad, ARGB Headers is new to me so the CPU Block and Radiator Fans each required one, good thing my Motherboard has three):
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This is my Munitions Case :) Love the carrying handles...
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I did update the BIOS right away so hoping I am good with this 14 Gen Intel Proc., but it does now have a 5 year warranty due to the 13 & 14 Gen Proc. issues...
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David L said:
since Microsoft is going crazy lately with their forced Windows Updates and 25H2 WIN11 forced MS Login/Account.
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Why do folks not want to have an MS account?
 
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samplenhold said:
Why do folks not want to have an MS account?
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Well there was a time having a local account meant local control but MS has invaded that space. Pretty sure MS is heading to a subscription based O/S.

Seems these days everyone is pushing/forcing you on their Cloud...
 
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David L said:
Well there was a time having a local account meant local control but MS has invaded that space. Pretty sure MS is heading to a subscription based O/S.

Seems these days everyone is pushing/forcing you on their Cloud...
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Only going to get worse, they are currently pushing OneDrive and AI so much so that normal users are “Backing up” to OneDrive without realising the consequences!
 
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IAmATeaf said:
Only going to get worse, they are currently pushing OneDrive and AI so much so that normal users are “Backing up” to OneDrive without realising the consequences!
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Kinda like our phones...

I know BitLocker is a drive encryption, think I tried it years back. Now I am reading Microsoft has the Key. Wow, really? So they can Lock/Unlock your drive?

Secure Boot, another can of worms.
 
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