How to review alerts on recorded clips

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S0619212

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Sep 19, 2020
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I have bunch of recorded clips, of those I just want to review alerts that have triggered. I am able to load the recorded clip but I cannot see any alerts.
Bonus question, is there an AI tool or service that I just shove all these recordings and have AI show me clippings of a certain location?
 
Would be useful to know what specific version of BlueIris you are using (4 or 5 or 6)!

Are you referring to the actual raw BVR file, why could you not review the alerts in BlueIris, they should all be in the left side bar on the "Alerts" tab?

Bonus question, not that I am aware of, not sure how AI is supposed to know what your "certain Location" is, Are you referring to AI on the internet or CPAI or the BI built in AI
 
I was going to put that as a separate question, in short BI wasn't able to read files from NAS, somehow the service owner got switched to administrator, I updated that to BI SVC account and it is able to display. I deleted db folders few times, looks like all my alerts are also deleted? In the recorded clips itself is there a way to check trigger points? I'm on 5.9.9.98. Thank you
 
Sorry I do not know exactly how BI stores the alerts, I am currently running V6.x!

What files are located in your ALERTS folders I have pairs of files with the extensions ".jpg" and ".dat" for each of my alerts. Also .bvr files in my NEW folder, I do not move my files to the "Stored" folder as I only have one dedicated disk for my BI storage and it wastes resources just moving from NEW to STORED on the same disk!

You say that you have deleted the DB, did you also do a Repair of the DB on the BI Status page, Storage tab
 
Bruce_H said:
Sorry I do not know exactly how BI stores the alerts, I am currently running V6.x!

What files are located in your ALERTS folders I have pairs of files with the extensions ".jpg" and ".dat" for each of my alerts. Also .bvr files in my NEW folder, I do not move my files to the "Stored" folder as I only have one dedicated disk for my BI storage and it wastes resources just moving from NEW to STORED on the same disk!

You say that you have deleted the DB, did you also do a Repair of the DB on the BI Status page, Storage tab
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Yes did repair also.
Is it possible to look at triggers on a previous recorded session
 
S0619212 said:
Yes did repair also.
Is it possible to look at triggers on a previous recorded session
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I asked Gemini AI if it was possible to reprocess a BVR file and here is what I got, never tried any of this myself, so I don't know it this will actually work!

Yes, you can re-process or analyze existing BVR files for motion in Blue Iris, though the method depends on whether you want to "see" the motion for manual review or actually generate new alert database entries.

1. Visual Analysis (Manual Review)​

If you just want to see where motion would have triggered with your current settings, you can use the built-in Testing & Tuning tool during playback:

  • Open the recorded clip in the Blue Iris player.
  • Right-click on the video while it is playing.
  • Select Testing & Tuning > Analyze with motion detector.
  • This will overlay the motion rectangles (and object detection boxes if using AI) on the recorded footage in real-time, allowing you to see exactly what triggered or why a specific event was missed.

2. Generating New Alerts (Re-Triggering)​

Blue Iris does not have a simple "Scan and Create Alerts" button for old files, but you can achieve this using a "Virtual Camera" workaround:

  • Set up a Virtual Camera: Create a new camera in Blue Iris and set its source as the BVR file (using the "File" option in the Video tab instead of a network IP).
  • Simulate Live Feed: As the camera "plays" the file, Blue Iris treats it as a live stream.
  • Trigger Alerts: Your motion rules (and AI, if enabled) will run against this stream as if it were happening live, creating new entries in your Alerts list.

3. AI Re-Analysis​

If you use CodeProject.AI or SenseAI with Blue Iris:

  • You can right-click a clip and select Testing & Tuning > Analyze with AI.
  • This is useful for troubleshooting why the AI did or didn't identify a person, car, or animal in a clip that was already recorded.

Important Considerations​

  • Database Sync: If your alerts are missing because you deleted the database, try a Repair/Regenerate first. Go to Settings > Storage and click Repair database. This can often recover alerts if the .dat files still exist in your Alerts folder.
  • Format: If you need to use external AI tools, you will likely need to convert the BVR to MP4 first, as BVR is a proprietary format.
 
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