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  1. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    Since you are using a VPN, that means you are not accessing via a public IP, which makes it much more difficult to get a LetsEncrypt certificate to work. I think you should try getting your phone to trust a self-signed certificate instead. You can use any of a number of tools to create one...
  2. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    You need to load UI3 using HTTPS with a trusted certificate. Then you'll be able to install it the same way as that PWA Display Test app, and avoid having the address bar wasting space.
  3. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    Looks like a trusted certificate is needed (letsencrypt is one way to get that). The menu item is still "Add to Home screen" but when you select it you get the install option. You can try adding this test site to your home screen to see how it works: standalone PWA Display Test Anyway BI 6 is...
  4. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    The empty response is Blue Iris closing the connection because it banned the IP address the traffic is coming from. Update to latest (currently 6.0.3.4) and go into BI Settings > Web server > Advanced and clear out the "Limit access by IP address" text box of anything you did not add yourself...
  5. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    Which Blue Iris version? Have you by chance disabled cookies in your web browser, or are you using any kind of proxy server?
  6. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    Yes, I use a Pixel Fold. If UI3 is served by unencrypted HTTP, all I get is the option to add a shortcut to the home screen, and that just opens the regular Chrome browser. However if UI3 is served with HTTPS then I get the option to "Install" it which only then uses the PWA (progressive web...
  7. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    If your HTTPS solution doesn't offer LetsEncrypt integration, I've had good success with this project: simple-acme
  8. bp2008

    UI3 on Google Pixel 10 Chrome Browser

    That is probably a "security feature". You probably need to set up HTTPS and be connected with that before you add UI3 to the home screen. I'm not sure if you will need a trusted certificate (like from LetsEncrypt) or if you can get away with a self-signed one. You can set up HTTPS through...
  9. bp2008

    Web server issue

    You say but do you mean that is using a web browser on the Blue Iris computer itself? You could have a firewall issue. On the Blue Iris machine, open Windows Defender Firewall > Advanced settings > Inbound Rules. Add a new inbound rule that allows TCP traffic on whatever port number(s) you...
  10. bp2008

    Any tips for adding camera to travel router at remote location?

    A diagram might help. Please forgive my 8-year-old mspaint drawing skills. You will end up with 3 distinct networks. Although one of them is just the VPN network which is entirely software-defined and consists only of the two routers. In my example: Network A is just the LAN at location A...
  11. bp2008

    Web server issue

    Try downgrading to 6.0.2.10 (latest critical or highly-stable update currently available). 6.0.3.x added new countermeasures to block web crawlers and bots and they've been causing all manner of unintended problems for people.
  12. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    6.0.3.4 fixed issues with localhost and LAN addresses getting banned. This should be good enough for most people.
  13. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    They most likely were all different addresses. That guy is likely just getting an unusually high amount of crawler/bot traffic to his BI web server. Blue Iris stopped putting these auto-banned addresses into the web server's IP list with version 6.0.3.3 though after they realized how poorly...
  14. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    You are absolutely right, it is a false sense of security. Most likely the reason for these specific changes is because too many people opened support tickets asking about all the strange addresses in the Connections list on their exposed BI web servers. The recent changes will reduce that and...
  15. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    These internet bot mitigation features are still having growing pains. Even after today's change log for 6.0.3.3 said the requirements will not be enforced for LAN connections anymore, they still are. Even a "localhost" connection gets blocked, and then this fails to get mentioned in the log...
  16. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    For a lot of people, locking their Blue Iris web server away behind a VPN is not a practical option because they want to be able to simply share a link and credentials with people to give them remote access without making anybody jump through the hoops of VPN client setup. Yes, it absolutely...
  17. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    It is true, you get no benefit from those security measures if you do not expose the BI web server to the internet in the first place. But there are plenty of reasons why someone might expose their BI web server to the internet, and in such a case these additional client validations are welcome...
  18. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    UI3 code looks correct for this. I think Blue Iris is fumbling the wildlife flag in timeline data. I can't even assign the wildlife flag to an alert using the JSON API; it corrupts the alert and makes that alert stop working in UI3. I'll submit a bug report.
  19. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    "served" is definitely right. The web server is serving the login page from the / path too now. I don't understand how this is a benefit to cybersecurity though.
  20. bp2008

    6.0.3.1 - Broke my webserver

    This is new "security" features noted in the changelog. https://blueirissoftware.com/changelog6.pdf Most likely you are getting hit by the "User-Agent" string validation which by default will block anything that does not pretend well enough to be a normal web browser. I already sent Ken a...
  21. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    There is also a seeking mechanism I have seen on a (few) video players in the past where the further you drag your mouse pointer (or finger) from the seek bar while dragging, the slower the seeking gets. Like if you click the seek handle and drag up a few inches before moving left or right, the...
  22. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    Nope, although believe me I have thought about it, I have not implemented that because frankly people had not been asking for it and it is not super easy to do properly. You are getting hit by the new "security" features Ken added in 6.0.3.0. https://blueirissoftware.com/changelog6.pdf...
  23. bp2008

    true cloud hosting for ip cameras

    This is a situation I have to deal with often, so I have notes on how to automatically log in to Windows upon startup.
  24. bp2008

    Looking for 10x optical zoom as cheap as possible

    Here are some snapshots. After just a few days, there is condensation behind the lenses. This is mounted indoors and subject to constant vibration so it should be interesting to see how long it lasts. It supports PTZ presets, but is not super precise in loading presets (the positioning is not...
  25. bp2008

    UniFi cameras suck here - do you see what I mean

    Yeah it almost looks like that cam doesn't have its IR enabled.
  26. bp2008

    Southwire Cat5e Cable

    That looks fine. It says it is solid copper conductors and $80 is about the right price for 500ft of cat5e anymore. You can get better price per foot going with a 1000ft spool, for example there's this one https://amazon.com/dp/B01KU9HUNK for $104 but it is unbranded so who knows what quality...
  27. bp2008

    VideoPlayToolSetup.exe for Annke WCD1012 or I91CS camera 2026-02-20

    This plugin/software was necessary in order to use the web interface for an Annke WCD1012 / I91CS camera. It was hosted by a Chinese cloud server which could disappear at any time, so for archival reasons, a zipped copy of the application is attached here. Original file URL...
  28. bp2008

    Looking for 10x optical zoom as cheap as possible

    It turns out this one is acceptable: ANNKE WCD1012 10MP Dual-Lens Outdoor Wireless WiFi PTZ Security Camera It cost just $60 and is a very light-weight plastic PTZ with quite decent optical zoom and a second fixed lens on top. The specs are incomplete, so allow me to add a few key points...
  29. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    Clever solution to use a BI text overlay, because no, Blue Iris does not provide a way to know if direct to wire is working. You just have to judge based on things like the overlays being there or not, or comparing the bit rate of the stream against what it would be if direct-to-wire was not...
  30. bp2008

    Blue Iris UI3

    Ok the Intel laptop with Arc 130v graphics is able to play H.265 in UI3. In chrome:/gpu you should be looking for "hevc" not necessarily "h.265".
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