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  1. aesterling

    Remotely start/stop recording via cellphone or computer desktop shortcut? Maybe NFC stickers?

    I use an NFC tag to run an HTTP command to change profiles in BI. I have it by the door and tap it with my phone to disable alerts when I’m going to mow the lawn.
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    Scrubbing within alert?

    I just emailed BI support to request this ability. Please consider doing the same, @IReallyLikePizza2, since the more users who request something, the better chance it'll be added.
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    Scrubbing within alert?

    I know it’s not scrubbing, but on the mobile app you can tap on the right and left side of the video to skip forward or backward by five seconds. I’d also like the option for the scrub bar to only represent the duration of the alert (break time) rather than the whole clip it’s a part of.
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    BI help file, help

    Good catch, thanks @looney2ns I didn't notice that. It seems like it should be automatically updated with each release. I'll email support and ask if that's possible.
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    BI help file, help

    That's still embedded in the PDF, but you need to enable it in whatever PDF viewer software you're using. Blue Iris comes with Sumatra PDF, so if you're using that you can view bookmarks by going to the "hamburger" menu > View > Bookmarks:
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    BI help file, help

    Is this the help file you're using? https://blueirissoftware.com/BlueIris.pdf I see the table of contents on pages 2-5. Are you looking for something else?
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    Setting up Deep Stacks to identify the mail truck

    I don't have an nvidia card either and did my training on Google Colab. I updated the link in my earlier post to the correct section.
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    Setting up Deep Stacks to identify the mail truck

    Not sure how much work you want to put into it, but I followed this guide to train a custom DS model to detect license plates and its working well. You could do the same from images of the mail truck if there’s not an existing model available. https://docs.deepstack.cc/custom-models/index.html
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    How to Improve Video Quality on iOS Blue Iris?

    You can probably disable “limit bitrate” for your LAN profile and set the resolution to 1080. That’s how mine is and I have no problems. You could also increase WAN to 2048 or higher if you want. As for a quick toggle, I don’t know of one, but it’s worth emailing support to request it. They’re...
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    How to Improve Video Quality on iOS Blue Iris?

    In the BI iOS app, go to the home page > Settings > video encoder profiles. Here you can choose the encoder profile you’d like to use when on LAN and WAN. Select the highest quality option from the list and see how it looks. If that’s not good enough, you can edit these profiles and increase the...
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    Hell Yeah! Direct Deepstack Integration - 5.4.0 - March 31, 2021

    I asked Ken about sending images to DS faster than the current 1 second interval. This is what he said: “Next version will allow overlapping analysis. 250 and 500 msec options. Regardless of the processing time. This will cause some people to run lower on ram.” Update: Out now, there it is...
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    BI 5482 breaks camera groups

    I saw the same behavior on the iOS app last week. Had to delete and reinstall the app to fix it. Unsure if it’s the same issue you’re seeing.
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    Blue Iris able to instantly/realtime playback a camera?

    Yes, the 5.3.9 update in January added this. The instant reply button is to the right of the timeline. You can set the number of seconds in Settings.
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    T5442 lens issue?

    IR reflection off something nearby? How’s it mounted?
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    Enable camera with app?

    First, make sure you have “Hide cameras” set to No in the app settings. Then go to the cameras page, scroll down to the disabled camera, tap to open it, tap the gear cog, then toggle the “Enabled” switch.
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    Please help me with notifications

    Do you leave the VPN connected on your iOS device all the time or only when you open the Blue Iris app? It should get the rich notifications (images/GIFs) if your VPN is connected and it can callback to your server. As for GIF by email, you should send an email to BI support to request that...
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    BI DS analysis timing

    The first "blue border" frame occurs at the motion leading edge, which for me is just following my 2 second pre-trigger buffer. Then the next "blue border" frame occurs one second later, and so on. I noticed some objects were traveling so fast that they were already out of view by the time the...
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    License plate detection, crop, and save

    @cjowers this is excellent and thanks for taking the time to post! I mentioned in another thread that I followed your instructions to annotate and train my own license plate model a couple of weeks ago. Since then, I've gathered an additional 500 images to train a more accurate model, but I'd...
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    SMS alert message

    @kc8tmv I totally agree, we even talked about it here. :) If you haven't already, email BI support and request it. I've requested it a few times and this was the response: But like always, if more users request it he might prioritize it.
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    SMS alert message

    Instead of leaving it blank, use &MEMO in the text field and you'll get the object and % without "activity detected by DeepStack" part. Just tried it and it worked.
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    5.4.7 - May 25, 2021 - Support for DeepStack custom model files

    The Testing & Tuning > Analyze with Plate Recognizer option currently displays the json response in a pop-up. A bit rudimentary but it works. Hopefully, your request for Deepstack json output isn't too far away.
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    Deepstack and not flagging some clips

    It sounds like it's hit-or-miss for some users. It wouldn't hurt to email BI support to ask about it. Maybe there are additional requirements I'm unaware of.
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    BI DS analysis timing

    It seems more reliable to scrub through the video slowly, frame by frame. When I play it back at 1x, I often won't see the blue border. It must be a system resources bottleneck, especially with DS analyzing each frame.
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    Deepstack and not flagging some clips

    I mentioned this in another thread, but have you looked at which frames BI is sending to DS for processing? I had a similar issue where the first frame BI sent to DS was the leading-edge of motion and didn't contain enough of a subject for DS to identify, and then when the 2nd image was sent to...
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    BI DS analysis timing

    BI support said there are a few requirements for the "blue border" to work. He said you must be using direct-to-disc, and your recording needs to be set to continuous, when triggered, or continuous + triggered. A setting like when alerted doesn't work. And then enable Testing & Tuning >...
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    BI DS analysis timing

    Something that’s been helpful for me while testing is to see which frames are actually sent to Deepstack. If you playback an alert, then right click > Testing & Tuning > Analyze with Deepstack and then play or step through the video, the frames that were sent to DS for processing have a blue...
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    Recommended settings for motion detection with tree leaves and dappled light

    I have a lot of big trees and the shadows are insane. I switched to Deepstack for my outdoor cams and it is a lifesaver. Take the time to configure and test, and it’ll be worth it in the end. (I still use traditional motion detection at night, but that might change soon, too.) Good luck!
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    Can we do anything from our side to improve DeepStack?

    Download updates as they become available and train a custom Deepstack model if you’re feeling adventurous. :)
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    5.4.7 - May 25, 2021 - Support for DeepStack custom model files

    My earlier screenshot was from the mobile app, but the Deepstack results should also be displayed in the BI console's alerts memo field just the same. This is not defined from the push notification text, but they can obviously share the same source data depending on how you have it configured...
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    5.4.7 - May 25, 2021 - Support for DeepStack custom model files

    It took me 15 minutes to draw a box around each license plate in the 100 training images. The training itself ran for 2.5 hours. There is a list of available macros in the Blue Iris help file, under the "Timecode and other Macros" section. Here's what I'm using:
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