blue iris

  1. skip2friday

    Blue Iris is maxing out CPU

    Hi All, New to the world of home security cameras. I have a total of 22MPs worth of cameras running (5 cameras) on my system and it is constantly running the CPU to 100% I have tried multiple things to lessen the usage of blue iris but seems the system isn't having much luck. I'm running a...
  2. SchoolTech93

    Camera Audio Issues

    I have 15 Wisenet QND-6020R cameras connected to my Blue Iris server, For the life of me I can only get half of the cameras to play audio. I have tested and all cameras play audio when I log into the camera's IP but it just wont play on the server. All the cameras has the exact same settings on...
  3. C

    BI Remote Viewing and Pi-hole

    I've been running BI for about 6 months now and am loving it. Have everything configured the way I want and it is performing great. I have the iOS app so I can login and view remote and I would also view my cameras through a browser when I was on my work desktop. I have recently installed...
    • chollz
    • Thread
    • blue iris pi-hole pihole remote viewing
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Blue Iris
  4. V

    Help Setting Up PTZ Camera From Vivint/Alarm (Vivotek ADC-V620PT)

    Hello there, Hoping to seek the guidance of helpful members of ipcamtalk :) While cleaning for the New Year, I found an old Vivint camera which was not being used. I decided to hook it up and see if I could access the camera via the IP. Turned out there was a login/password requirement - but...
  5. S

    Quick pre-purchase question on CPUs

    So, I'm building a small micro-atk NVR system for Blue-iris and wanted to get feedback on processors, specifically the importance of hyper-threading. Ultimately I will have about 12 cameras. I'm currently looking at either an i5 9600k but I'm concerned about the loss of hyperthreading and...
  6. Storm Johnson

    Blue Iris will not install

    I purchased blue iris through IP Cam Talk. I installed the software and put in serial code I received in email. I then get message I have to “activate” software by sending url and get activation code. So I copy it all down and drive the 15 miles back into town to get wifi signal. I get...
  7. B

    Computer for Blue Iris

    looking to buy a computer dedicated to blue iris, is this one good? Will eventually work my way up to 12+ cameras. Dell Outlet Inspiron 3668 Desktop Processor: Intel Core 7th Generation i5-7400 Processor (Quad Core, up to 3.50 GHz, 6M Cache, 65W) Windows 10 Home 64bit English 1TB SATA Hard...
  8. J

    New to BI Dahua cameras, i5-6500, no file recordings when hardware decode set to Intel?

    I've done a fair amount of research along the way before finally switching from Synology to BI. To start with I picked up an HP ProDesk 600 with 8gig of ram and an i5-6500 with 2yr of mfr warranty on it still for just under $200. Killed the cameras on the Synology the other day. Installed BI...
  9. B

    Clicking Sound from Amcrest IP2M-841

    Hello All, This is my first post here, but you guys look like a very knowledgeable and helpful community. I am really hoping you can help me out. I recently began setup on a home camera network consisting of a server running Blue Iris, and 2 Amcrest IP2M-841 IP cameras, with intentions on...
  10. maplechris

    Low FPS in MJPEG Streams

    Hello all, I'm looking to improve the framerate in my MJPEG streams. I get around 30fps average on my cameras in both the web interface and the blue iris software on my PC. However when I access the MJPEG stream I'm getting closer to 10FPS, it's pretty choppy. I've tried messing with the bitrate...
  11. C

    WiFi Outdoor Two way Audio IP Camera Recommendation

    I am looking for suggestions for an WiFi Outdoor Two way Audio IP Camera that will work with Blue Iris. I would like to spend less than $200. This is a camera I want to place at my front door. I have already tried the MicroSeven camera (Microseven 1080P HD WiFi Outdoor Camera) (it was...
  12. M

    Outdoor PIR+MW that are pet friendly suggestion to work with BI

    Hi, After reading on this forum a lot i purchased Blue Iris and 6 Hikvision cameras for outside of my house. Really happy with the cameras but I'm getting a lot of false detections and want to interface some sensors to BI to activate recording and send alerts. Can anyone recommend best sensor...
  13. D

    Camera snapshots obscured by bounding box and blue squares

    In the camera/Record menu I have Jpeg snapshot set up to record every 2 seconds when triggered and this works well. However the resulting images show the bounding box and blue squares on the section of the image where motion occurred. This makes it difficult to identify the person causing the...
  14. V

    BI App on Android won't set geofence radius

    hi not sure if anyone else having a problem with the BI app on android when trying to set the geofence radius? My account I sign in with is an admin account. I go to the app settings and click geofence radius and try to set it to 50m, it then opens up my phones location settings (i always have...
  15. V

    BI zoom function with ipc-hdbw4631r-zs

    Hi Everyone, first thread, newbie to all this business. I just bought BI and a ipc-hdbw4631r-zs to play around. I have everything working (mostly), remote app working on android, camera and setup nicely, triggers etc. Only thing I don't seem to be able to get to work in the BI desktop app...
    • villasueno35
    • Thread
    • blue iris ipc-hdbw4631r-zs zoom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Dahua
  16. J

    no Blue Iris push notifications at all on ios..

    Hi guys, anyone stop receiving push notifications on ios app from BI?...not getting anything...tried re-installing on iphone xs max running ios 12.1...also tried removing the phone from Mobile in the BI settings on PC...nothing yet. running BI 4.8.2.6 x64 Thanks!
    • jazzy1
    • Thread
    • blue iris ios iphone push notification
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS
  17. Martin Paul Sr

    Chromecast working...!

    There have been a lot of complaints: When you have a Chromecast on your LAN you can see the Chromecast link/logo in the Android app, but if you try to use it you will see "Chromecast is only supported over https". It's not the app's fault, I think https is a Chromecast requirement. And it...
    • Martin Paul Sr
    • Thread
    • android blue iris blue iris chromecast chromecast
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Android
  18. quest100

    SMS Alerts - sender?

    I have set up BI to send a SMS text message alert. The text is sent and received correctly, but the texts end up in different threads. I want all the texts to end up in the same thread. How do I do this? Each thread is labeled "SMS with 141...01", "SMS with 141...02" etc. In BI I am using...
  19. kiwibird

    wanted, pir poe camera

    My best bang for buck camera is DAHUA 4MP POE IPC-HFW4431R-Z OEM 2.7-12mm 4X VARIFOCAL MOTORIZED But I want to avoid the cpu time of having may cameras motion detector decoded, and the motion detector will give false readings when there as a sudden sun burst change. Hence after something with...
  20. 1

    dahua 42212TNI ptz stopped working after 4.8.2.0 x64 update

    greetings, after the BI 4.8.2.0 x64 update, i lost control of the ptz arrows, home button, focus and zoom on my dahua 42212TNI. the presets still work. same issue in the web UI. i was using the amcrest/dahua ptz profile with no issues up until now. i tried other ptz profiles related to dahua...
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