Recent content by aaronwt
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Why do so many people here dislike Wi-Fi cameras?
Fortunately, I have never run into that. With my Blue Iris setup, I have had four cameras using two 5Ghz wireless Bridges, for around fifteen years. It never caused any slowdown issues. But, I also use the 5Ghz channel 165 for those wireless Bridges. Which is only 20Mhz wide. Most networks I see... -
Why do so many people here dislike Wi-Fi cameras?
I'm not really worried about it. Plus, I still have my wired cameras in my Blue Iris setup. With Ring, I was setting up an alarm system at home with them. To replace my Honeywell Lynx system I installed in 2015. And the cost of monitoring can also cover using Ring cameras, for no extra charge... -
Why do so many people here dislike Wi-Fi cameras?
It is 24-hour video. It is being uploaded continuously. And, I can view any of it at any time. That is with those eight, wired, Ring cameras. My other four Ring cameras only upload events. Those are connected to Solar panels and run off of batteries. EDIT: The Ring cameras, with continuous... -
Why do so many people here dislike Wi-Fi cameras?
I recently added twelve Wi-Fi Ring cameras. With eight of them constantly uploading video to Ring, 24/7, over the past five weeks. Surprisingly, they have worked very well over 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi. Since they are always uploading video. I thought I might have issues, but they have been rock solid... -
Anyone running Blue Iris on a mini pc? What HDD are you using?
I have been using a 1TB Samsung 840 SSD with Blue Iris for thirteen years now. It has been reading and writing 24/7/365 that entire time. Only last year did it show a few issues. So, I just reduced the space BI uses by 100GB, and it has been fine since then. I run seventeen cameras with BI. I... -
Another day, another boat crashing into my dock... sigh
Are these people drunk? It doesn't seem like they should be piloting a boat.- aaronwt
- Post #11
- Forum: Camera Captures
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Blue iris evaluation version
I also added a yearly support plan in February. And my BI server switched to Evaluation mode last night. I just needed to re-enter that code I got in February, and BI was out of Evaluation mode.- aaronwt
- Post #4
- Forum: General BI Talk
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blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)
Whew!! I was able to enter the Blue Iris Extended Maintenance and Support code I got back in February. Which took it out of Evaluation mode. -
blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)
Crap!! Mine just switched to Evaluation mode a few minutes ago. -
blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)
I'm hoping I don't get hit by this. Right now, my seventeen cameras are still working fine with my BI machine. So I will not remotely access the PC unless it stops working or comes up in evaluation mode. -
Blue Iris Extended Support Auto Renewal
Today I paid for the renewal and upgrade to BI5 and then cancelled the subscription. I assume I should be good for next year with updates? I just won't be charged in a year? -
CPU going to 100% overnight
IS there an issue with the Hikvision cameras? I've been running thirteen of them for years now. And so far I haven't noticed any problems. Instead of using a VLAN I have my cameras and BI machines physically separated on my network. So the only time it should go outside that section is to...- aaronwt
- Post #38
- Forum: General BI Talk
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Blue Iris 4 to 5 Migration Guide
I never got around to upgrading my systems to BI5. So I'm wondering what the upgrade price is now? I guess i will need to test it with my backup BI machine first. And then get a second license to upgrade my primary BI machine. EDIT: I'm guessing the prices are still valid on the first post. -
Is H.265 realistically possible?
An i5, 8th gen or newer will work fine with this. Since it has six cores. I know my low end, 8th gen i5 has no issue with fifteen cameras at 15FPS. Ten 1500P 3MP, three 1500P 4MP, and two 720P 2MP. Heck even my old 3rd gen i5 works with this. My backup BI machine. But the CPU usage is very high...- aaronwt
- Post #12
- Forum: General BI Talk
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Blue Iris 4 to 5 Migration Guide
I still have version 3 on both of my machines. I guess when I decide to update to BI5, I will also leave version 4 on. Sent from my Nexus 7(16GB)