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In the past week I've been able to start setting up my system. Today I installed a WD 8TB Purple hard drive into the computer. When I initialized the drive in Windows 10 Professional, it asked if I wanted to set the partition table to MBR or GPT. Am I correct in assuming GPT is the way to go...

Holy smokes! I missed this one during my setup last week...

My Blue Iris video feed only refreshes every five seconds even though the camera is outputting 15 fps. Both the Hikvision feed in its management interface and recordings in Blue Iris are playing correctly, just not the live feed into Blue Iris. I have tried various settings, both in BI camera...

Thanks so much for the input, everyone! I just purchased four Hikvision cams from NetView via Amazon: two similar turret models with different lenses (2.8mm and 4mm), and two identical bullet cams. This will give me a starting point, at least, to find out what works, what doesn't, and what I...

Re: What user account type does Blue Iris need to run under? (and a few oither setup Nobody? I would prefer to install BI on a standard user account, but not if it will cause problems.

Excellent! Do they typically have problems with things remaining in stock? The only camera I'm looking at...there is only one available in stock...and that's after days of noting "item will be in stock on x date."

Oh wow, thank you so much! The only problem now is that I am faced with even more choices, as there are literally dozens of cameras to choose from. Are you familiar with them, and if so, could you help recommend one? I am not even sure which models match up to the Hikvision cameras. I am tempted...

At least that was my understanding. Now I am confused. Should I put my cameras and BI computer on the same network as the rest of the office?

That requires that both the cameras and the computer be on the same network / vlan / subnet / whatever it is. Is this not to be avoided for security and bandwidth reasons?

Ah, okay! So it's not that there's a problem as-is, but rather that the firmware cannot be updated? Here's a seller on eBay that is offering 3MP units for only $75...

To slowly work my way into building a Blue Iris system that will ultimately have more than a dozen cameras, I would like to get started by purchasing a small number of cams. Is there anything wrong with purchasing Hikvision off of Amazon? The following camera, DS-2CD2042WD-I, appeals to me, both...

Just received my Optiplex 7040 and am in the process of configuring it for Blue Iris. Does Blue Iris require an Administrator account, or can I set it up under a Standard user account? Note that I am using Windows 10 Professional. Also wondering...should I omit antivirus from this machine? It...

Fascinating! Is this a better solution than using Remote Desktop, which is built into Windows? I will have a system up and running in about a week, and I am facing a similar situation by which I will need to view the cams locally...in a situation where the BI computer will be in the IT closet.

Actually, we were originally going to go with a traditional NVR. But the capabilities of Blue Iris resulted in us going that route. We conducted extensive testing with a variety of high-resolution public camera feeds before reaching our decision. At this point we have to purchase cameras and...

In short, just a couple dozen cameras between $75 and $125 (preferably) used to occasional monitor employees, deter theft in a resale / consignment environment (the entrance / exit hallway is a great choke point, and have a record if someone were to break in at night. To be honest, because this...