Recent content by mike s.

For what it's worth: I started this thread. Since then, 2 years ago, I had time on my hands and wired my whole house with ethernet. As soon as I plugged just one of my Foscams in via ethernet, all bandwidth problems went away. I'm pretty sure there will never be an acceptable reason why...

".....it must be set in the camera......" I should've known that. I changed it in the camera and I get 640x480...... Much appreciated!

I picked up a few D-Link DS-932L video cameras, with a supposed resolution of 640x480 at 20 fps. (2 for $5). They work ok, but only at 320x240 resolution. They are running wirelessly at arounnd 15 fps. If I try to change the resolution of them in BI, it just reverts back to 320x240. I have...

Ok, thank you, am trying that. I already had all those settings, except that the sensitivity was only about half-max.

Am wondering why my BI video recording isn't triggering by sound. BI supposedly can "use motion or audio sensing to trigger recording," per a Google search, so I guess I have something set up wrong. Video recording triggered by motion works fine, but my BI isn't triggering for just sound...

Before: Intel(R) Core(TM2) Duo CPU 3 GHz. 640 x 480. Vids ran about 3 to 10 fps. (same as with new computer). It still runs crappy with only 4 cams enabled. Haven't tried 2.

I got a new Dell Inspiron 20" touchscreen Model 3043 to run my Blue Iris software, and to do absolutely nothing else. It has a Celeron 2.16 GHz processor, 4 GB RAM, and it is 64 bit. I am using Blue Iris Version 3.66. I'm running 6 to 8 IP cameras. MY PROBLEM: the new computer can't seem to...

Understood. Am wondering why disabling the cameras in BI doesn't open up the bandwidth, and that I have to shut down BI completely to free up the bandwidth. If I assume it's because the cameras are still running whether disabled in BI or not, then they would still be running when BI is shut...

Yep; thanks, everybody!

I'll look into the specs. Yes, MPEGs. I can run the wiring; just don't have that great of a need to go through the effort. The cams are more for watching the dogs when we're away, than for security. They work well enough for that usually, and it's not a biggie to shut down BI when we're home...

So the Foscam ethernet slot can take power through the LAN-type network cable instead of through its power input socket?

Well, that sucks. I bought wireless IP cameras so I wouldn't have to run wire all through the house, through exterior walls, etc. Can't find where Blue Iris shows bandwidth used. The cameras are various types of Foscam. Still working on what a PoE switch is. I noticed that disabling the...

I've been tormenting the Blue Iris pros at IP Cam Talk for a while now. Now, I have a more general IP camera issue: After noticing very slow Internet when Internet searching with wireless laptops, I found that my typical 16 mbps download speed was running at 4 mbps or less (sometimes only 1...

I didn't know I could double-click a profile to "hold" it. If that works, I'm happy enough w/ that....

With the temp. profile time set at 90000 minutes, the system, about an hour ago, switched from "when home" to default. Something else must be going on.