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    Export Video Settings for Web/Email - short clip 10 seconds

    Any recommendations for export settings? I tried MP4 mainstream, 100% quality rate control 1024 limit bitrate came to about 2mb but very pixelated. If i left bitrate unchecked the file was 90MB. Substream with everything left defaults was 55MB
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    Can't logon after updating Startup in BI. "Blue Iris User" Popup window (see pics)

    BI wasn't starting on windows restart, so I doubled checked the startup settings. I don't have a local user account, I loggon with Microsoft, so I entered my microsoft email and PW again. Unchecked the option below that about local user. Restarted PC, and it still didn't start, so when I...
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    Lost Password for Hikvision / LTS CMIP3042 - options?

    I jacked my camera up when changing password and now can't get back into it. Any hacks get in? If I can get access to the camera, assuming I can do a hard reset problem is out of all my cameras this is the highest one on the house mounted on the eve and was hoping to avoid that. Any tips are...
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    Best Practices [mid-level/DIY] for recorded video security/backup/location

    I'm running BI at home off a PC and have an internal drive capturing all the videos. I'm always an over thinker and wanted to know if there is a somewhat mid-level/range method to further backup the videos just in case of a break-in. I have my CPU in the basement in the corner, but it's not...
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    Blue Iris setup using Tailscale or similar

    Hi All, running Windows 10 on dedicated PC for Blue Iris and have tailscale on my phone and PC. I'm wondering if someone can help explain or advise on what should set for the below on Blue Iris and also on my iPhone app for Blue iris. LAN http: WAN http: When I set the LAN to the Tailscale IP...
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    After renewing subscription BI5 99% CPU

    Hi! Have latest version of BI and Subscription, using Win10 Pro on OptiPlex7040 i5-6500 3.2GHz w/ 8GB RAM an constantly running 95-99% CPU and 20% RAM 3.08GB. Windows is updated and not using the computer for anything else. Have about 8 POE IP cameras throughout the house. Any thoughts? Support...
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    Updating to BI 5 - thoughts on current gear

    Evening all, Two questions - 1 - I have one location with BI 5, Basic Plan (expired) - am I no longer able to update, even manually? 2 - Is my current CPU good enough? At my other location I'm moving back too, I have BI 4, planning to update to BI 5. I have about 6 POE IP Cameras, planning...
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    Thoughts on Easy/Moderate Secure Home Network Setup with 7 POE IP Cams/Blue Iris + Locks/Doorbells/Zwave (Adding Home Assistant) Tailscale/OpenVPN?

    Morning All – Background I’m moving back to my home and wanted to take advantage to start with securing my home network. Gear is 7 POE IP cameras run with Blue Iris, Wifi/ZWave Locks/Doorbells, Always on PCs AND I’m adding Home Assistant (most likely with w Raspberry Pi5) . In past I didn’t...
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    4mm Mini Dome 4MP 6MP or 8MP

    Looking to get a Hikvision Mini Dome for the house (inside the main floor) pointed at the door. Few questions, I've read in past that higher MP provides worse IR/Night imaging and also read the opposite... What say you? Based on that, where is the best place to get a Hikvision Mini Dome? OR if...
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    Hikvision indoor low profile 4mm camera - Recommendation

    Hey All - looking for a minimal intrusive dome/mini dome camera for the inside of my home. Most likely a 4mm and main use will be focused on the entry way to the home (from the inside). What do you all recommend? I've always used Hikvision, but open to other brands.
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    Switching from Blue Iris to NVR suggestions on compatibility and remote viewing.

    Morning all, I have Hikvision and Dahua IP POE cameras, about 7 in total that are about 3 years old. I'm renting my home and need to connect them to an NVR that will provide access via APP to view the cameras. I told the tenants I would recommend some NVRs, are there any that work with both...
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    Covering Outdoor / Indoor cameras

    I have 3 outdoor dome cameras and two indoor mini dome cameras. I'm planning on renting the home for a few years (ultimately coming back). I'm trying to avoid removing them and patching the wall so i'm looking for some alternative that I can use to cover the cameras when the home is being...
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    FPS dropped to 1-4 and CPU very low 4-8%, not sure what's going on

    So all of a sudden I noticed all of my cams have lowered the FPS to 1-4 and the CPU usage is very low. Not sure what happened. Video driver still the same as it's always been, latest BI running on my Win 10. Thoughts?
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    Blue Iris w/ Android Imperihome IP setup issues

    I'm running latest BI and have Android tablet running Imperihome. Having issues with my IP camera. On the dashboard screen I'm getting error connecting, but when I click the widget/icon and it goes into the full screen of the IP cam, I get the live feed, it's just not working on the dashboard...
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    BI running VERY high CPU 95%+ (see Pic)

    Morning all, I recently noticed that my CPU is running very high. I have a dedicated i5-6500 w/ 8GB RAM soley for BI. I have about 7 cameras, and I have The only real changes I've made recently in the last week were: 1)matching all my iFrames to FPS as per recommendations. 2)Changing one of...
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    Help with Ghosting issues - Settings in PIC below

    Evening all. I have BI4 and LTS/HIK CMIP3142-28S Mini Dome. I have been getting alot of ghosting on the camera. I'm using it in a play room maybe 20x10 and normal kid play, but alot of the movements show ghosting when played back. My settings are below and any help to troubleshoot the problem...
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    BI DVR setting to delete old clips when within certain MB

    Not sure if I have this setup correctly... I have a dedicated 3TB HD for my BI Direct-2-Disc DVR. I have it set Limit Size to 2500 GB. Nothing checked for Limit Clip Age. The DELETE button checked. I want BI to delete older clips automatically when I approach the 2500 GB Limit Size, but...
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    Setting up BI Remote Access w/ iPhone - intermittent connections

    I'm having some trouble setting up BI and BI iPhone App. I went through the wizard on BI and everything seemed to work fine (using port 8081). I enter all of my info on my iPhone app (the 5+5 digits) Get IPs and it will work, but then randomly stop working. I should not have to set up any...
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    Problem with single LTS/Hikvision - No Signal Error 8000274d (pics)

    Disregard thread...
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    Clips / Archiving settings clarification

    I got my 3TB WD Purple drive installed today, I only have 6 cameras recording direct-to-disc and setting it up and have a few questions: 1) I saw that the DB should be located on the local (C:) drive, will having the DB on the C: and the clips on the WD Purple drive affect performance when...
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    BI iPhone APP, cameras flickering in list view.

    Evening all. I have an iPhone 7 latest iOS and latest paid BI APP. The other day I noticed that 3 out of my 7 cameras when viewing them in list (default) mode are flickering. This is happening on all iPhones (3) that I have the app running and same cameras. When I click the camera and it...
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    Increasing resolution/streaming when remoting in.

    I'm having trouble increasing the resolution when remoting in to BLUE via IP. Basically, I set one camera up for one user. When I'm testing it on my iPhone and remoting into the camera via IP address, username/password, the video isn't clear (on LTE Data). Is this a limitation off the...
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    Alternative to the IPC-HDW5231R-Z...

    So I am planning on about 3-4 of the IPC-HDW5231R-Z, a IPC-HDBW4231F-AS for inside the home, but my friend wants a higher megapixel varifocal for the backyard, to not act as primarily purposed security camera, but to watch over as much "backyard" space as possible while kids are out there...
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    Help deciding on NVR, DVR, or BlueIris for residential setup, advice needed

    Morning all... need some advice/guidance. BACKGROUND: So I am using BI on stand alone CPU w/ Hikvision IP cameras (about 5-7) for my home, my friend asked me to set up his home and planning on about same amount of cameras. He is not too good with configuring PC, settings, troubleshooting, etc...
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    URL/HTTP Stream for BI to tablet

    I'm trying to create a webstream directly from my wall mounted tablet. (Imperihome). It calls for Local MJPEG or RTSP URL: I have entered: http://192.168.1.5:8081/mjpg/front/video.mjpg But there's a streaming error. Any thoughts?? I have RTSP disabled in the camera and checked BI web server...
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    Clarification / Best settings for Hikvision/LTS IP Turrets.

    Morning, I have about 6 Hikvision/LTS IP Turrets in a residential setting. I'm using BlueIris as the DVR and have that set up pretty well. I wanted to know about the settings at the actual camera. For example, I've noticed that when I change the setting in Video/Audio > Video Quality > from...
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    Single camera in BI keeps distorting signal

    Not sure this is a specific BI issue (may be a setting if so), if not, maybe someone experience this previously or can provide any general guidance. This is what happens on a regular basis recently to one of my cameras. Resetting it works fine for a little while then after a random amount of...
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    Best option to remotely backup/save BI recordings, external, ftp, cloud? (in case of....)

    Wanted to get opinions/recommendations on how to save BI recordings in case of a robbery or similar. I'm not looking to go overboard, this is a residential setting, I have about 5-7 cameras and a standalone CPU in the basement. Right now I have it connected to an external drive next to the...
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    BI stopping randomly on CPU

    Still having problems with BI service stopping on my stand alone pc. I've been checking on a daily basis and it continues to stop working. What info needed to trouble shoot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Setup Hikvision/LTS on BI Port settings for BI and Camera

    So I had my 5 Hikvision/LTS cameras set up for a while as I was testing everything. I now moved want to make sure I have them 100% as they are on my standalone computer. Few areas of confusion: I have the CMIP3042 for example, I've noticed some moderate ghosting. I have set the fps to 20 on...
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