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Need some advise I have a external disk connected for which I want to maximise recording. Attached image I have the setting in Recording set to "12900 GB". I can still see 137GB free on the disk. What can I set to maximise it? say leave only 20GB or so free and use up the rest 100 - 110GB...

Hey Folks Trying to understand drive capacity. I have an external WD disk connected to my computer to which BI is recording to. Now that disk is 14TB. Which is = 12.7 TiB and shows as that in Windows Now if I goto BI and under Recording I set the disk to 12900 GB as limit size it works...

So i've started from scratch on configuring BI 5 with new set of 6 x Dahua Cameras Previous HikVision x 6 had CPU usage around 5-10% with RAM around 1GB on a NUC . All were 2MP cameras Currently recording 6 x Dahua Cameras: CPU usage around 40% and RAM is around 2.6GB Just trying to see if I...

Hi I am seeing an entry in BI logs repeatedly with red cross (x) next to it. I want to figure out what the (-9.73G) is? I am seeing that at many places. Also 549? It's a mounted share disk (IP address masked) with 4TB capacity. and i can see 1.80TB used of 4TB but can't figure out what it is...

Is there any software which can tell me what mm lens i have on my various Hikvision cameras? Don't want to physically unmount them.

Hi Doing some research and have come to the following models in price range. What should I consider to upgrade to ? DS-2CD2385G1-I 8MP "Powered by Darkfighter" DS-2CD2347G1-L 4MP "ColorVu" Trying to find balance and planning to keep cameras for a while. What would you recommend? or something...

Hey Guys Planning to upgrade from DS-2CD2332-I to DS-2CD2385G1-I. Would it be worth it especially for night time? What would be the major differences? Any other you might recommend in that price range or another brand? Also for internal camera anything to replace DS-2CD2432F-IW ? Running...

So I had a geofence based profile switching where it says to hold one of the profile when inside geofence and another if out of it. Seems to be there in settings. It switches as well, but in the moblie app shows that it is the schedule/temp (Green clock icon) instead of hold (pause).. and...

Did the upgrade as per Blue Iris 4 to 5 Migration Guide But all the profiles are lost. New ones are Active and Work Hours. Maybe other settings are lost as well - I am not sure yet. Don't really want to recreate everything from scratch. How can we fix this? Have the old backup as per the guide.

Something seems to be broken in latest update.. can't see my recordings / disk (an external USB attached to PC), CPU, RAM etc.. just can see live feed.. is there a repo where we can grab older versions from?

Hey Guys I have 6 Hikvision cameras on the following firmware DS-2CD2432F-IW x 1: v5.2.0 build 140721 DS-2CD2332-I x 3: v5.2.0 build 140721 DS-2CD2335-I : v5.3.3 build 150803 DS-2CD2335-I : v5.3.3 build 150514 They are all chinese cameras I believe with english firmware Can I upgrade them...

So I have a NUC setup with the following i5-4250U CPU @ 1.30 Ghz 8GB RAM 4TB WD Elements connected via USB for recording 256GB SSD for OS and Blue Iris Configuration to sit on. Windows 10 The NUC doesn't perform any other operation apart from this and running a Plex server which is not used...

Just want to confirm.. Is Geofence broken for iOS 11.1.1 (iPhone X) and app v1.59.03 with backend v4.6.4.9 ? The mobile is not showing geofence status in the backend app. Also once its fixed / if its not broken, How do i get the app to reevaluate geofence status - apart from leaving the area...

Hey Guys These days when the DB is compacted / regenerated at 2AM I see the message disk corrupted.. But disk is running fine.. Can't see any issues.. Manual regeneration didn't give any error. Any thoughts?

I use BI the following way.. 1) When Exiting Geofence for mobile switch to AWAY (1) profile 2) When entering geofence for mobile switch to HOME (2) profile In the Home profile I have external cameras on Trigger.. Sometimes there are things happening outside so I don't want alerts.. for which...

Going to reinstall windows If I simply "Export Settings" from about windows, format and reinstall windows , reinstall blue iris and then "Import v4 .reg" will that restore all cameras / settings etc? or just registration? what all will it restore / not restore? Or there is a better way of...

Hey Guys Have a camera in a location where there is always notification due to motion (due to wind) and thus BI records it as well. What do I need to change to record and notify only on a trigger and not on motion (if possible)?

Hi Just installed another camera.. I want to transfer just the recording profile and motion / trigger from an existing camera to that.. any easy way ? the export / import camera got all the IP etc as well.. is that the way but just change IP stuff to point to new camera?

Hi I changed the recording folder from one drive to another (E:). it is a 4TB external Drive. In the options I told BI to monitor free space upto 3500GB and / or keep 14 days and delete. Restarted BI / let it compact DB at 2am.. Still seeing this error in logs What setting am I missing...

Hey Guys I have a couple of DS-2CD2332-I and planning to get two more cameras.. One of them is where the night time is imp .. the other one will be DS-2CD2335-I for sure as IR distance to be covered is not much.... As I read DS-2CD2332-I has been superseeded by DS-2CD2335-I (difference?)...

Hey guys some incidence has occurred.. need to cut a part of BVR video and give it to police.. How do I do it?.. Its a 12 hrs clip and I can see a 2 min footage in it which is needed.. How do I grab it? I mean can i right click on the starting point and drag and stop it and export? Please help...

On Latest BI 4.2.8.2 Had a few queries.. trying to understand BI to adjust my workflow 1) On the clips section (right hand side) how do I filter only jpgs (screenshots) or bvr (current recordings) or mp4 (previous recording)? Becuase I would like to select such and delete only say all...

Got a new cam D-Link DCS-855L I have setup internal IP for the cam. Did a scan and can see port 80, 443 and 554 open for the device. I went to add new camera IP with username and password. Make - Generic / Model RTSP. Also selected Make - DLink / Model RTSP (path becomes /live.sdp) But it...

Looks like everytime I start BI, it is downloading 4.2.7.0 and after that crashes / stops itself.. Have to manually start BI everytime.. Anyone else having problems? Tried download manual update from BI website but same issue... Have disabled auto download and install for the moment...

Hi What's the recommended recording / backup settings? Basically I have 2 cameras recording 24/7 (1280 x 720 at 15fps) and 2 cameras only on motion.. Running on NUC.. The main dump is on D:\ which has 150GB (set 100GB for Blue Iris) and once that is filling up transfer it to my NAS with...

Hey Guys So have setup 4 hikvision cameras (1 internal and 3 external) on Blue Iris v4 on NUC i5.. They are set to record on trigger only via motion detection.. We have iOS apps installed and configured for push.. had the following questions regarding my scenario 1) The Internal Camera.. I...

Hey Guys After much reading, for a home security setup in Australia, planning to buy the following cameras from Ali Express ( CCTV Camera China or E&M Security. Any recommendations of sellers or other cameras - english version only?) 1) Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I x 3 PoE cameras for outdoors 2)...