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Hi All, I need some help configuring Alerts. So, a little history and configuration information. I run continuous recording + alerts. I used to learn alerts to check the history when there was movement. It made it easy to find stuff. Then, I would view the clip if I needed to see more. Well...

I am looking for some suggestions for a really good security camera that has Color at Night - Low Light; 8MP Minimum (or more). I don't know much about current models for Hik and Dahua or if another manufacturer has come on the scene.

Hi All, I wanted to ask if anyone know anything about this camera? It is an older one. I can login to it using firefox and I can ping it, but I can't get BI to see it. I was thinking of updating it to whatever the latest release of the firmware was, but I can't even find a firmware for it...

Hey All. I am adding a few cameras to my home security system. Removing some wireless ones, putting in POE. Normally I would get Hikvision, but it has been a while since I have looked at other manufacturers. I was hoping to get some suggestions on some alternatives to Hikvision since I am sure...

Hi all. First off, I don't know a LOT about security camera settings and while I can google a lot of stuff, mostly I find it with Hikvision etc. I got a bunch of the Panasonic cameras and I wanted to ask if anyone could help me optimize some of the camera settings, and then optimize it with Blue...

Is there a way to tell Sentry to only send alerts for humans? I have it on a few cameras, but I can't find anywhere I can tell it (on the Sentry Website) only trigger on people. Or maybe I don't have it set up properly and those things are designated in Blue Iris? I don't recall seeing that...

Is there a way to remove the PTZ section in the UI3? I just want the cameras to display while in fullscreen mode.

I added an SV3C camera to my BI a week ago, and it uses ONVIF. I set a user and password, and while I was working on it, everything worked. It still works. But one time, I opened it, and I started getting a message when I went to the Video/Configuration tab. Enter no more than 40 characters...

I purchased a Hikvision DS-2DE2A404IW-DE3 and apparently I tossed the mounting bracket that you screw to the ceiling to then clip the camera to. Does anyone know where I can purchase a new one?

I have a Hikvision DS-2DF8336IV-AEL(O-STD) 3MP 4K Network Camera Speed Dome that I just got repaired from Hikvision. It has all new internals. I am selling it since I replaced it with a Panasonic camera. I am asking $899 for it. I also have a polearm to mount it I am including with it.

Can we arrange the cameras within BlueIris to change the layout? I don't mean right-clicking and then changing the layout, I mean to drag the cameras around to change their order so that when I do set the layout, it has the camera I want as the larger one.

Hi guys, I have been working on trying to set up stunnel on Windows 10 with Blue iris. I have got a self-signed certificate and stunnel works great. I am trying to get a signed certificate setup on the system. I generated to key and the crs request, set up the subdomain, and was issued the...

Is there a way to use the presets you set in the Hikvision DS-2DE2A404IW? I set 7 presets that allow me to move the PZT around to different areas, but they don't work in BI 5, or at least I believe they are not working. When I use the web (UI3) interface and pull up the camera so it is the only...

So, I upgraded to Bi5 and now, pretty much everything important isn't working :) All of a sudden I am getting errors Clip: Disk Not Ready. I am getting it for all the cameras. It has been working fine until the upgrade. I am writing them to a NAS with 20TB of space. The other issue I can't...

Hi All, I purchased a DLINK DCS-2530L Wireless camera to use with Blue Iris to monitor my dog from work since she had some puppies. I cannot get the camera to work in Blue Iris other than selecting the DCS-935, 942L H.264 (older firmware?). Does anyone know how to get this working correctly...

Hey All, I have a Hikvision PTZ I am looking to place in my front yard to capture all activity in and around the front of the house (as it has motion detection and tracking). I am looking for suggestions on where to place the camera and ideas on how to place the pole and maybe make the pool look...

As most, if not all, of you know that Carl of http://www.networkcameracritic.com passed away suddenly in March and he is missed tremendously by me and many others. God Bless Carl and your family! I miss his knowledge, his enthusiasm, his great reviews and his love of helping others. But with him...

Anyone have any suggestions on how I can improve the video quality on the Dahua IPC-HFW2300R-Z camera? It is by far, the worst camera I have for night vision and possibly the best for daytime video. Here is the info on the unit I have: Here is an example of the video quality (make sure your...

I just picked up a Dahua IPC-HFW2300R-Z and was wondering if there is a way to reset the camera to DHCP without accessing the menus? my POE network is not on the subnet that the DAHUA camera is set to statically, I wish they would set them DHCP by default) so I have no way of accessing it. If...

I have some HIKVISION and DAHUA POE cameras and I need to get some of the things that you screw onto the connector where your Ethernet cable plugs into the cameras. What is that dohicky called so I can look them up online to purchase some more? When I ran my cables inside the house I forgot to...

I am getting ready to mount my cameras to the outside of my house and I was hoping for some ideas on how to accomplish this. Here is the scenario on what I am mounting to and what I would like to accomplish. A little bit of history on the house. I live in the desert, gets really hot here. In...

The problem is, I have two of these Dahua IPC-HFW4300S, purchased from Amazon and different stores and one looks great and one looks horrible. The one that looks good does the proper frame rates and the image is clear. The one that looks horrible will only do 15FPS (according to BI) and the IR...

So I have asked about this in the past and thought I had solved it, but still not. The issue I am having is what when there is motion, the motion part is pixelated, basically you can't see the object moving (people mostly). I have set the FPS to one level higher (where possible) in BI. I have...

Hi all, I was hoping I could get some help on reconfiguring my system to help me expand my camera count & reduce my NVR resource utilization. I got a tip that you can setup cameras that can record motion themselves to send a trigger to BI to start recording when the camera detect motion...

Hi, I am trying to get BI Tools working with BI4 and I have a question on the Overlay Macros. I setup the %1 macro to do everything and it is using everything.txt, but when I modify the overlay and I put the %1 in the Add Text selection is simple displays a text overlay that reads Macro1. Any...

I have a question on how the BI File saving, rotation works. Under Clips and Archiving there is a folder for the database (c:\BlueIris\db) and then there are folders for NEW, ALERTS and STORAGE. How does the rotation work for these options? I ask, because right now I don't have any files in the...

I have a couple of questions I am hoping I can get a clear answer on. On our IP cameras, they all have the selection for Max. Bitrate and a range you can type in. What is Max. Bitrate and how does it impact video? What is a good setting to use? The other questions I had are for Bitrate Type and...

I am just about ready to purchase one ACTi B96 IP PZT camera and then I thought I better come on here and see if I can get some feedback, suggestions from the experts here since I know very little about this camera or manufacturer and for the price, well, best get some feedback first because...

In BI, we have the option of specifying a resolution for each camera under the Video section, but I have noticed that the resolutions there do not match what my cameras can do. Meaning my 3MP cameras can do 1920x1080@30FPS and higher at 15FPS. What I have been doing is typing in the resolutions...

I installed BI 4 today and when I run it I get the following error and it will not load. Anyone have any ideas on what's the issue? BI 3 works fine.