Even if my recording setup is "continous" it does not record continously

[MChevrier]

Hi,
I am trying to understant what is the mechanism in action here.

When my recording limit size is 1200 GB and limit clip age is 7 days , I get what you see on the left and when the size is 40GB and the limit clip age option is not activated, I get what is on the right.

 

[Broachoski]

Provide us with a photo of your main settings "clips and storage" tab and a photo of one of your cameras settings "Record" tab.

 

[spammenotinoz]

Hi,
I am trying to understant what is the mechanism in action here.

When my recording limit size is 1200 GB and limit clip age is 7 days , I get what you see on the left and when the size is 40GB and the limit clip age option is not activated, I get what is on the right.

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Firstly you have an issue with your storage allocation, this needs to be remediated immediately to ensure expected behaviour, reference from the manual below;



Secondly, as a general rule, limit via Size not Age and avoid using both.

In your current configuration (being over allocated on storage) clean-up will be unpredictable.

 

[MChevrier]

Provide us with a photo of your main settings "clips and storage" tab and a photo of one of your cameras settings "Record" tab.

This is one of my cameras PenteNord4 Record tab.
One of the difference is that now I don't limit the clip age. Maybe that is the key to the problem.
As for the "clips and storage" tab here it is. I changed the Limit size, because I am trying to find the size that will make better use of my available storage space on E:. I tried with 40 GB and had 1 TB free space on E: with no recording gaps. I then tried with 400GB, then I had 700MB free space, still with no recording gaps. Now I just set it up the Limit Size to 900GB, and will see tomorrow if I have recording gaps. I am trying to find the balance between no recording gap and best E: space usage.

 

[looney2ns]

Blue Iris Storage configuration

 

[sebastiantombs]

Moving files between drives is a pointless exercise that adds CPU cycles, drive head cycles and general wear and tear. Additionally, you have an allocation error showing on your M:/ drive which, I assume, is where your stored folder is located.

Write your video to one place. Don't move it. Limit space based on size, not age.

 

[Flintstone61]

Turn off the " 7 days" limit....
You can live without M:\ Archiving.
Give that space to the cameras to store video....

 

[Flintstone61]

in M:\ you could create a Blue Iris folder. then inside that you could create Aux 1 or 2 or 3 folders. and assign cameras to record there.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Heck, you can create a "New" folder on M:/ just as easily. Blue Iris, and the OS, sees it as a totally different directory. I have a "New" directory on W:/, Y:/ and Z:/. All are physical drive in the BI machine.

 

[Flintstone61]

Good to know...