http or rtsp when setting up a camera?

Silas

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I have 4 hikvision cameras (2332 x 2 & 2142 x 2) connected to a hikvision nvr, THAT setup works just as I need, but as a tinkerer I have a 2nd system that is Blue Iris and am exploring the functions and features, as such I install cameras following advice from this forum and in that instance I used the http:\\ method and identified the actual camera in the drop down list.

I now see many posts that show people actuary use the rtsp:\\ method and only accept onvif for settings

What is the best method?

I also saw a youtube video where they set up cameras only using rtsp:\\ and used sub stream for constant recording and main stream for motion detection recording, to me this seems ideal, but am struggling to find any supporting posts on here?

I also have sen an issue with 'freezing or stalled' on live streaming, but that looks like a possible bug on some recent releases.

Any help or pointers appreciated.
 
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