NVR and PC Running Blue Iris Concurrently?

[BarkityBark]

Is it possible to run both an NVR and a PC (running Blue Iris) off the same 8 cameras at the same time? If so, what would be the equipment/switch configuration?

 

[alastairstevenson]

Is it possible to run both an NVR and a PC (running Blue Iris) off the same 8 cameras at the same time?

It depends if the cameras are connected to PoE ports on the (unspecified) NVR, which on some (unspecified) NVRs would put them on a separate, isolated network.

 

[BarkityBark]

Well, the NVR in question does not have built-in PoE (similar or same as Dahua NVR5216). I will be utilizing an external PoE switch for the cameras.

 

[00Buck]

It will work I have a NVR and Blue Iris running some of the same cameras and you just set up the cameras in Blue Iris with the IP and login / password.

 

[00Buck]

Blue Iris's mobile app is a lot nicer the one on the NVR.

 

[BarkityBark]

Ok, so the "Y" connection in this setup would just be both are connected into the same router?

 

[00Buck]

Same network router / switch.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Ok, so the "Y" connection in this setup would just be both are connected into the same router?

No 'Y' connection - just on the same LAN.
But how well this works depends on whether the cameras support multiple RTSP streams for multiple destinations. My Hikvision cameras are fine feeding 4 destinations.
But I have one camera that is limited by configuration to one stream, so the other destinations (one NVR and 2 NAS boxes) feed off the NVR that the camera is connected to. The NVR will feed loads of streams.

 

[soupacup]

The arrow points to something the last guy said.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Yeah, it looks like the nail's come out.
I'll fix it later.

 

[ekaz]

I have my Lorex NVR connected to my network using BI and the mobile app to monitor.

 

[jrfuda]

Works great for me - I have an 16TB LTS NVR that records my 16 LTS cameras 24/7 and use BI as a camera front end for my home automation system and mobile viewing; neither miss a beat. The NVR and BI PC both have Gbit LAN, and all my switches are Gbit so there are no network issues (cameras are only 100Mbit, of course, but they add up when streaming to 2 servers and you add in other network traffic). My NVR monitors the main stream and BI Monitors the sub stream (none of my BI clients need HD streams).

 

[mrbaddy]

To run both does the PC still need to be dedicated?