On it's own, Blue Iris is reading numerous saved videos for around 5 minutes, every 5 minutes, always

[jnaftzger]

My Videos are recorded straight to HD.
No remote access happening.
Only 2 cameras.
A couple videos saving every few minutes, from motion detections.
Hard drives are churning more than they used to. This is happening independent of motion/saved vids.

 

[fenderman]

My Videos are recorded straight to HD.
No remote access happening.
Only 2 cameras.
A couple videos saving every few minutes, from motion detections.
Hard drives are churning more than they used to. This is happening independent of motion/saved vids.

Help file page 118 - Database
Database maintenance is ran each 5 minutes. This is the function that actually deletes and
moves files between folders according to the rules defined.

Help file page 44 - Icons explained
There are many icons which may you may see displayed in the lower-right corner of the
main window UI. Here are their descriptions:
DB maintenance is running—deleting or moving files between folders as configured
on the Clips page in Settings. By default, clip maintenance runs each 5 minutes as
necessary.

 

[jnaftzger]

Help file page 118 - Database
Database maintenance is ran each 5 minutes. This is the function that actually deletes and
moves files between folders according to the rules defined.

Help file page 44 - Icons explained
There are many icons which may you may see displayed in the lower-right corner of the
main window UI. Here are their descriptions:
DB maintenance is running—deleting or moving files between folders as configured
on the Clips page in Settings. By default, clip maintenance runs each 5 minutes as
necessary.

That lead me to my solution.

Thank you