Time stamp dissapeared all cameras

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Temblor

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Jul 22, 2017
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Time stamp disappeared on all my cameras (white stamp on videos itself) have searched settings, done a search in BI help & on this forum, can not find solution? Do I add it in each camera? Or is there a setting in BI Options?, I have tried "text & graphic overlays" but that did not work (unless I am doing it wrong?)
could someone steer me to right place?
 
Temblor said:
Time stamp disappeared on all my cameras (white stamp on videos itself) have searched settings, done a search in BI help & on this forum, can not find solution? Do I add it in each camera? Or is there a setting in BI Options?, I have tried "text & graphic overlays" but that did not work (unless I am doing it wrong?)
could someone steer me to right place?
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Blue iris's own Times stamps are not recorded when using direct to disk...you need to use the cameras own timestamp.
 
fenderman said:
Blue iris's own Times stamps are not recorded when using direct to disk...you need to use the cameras own timestamp.
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Thanks for response, Is this a new restriction from BI from an update? Because I use 4 different brands of cameras, foscam, MS Lifecam, USB, Logitech... all of them had the same time stamp, never had to use the "cameras" timestamp.
They were there, on the screen & recordings as soon as I plugged in camera. Now all timestamps have disappeared on my PC (windows 10)
My laptop (win 8) still has the time stamps.?
 
Temblor said:
Thanks for response, Is this a new restriction from BI from an update? Because I use 4 different brands of cameras, foscam, MS Lifecam, USB, Logitech... all of them had the same time stamp, never had to use the "cameras" timestamp.
They were there, on the screen & recordings as soon as I plugged in camera. Now all timestamps have disappeared on my PC (windows 10)
My laptop (win 8) still has the time stamps.?
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no it has been there from day 1 of direct to disk implementation....you may not be understanding what i mean by direct to disk...if you use rencode then the timestamp will be there...you need to better articulate your problem with images of your settings and of the actual problem...are the timestamps there on the live view?
you are likely not using direct to disc because your cameras are low resolution therefore they dont use too much cpu power ....direct to disk significantly reduces cpu consumption..
 
Just updated to newest today 4.5.9.1x64
The only changed I can think of on my computer was replacing a M.2 SSD HD which got wiped... with a New Hitachi M.2 SSD HD (Don't know if this could effect that ?)
 
Temblor said:
Just updated to newest today 4.5.9.1x64
The only changed I can think of on my computer was replacing a M.2 SSD HD which got wiped... with a New Hitachi M.2 SSD HD (Don't know if this could effect that ?)
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add another test camera to blue iris...just setup one of your current cameras again, see if it has the timestamp
 
Temblor said:
I was hoping this is a simple fix? Is there somewhere on Blue Iris you can enable disable Timestamp?
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that is a simple fix...no...there is no global setting for that...if you are not willing to troubleshoot, then uninstall the software and reinstall, backup your settings, make sure you have the key...it will take about 5 minuets.
 
I meant I hoped that a simple option got disabled that I would find.. meaning easy fix something I overlooked. ie a simple "enable timestamp" somewhere..
 
If you look at the BI settings for each camera, and look at the 'Video' tab, you will see at the bottom, the option to 'Enable' and to 'Edit' Text and Graphic Overlays. This would be for 're-encode' video format (on the 'Record' tab) but it is intensive on CPU. I had to disable this text and graphic overlay on the BI side, and enable the time stamps on the IP cameras themselves, as 'Direct to Disk' won't add anything to the recordings, and is best for CPU.
 
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