View Q-see cameras using Blue IRIS

[Joe11]

Hello, I have a Q-see NVR with 8 PoE cameras on it. I'd like to be able to view these cameras remotely (when I'm outside the LAN) - in the past, I was using TinyCam with port forwarding on my router. I've disabled port forwarding, and have been struggling to get a VPN set up to allow me to VPN into my LAN, and then, use TinyCam to view these cameras. After about a month of troubleshooting with Unifi support, I've given up on it (and so have they).

I do also have BlueIris running on a PC (connected to a Dahua camera that stores onto that PC). At this time, I don't want to move all the Q-see cameras out of the Q-see NVR, but would like the ability to view these camera streams using Blueiris UI3 if possible.

TL;DR Can I set up my Q-see cameras (that are connected to a Q-see NVR) to be viewable using BlueIris UI3, without removing the Q-see NVR out of the picture, and continuing to store onto the Q-see NVR)?

Edit: I don't want Blue Iris to record the stream/events to my PC - let the Q-see NVR handle that

 

[TonyR]

Most any recent NVR can stream using RTSP to Blue Iris.
You use the NVR's LAN IP for all cams but select each Cam # from the drop down menu.

What is the model ?

 

[DLONG2]

Hi Joe11. I was able to build a VPN in the 'prosumer' Unifi, with the USG. Here is a link to how I did it:

BI, VPN and Unifi USG

I am almost there with my home cameras, but am struggling with VPN and networking, using the Ubiquiti USG and a UniFi switch. BI is running on its own dedicated PC, and that PC and the IP cameras are on their own VLAN. The cameras are blocked from accessing the internet via a 'LAN IN' rule. The...

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[Joe11]

Most any recent NVR can stream using RTSP to Blue Iris.
You use the NVR's LAN IP for all cams but select each Cam # from the drop down menu.

What is the model ?

Thank you - that was the pointer I needed - that solved the issue for me.

 

[Joe11]

Hi Joe11. I was able to build a VPN in the 'prosumer' Unifi, with the USG. Here is a link to how I did it:

BI, VPN and Unifi USG

I am almost there with my home cameras, but am struggling with VPN and networking, using the Ubiquiti USG and a UniFi switch. BI is running on its own dedicated PC, and that PC and the IP cameras are on their own VLAN. The cameras are blocked from accessing the internet via a 'LAN IN' rule. The...

ipcamtalk.com

Thank you. I have it set up the same way - and the VPN is set up. However, I can't get some apps on Android (like tinycam, or microsoft remote desktop) to recognize that I'm on the VPN. Anyway, spent a very very long time trying to figure that out with Unifi support and they (and I) gave up.