Viewing BI via Remote Desktop

[DaveK]

Well, my learning curve is progressing, and I've managed to set up and use Remote Desktop to access my BI server. One odd thing I've noticed is that when I view the live feeds of the BI cameras (5 cams at this point), via Remote Desktop, what I see only updates every 5 seconds (give or take). That is, the "live" view is showing at about 12 frames per minute.

However, if I look at recorded video, it's all at the frame rate I've set, 5fps. Also, if I view the live feeds directly on the server, those show at the appropriate rates as well.

Is this normal behavior, or have I messed up a setting someplace without realizing it?

 

[fenderman]

blue iris options>cameras> display video during remote desktop sessions (last option on the bottom)

 

[DaveK]

Perfect!

Thank you fenderman! I knew there was probably a setting someplace for this issue, and your suggestion was just what I needed to do.

 

[ServiceXp]

Be careful, depending on your system, you could bring the RDP session to it's knee's with a high refresh rate.

 

[DaveK]

At present, it's only 5 cams, running 5fps. Server is core i7-4790 w/8GB RAM. If this can max out the Remote Desktop connection, I'm probably going to have lots worse problems down the road. I use the same network for streaming Music to a couple of players in the house, so if I start maxing out Network throughput, it shows up first and quite noticeably there.

 

[DaveK]

An update... Well, I did end up having some network throughput issues and they first showed up where I expected, in the music streaming of "internet radios". I went back through the setup and backed the remote desktop view to 5-second intervals, and also dialed back several other settings, and now things are working without issue. Don't know for sure if the viewing rate via RD was the issue, as I had some other issues going on as well. However, I'm happy with how it's working and it's been stable for two days now. I may go back and change to "live" RD viewing to see if the problem crops back up, but that's for another day.