I finally got my issue fixed. The bIDB failed 161 was a problem with the PATH NAME. Ken in support was able to tell me what to look for. I have copied the contents of the email below. KEN: The error 161 is BAD PATH NAME. WHat do you have for the New folder on Settings/Storage? Did you override this ...

I just made some changes to the BI Settings Storage settings. This is now my BI Status Storage, followed by my BI Status Log. Thanks for any help.

I am not sure what you mean by 'how is my storage configured'. I am not very good at technical things, so I need a little more instruction and I will be glad to respond. Just tell me where to look and what information you need. This is a screen print of the Storage tab from the Blue Iris Status: I d...

IAmATeaf, It looks like I am running version 5.8.0.11 x64 (10/27/2023)

This is what I have in the log. As I said, it appears that the files are not being saved on the hard drive.

Tim, Thanks for the suggestion. By 'regen the database', do you mean Repair DB from the Blue Iris Status Screen? If so, I have done that several time. What is strange is that no videos are being written to my hard drive. I can see the Alerts on the main screen, and on the timeline at the bottom, I c...

I am getting the error AddToBIDB failed 161 in my log file. A little background - This started on Oct 23, all cameras at once. Since that time, BO has not been recording the video for each camera. It shows the Alerts, but when you go to the folders where the videos are stored (New, Stored, Aux1), th...

I have old clips from Logitech Alert Commander (mp4) that I would like to view from within BI. I don't know to do that. I have tried creating the same folder structure, but BI does not recognize the older files. Is the problem that the older files are mp4s, or is there something else I need to do. H...