Got a lot of data to move to AWS? Call Amazon and ask for a Snowball . They'll send you what looks like a metal suitcase loaded with drives and a controller. aws-snowball.jpg A Snowball is a ruggedized data transport device that you load with your data. Then you FedEx it to AWS and they'll import in...

Different hardware, different applications, different usage...the only thing I see they have in common is Windows.

It may be that there's a new virus or bit of malware out there that isn't being detected by anything yet.

Files created in this way will no longer be playable on older releases of this software.

Hmmm, can't say I'm wild about that. I understand, but still...I guess it's time to export any previous recordings you want to keep.

That's weird, the PTZ controls on the R2 cams I have all seem to work properly in BI. I'm not sure what to suggest at this point.

I'm not seeing that happening on mine, version 5.2.9.23.

Mind if I ask which cameras (brand, model)? I've been thinking about a 180 camera for the North side of the house. So I know Blue Iris now supports 360 dewarping, but are there any plans to support 180 cameras? I have two 180s from amazon that would work out amazing if Blue Iris could dewarp them.

I personally have all my cameras set with static IPs and maintain a spreadsheet matching device name to IP address to MAC address. Ditto. It's been a lifesaver for me a few times. Setting reserved IP addresses for the cameras in your router is highly recommended. After you have everything running a...

File under: Mildly Interesting I replaced the UPS on my BI PC with an APC Backups 1000, and it comes with a watt meter showing the load. Here are the typical loads I see running with and without BI. This is an 8-camera system with 3 recording continuously. PC running idle without BI loaded at all: ...

Without knowing your settings it's just a guess, but this is what the PTZ tab looks like for one of my R2s:

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