Playback video stops after 5 seconds

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TD666
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Playback video stops after 5 seconds

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I'm running an evaluation version of BI and have found that through the BI UI I can only play 5 seconds of the stored video. This happens whether I'm running the UI on the host PC or accessing it from a web browser.

Is this a limitation of the evaluation mode?
If not, is there a setting I need to change and, if so, which one?
If neither of the above, any suggestions as to where I should start looking?

I've updated to the 20th May, 2020 relaease and the problem persists. I have 1x 1080P and 1x 3MP cameras running on a quad core Pentium Silver J5005 with 8GB RAM, 1TB Firecuda hybrid SSD/HD.

Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to compare BI with two other solutions, each with their pros and cons, before deciding which to purchase.
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TD666 wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 10:30 amI'm trying to compare BI with two other solutions, each with their pros and cons, before deciding which to purchase.
Just out of curiosity, what other solutions are you considering?
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Thixotropic »
Thu May 21, 2020 2:52 pm

Just out of curiosity, what other solutions are you considering?
I have spent many hours trying Zoneminder (ZM): Two reasons for this: 1) Wanting to keep cost down and didn't want to have to buy Windows 10 on top of the hardware cost; 2) Liked the idea of 'open source'. Having found some issues with ZM for my application I am now looking at BlueIris and Sighthound. They are both in a different league to ZM as far as usability, but with pros and cons between the two Windows based contenders.
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It must be a limitation of the demo version. I have no issues with playing recordings of any length.
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As an update: it seems that sound is played back for longer than 5 seconds, haven't checked to see if it will play sound for the full hour of recording, but will do.
Thixotropic wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 1:52 pm Just out of curiosity, what other solutions are you considering?
I have tried ZoneMinder (ZM) mainly because I didn't want the expense or baggage of Windows 10, and so a Linux solution (plus open source) would have been ideal.

Couldn't get ZM to do everything I wanted, so I'm now testing BlueIris (BI) against SightHound (SI), both on time limited trials. Each one has its pros and cons, but they both have a more comfortable remote user interface than ZM, albeit they provide very limited control of settings compared with ZM.

If I could get BI to play back more than 5 secs of video I would be able to make a real comparison. I have an idea what settings I have got wrong so will try them later.
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Yeah, I wrestled with ZM for a couple of months before calling it quits.

It's actually a nice application but the look is awful, the interface is kinda klunky, and getting cams connected can be an all-day extravaganza.
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Sorry. newbie error. I had record set to "Trigger + continuous every" and didn't realise the consequences. Now set record to "Continuous" and all is well, so far.

Now I can get back to evaluating BI.
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