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by overit
Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:11 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Camera overwriting past video sessions
Replies: 1
Views: 3308

Camera overwriting past video sessions

Hello, our lab is attempting to use Blue Iris as a simple video recording system that records multiple videos at the same time of our experimental sessions. I run about five sessions per day, and need all camera recordings for each session. I have found that I have to export videos and delete them f...
by overit
Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:57 am
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Disappearing videos
Replies: 1
Views: 3727

Disappearing videos

Hello! My lab is using Blue Iris to record 6 hour-long videos at one time, and we are running into an issue of videos disappearing both from the sidebar and from the computer. We have direct-to-disc encoding enabled to save on CPU, CPU hovers around 12% and when I open Task Manager, memory hovers ar...
by overit
Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:07 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: 30 second wait time and CPU lag
Replies: 8
Views: 14715

Re: 30 second wait time and CPU lag

To be more specific, with avi files, the timestamp only disappears when the videos are exporting direct-to-disc. With 4 cameras recording in avi direct to disc, the CPU stays around 40% not direct to disc, the CPU jumps to around 70%. Is there a setting I'm not seeing to specify that the video shoul...
by overit
Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:51 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: 30 second wait time and CPU lag
Replies: 8
Views: 14715

Re: 30 second wait time and CPU lag

Thanks so much for the tips! I was able to remove the 30s starting delay by going to Blue Iris Settings -> Startup -> Application and changing Delay Startup from .5 min to 0 min. I did take your suggestions and enable direct-to-disc recording, lower the "live preview frame rate" to 1, enab...
by overit
Thu Aug 15, 2019 5:21 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: 30 second wait time and CPU lag
Replies: 8
Views: 14715

30 second wait time and CPU lag

Hello, My lab is trying out the Blue Iris demo to record from several different cameras at the same time for 30-60m sessions. I'm definitely new to the software, so I have a couple questions. When I press the stoplight button to start recording, I have to wait 30 seconds. Is there a way to remove th...