brumster
April 25, 2017, 1:36pm
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I’m using a dedicated PC running BlueIris. I’m assuming by main brain you mean PC. If not let me know.
Its quite a decent spec PC but there’s a setting I’ve since found which reduces the CPU requirement of the machine:
For those interested in Blue Iris, but put off by the high power PC required to run a lot of MP cams, the developer recently added direct-to-disk recording. This records the cam stream directly without re-encoding. It has some downsides, like BI wont...
I have 7 HD cameras and the PC runs at about 7-8% CPU with the above setting enabled. The PC in question also does a couple of other things for me so its not solely dedicated to running BlueIris. In fact it also runs this:
Which I use to detect various frequent visitors as I have their phones on DHCP reservations.
BlueIris integration here:
Note, BI Fusion v3.0 is out and offers major upgrades, warranting a new thread. A lot of the info in this thread is still good, but I recommend visiting the new one:
Hello all,
Do it all in one app! Blue Iris Fusion combines profile integration with camera triggering so you SmartThings Modes and sensors can update Blue Iris’ profile and trigger it’s cameras to record. You can connect SmartThings to Blue Iris via local IP connection (LAN) or over the normal external cloud connection (WAN).
Simply install the parent app (which has the login info so you don’t have to do it multiple times), setup the Blue Iris Profiles, and then add triggers (it calls the child app) for each camera. As noted, be careful when entering your camera name (it’s the short name in Blue Iris, and is case sensi…
Note that I’ve not gotten around to this but its on the to do list.
No problem!
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