Blue Iris Description
Monitor your family, residence, business, vehicles, and prized possessions with ease. Access live feeds and stored footage from your cameras remotely. Benefit from reliable alerts triggered by cameras and various environmental conditions. The latest version, V5, introduces a completely revamped user interface that enhances the experience. You can connect and utilize up to 64 cameras, which can include webcams, network IP cameras, analog capture cards, or even the desktop of your Windows PC. Capture images as JPEG snapshots or record videos in popular formats such as MP4, AVI, advanced DVR, or Windows Media. You have the flexibility to record based on motion or sound detection, or to schedule continuous or periodic recordings. The system allows you to overlay the current date and time, as well as other pertinent information or logos on your recordings. Additionally, you can opt to record audio alongside the video. A timer feature lets you set specific times for when the system should be armed. Alerts can be received through various means, including loudspeakers, emails, instant messages, voice calls (with automatic retries), or through external scripts and programs. Moreover, Blue Iris can operate as a Windows service, ensuring that you maintain exclusive control over its functionality, even on a shared computer. This comprehensive monitoring solution empowers you to safeguard your assets effectively.
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Powerful and flexible but often unstable, poorly supported Date: Sep 07 2022
Summary: The software is extremely powerful and configurable, which I generally like. I have gotten six cameras working pretty well. However, if you need reliable object detection and alerts, it takes a lot of work to get it set up right, and this is where things fall down. Not because the software can't do it but because the documentation is not sufficiently clear and detailed. Despite paying for a full license - which is supposed to include priority support - it takes days to get a response to an email and it's rarely complete. And if you have a follow up question it takes a few more days. Given the lack of clarity in responses it can be weeks to get a problem fixed - if at all. Basically you're dependent on various user forums. I would not bother paying extra for premium support.
If you like tinkering and playing it's a good and inexpensive choice. If you want reliable and seamless, look for something else.Positive: Very powerful, many features for the cost. Can do almost anything. Appropriate for a home user as long as you enjoy tweaking and messing with the software.
Negative: Software is less than stable. The database often gets corrupted, alerts disappear. The documentation is detailed but not clear. Same for tutorial videos. Lots of them but they're still confusing.
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