There’s also this one but I haven’t tried it.
@skywise http://ip:port/admin?camera=<cam#>&enable=1&user=user&pw=password
that enables it and enable=0 disables it
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First of all thank you to everyone providing useful input, specially @TaperCrimp. I used this guide when setting up BI and HA. Works great!
I do however wonder if any of you have a good solution for showing the latest movement (recording) from BI as a camera in HA. Currently I am taking a snapshot from the camera in HA (using Node Red) and show this as a local file camera. However, it would be nice to have either a time lapse or a video of the latest recording rather than just a still image.
I would also like this recording/time lapse to be from BI so that I am getting the few seconds before motion is detected. I am currently pre-recording 3 or 5 seconds in BI.
My setup is a Win 10 PC with BI and a Linux PC running Hass.io in Docker. Both are on the same LAN.
is anyone running blue iris in docker? in particula on unraid in a docker?
Blue Iris only runs on Windows. There isn’t a docker container for it.
I run it in a Win 10 VM on unRaid.
I’d be interested in seeing how well that performs. BI can use quite a bit of resources when you’re dealing with multiple cameras. I’ve got BI hooked into 5 of them, and it’s constantly using at least 25% of my I7 setup running Windows. I don’t know how well that’d translate when you’re going through a virtualization layer running in Docker.
I don’t use Blue Iris, I was just pointing out there is ways to run it on a non Windows machine.
I use shinobi, it uses under 10% CPU usage on an i5 2400, with 4 cameras, running in docker. Far less taxing on the machine than MotionEye or Blue Iris.
I’m trying to get this working and cannot get it to work for some reason. Anyone have any ideas? I’ve tried with limit IP addresses and just removed it so I could diagnose why I can’t get an mjpeg stream. This is what I see in Home Assistant:
This is the configuration
And Blue Iris
You can try disabling authentication for Home Assistant. On the advanced tab where it says “Limit IP Addresses”, add your range starting with a + sign, e.g. +192.168.10.*
I assume your configuration is indented correctly and just a bad image.
I use the generic platform like this
- platform: generic
still_image_url: "http://192.168.1.106:81/image/Garg"
stream_source: "http://192.168.1.106:81/h264/Garg/temp.m3u8"
name: Garage Door
This is actually what I ended up doing, this worked great for me. Now on to image processing!
Do you passthrough the GPU to use hardware acceleration? I’m also thinking about using BI on my Win 10 VM on Proxmox, but I’m not sure if my i5 NUC can handle it without passing through the GPU (which is doable but quite a hazzle).
Im using the same setup as RichardU. Running BI on a Lite win10 install. Currently not using GPU passthrough, however I have made the modifications to my Dell Poweredge R510 server to allow me to install a small GPU. Ill let you know how it goes.
I’m not sure how NUC will work without GPU I’m using Intel® Core™ i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
with 5 1080p cams running 15fps recording constantly and I don’t need a GPU yet.
Thanks for the info! I just installed the test version of Blue Iris in a Win 10 VM (Proxmox as the Hypervisor) on my 8th generation NUC i5. Works like a charm with my 3 cameras (2x 3MP and 1x 4MP). When the Blue Iris app is minimized, but running motion detection on all 3 cameras, then the system is riding along at 30% CPU utilization even though the Win 10 VM is only using 4 of the 8 CPU cores. When it detects motion and starts recording then utilization increases to 60-70%. And this is without GPU passthrough. I plan to add 3-4 additional cameras. Then it might be necessary to passthrough the GPU or at least dedicate 6 cores to the Win 10 VM. However, a newer generation i5 seems more than capable of running Blue Iris.
I’m having a strange problem, and it’s not related to HA at all, rather using MQTT alerts in BI. I’m hoping someone here may have some insight to help me in my troubleshooting quest as I evaluate this as an alternative option to MotionEye
Once my ‘On Alert’ is triggered, an ON payload is sent, shortly followed by an OFF payload. However, after the motion event has cleared, the MQTT alerts continue to send
Here is a snippet after I restarted BI and (eventually) walked through the living room:
2019-10-28 15:42:39.614 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:42:39.617 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:42:41.616 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:42:48.941 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:43:01.953 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:43:01.955 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:43:01.956 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:43:03.957 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:43:09.960 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:43:23.972 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:43:23.975 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:43:23.978 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:43:25.976 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:43:31.976 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:43:45.987 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:43:45.991 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:43:45.995 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:43:47.992 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:43:53.994 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:44:08.000 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:44:08.002 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:44:08.004 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:44:10.006 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:44:16.010 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:44:30.015 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:44:30.016 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:44:30.018 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:44:32.016 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:44:38.020 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:44:52.030 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:44:52.031 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:44:52.032 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:44:54.031 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:45:00.034 BlueIris/status signal=1
2019-10-28 15:45:07.617 BlueIris/living_room/motion ON <--- I walked through the living room
2019-10-28 15:45:13.621 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:45:13.624 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:45:13.627 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:45:15.625 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:45:18.447 BlueIris/living_room/motion OFF <-- event ended
But the alerts are continuously being sent. This is a snippet taken shortly after I walked through the field of view of the camera, with absolutely no motion (including shadows) afterwards
2019-10-28 15:49:53.820 BlueIris/living_room/motion ON
2019-10-28 15:49:55.820 BlueIris/living_room/motion OFF
2019-10-28 15:49:59.826 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:49:59.829 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:49:59.831 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:50:01.828 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:50:03.831 BlueIris/living_room/motion OFF
2019-10-28 15:50:03.834 BlueIris/living_room/motion ON
2019-10-28 15:50:15.841 BlueIris/living_room/motion ON
2019-10-28 15:50:17.844 BlueIris/living_room/motion OFF
2019-10-28 15:50:21.846 BlueIris/status signal=2
2019-10-28 15:50:21.848 BlueIris/status schedule=Default
2019-10-28 15:50:21.849 BlueIris/app starting
2019-10-28 15:50:23.851 BlueIris/app running
2019-10-28 15:50:25.852 BlueIris/living_room/motion OFF
2019-10-28 15:50:25.853 BlueIris/living_room/motion ON
2019-10-28 15:50:29.858 BlueIris/status signal=1
This continues to happen until I restart BI, then it will happen again after motion is detected.
Someone told me once that there was a way to display the video or snapshot of the triggered camera on my touch-pad running Kiosk. Don’t remember how to do so or if it was possible…
I was reading that BI was a CPU hog at times. Do you all see that? I’m thinking of getting away from my old Hikvision NVR and going to BI on a SFF-PC.
Thanks,
Ambi