Will Blue Iris Work With P2p Cameras?

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In this guide, I'k going to show you how to add another camera to Blue Iris. Rather than manually configuring each security camera, Blue Iris has a handy "Copy from another camera" characteristic, which will copy the existing settings of 1 camera and apply it to a 2nd one. This is a super like shooting fish in a barrel to way to quickly and easily add all of your cameras.

Actually the only things you'll demand to modify are the IP accost of new cameras, the FPS, and maybe a few other settings (if you take different brands/models.)

If you don't have Blue Iris v and Deepstack installed yet, you can follow my step-by-footstep Bluish Iris installation guide for beginners. For reference, I'm using these 2 cameras:

Amcrest ProHD 1080P WiFi Camera 2MP (1920TVL) Indoor Pan/Tilt Security Wireless IP Camera IP2M-841B (Black)

Amcrest ProHD 1080P WiFi Photographic camera 2MP (1920TVL) Indoor Pan/Tilt Security Wireless IP Camera IP2M-841B (Black)

HIGH PERFORMANCE, REAL-Time, Truthful HD – Experience magnificent total-Hard disk 1080P video at 30fps with enhanced low low-cal adequacy utilizing the image sensor and Ambarella chipset. Extra-broad ninety° viewing angle, as well as remote pan and tilt, allows yous to cover more ground and go along more than of what matters to y'all safe. Works with Amazon Alexa through Amcrest Cloud.
SMARTER SECURITY – Receive motion warning notifications, review footage and appoint in 2-manner communication via your smartphone with the Amcrest View app. Playback and tape professionally on a PC using Amcrest Surveillance Pro or Bluish Iris Professional. Works with Amcrest Deject remote video storage, MicroSD card, Amcrest NVRs, and QNAP NAS, FTP, Pale Moon (32bit) & SeaMonkey Browsers, IE, Safari 11, Firefox 49.0 and Chrome with Amcrest Web View Extension.

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Amcrest 5MP Turret POE Camera, UltraHD Outdoor IP Camera POE with Mic/Audio, 5-Megapixel Security Surveillance Cameras, 98ft NightVision, 2.8mm Lens (103° FOV), IP67, MicroSD (256GB), (IP5M-T1179EW)

Amcrest 5MP Turret POE Camera, UltraHD Outdoor IP Camera POE with Mic/Sound, 5-Megapixel Security Surveillance Cameras, 98ft NightVision, ii.8mm Lens (103° FOV), IP67, MicroSD (256GB), (IP5M-T1179EW)

CMOS ILLUMINATION & MIC – Stunning low-light 5MP performance with CMOS 1/2.7" image sensor and 5MP resolution (2592x1944). Super-wide 103° viewing angle allows you to encompass more ground. Ability Over Ethernet (POE camera) for easy installation (POE Injector or Switch Required; Not Included, Sold Separately). Does Non Include a Power Supply. This is a FIXED IP camera and Does Not Pan/Tilt. Built-in mic for one-way audio.
SMARTER SECURITY & STORAGE OPTIONS – Receive motion warning notifications and review footage via your smartphone with the Amcrest View app. Playback and tape professionally on a PC using the Amcrest Surveillance Pro for Windows and MAC (included) or third-party software such as Blue Iris. Works with Amcrest Cloud remote video storage, MicroSD Card (upwards to 256GB), Amcrest NVRs, Synology and QNAP NAS, FTP, Edge, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox & Safari.

This is going to be a brusk and sweet guide, and so let's go started!

Launch Blue Iris

First, log into your server that has Blue Iris installed. Then launch the Blue Iris Admin desktop application.

Add Another Camera to Blue Iris

Right-click the black space next to an existing camera > Add new camera. At the bottom of the box that pops up, click Add new camera over again.

Give it a helpful name and short name. Nether Type, choose Re-create from Some other Camera. Then click OK.

You volition then exist brought to the new photographic camera configuration screen. Everything should be setup exactly the same as your existing camera – including the IP address. Let's alter that.

Under the Video tab, click Configure next to the Network IP radial.

After clicking Configure, you'll be brought to a Network IP photographic camera configuration page. Once more, this has the same settings as your first camera so we need to change a few things.

In the http:// field, enter the second cameras' IP accost, user, and password. Then click Observe/Inspect. Blue Iris does a great chore at finding most cameras and auto-filling the correct values.

Click OK in one case consummate to exist brought back to the camera config screen.

If your 2nd camera has a different FPS so your outset ane, you should change it. If yous don't know the FPS of the second camera, log into it via IP address from a web browser. It should tell you what it'southward currently set to.

Congratulations ! You have now successfully added an boosted photographic camera to Blue Iris in about 30 seconds by simply copying the configuration.

View Both Cameras on Bluish Iris dashboard

Chances are, you have an existing video stream already displayed on Blue Iris. Y'all'll demand to shut that in order to view both livestreams at the same time.

Right click the blackness surface area > Close Viewer.

You should now run across both cameras in Blue Iris.

At present, it's fourth dimension to test it out to ensure the boosted cam. Merely walk in front of the other camera. My first camera was set to detect the "person" object, and as you tin can see – Deepstack has successfully detected me every bit a person and added it my Alerts.

Adjustments

If you're 2nd cam is a different resolution, using wifi, or a unlike model, you lot might have to tweak a few settings to ensure motion is captured.

I recommend starting with the Trigger tab > Artificial Intelligence. Motility the confidence level downward in 10% increments to see if it captures motion correctly for Deepstack to analyze.

Wrapping Upwards

That'south all there is to information technology! Hopefully this simple guide helps you add together all of your cameras to Blue Iris (and hopefully you lot realize this is an choice earlier you manually add together them all!)