Are you using sub streams within blue iris ? If not you should be, also there is a complete guide of how to lower cpu . Like using sub streams using direct to disk , ect ..
yes, using subs, but it still take a bit more CPU than I wish.
@eaton.blumenstein - A late reply, I've been on a short holiday...
For connection to a camera directly it's:
admin:password@camera_ip_address:rtsp_port/Streaming/Channels/2/
rtsp port is 554 by default. '2' at the end is the sub stream, the main stream would be '1'
For connection to a camera channel via the NVR (whether connected to the NVR PoE or the LAN) it's:
admin:password@nvr_ip_address:rtsp_port/Streaming/Channels/xyy
where 'x' is the NVR channel number and 'yy' is the stream (01 for main, 02 for sub)
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Would you know if these url works for action tiles ? It would have to be a MJPEG video.
Also any knowledge of getting blue iris feed in HE ? Thanks
Those urls are for whatever way the stream is set. Usually it would be H264 or H265. Only the sub stream of a Hikvision camera can be set to MJPEG. Possibly the third stream could be set to MJPEG but that's only available under certain circumstances and not via the NVR.
The likely issue, even if you switched the sub stream to MJPEG, is that the url has admin:password in the url which gets blocked by most browsers as it's sent as plain text over http. That's an issue for web based dashboards (and the reason I'm using HD+). The workaround was to use another app that acts as a web server such as Blue Iris, Tinycam and others. They can re-encode the H264 stream and serve it as MJPEG without the credentials needed.
For Hikvision there are also other urls to get a jpeg. That can be used as an image tile and you just get the dashboard app to refresh it every x seconds:
http://admin:password@ip_address:http_port/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/2/picture
where 2 is the sub stream image, 1 for the main stream (or xyy as in the other post if connecting via the NVR IP address)
Ok that all makes sense, i have blue iris and all my cameras have the sub streams . Now i just have to figure out if i can get BI streams into HE.
As you said in your other post, you don't need them in HE, just on the dashboards. Blue Iris has a web server function as detailed. In the Blue Iris settings you can get that stream served out as MJPEG without altering the camera at all. You then use the url specified by Blue Iris (at the IP address of the BI PC)
I use sharptools/BI, so this may be similar.
Multiple cam brands, irrelevant.
This is live. Click it and it goes fullscreen.
They are media tiles:
The info is based on cam names in Blue Iris.
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Your camera appears to be accessible externally with a domain name.
I’m assuming that’s necessary for sharptools to serve the camera stream on your dashboard (which goes through the cloud)?
Or I may have misinterpreted one of your screenshots.
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Not sure to be honest. My knowledge on all things IT has been badly cobbled together over the years. Stuff works, but Christ knows how.
Have the domain name to access my cctv/blue iris externally.
I'm not sure what would happen if I alter the domain to an ip in sharptools. I presume I'd lose access.
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Anyone have experience with LOREX cameras? Would love to integrate something into SharpTools somehow.
