Outdoor camera with BlueIris

[racerfern]

Then all at once the cameras ended up with "No Signal" in BI, even though they work fine in HS. And the web interface for the camera also doesn't work now with "no playable sources found" on all 3 cameras.

Di you change some general settings in BI and then restart the BI server (maybe at a later point?) I just went through a similar scenario after switching some HS and some not HS cameras to Intel hardware acceleration. This was in an effort to reduce CPU load. The HS camera, BI or my PC didn't like that at all. So I've reverted the settings and everything is fine again.

[shill]

I'm having similar problems - the cameras work fine with HS, and for about ~18 hours they worked in BI as well, and I was able to set up some "check_vcmd" logic and an IFTTT trigger with Google Assistant to get them to cast to my TV's/Nest Hub Max via the Chromecast plugin, so everything was great

Then all at once the cameras ended up with "No Signal" in BI, even though they work fine in HS. And the web interface for the camera also doesn't work now with "no playable sources found" on all 3 cameras.

[tdelong]

Hi Martin, I can login in to the cameras browser interface still with the same ip. I logged in to check and make sure the ports and protocols are on and match the settings in BI.

I’ve been looking into the I/O Error on BI and found mention that it occurs when multiple systems are picking up the RTSP stream. It’s claimed to be a result of the cameras firmware not being able to support multiple systems. However It sounds like people use it on both systems without issue so I’m sticking with my thought that it’s a network issue. I have a VPN router and managed switches with several VLANs so I’m concentrating on that. My cameras all have IP and MAC binding.

The camera works great on Homeseer and does what I need it do, now it’s just a matter of obsession to figure this out.

[martinarcher]

That's weird. Is the Homeseer setup changing the IP of the camera causing BI to loose the stream?

[tdelong]

Change your "http" in the drop down on the top left to "rtsp" then put the

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/live/ch0

inside the URL text box to the right of it and you should be set.

Thanks for responding. That was what I originally entered and couldn't get it to work with Blue Iris. When I had it set to RTSP I would get "No Signal I/O Error" on Blue Iris instead of just "No Signal".

While trouble shooting I reset the camera to factory, and set it up in Blue Iris first. Lo and behold it worked using the rtsp settings quoted above. However, when I would add it back into Homeseer it would fail in Blue Iris.

I'm assuming it may be something with my network setup.

[racerfern]

I did try search, and somehow after changing the password (I think) it's working.

[BlairG]

Just to the right of the address entry field, do you see a search button.?
BI will poll the address to get the camera to identify it's capabilities.

[racerfern]

Hmm, I finally got the camera working through WiFi. I didn't know that many hoops existed! Now, as far as BI, can someone give me detailed steps as to what to enter?
I changed the http:// to rtsp://, entered the ip address and the new password, yet nothing.

I had to use the default password to get anywhere. However at some point I probably need to go back to my password.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[martinarcher]

Can I add a HS outdoor camera to BI without adding it through HS Mobile? I can't get past the QR screen and I'm looking for other options other than having to return the camera.

The QR code method allows you to add the camera to your WiFi without hardwiring it with a Ethernet cable. If you simply want to use it with BI you could plug an Ethernet cable into it, allow your router to assign it an IP via DHCP and then log into the router to see what the IP is and go from there.

[martinarcher]

I must be missing something. I can't get the HS-Cam-O to work with RTSP in Blue Iris. I just get no signal. The snapshot works, but this just gets me "No Signal".

Change your "http" in the drop down on the top left to "rtsp" then put the

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/live/ch0

inside the URL text box to the right of it and you should be set.

[racerfern]

Can I add a HS outdoor camera to BI without adding it through HS Mobile? I can't get past the QR screen and I'm looking for other options other than having to return the camera.

[kc8tmv]

Yes, many systems use snapshot url for streaming they just get the snaps very quickly. There's also a RTSP stream that you can use as well. Ex. rtsp://user***@192.168.x.x/live/ch0

Stupid newbie question: where do you plug this rtsp url into?
Button, text box, and where within that?


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[tdelong]

I must be missing something. I can't get the HS-Cam-O to work with RTSP in Blue Iris. I just get no signal. The snapshot works, but this just gets me "No Signal".

[martinarcher]

The indoor camera I bought worked like a champ without any trouble.

Rupp is on the money....if you use the direct RTSP URL it works from with the outdoor cameras. I've got them all streaming into BlueIris fine now. Thanks fellas. We're starting a big home project Monday and I want to get a timelapse setup before we get going.

For 1080:

rtsp://user:pass@192.168.2.147/live/ch0

For 720:

rtsp://user:pass@192.168.2.147/live/ch1

[BlairG]

I just setup an indoor Homeseer Cam, in BLUE IRIS and once you plug in the IP address into the Add Camera screen there is a Search button on the right side there and Blue iris searches and found the right setup parameters.

I don't know who makes the Cam, but it's working for now with those parameters.

What BI settings did you use for your indoor Cam?