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• Can you switch to the H.264 codec? This is your most efficient choice, and also creates

smaller files. See the Recording

(See 7.4) page for more information.

• If you are running multiple cameras, can one of them be eliminated?

• Can you minimize the Blue Iris window? When it is minimized, no CPU time is used to

draw to the screen.

• If you are running as a service, do not leave the console instance running when

unnecessary

• Turn off Windows Aero (switch to Windows Vista or 7 "basic" display mode). It is pretty,

but it uses more CPU cycles to draw to the screen in this mode.

• Are you using the pre-trigger frames option on the Record tab? This will use more CPU.

• If you switch from H.264 to XVID codec recording, this will save CPU time on slower

processors.

There is a start up issue, I can't get into Blue Iris, and I need to reset to defaults

Enter "regedit" into the Start Search box (Vista) or the Start/Run box (XP). Find the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Perspective Software\Blue Iris. This is where all Blue Iris

settings are stored. If you delete that entire key, all Blue Iris settings will be reset to their

defaults. Instead, you may wish to find the subkey "Cameras" and delete that to delete your

cameras, or delete the "Options" key to solve other startup issues.

If you are using a 64-bit OS, you will need to add the key "Wow6432Node" after the "software"

key.

If you had previously enabled the "run as a win32 service" option, you may also need to go to

the manually remove the service. To do this, right-click on the Computer or My Computer icon

in Windows, select Manage, then find Blue Iris on the list of Services. Stop the service, then

set the startup to manual or disabled.

The video from my IP camera is delayed, jerky, out of audio sync, or the PTZ commands

appear delayed

The camera may be sending images faster than Blue Iris is expecting them, resulting in a full

receive buffer. Try matching the frame-rate (fps) setting in your camera to the frame-rate

setting in Blue Iris to avoid the buffering situation. If your camera does not allow you to

specify the frame-rate, you should set the frame-rate in Blue Iris as high as possible (up to

29.97 fps) until the buffering and resultant video delay is minimized.

My Temp folder grows unbounded as video is streamed from my IP camera

This is caused by antivirus software that is caching your camera streams. This feature of the

AV software may be disabled by adding Blue Iris to an exclusion list. In the ESET software, you