Specifications

Select the Mark new files for web archival option to automatically upload all new clips to your

Options/Web archival

(See 10.) FTP site.

Use the Protect new files from automatic storage and deletion option cautiously. This will

prevent the system from automatically moving clips to the Stored folder or deleting them

according to the rules on the Options/Clips

(See 10.) page.

Filename

It is recommended that you allow Blue Iris to name clips automatically. If you choose to

specify your own filename format, you should include time formatting codes

(See 15.1) for

minutes and seconds (as well as year, month, day) in order to prevent existing clips from being

overwritten as new ones are created. Notice that the default format also contains the

"&CAM" macro at the beginning to distinguish files created by each camera on multiple-

camera systems. Advanced users may add a subfolder specification to the beginning of the

filename to automatically sort clips into folders based on the camera or the date. For example,

if you add %Y%m%d\ to the beginning of the filename, a new folder will be created for each

day. If you add &CAM\ the camera will have its own folder.

Note: You should always retain the "&CAM." (note the . as well) at the beginning of the

filename--the software uses this to identify clips recorded by a particular camera. Although

not recommended, but it is also possible to specify an absolute path here.

Options

If you enable the Use alt framerate option, you can record single frames on a periodic

basis. When you record video without audio at a framerate of less than 2fps, the playback

framerate is set to 2fps. The effect is a "time lapse" where video will playback faster than real

time.

Pre-trigger frame buffer size. Blue Iris maintains a buffer of images as they are received from

the camera--when motion is detected, you may choose to record up to 50 images from this

buffer so that you can see what occurred just prior to the event which actually triggered the

motion sensor. Please note that the use of this feature consumes considerable memory and

CPU resources--it should only be used if you have both to spare.

The Combine or cut each feature allows you to manage the number of movie files that Blue Iris

creates. By default, without this option selected, a new movie is created when recording

begins, and is closed when recording stops. That is, each time there is a trigger, and each time

there is a "periodic" recording, there is also a new file created. You may then specify the

maximum duration of the file in hours and minutes or total GB consumed. If your specified

group time evenly divides the day (such as 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 hour intervals), then Blue