Recent content by CaliGirl

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    Dahua Starlight 2MP Won’t Save ANY Settings After Reboot… Is It Dying?

    I have a 5-year-old Dahua camera that I originally bought from Empire Andy, and recently it started acting strange in Blue Iris. When I logged into the camera web UI, I noticed Smart Codec was turned ON, which I definitely do not want enabled. I tried turning Smart Codec OFF and the camera...
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    Hardware Recommendations? Please share

    Can you recommend what used Dell computer I should purchase to run my Blue iris system? HERE I've read the wiki and calculated my needs but I am still confused..... I'd like to be able to record 10 cameras at 15fps 4K res. For a total of 1,240 MP/s. And room for upgrades and running...
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    Dahua Email Notification Suddenly Stopped Working

    Did you ever figure out a solution? I have tried so many things and can not get it to pass the test, it always fails.
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    Dahua cams has stopped sending emails alert

    Has anyone resolved the Dahua and email alerts? I have spent 3hrs applying everything on these threads, and follow the Dahua wiki. But nothing is working.....getting frustrated. And Yes I have Google less secure on.
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    Review-Dahua 4mp SD22404T-GN 4x Mini PTZ Speed Dome

    Anyone have a link to purchasing the dahua 22204TNI (starlight version) from Andy?
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    I deleted that folder, tried key again, and IT WORKED!!!!!! Thanks Fenderman!
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    Good thinking, I checked and both BI folders are still in the exclusions list for windows defender.
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    Correct. It says 0 days left. And when I select Demo it does not open. And when I enter key code with dashes (-) or no Dashes, it will not let me select next. keys: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    But I can't open the application to reach the about page? It won't open in Demo mode either. Or is the about somewhere else?
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    Thanks, I made a new post since mine is different. Correct, license key. I dont have any of my settings backed up. I don't know how to. I do have an second hard drive on board for the footage that I can carry settings over to?
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    blue iris 4xxx activation after pc crash

    I am having the same issue after allowing windows to update. It will not take my key? I am afraid to reinstall and loose all my BI settings that took me days if not weeks to get right. Please help :(
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    Need Professional Grade 24/7 No Hassle Outdoor Camera

    Dahua has been stable for us for 2years. 30x zoom day, night, snow, rain. Remote locale, ptz style. You say professional and then you say you are not funded and have a $350 camera currently. That is not professional. Professional is enterprise level and expect to pay far more than $350. 4k is...
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    Dahua Video (*.DAV) Playback in Mac OSX

    I had that same issue Mikey Roszbach. In my opinion Dahua has done a really poor job providing english documentation and making it user friendly. I had a good amount of experience and ran into nothing but roadblocks with Dahua software and NVR. I switched to Blue Iris and it was night day...
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    DAHUA IPC-HDW5231R-Z 2MP - Can't draw rules

    I don’t use Dvr, sold it, barely worked. Got blue iris and love it. Got Ivs setup to work with internet explorer on windows 10 after lots of troubleshooting.