{"id":26,"date":"2008-02-24T02:24:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T08:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/post.aspx?id=a316ee16-093f-4c64-8aac-e76782223a9c"},"modified":"2008-02-24T02:24:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T08:24:25","slug":"blue-iris-security-camera-dvr-software-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/26","title":{"rendered":"Blue Iris Security Camera DVR Software for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve used <a href=\"http:\/\/blueirissoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Iris<\/a> for several months now to monitor a few security cameras we have installed around our house. It&#8217;s a brilliant piece of software that works as well as many software packages that cost four to ten times as much (trust me, I&#8217;ve experimented and tested packages that were $500 US). <\/p>\n<p>The key features for me that I needed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Runs as a Windows Service &#8212; even if no one is logged onto the computer, the application is still monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Runs on Windows 2003 Server (or Windows Home Server). <\/li>\n<li>Can send e-mail alerts when motion is controlled with a configurable options (like the maximum frequency of e-mails sent within a period).<\/li>\n<li>Support of my IP based cameras. <\/li>\n<li>Reasonable CPU usage (about 30-40% constant on my home server to monitor 4 cameras).<\/li>\n<li>Continually updated &#8212; not a dead product<\/li>\n<li>Remote access via a web page (the product does this well, but it&#8217;s not an attractive web page &#8212; just functional).<\/li>\n<li>Priced competitively &#8212; this product is priced almost too low &#8212; at $49.95 for the unlimited package.<\/li>\n<li>Stable &#8212; I haven&#8217;t had a single problem with the stability of the product in months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"177\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It has tons of options for configuration:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"192\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb_1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"190\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb_2.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Tons of settings for each individual camera:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"197\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb_4.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the built in web application (it&#8217;s ActiveX or Java based):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"149\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb_3.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It even works with my Airlink 250W wireless IP camera (with a few tricks):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/image.axd?picture=WindowsLiveWriter\/BlueIrisSecurityCameraDVRSoftwareforWind_761A\/image_thumb_5.png\" width=\"209\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Even though the main application user interface is not very &quot;professional&quot; &#8212; it&#8217;s a killer program and if you need something like this, I&#8217;d strongly recommend you consider it. <\/p>\n<p>Windows only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve used Blue Iris for several months now to monitor a few security cameras we have installed around our house. It&#8217;s a brilliant piece of software that works as well as many software packages that cost four to ten times as much (trust me, I&#8217;ve experimented and tested packages that were $500 US). 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