Blue Iris 2.31.06

Blue Iris 2.31.06 is developed as a simple yet useful program which assits you in capturing JPEG snapshots or capture movies in standard AVI, advanced DVR, or leading-edge Windows Media file formats.

Keep an eye on your home, place of business, cars, and valuables; watch your pets or your kids; monitor your nanny, babysitter, or employees. Watch your door for mail, packages or visitors. Use motion detection, audio detection, or capture continuously. Receive alerts via loudspeaker, e-mail, instant messaging, or phone. Web cam. Overlay text and graphics. Use the built-in Web server, or post to a Web site. Webcast using MPEG ActiveX, JAVA, or Windows Media.

NOTICE: if you are attempting to update from 2.20 or older to this version, STOP.  First, un-install your old version and re-install the full download version.

Major Features:

1.  Cameras and Clips
   • The initial view shows live views on the left, and a list of clips on the right.
   • Choose from equal video window sizes or one larger than the others
   • When you size the main window, the video images size with you.
   • Click on a camera view or clip to open it.
   • Use your mouse wheel to digitally zoom in and out.
   • A status bar at the bottom lets you know what Blue Iris is doing, and provides help when you pass the cursor over windows and controls.
   • PTZ (Pan Tilt and Zoom) controls are supported for some IP cameras
   • Organize your clips into folders, and automatically archive them to the web, or put them into storage.
2. The Clip Viewer
   • There are controls for playback and stepping frame by frame. A position slider allows random access to any point in the video.
   • Digital Zoom and Pan functionality
   • Control the speed of playback (audio as well as video) and the audio volume.
   • Use the Blue Iris DVR file format to record to and playback video from the same file simultaneously.
   • Mark starting and ending points for playback, trimming, or video export.
3. Video Security
   • Use motion or audio sensing to trigger recording, or record continuously or periodically.
   • Overlay the current date/time as well as a logo or other information
   • Optionally record audio
   • Use a timer to determine when the system is armed
   • Images may be captured as either JPEG images, MPEG movies or Windows Media movies (full version).
   • Receive alerts via loudspeaker, email, instant message, voice phone call (with automatic redial), or external program/script
   • Run Blue Iris as a Windows service so that only you have control over its operation on a shared PC
   • All passwords are stored encrypted
4. Webcam
   • Built-in multithreaded web server; supports authentication.
   • Broadcast MPEG, a JPEG image stream to a Java client applet, or,
   • Perform "true" webcasting using leading-edge Windows Media Technologies such as variable and multiple-bitrate encoding (full version).
   • View all cameras at once remotely
   • PTZ controls accessible remotely in MPEG broadcast window.
   • Stream and seek through large clips remotely without downloading the entire file.
   • Detailed stats window
   • Use Blue Iris's powerful digital Zoom and Pan functionality remotely!
   • The default home page allows you to view all of your cameras and captured clips remotely; this page is easily customized.
   • Integrated "mini-browser" to test your home page
   • Post images to a remote web server; maintain a ring of images; resize for use on cell phones and PDAs.
5. Technology
   • Simultaneously use up to 25 video cameras (with full version).
   • Use USB webcams, DV camcorders, BT848/878 cards (PV149, or generic), network IP cams, as well as video servers.
   • Overlay text, timestamps, and alpha-blended graphics.
   • The highly-efficient Blue Iris DVR file format allows time-slip viewing.
   • DirectX integration provides smooth digital scaling.
   • DirectShow integration provides optimal capture performance.
   • Windows Media technologies integration (full version) allows capture into WMV format and Windows Media webcasting.
   • Multithreaded, optimized and rigorously tested code for optimal performance.
6. Supported Network IP Cameras
   • 4XEM E104, video port 6002
   • 4XEM MPEG4
   • ABS MegaCam
   • ACTi 5601 (others coming soon)
   • Acumen Speed Dome
   • AirLink101 250W and compatible models
   • AirLink101 310,650W and compatible models
   • AirLink101 500W,747W and compatible models
   • AirLive MPEG4 port 8090
   • AL9603/9633/9643/9663 PT/Dome
   • ALinking
   • Allnet ALL2200
   • APC NetBotz
   • Arecont AV1300
   • Av-tech avi201/202 MPEG4
   • Av-tech avi321
   • Aviosys
   • Aviosys 9060
   • Aviptek PT5000
   • Axcell
   • Axis 205,206,207,209,211,213,214,216,etc.
   • Axis 207mw,211m,223m
   • Axis 2100
   • Bowya PX802
   • BSTI PD100
   • C800ip
   • Canon VB-C50i/C50iR
   • Cellvision CAS-200, SOHO
   • CHITIN DVR
   • CIC 901W and much more
     

Enhancements:

• Time formatting presets for text overlay
• Completely automatic updates
• Compiled using the latest development tools and technology
• Continuous and time-lapse recording
• Multiple video-proc amp profiles (eg, day vs. night)
• Up to 25 cameras allowed
• Hi-res MJPEG support
• Listen to live camera audio
• Revised motion sensor mask edit window
• G.726 audio support
• SSL/TLS email server support
• SMS text message alerts
• Large clip folders supported more efficiently
• JAVA/JPEG support updated; JPEG Refresh support updated
• Up to 50 pre-trigger images recorded
• XVID support
• GS 4600 support (with updated firmware)
• Multiple motion sensor profiles based on time of day
• Audio capture from select IP cameras
• Remote admin; more security for remote viewing
• Veo Observer IP camera support
• New multi-port BT8x8 card technology using Universal Conexant WDM driver
• MJPG compression supported
• New screen capture technology
• Enhanced for Windows Vista compatibility
• View all cameras at once remotely
• A Blue Iris DVR video file format registered on your system as extension ".bvr" with a Blue Iris logo icon. This new format allows very fast simultaneous read/write access with file sizes limited only by your available hard drive space. With this format, you may now open a clip in the viewer that is also open for recording. Also gone is the 1GB limit that AVI files have.

Requirements:

• Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 2GHz processor or better
• 1GB or better system RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003 or Vista
• Microsoft DirectX version 8.0 or better
• One or more USB, DV (Firewire), or Network IP cameras, or an analog capture card.
• 4 MB or better graphics adaptor with DirectX support drivers.