chicagoskiguy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Is it possible to use a URL from Blue Iris to integrate a camera into Control4? I know that you can point Blue Iris to a webcam, and Control4 to a webcam, but I was wondering if anyone has pointed Blue Iris to their webcam, and then Control4 to Blue Iris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoskiguy Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Seems like this page could be of assistance:http://www.appzer.de/ipcam_fc_stream_urls.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realifeaudio Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Was there ever a resolution to this post? Installing C4 in building with existing Blue Iris system. Would love to integrate into C4 touch panels if available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoskiguy Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 I think it could work, and didn't hit anything I thought was a showstopper, I just never got time to look into it too much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I just got Blue Iris on sale, and there is discussion here about it but not much. Anybody have any recent experiences to share? I want to integrate cameras as much as possible with C4, but the whole camera integration thing seems to be more for real time viewing. Is this correct thinking? Blue Iris would be more of a separate piece for archiving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Not sure why you would do that. Why not connect to the camera direct?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Not sure why you would do that. Why not connect to the camera direct? That doesn't do anything for proper and robust archiving unless I'm missing something? To be clear I'm already looking at cameras just fine on touchscreens, iOS, Android, etc through C4 integration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 But you can send the video to both c4 and blue iris at the same time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 But you can send the video to both c4 and blue iris at the same time That's basically what I'm asking. Is there a reason why Blue Iris would not be sufficient for archiving in a C4 environment, or do you want to go with something like SecuritySpy because of some reason you want that for C4 that makes Blue Iris less desirable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Let me try to clarify further, my understanding is Control4 is getting better at supporting more and more cameras natively. A lot of the reason for Security Spy integration through Extra Vegetables was to increase the types of cameras that work with Control4. So that's not a big deal as much now right? Nothing against Security Spy, but you need a Mac and I don't have one. So it seems that Blue Iris gets me the archiving that Control4 "lacks" but it won't interfere with Control4 integration? Anything I'm missing? Any better solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I agree with your statement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thank you sir! For some reason most of the posts are fairly old on this topic or my searching terms aren't right. Getting exterior IP cameras going is the last big thing I need to do with C4 on my setup. I can get Blue Iris going now with my internal Panasonic cameras and move on to exterior later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidP Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I wrote a Blue Iris driver awhile back. Here is some information on it The driver assumes that the default camera "short name" in Blue Iris is "Cam1" through "Cam9." If you need more than 9, you can just modify the driver. The driver will also allow you to display a grid with full streaming video. To get this to work, you must use the group function in Blue Iris. To get the groups to work, I just added cameras to groups and names them "Group1" and "Group2." The driver is looking for those group names. You can modify the driver if you desire different group names. The driver has been updated with the latest driver improvements and only will work with 2.5.3 and beyond. It does support H264 for mobile devices. You may need to adjust your Blue Iris quality settings to get the best streaming results. The speed of your PC will also impact the performance within Control4. -David Blue_Iris.zip turls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Glad I pulled the trigger on the $35 Blue Iris license now (still available through Foscam, check Slickdeals for details)! Kept thinking that I was saving up for SecuritySpy, a Mac, and cameras before...thanks DavidP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 If you happened to buy through this deal, supposedly you can request a 4.x key for free from Blue Iris support. I think the cutoff was Dec. 1 purchase. I will report back if I'm not successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Obsessions Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I honestly hadn't seen that David had written this driver, coincidentally it only worked because of the communication and efforts that I had put into resolving a few issues that Blue Iris server had with Control4. In either case, I know that the "cats out of the bag", which is why I introduced my blue iris driver this week. It is a fully baked driver with many properties, events, and actions. It supports all cameras that you can add to blue iris, with full PTZ controls, as well as virtual codes, location trigger events, and ability to trigger and change blue iris camera and profiles. I have sent David a license, and I hope that he will support my efforts in this. Please see my other thread for more information. The more support we get from the control4 community, the more features we will get support on from Ken at Blue Iris. http://www.c4forums.com/topic/16307-blue-iris-finally-a-windows-nvr-that-works-like-security-spy/ Thanks, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooseleg Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Blue Iris is on sale: LE version - $14.98Full version - $29.97With Coupon code: PERS-R8SA-FOUR http://blueirissoftware.com/purchase/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary14 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 can I use blue iris to intergrate Samsung ip cameras into C4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Obsessions Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Most likely, if you pm me with an ip and credentials that work via lan, I can check.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Figured I'd post this: https://www.houselogix.com/shop/blue-iris-nvr I'm assuming it's the same Audio Obsessions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Obsessions Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yes it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidP Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Here is an update version of the Blue Iris driver I wrote a couple years ago. I modified it to allow you to enter the camera name in the driver itself rather than having a separate driver for every camera. This is just a basic viewing only driver. If you are looking for advanced features, check out the other Blue Iris thread. -Davidcamera_dw_ip_http_BlueIris.zip turls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwestcoat Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Having issues getting this working, ive setuo cams in blue iris. confirmed ip port credentials and streams in browser on seperate tablet. can never get stream in control4 to work. best ive gotten is error missing gstreamer. im 4+ hours in on this, really frustrated, any assistance would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwestcoat Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Finally found some settings on the houselogix PDF that got me rolling... So now my question is, why does the quality suck so bad in C4 compared to everywhere else? Can I change this? I've been noodling around in Blue Iris, and camera firmware, not much seems to affect the C4 stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwestcoat Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Found that it is unique to this driver, Houselogix driver is better quality. I wonder if the author can edit this basic driver for some high quality streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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