Just wanted to thank you. I did multiple optimizations and still had high CPU usage even using GPU for AI and having a good CPU. In the end the problem was the number of images sent to AI (at 10:15). Now performance is acceptable with my 20 cameras.
WOW, thank you for the lower your CPU post - my 16core xeon x 32gRam BI stole 18% cpu for (6 ) 5mp cameras .. down to 6% now. Subscribed .. will check em all out
Wow! I was thrilled to cut my Intel CPU usage by 50% !! You need to give lessons to many TH-cam posters as to how to deliver useful information in a clear, concise, extremely well-paced, un-caffeinated manner with no "uh", "um" etc. I am a now a huge fan of your delivery-style. Thank you!
Another awesome video. Thank you I have been searching for about an hour now for a question asked in the comments below. How did you get the GPU usage to show on the lower right by CPU and RAM usage????
This video was extremely helpful, especially the part about the sub streams. I had near 100% CPU usage with two 4K cameras, and still have four more cameras to add to my system. After setting direct to disk recording and turning on the substreams, my cpu usage is below 10%. Thanks
Thanks for doing these video's, been converting over GANZ cameras from a old computer into Blue Iris. I already had some Reolink cameras running on it with very little cpu and ram, added some of the Ganz cameras and it the system was almost pegged. Put in some of the settings from this video and the system is normalized again.
I have 7 4K Amcrest cameras and my mini PC with an i5-8500T was constantly ranging between 85% - 100% processor. Enabled the "limit decoding unless required" on each camera, not all of them had it on and unchecked "Display overlays live" for each and now my processor is below 30%. I already had some of the other settings set.
I assume that if motion/AI detection is working on the sub stream which has a resolution and quality far below the main stream, that could impact accurate motion detection significantly.
Great series - I'm sure this will help some people break through what is a rather unwieldy UI and pile of toggles. On the AI CPU usage - the 3rd party AITool had a good option to be able to set several IPs for AI servers and spread the load. Unfortunately I can't see the option to specify multiple servers within BlueIris.
Hey thanks for watching. There is the option to have more instances, but it doesn't give you a new spot for another IP address. I'll have to look into this more.
@@learnblueiris Ah yeah, that's right - more instances on the same machine, doesn't help spread the load - makes more sense to get the processing away from the computer that's just had to switch from sub stream recording to main stream because there's a trigger...
What if you have more than on GPU. I have thought about getting a few 1080ti's or 1050ti's and split the cameras between cards and quick sync ect. So I can add even more cameras ect.
is it normal to have 82% cpu usage with 15 cameras i got 13 1080p 2 megapixel cameras and one 2k res camera thats 5 megapixels my cpi is a i7 7700k with 8gb ddr4
Yes from default but if you watch the TH-camr (the hook up) his license plate reader and facial recognition video. he shows how to make it optimal if this doesn’t help you hope it helps others.
I have 3, 5MP Amcrest cameras and I turned on "Limit decoding unless required" and I noticed after some time, the cameras freeze and won't detect any motion at all unless I refresh the cameras. The key is 1.0 so that's enough to enable the feature...but why are the cameras freezing to the point that the don't detect any motion at all?
Your videos are very well done and are a great help as I prepare to install a video system for a non-profit. How does using the sub-stream affect the pre-trigger motion piece of the recording? Will the pre-trigger piece of the recording be in lower bit rate and lower resolution?
I switched to the sub-stream for all of my cameras but the quality stored onto the disk is very poor. If I look up video clips I can barely make out anything. What can I do for this?
Any videos on blue iris socket error 10054? Just got blue iris update and 3 amcrest cameras dont play nice. Tried resetting cameras and deleting and adding again. Same problem. All amcrest cameras are the same and they work fine on amcrest app.
Hi Firstly, thank you for your informative videos. I followed all your video guides for installing BI on a Windows 11 Pro computer. The PC in an AllInOne i5 with 12 GB RAM and a 1TB SSD drive. I am currently using 6 cameras and using zerotier for remote access. The CPU usage looks high. It hits 100 sometimes. Is it a limitation on BI? I need your advice please. All the best
Very thorough! Hey, how do you get the view of “All clips” to show as ONLY a single column left of the “All Cameras” view? Mine displays 6 columns of clips and leaves no room for the live camera view. (I’m a bit crippled and clumsy while using Remote Desktop to view and control my PC without a mouse, so answer this like you are speaking to a dummy). 😂 I had this problem before and I forgot!
Found it! It’s the "more items" button. Why the button is called "items" and not "clips" and why it doesn’t toggle to "Fewer clips" or "Less clips" when more are presently shown …. I can’t answer. Also, I looked for it in the pop up menu in the camera view pane, The "show timeline view" is present no matter where the menu pops up, but the "show clips view" is only present if you select over a camera (not in dead, black space). Not that anybody is watching, but it seems like having both a "show many clips" and "show some clips" option in the pop up menu, no matter where you select, would make it easier to find. Maybe by typing this I’ll actually remember in a few months when I come back to needing to find it again?
When is the intel thing being used for?.. is it when decoding or when recording? I don't really see any difference at all by selecting intel or any other. I have a i7-6700 which has QuickSync, but honestly I don't see any difference at all. What am I supposed to be looking at when using intel?
The decode is used for both viewing and recording - Blue Iris has to decode the stream from your camera either way. Make sure your cameras aren't set to "no" instead of "default". Also double check there is an "i" in the status.
Great video however I would like to see more on system builds. I currently have BI running on an old Intel i7 with an Nvidia P400 my next step is going to be migirtaing to a SFF system.
Thanks for the video, it helped me reduce my CPU from 80% to 45%. I am using Nvidia GTX 950 and it shows an N under Status-Cameras-HA but it doesn't show the GPU usage on BI like yours. Mine says CPU 47% RAM 2.37G.
apparently i have a lot of your videos to watch. i've been trying to get my blue iris squared away where it's actually running smooth. for some reason, only some of my cams will use the nvidia decoding. i have 10 cams i think and my i7-6700 with 16gb of ram stays pegged at roughly 100% and close to maxed memory. i'll be upgrading memory soon to hopefully help a little. i don't even have the software open most of the time. just the service running.
VBR vs CBR. What is the reasoning for using one over the other. If VBR only sends a lower rate when little is needed and it jumps to higher when needed, then why would anyone need CBR? It seems like one would always want to use VBR but I'm likely missing the reason for ever choosing CBR. These videos are the best explanation I've ever seen about BI!!!
Hey thanks for watching! Variable bitrate will send less data if there is nothing changing in the image the camera sees (or very little). It is usually the better choice, but some NVRs don't play well with VBR. Also, there might be a small ramp up to get to full quality if all of the sudden there is movement so some people choose to record CBR all the time to get the full quality to matter what and not rely on the camera to make the decision on when to send more bits. I appreciate the kind words about these videos being good explanations. Makes me want to keep making them! :)
It really depends on how many cameras you want to have and what quality the cameras will run at (resolution/framerate/bitrate). If you have a couple of cameras that aren't super high resolution, you could probably run those no problem on an old laptop. Keep in mind though that a laptop hard drive isn't meant to be written to continuously so I would suggest only recording video when motion is detected unless you have a surveillance hard drive like the Western Digital Purple drive. Good luck!
Just wanted to thank you. I did multiple optimizations and still had high CPU usage even using GPU for AI and having a good CPU. In the end the problem was the number of images sent to AI (at 10:15). Now performance is acceptable with my 20 cameras.
Man this saved my old i5-M450. This is quality content. Great explanations of each setting with real time examples. Thank you.
WOW, thank you for the lower your CPU post - my 16core xeon x 32gRam BI stole 18% cpu for (6 ) 5mp cameras .. down to 6% now. Subscribed .. will check em all out
Wow! I was thrilled to cut my Intel CPU usage by 50% !! You need to give lessons to many TH-cam posters as to how to deliver useful information in a clear, concise, extremely well-paced, un-caffeinated manner with no "uh", "um" etc. I am a now a huge fan of your delivery-style. Thank you!
Thank you. This was very helpful. You are doing a great job with these videos. Thanks. 😀
Another awesome video. Thank you
I have been searching for about an hour now for a question asked in the comments below.
How did you get the GPU usage to show on the lower right by CPU and RAM usage????
Yeah HOW ?
Thanks for the video! Enjoyed it and how you break down and share information. Looking forward to your upcoming video covering the AI features
Excellent video. So many great tips for optimizing Blue Iris in an effort to reduce the CPU usage. Well done!
Thank you Tony! Thanks for watching and commenting.
This video was extremely helpful, especially the part about the sub streams. I had near 100% CPU usage with two 4K cameras, and still have four more cameras to add to my system. After setting direct to disk recording and turning on the substreams, my cpu usage is below 10%. Thanks
What about video clips? I did the same and my clips are of very low resolution.
Really enjoy your content. It's been very helpful in setting up BI. Thanks. Looking forward to the next episode.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment.
Thanks for doing these video's, been converting over GANZ cameras from a old computer into Blue Iris. I already had some Reolink cameras running on it with very little cpu and ram, added some of the Ganz cameras and it the system was almost pegged. Put in some of the settings from this video and the system is normalized again.
Very cool! Thanks for watching and glad it helped.
This is excellent. MY CPU was a t 70% constantly on a 10thgen i9 with Nvidia Card.
I have 7 4K Amcrest cameras and my mini PC with an i5-8500T was constantly ranging between 85% - 100% processor. Enabled the "limit decoding unless required" on each camera, not all of them had it on and unchecked "Display overlays live" for each and now my processor is below 30%. I already had some of the other settings set.
I assume that if motion/AI detection is working on the sub stream which has a resolution and quality far below the main stream, that could impact accurate motion detection significantly.
Great video Joe!
Thank you Jay! Thanks for watching
Great series - I'm sure this will help some people break through what is a rather unwieldy UI and pile of toggles. On the AI CPU usage - the 3rd party AITool had a good option to be able to set several IPs for AI servers and spread the load. Unfortunately I can't see the option to specify multiple servers within BlueIris.
Hey thanks for watching. There is the option to have more instances, but it doesn't give you a new spot for another IP address. I'll have to look into this more.
@@learnblueiris Ah yeah, that's right - more instances on the same machine, doesn't help spread the load - makes more sense to get the processing away from the computer that's just had to switch from sub stream recording to main stream because there's a trigger...
Can we connect code project at with UniFi protect
What if you have more than on GPU. I have thought about getting a few 1080ti's or 1050ti's and split the cameras between cards and quick sync ect. So I can add even more cameras ect.
wow i lover mine cpu from 80% to 12% thank you!!!!
is it normal to have 82% cpu usage with 15 cameras i got 13 1080p 2 megapixel cameras and one 2k res camera thats 5 megapixels my cpi is a i7 7700k with 8gb ddr4
Yes from default but if you watch the TH-camr (the hook up) his license plate reader and facial recognition video. he shows how to make it optimal if this doesn’t help you hope it helps others.
I have 3, 5MP Amcrest cameras and I turned on "Limit decoding unless required" and I noticed after some time, the cameras freeze and won't detect any motion at all unless I refresh the cameras. The key is 1.0 so that's enough to enable the feature...but why are the cameras freezing to the point that the don't detect any motion at all?
Your videos are very well done and are a great help as I prepare to install a video system for a non-profit. How does using the sub-stream affect the pre-trigger motion piece of the recording? Will the pre-trigger piece of the recording be in lower bit rate and lower resolution?
I switched to the sub-stream for all of my cameras but the quality stored onto the disk is very poor. If I look up video clips I can barely make out anything. What can I do for this?
Any videos on blue iris socket error 10054? Just got blue iris update and 3 amcrest cameras dont play nice. Tried resetting cameras and deleting and adding again. Same problem. All amcrest cameras are the same and they work fine on amcrest app.
Hi
Firstly, thank you for your informative videos.
I followed all your video guides for installing BI on a Windows 11 Pro computer.
The PC in an AllInOne i5 with 12 GB RAM and a 1TB SSD drive.
I am currently using 6 cameras and using zerotier for remote access.
The CPU usage looks high. It hits 100 sometimes.
Is it a limitation on BI?
I need your advice please.
All the best
Very thorough! Hey, how do you get the view of “All clips” to show as ONLY a single column left of the “All Cameras” view?
Mine displays 6 columns of clips and leaves no room for the live camera view.
(I’m a bit crippled and clumsy while using Remote Desktop to view and control my PC without a mouse, so answer this like you are speaking to a dummy). 😂
I had this problem before and I forgot!
Found it! It’s the "more items" button. Why the button is called "items" and not "clips" and why it doesn’t toggle to "Fewer clips" or "Less clips" when more are presently shown …. I can’t answer.
Also, I looked for it in the pop up menu in the camera view pane, The "show timeline view" is present no matter where the menu pops up, but the "show clips view" is only present if you select over a camera (not in dead, black space).
Not that anybody is watching, but it seems like having both a "show many clips" and "show some clips" option in the pop up menu, no matter where you select, would make it easier to find.
Maybe by typing this I’ll actually remember in a few months when I come back to needing to find it again?
When is the intel thing being used for?.. is it when decoding or when recording? I don't really see any difference at all by selecting intel or any other. I have a i7-6700 which has QuickSync, but honestly I don't see any difference at all. What am I supposed to be looking at when using intel?
The decode is used for both viewing and recording - Blue Iris has to decode the stream from your camera either way. Make sure your cameras aren't set to "no" instead of "default". Also double check there is an "i" in the status.
@@learnblueiris Yes, I've checked all that and I do see the "I" when selecting intel, but I don't notice a difference on the cpu at all.
same this video is a totally waste of time
Great video however I would like to see more on system builds. I currently have BI running on an old Intel i7 with an Nvidia P400 my next step is going to be migirtaing to a SFF system.
Thanks for the video, it helped me reduce my CPU from 80% to 45%. I am using Nvidia GTX 950 and it shows an N under Status-Cameras-HA but it doesn't show the GPU usage on BI like yours. Mine says CPU 47% RAM 2.37G.
Have you used it with an Intel ARC GPU yet?
I have not... would be cool to try though. Seems like they are still working out the bugs. Thanks for the comment!
@@learnblueiris DM me on whatever platform if you want to borrow an A380 and collab on it.
apparently i have a lot of your videos to watch. i've been trying to get my blue iris squared away where it's actually running smooth. for some reason, only some of my cams will use the nvidia decoding. i have 10 cams i think and my i7-6700 with 16gb of ram stays pegged at roughly 100% and close to maxed memory. i'll be upgrading memory soon to hopefully help a little. i don't even have the software open most of the time. just the service running.
VBR vs CBR. What is the reasoning for using one over the other. If VBR only sends a lower rate when little is needed and it jumps to higher when needed, then why would anyone need CBR? It seems like one would always want to use VBR but I'm likely missing the reason for ever choosing CBR. These videos are the best explanation I've ever seen about BI!!!
Hey thanks for watching! Variable bitrate will send less data if there is nothing changing in the image the camera sees (or very little). It is usually the better choice, but some NVRs don't play well with VBR. Also, there might be a small ramp up to get to full quality if all of the sudden there is movement so some people choose to record CBR all the time to get the full quality to matter what and not rely on the camera to make the decision on when to send more bits.
I appreciate the kind words about these videos being good explanations. Makes me want to keep making them! :)
Do you have a recommended PC set up to run Blue Iris? I have a few old laptops that I would like to set up as my Blue Iris. Thank you
It really depends on how many cameras you want to have and what quality the cameras will run at (resolution/framerate/bitrate). If you have a couple of cameras that aren't super high resolution, you could probably run those no problem on an old laptop. Keep in mind though that a laptop hard drive isn't meant to be written to continuously so I would suggest only recording video when motion is detected unless you have a surveillance hard drive like the Western Digital Purple drive. Good luck!
What is the difference between intel and intel + vpp?
2nd that!
can you recommand cpu and gpu for about 10-20 units?
gtx 1060 3gb and intel core i7 9th gen and 16gb ddr4 ram and a 128gb ssd for OS and 10Tb seagate hdd for storage