Do I need to buy the Blue Iris software to go along with it or does it work without it?
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No, if: 1. You are using 9 or less cameras on the same network. These cameras support SD card recording, and the browser plugin and mobile app allow simultaneous viewing and management of up to 9 cameras. 2. You are using more than 9 cameras, but don't need to centrally view and manage all of them at once. Each camera can also simultaneously record to a designated computer on their local network, in addition to SD card recording. Yes, if: You want to centrally view and/or manage more than 9 cameras on the same network, or view/manage cameras that are on separate networks.
1781520
As others said no you don't have to, blue iris is nice but ispy is almost as nice and it's free.
1781521
No, if: 1. You are using 9 or less cameras on the same network. These cameras support SD card recording, and the browser plugin and mobile app allow simultaneous viewing and management of up to 9 cameras. 2. You are using more than 9 cameras, but don't need to centrally view and manage all of them at once. Each camera can also simultaneously record to a designated computer on their local network, in addition to SD card recording.Yes, if: You want to centrally view and/or manage more than 9 cameras on the same network, or view/manage cameras that are on separate networks.
1454733
Blue Iris is a great software that will make just about any camera work great. I use to look for camera that has great options on them for motion detection, recording and different types of alerting. Now I just look at the type of lens and the PTZ function and let Blue Iris handle the rest.
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It isn't needed. Open windows icon on bar. Search for services. And turn on Bluetooth services in the list. The software they provide is a trial and is too expensive to buy. It works wonderful with windows but you have to enable it to work with the os.
1035209
If it's with a Mac you don't need any software.... just plug in to the usb and go. I bought two, though. The first one simply didn't work with my Mac for some strange reason and the second one worked fine.
1239186
Yes, it is Blue Iris compatible, but we've never tested it with Blue Iris with audio installed. We know that it works with iSpy software, so I don't see any reason why Blue Iris wouldn't pick up the audio channel.
1292121
Depends on how you define "support a NAS". The software requires running on a Windows machine but can easily write the data files to a NAS device. If you are asking if the software would run on a NAS device that really depends on the device. A NAS device generally does not have a Windows OS, now if you have a device running WHS you might be able to get away with it. Although personally I would recommend a dedicated machine to run Blue Iris depending on how many cameras you want to run BI can use a lot of resources.
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This camera has no built in storage. you can set it up to use an FTP server to store files. You can set up email to receive photos. Blue Iris has the ability to store video to a usb drive or network drive. Then you have to run a pc 24/7 and the $49.00 cost of the software.The WEBUI should have the ability to do that without a pc or external software. If they don't come up with a firmware upgrade and a better WEBUI I'm asking for a refund.
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Unfortunately, I have use Blue Iris just one year and I've had to buy it twice due to his upgrades which amount to nothing but a face change. You can always stay with the version you bought, that's good for ever. Hope this helps
1406215
No you will need software such as blue iris. This system will only captures real time
539021
Yes, this will work with the Iris since it's all using the z-wave standards.
1339940
Version 4 is now available. Blueirissoftware.com If you purchased after 12/1 you can get a free upgrade...otherwise its half price.
105246
Yes you need the software for the initial setup but I don't know if it's OSX compatible.
541955
It has a microphone with mediocre quality. Some software will pick up the audio stream, some won't. I haven't been able to get Blue Iris t to record the audio.
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Yes! You need to purchase Blue Iris ($50) for Windows or Evocam ($30) for Mac to record to your computer. Both are very good with numerous triggering options: motion, sound, time and date, remote request, or manually. You can specify the folder to which the video clips will be written. If you have DropBox, you can dump the videos in your DropBox folder so that they are sent to the cloud and become available to all your portable devices.
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No software was required. I purchased a quality bluetooth USB device also made by creative, my computer detected the devices, installed drivers and I was set. (Win 7 Pro 64bit)
1930807
It is digital only. I don't use blue iris although I don't see why it wouldn't work. I would contact Blue Iris to check. Otherwise these are decent cameras for the price.
914733
You can record without paying manually, or on motion using an std card, but I really really reccommend blue iris software which costs ~ 50. It's got a ton of features and is the way to go, especially if you plan on having more than one camera.I'm an electrician who installs these and my own shop has 9 foscams and blue Iris installed on a dedicated computer.