I have Foscam HD IP cameras with SD cards. Can I access and play video files on the SD cards remotely using Blue Iris instead of Foscam's software?
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No. Blue iris is not designed that way. It is not made by foscam, just rebranded. Its designed to do its own motion detection and store its own files....
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Yes. When you connect this camera to Mac OS X running Yosemite via USB, iPhoto pops right up. You can see all photos and play all videos.
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I am using blue iris and the camera has a built in recording capabilities thru the web interface
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Yes. ANy IP based CAmera software should work with this camera. I use Blue Iris.
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You can set this camera to record a short video clip when it detects motion using the Foscam IP Camera Tool program. The problem is you have to keep the window open in IE all the time or it won't record. I use Blue Iris software to manage my video cameras and much prefer that to the IP Camera Tool.
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I didn't use blue iris. I downloaded a free app called tinyCam Monitor. We also have the foscam app on another phone - both are free and both work well. you can video on both
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I don't use it alone.I have a program called Blue Iris which this camera among others are connected to.I can access to Blue Iris program and look at individual cameras and control them through this program. It has to be a computer that the camera is connected to.Then you can access that program from the web and I have an app for blue Iris that I can control, listed to the cameras that have audio etc, from my smart phone or tablet - android both. but it also works on Iphone
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You can.That's basically how I set mine up.Call foscam support if you get stuck anywhere.Some find the portforwarding settings a bit confusing. Just fyi. Support is very helpful, they can remote access your pc if need be.
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Hi Bruce, if your network hard-drive have a DLNA feature, yes you can play your vdeos e photos remotely. There a lot of APP with DLNA feature.
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Yes, you can plug it in via the mini usb and get to videos on the sd card. Also the Contour software works fine on Mac OS. I did have problems getting the videos into iMovie for editing though due to the odd format it is recorded in.
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Blue Iris is not a good solution for this camera because the software will use too much resource on the computer. Look into x-protect from milestone
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I use Blue Iris with this camera. Works fine. Best camera of the several brands I have tried.
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Yes, the camera has a pretty decent set of tools/services/options built into it. It will be necessary to forward the IP ports on your router/firewall in order to view it. You will want to purchase the Blue Iris software to go along with this camera anyway for advanced DVR recording. It will also let you stream live as well as playback from archive. The Blue Iris software will be much easier to work with rather than the camera software. The picture quality is amazing.
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You can use an app such as blue iris or live cams pro on the iPad. However expect the unit to fail due to firmware bug. Support is non existent.
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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.
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I use Blue Iris (BI) and it works perfectly. I didn't try the Hikvision software, but I doubt it has the features of BI. I have a Synology NAS and tried their Surveillance Station - it's not even close to BI and it cost $50/camera.The only downside with BI, is that the software runs the motion detection, which puts load on the computer you're running it from. I have a 18 month old i7 computer, and it takes about 10% of the CPU power per camera. I have two Hikvision 2032s connected and the CPU's running at around 20%.
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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.