Record all footage but also show real time feed from each camera on separate screens?
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:16 am
I am wondering if Blue Iris can support the following scenario:
* Multiple ONVIF cameras (up to 16).
* One computer with BI on it to record all feeds like a typical installation would do.
* But I would also like four flat screen monitors such that BI can show a real time video feed from any one of the cameras and send it to any of the display monitors.
* This is for an art project so I want the display monitor feeds to be just the camera's video feed, no interface elements like title bars, clock, etc.
* Be able to replay recent recorded footage from any camera on any screen.
* This will all be on site at one location where the art project is installed.
* I have a computer which easily exceeds minimum specs for BI and all networking will be hardwired so bandwidth shouldn't be an issue.
* I can put a separate computer at each of the display monitors if need be.
* I think the Web Server UI3 might be part of the solution here but I want all interface to be hidden from the public. in other words, the display monitors will only show the real time feed (with no BI UI elements) or a replay (again, with no BI UI elements). It would be cool to be able to do it all from the central BI PC but I'd be OK with having a separate computer to drive each display monitor as an second screen so that the UI stays on the main screen.
How much of this is possible? From all the reading and YouTube tutorials I've seen, I know I can do the above with the BI interface showing on screen but I was wondering if there is a way to hide the UI. I have a co-worker who does programming so if the solution would need tapping into the API to make stuff work, that option is on the table to make this work.
* Multiple ONVIF cameras (up to 16).
* One computer with BI on it to record all feeds like a typical installation would do.
* But I would also like four flat screen monitors such that BI can show a real time video feed from any one of the cameras and send it to any of the display monitors.
* This is for an art project so I want the display monitor feeds to be just the camera's video feed, no interface elements like title bars, clock, etc.
* Be able to replay recent recorded footage from any camera on any screen.
* This will all be on site at one location where the art project is installed.
* I have a computer which easily exceeds minimum specs for BI and all networking will be hardwired so bandwidth shouldn't be an issue.
* I can put a separate computer at each of the display monitors if need be.
* I think the Web Server UI3 might be part of the solution here but I want all interface to be hidden from the public. in other words, the display monitors will only show the real time feed (with no BI UI elements) or a replay (again, with no BI UI elements). It would be cool to be able to do it all from the central BI PC but I'd be OK with having a separate computer to drive each display monitor as an second screen so that the UI stays on the main screen.
How much of this is possible? From all the reading and YouTube tutorials I've seen, I know I can do the above with the BI interface showing on screen but I was wondering if there is a way to hide the UI. I have a co-worker who does programming so if the solution would need tapping into the API to make stuff work, that option is on the table to make this work.