Blue Iris

Hi

Ive bought a BI license - and Ive connected my first cam - Hikvision 2CV2141G2. Ive figured out that I can connect it by two ways:
1. either as a Hikvision cam with login and password (from cam interface)
2. or as a generic ONVIF cam (ive created a user in the cam OVIF interface, and switched on ONVIF)

If I connect it as Hik (option 1) I have better trigger and alerts record, but I don't have sub stream. I can type /2 in the sub stream field in video settings and that way I have basically two main 4 K streams (second as a sub stream). Plus lots of CPU consumption.

If I connect it as a generic ONVIF cam (option 2) than I have main stream (4K) and substream (0,9K) plus ONVIF triggers, but it's triggers / detects alerts VERY poorly. Although with a way lower CPU usage.

So could you please tell me the best way to configure / connect my Hik cam ?

You could try to use "inspect" in the camera setup, it should give you a URL for the substream to use in the Hik profile by asking the camera via ONVIF for its data. You can also google Hik substream profile URLs if the inspect doesn't give those to you.

Hi Paul

Thanks for the reply. I've fallowed your advice, plus dug deeper into Hik settings and now - everything works.