Lastly, there's a two-way audio option that I'd like to try and make work. When pressing the microphone button in BI, I can hear my audio through my own computer speaker, but not the doorbell cam. Sound and PTZ are two things that are way harder than it seems it should ...

... the doorbell cam is actually a "door station" intercom with a camera, doorbell button, customizable LED backlighting around the button, microphone, speaker, and IR lighting. So far, the camera works fine, the LED lighting illuminates cool white when connected (default color, I believe), ...

... signal (whether there is video or not), it works. Ooooh, check out the big brain on Brett!!! Clever workaround - love that. Did you attach the microphone to a physical video encoder? Yes, I attached the microphone to a physical video encoder. Specifically, an HDView encoder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CVW4JCS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ooooh, check out the big brain on Brett!!! Clever workaround - love that. Did you attach the microphone to a physical video encoder?

I've not seen an implementation like that before. Out of curiosity, what are you trying to accomplish by adding a microphone to BI? Often time people come up with a strategy of how they want it to work, instead of what they're trying to accomplish. I'm not saying you're one of ...

... Blue Iris won't recognize the URI unless it contains a video stream. Mines only contained an audio stream. I resolved the problem by attaching the microphone to a video encoder (instead of a regular pc), and it works -- presumably because the encoder sends a video signal even though there is no ...

I've not seen an implementation like that before. Out of curiosity, what are you trying to accomplish by adding a microphone to BI? Often time people come up with a strategy of how they want it to work, instead of what they're trying to accomplish. I'm not saying you're one of them, ...

Right on, back atcha regarding the holidays.

So, now that you've fixed that problem, what do you know about keeping that cam from showing up on the cycle? :) Right now I have that cam disabled and hidden, and I have "hide disabled cameras" selected so that cam never shows up anywhere, except for when I cycle through the cams. It doe...

So, now that you've fixed that problem, what do you know about keeping that cam from showing up on the cycle? :) Right now I have that cam disabled and hidden, and I have "hide disabled cameras" selected so that cam never shows up anywhere, except for when I cycle through the cams. It doe...