Well, my real answer, about blueiris.exe, is "I don't know". But here is a SWAG based on my experience with cameras and NVRs: To access your device from the Internet, like from your phone, the phone normally would connect via your router. The router is, or should be blocking ports. So, the...

No experience with XCP-ng. You might try seeing what cpu load you get with BI and no cameras, compared to a similar set up in ESXi. We are beginning to test with proxmox to replace ESXi, down the road. For those who are not familiar with ESXi: Vmware was bought out by Broadcom. They did away with th...

Might try this:

I am running 14 cameras on W10 with a moderate system. I run BI as a service and use AI installed on another system. All cameras are set up to are set for 1080P (even the 4K) and use substreams, a huge difference on cpu. With the BI console closed and 3 computers using the UI to monitor, and all cam...

Never done such but I have seen this in the help pdf under Administration/http interface. Not sure how it could be tied to groups.

I think I posted this once before. We inherited 8 cameras and NVR when we moved in (business site). All but one of the cameras had default passwords. Moved the m to BI. Couldn't access the remaining one. So, I followed procedure to reset the password in the NVR but maintain all other configs. When t...

File a support report and stay back.
We stay at least 2 levels back, usually more. I do have a "lab" system that I keep up to the latest for test purposes.
You probably have some hardware/software combination that they couldn't test.

SWAG: Groups?

Clone the camera. Assign the schedule to meet your needs.

Make sure you read the fine print. Many of the switches have 16 ports but only 8 of them are POE. Like Tim advises, add up the power requirements.
We have a Netgear 16 port and it is working OK.