Retention on cameras varying

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tsk
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Retention on cameras varying

Post by tsk »

I have got Blue Iris running and am fairly new to it.

I set up a couple of my cameras to continuously record. One of the cameras only keeps the last 5 recordings whereas the other one is following the limits set in the general recording settings. Is there a reason why one camera is dropping recordings after a time limit? Both cameras are identical.
BruceH
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Re: Retention on cameras varying

Post by BruceH »

For a start are the settings on the record tap for each camera identical, in particular are they both set to record to the default folder location usually "New"
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What are your setting for Storage set too for "New" and any other folders that the files may get moved to due to age etc.
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What version are you currently running, there have a recollection that a few versions in the past that had issues with storage retention (Not sure of the particulars)!

Have you done a DB rebuild to see if this corrects the issue
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IAmATeaf
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Re: Retention on cameras varying

Post by IAmATeaf »

To many possibilities as to what it might be but 10Gb for New is way too small especially so first thing I would do is try increasing that.

Also New on C: where your Os is, not something that I would do.

If all you are doing is moving files from C to D then don’t bother moving things around, there really is no point so configure all the space in either New or Stored on D and then write the clips directly there and let BI then manage the space but not based upon age of clip.
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