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Is there a Roku App or FireTV app for BI (Or in development)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 11:24 pm
by nrnoble
Looking find out if there is an official BI app that can display multiple cameras on at a HDTV (FireTV, Roku, Apple TV)
Something simple that can quickly be accessed, even if the app needs to be configured using the main BI application using Windows. If I am the family room or bedroom watching TV, on a regular basis I want to quickly check the cameras.
I am not aware of any 3rd party apps that will show multiple cameras.
Re: Is there a Roku App or FireTV app for BI (Or in development)
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 1:15 am
by Pogo
tinyCam works great if you don't mind a reduced frame rate. Image quality is still very good. The key is to use a decent streaming device with a little more horsepower than just a basic Firestick. The 4K Firestick will do the job as will the current GoogleTV and AndroidTV devices. The earlier and cheaper sticks just don't have quite enough processing power to be anything but frustrating. (And it's an Android only app with no Roku version available.)
The BI app itself is a phone only app for Android and iOS that leaves much to be desired by most accounts with many simply using the UI3 web server instead -- which by the way is also a way to view BI on a TV given an adequate web browser. I personally just use the browser in Downloader (just save the URL as a Favorite) when I want to actually use the BI interface for something. Otherwise tinyCam it is. 24 cameras across six 4 camera screens in a 20 second per screen sequence..., or however you want to configure it which can also be changed on the fly to view a single camera or manually cycle through everything a click at a time with your remote.
Very flexible. Very Cool. $3.99 one time charge for life on unlimited devices. No latest stable releases to screw it all up. Wouldn't be without it myself.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... n_US&gl=US
Re: Is there a Roku App or FireTV app for BI (Or in development)
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 6:15 am
by TimG
For Firesticks, I use UI3 in the Silk browser, as this browser has a cursor. Just set up UI3 as the favourite.