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I have been attempting for several days now to set up my Amcrest IP2M-844E to view using Blue Iris software. It was stated in the item description that this camera could be viewed using Blue Iris. However, after exhausting just about every option, I am not pleading with someone to provide me with the required setting to view my camera with Blue Iris. Thank you in advance

I have an older version of Blue Iris and I can't get it to work. The new version is about $60 and it supposedly has the settings in the program. I'm guessing the camera settings are either too much (1080p) for the dedicated security camera card (in which case the $60 on new software won't help) or it won't work with the older Blue Iris software. The other possibility is some sort of networking issue.

Hello ,

You can try the below method to add camera to the older version of Blue Iris.

Step 1: Right click on an empty space on the Blueiris video display interface and select "Add new camera"

Step 2: Select the option IP/Network Device

Step 3: Enter the full address of the system into the "http://" field at the top including the port number if it has a custom HTTP port assigned.

Step 4. Select Make as "Generic" and Model as "RTSP H.264/MJPG/MJPEG4"

Step 5: Copy and paste this address to the Path field: /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

Step 6: Make sure the RTSP port of the device is correctly mentioned in the "Media/video/RTSP port". If you want to add the system from remote location make sure the HTTP and the RTSP ports are port forwarded on the router correctly.

Thanks. I'll try that.

The connection string above allows the video feed to be pulled into Blue Iris 3. Great news!!!

My question is regarding PTZ/Control. Will any of the profiles listed in Blue Iris 3 work to control any of the functions of the Amcrest IP2M-841?

Thanks,

Matt

Hello TOONMAN,

Basically the live monitoring and recording functions should work but other control might not work through blue iris.

Melvin wrote:Hello ,

You can try the below method to add camera to the older version of Blue Iris.

Step 1: Right click on an empty space on the Blueiris video display interface and select "Add new camera"

Step 2: Select the option IP/Network Device

Step 3: Enter the full address of the system into the "http://" field at the top including the port number if it has a custom HTTP port assigned.

Step 4. Select Make as "Generic" and Model as "RTSP H.264/MJPG/MJPEG4"

Step 5: Copy and paste this address to the Path field: /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

Step 6: Make sure the RTSP port of the device is correctly mentioned in the "Media/video/RTSP port". If you want to add the system from remote location make sure the HTTP and the RTSP ports are port forwarded on the router correctly.

Thanks, I just wanted to confirm that this is still working to set up the Amcrest IP2m-844E in the latest Blue Iris. All my other Amcrest cameras (different IP2M models) configure with no issue, but this 844E would not and required that I manually enter these settings.