There are 2 ways to add a camera to Blue Iris 5. You can right click on the main menu, or click on the settings menu in the top-left corner of the interface.
To begin, right-click on the main interface or click on the settings menu to access the “New camera” menu.
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In the new camera dialog, the default settings should be fine to first get started. Do assign a more meaningful full name and short name, e.g. Front Door for full name and FD for short name, so it is easy to identify cameras in the software.
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Click OK to bring you to Network IP Camera Configuration dialog (seen below).
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Click the Find/Inspect button. Blue Iris is pretty good at finding most cameras on the network. Select the camera if found and click ok.
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The Network IP camera configuration dialog should now be pre-populated with settings associated with your camera.
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Hit OK and Blue Iris should start displaying the live feed from your camera.
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If the Find/Inspect function does not find your camera, no problem!
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Simply type in the IP address and Port number discovered when you first connected your camera to your home WiFi network in Part 2.
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Hit OK and Blue Iris should start displaying the live feed from your camera.
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