Blue Iris 5 really high CPU usage.

[stone28]

Hi all,

I have Blue Iris 5.0 installed on my Server which is only doing IP camera footage recordings. However the CPU is constantly on 80-100% from only 2 or 3 cameras, and they are not like 4k cameras or anything... Could you please tell me if it's possible or is there something wrong with my setup.

I think these cameras (at least two of them are h.265 and my CPU does not support hardware encoding so maybe that's the problem but I am not sure if I can/should change that in Blue Iris.

Server Spec
Intel i5-6500CPU @ 3.20GHz
8GB Ram
SSD (system) HDD (data disk for footage recordings)
Windows 10

Cameras connected:
DS-2CD1021 (HikVision)
DS-2CD2355FWD (HikVision)
DH-IPC-HDBW4321R (Dahua)

Also this is the set up for one of the cameras (same settings for other cameras are greyed out but I think that's because they are using the same config.:

Is really my hardware too weak for just that? I was hoping it will be so little used (the PC) that I can start using other bits on it like Plex etc.... But I can even watch a movie on it if the is too much compression on it.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Stone28

 

[Phil]

We're not familiar with Blue Iris, so it may be best to check directly with them.
But, we do find that h.265/+ can have a a big impact on the processing required.
Try it with h.264/+.