Blue Iris 5 RTSP Camera Setup & Direct-to-Disk Recording
Configure IP cameras in Blue Iris 5 with zero CPU transcode overhead using direct-to-disk BVR recording.
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#1Configuring Direct-to-Disk in Blue Iris
Open Camera Properties > Record tab > Video file format and choose "Direct-to-disk". This writes raw H.264/H.265 NAL units to storage without re-encoding, reducing CPU utilization by over 80%.
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