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by PatMcLJr
Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:19 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Almost There
Replies: 7
Views: 4023

Re: Almost There

yea, probably my card only has one chip and it shows up as /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 with each haveing two channels 0 and 1 so it looks like this in zoneminder source column /dev/video0 (0) /dev/video0 (1) /dev/video1 (0) /dev/video1 (1) if you know what /dev/videoX your usb cam is on you can add ...
by PatMcLJr
Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:30 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: [RESOLVED] ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al
Replies: 10
Views: 6418

Re: ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al

I don't think it would help much but maybe some more memory?

Also, I would try and disable the red cameras and the Monitor cameras to see if that helps reduce the load.

and I would take a look at iotop to see if the io is over taxed.
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: [RESOLVED] ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al
Replies: 10
Views: 6418

Re: ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al

8 as in eight ? I didn't know the OS would even work over 4 have you tried to see what's sucking up all the resources with top ? It sounds like the the memory is all used up and it's swapping, that makes mine crawl to a stop. regular at times things should be identifiable in crontab or your zm filte...
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:38 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Black Screen on ubuntu appliance 1.25.0
Replies: 2
Views: 1982

Re: Black Screen on ubuntu appliance 1.25.0

dunno,
did you try with only one camera installed in zoneminder ?

how much memory did you allow for the vm?

where did you get the, I'm guessing, vdi ?
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:32 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Looking for recommendation for inexpensive camera for ZM
Replies: 3
Views: 2301

Re: Looking for recommendation for inexpensive camera for ZM

1280x1024 and inexpensive ? I guess it will all depend on what you think expensive is? For me $30 is an expensive camera so I get those cheapo Harbor Freight cameras when they are on sale and I have a 20% off coupon.

Did you have a hunt at store.bluecherry.net
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:22 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: zm not work ubuntu 12.10
Replies: 8
Views: 4272

Re: zm not work ubuntu 12.10

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... e_easy_way

I have had great luck with these instructions and by far the easiest method of installing zoneminder that I have found
my box is only 32 bit but the guide still works very well
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:13 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: how do I find current run state ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3257

Re: how do I find current run state ?

dunno,

running ubuntu ?

sudo service zoneminder status

but I don't think that will tell you if the cameras are working, guess you would also need to check mysql and apache to see if they are running as well
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:01 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: [RESOLVED] ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al
Replies: 10
Views: 6418

Re: ZoneMinder 1.25.0 extremely slow to log in et al

dunno,
maybe you could turn the user login off and use .htaccess

is it a server install or is zm running on a desktop install?
what's the load on the system?
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Zoneminder keeps stopping
Replies: 3
Views: 3721

Re: Zoneminder keeps stopping

my rig is only 4 cams and a 750GB drive with 2GB of memory and 3Ghz Celeron I had some trouble letting the drive fill up to 90% setting it to 75% seemed to help keep it up I have had issues with MySQL and a table corruption. There is a fix in here that worked once but another time I had to reinstall...
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:25 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Almost There
Replies: 7
Views: 4023

Re: Almost There

maybe you could try and put a usb cam on the box and see if that will give you a stream? you can watch and see if the cam shows up when you plug it in with watch 'ls /dev -al | grep video' -n 5 -d use Ctl-c to quit you need to be careful with hardware selection and linux distros, there are really fe...
by PatMcLJr
Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Slackbuild Compile Error on Slack 14 x86 With corrections
Replies: 2
Views: 2034

Re: Slackbuild Compile Error on Slack 14 x86

sorry, I dunno

If you get it working could you post a How To in the Wiki?
I wanted to try putting up a Slackware box with zoneminder 1.25 but my mojos not strong enough.

Thank You,
Pa Jr.
by PatMcLJr
Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: ftp event upload ?
Replies: 0
Views: 1460

ftp event upload ?

Greetings ZM friends, I can't seem to figure out how to get ZM to ftp events with a filter. It worked when I tested it but the filter I used has a "date/time of now"

any pointers to how to use the filters, much appreciated

Pat Jr.
by PatMcLJr
Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:54 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.24.x
Topic: event thumbnail size
Replies: 2
Views: 2169

Re: event thumbnail size

Thank You!
I'll give it a try later.

Pat Jr.

Yep, that worked great, Thank You.
by PatMcLJr
Tue May 31, 2011 4:28 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.24.x
Topic: event thumbnail size
Replies: 2
Views: 2169

event thumbnail size

pointer please
can I change the size of the thumbnails in the events view?

Thanks,
Pat Jr.
by PatMcLJr
Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:54 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.24.x
Topic: [Almost Solved] v1.24.2 on Ubuntu Server 10.10 with PV-155
Replies: 24
Views: 14317

did you give the LiveCD a shot? I think it uses Arch. extra frame captures to "settle" the capture image? pretty much, I dunno but I have similar issues PV-149 but the one I have supposedly does 8 cameras. When I have 2 cameras on a channel the frame rates goes in half. I might dittel with...