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Two common errors:
PATH_ZMS is not set to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms
Camera resolution in Zoneminder does not match camera output. Use VLC (Tools, Media Information, Codec) to check camera Display Resolution. If your camera is a high resolution, halve the value you see in VLC until it works.

zmrepro has the hard float package for the development version. I have not gotten it to work on Buster on a Pi. I have had success with Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04 on the pi 3b+.

Did my initial test on an amd64 system. Tried Pi 3B+ with Buster and failed. Will look into it next week.

The only issue I had writing that procedure was with Apache. I believe Apache had not started after I installed it and I had to manually do a start not a restart. There was an issue deleting events from the gui which was supposed to be fixed. On a reboot Apache and Zoneminder started and ran well.

Install procedure on the WIKI: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_10_Buster_with_Zoneminder_1.33.x_from_ZM_Repro_Master Developed on Buster AMD64 but should work for other Debian versions by changing the /etc/apt/sources.list For Buster: deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master buster/ For St...

I have moved the shared ZM files to One Drive

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If it works in VLC it will work in Zoneminder! Camera resolution in Zoneminder does not match camera output. Use VLC (Tools, Media Information, Codec) to check camera Display Resolution. Also possible with high res cameras you are out of memory in /dev/shm. Halve the resolution shown by VLC and try ...

As I understand there have been some I changes in the api on 1.33.x. Your problem may be with the HA system not the new Zoneminder. Best to start with a fresh Bionic install then add 1.32.x. While 1.33.14 is working for me it is a development version and can have issues. Edit: Just checked my Bionic...

These logs don't show a failure to connect, they show an unassigned destination image format. Normally we choose this in the monitor... 24bit, 32bit, 8bit whatever. Very wierd. I just used 32bit in all tests. Should I try 8 and 24bit? Currently running arm64 Disco and ZM 1.33.14. Switched to 8 bit ...

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Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:29 pm

These logs don't show a failure to connect, they show an unassigned destination image format. Normally we choose this in the monitor... 24bit, 32bit, 8bit whatever. Very wierd.

I just used 32bit in all tests. Should I try 8 and 24bit?

ZM 1.33.14 from Master PPA tested on Pi 3B+ with Ubuntu Preinstalled Server (with cloud removed). Ubuntu versions tested: 18.04-3 and 19.04, armhf and arm64. My test cameras are old Linksys web cam and Foscam FI8918W (neither have rtsp ability). New version of ZM works very well on Source Type: Remo...

VPN would be more secure than even https port forwarded. The security of ZM with OPT_USE_AUTH is enabled and even better with Google Captcha. Which ever you choose I recommend using a non-standard port on your router. I had lots of probes of my VPN server using the default port.

Switch to Ubuntu 18.04 preload server for the Pi. Arm64 or armhf works.
If you use ZM from the master PPA video writing even works!

Linux distro and version?
Instructions you used to install Zoneminder?
Camera make and model?

Go back to Bionic 18.04-3. You can install the Linux 5.0 kernel on that. I recommend Mariadb. I feel there are still some issues with 19.04 and Zoneminder even though the 19.04 desktop works very well for me.