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Unfortunately the alarmed frames do Not have any indication of what triggered the alarm, at least not on the list showing all frames. And, unfortunately, when I click on an alarmed frame to make it bigger, I get a window with menu but no images ever. ZM is very buggy, many docs are either wrong or o...

Ok so I know what stats they were referring to now, but what do the stats mean, how do I interpret them, and how do I see which pixels or blobs were the ones that triggered? Here's the data from one: Zone Pixel Diff Alarm Px Filter Px Blob Px Blobs Blob Sizes Alarm Limits Score Street 32 183277 (36%...

Ah I hadn't ever realized those were links! The JPEG recording was already on including analysis images, and I do see the frame images, though I don't know where to access those analysis images... Humm just read they zone has to use BLOB method for those to be generated. There needs to be a MUCH mor...

So still not having much success at all. Reviewing other responses from past forum posts, there was recommendations to "track the stats of various events to change the motion detection settings in the zone setup for the given monitor (camera)" and also to "tweak and test". But ho...

Since I am having such difficulty getting the motion detection I need, I am trying to use the motion debug options described here under the heading RECORD_DIAG_IMAGES_FIFO: https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/options/options_logging.html I have both RECORD_DIAG_IMAGES_FIFO Checked ...

iconnor wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:16 pm Also switch to pixels and use lower min values, like 1000 or less. Make it super sensitive.

I'll give this a try, but I think that also created constant recordings with no visible movement as well. I'll post back an update in a bit.

Have a read of this - https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Understanding_ZoneMinder%27s_Zoning_system_for_Dummies It suggests using blobs to detect people. Thanks but I've had far less success with blobs and I've reviewed that link extensively. If you have specific ideas or options that have worked for you ...

I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. However I have been unable to accomplish this. I have configured 2 zones, one for closer and 1 for further away, however no matter what I do I hit one of 2 issues on t...

Thank you! This should be added to the docs, it fixed my issue too, specifically "Camera resolution in Zoneminder does not match camera output. Use VLC (Tools, Media Information, Codec) to check camera Display Resolution."

Well it does look like it is working now. There must be some bug with the more complex expressions.

I've divided it up into 2 filters, one for Default storage and one for 2TB storage. I'll see how that goes and report back.

@Magic919 As for having multiple storage locations, that's a non-issue. Simply set in the camera Storage tab settings which one to use.

Anyone have any ideas on why the filter is not automatically working?

This is all I got using the command line filter: [root@dvr bin]# zmfilter.pl --filter=PurgeWhenFull 07/10/2021 15:18:06.180082 zmfilter[1805].INF [main:177] [Scanning for events using filter 'PurgeWhenFull'] [root@dvr bin]# Search for the filter name only showed this in logs: [root@dvr log]# pwd /va...

Try running on the command line if the logs show nothing. What log would I be looking at and what would I be looking for in the logs? Is there docs on how to run from command line so I know where the command and format is to do that? I found this by searching for "delete" but no idea what...

I have this filter (see attachment below) setup. It does Not run automatically. Every few days I have to manually click Execute and then manually click the checkbox to select all and scroll down and click Delete.

Why won't it run and delete automatically?

Thanks!