I'm testing things out, and with the camera I have, the mp4 passthrough video recording works great. I'd love to reduce disk usage by only saving the video file, at least for long-term.
But even with video capture enabled, all the capture.jpg files are still created.
Several questions:
- which image files are necessary for zoneminder UI and zmNinja to browse and watch events? Do they need the capture jpegs? or can they use the video?
- is there an option to not save the capture jpegs at all?
- Is there an option to delete the capture jpegs (but keep the video! and maybe thumbnails?) as part of a filter?
Video questions
Re: Video questions
Just video is enough.
Monitor config - Storage - save jpegs. Read the docs: zoneminder.readthedocs.io
fastest way to test streams:
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide