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by jdiferio
Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:28 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Same Monitor Storing in Multiple Directories
Replies: 2
Views: 262

Re: Same Monitor Storing in Multiple Directories

Pete, If you do a ls -l in the /mnt/Data2/surveillance directory you should see that the Named monitor directories are actually links to the monitor number and that all 3 of the Front 1 main directories are actually linked to the same monitor number and data is only being stored in a single location.
by jdiferio
Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:34 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Is it possible to record on motion, but stop recording after X seconds?
Replies: 3
Views: 2145

Re: Is it possible to record on motion, but stop recording after X seconds?

You are correct with the Minimum Section Length. You'll want to lower that to a more reasonable setting based on your Post EIC. Are you sure you're looking at Minimum Section Length and not just Section Length? The default for MSL is 10 seconds where the default for SL is 600. In the case where you ...
by jdiferio
Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:57 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Is it possible to record on motion, but stop recording after X seconds?
Replies: 3
Views: 2145

Re: Is it possible to record on motion, but stop recording after X seconds?

In the monitor setup under the Buffers section, you'll want to put the Post Event Image Count to the number of Frames to record after no motion is detected. I.E. If you're recording at 10 FPS and you want to record for 30 seconds after the last motion is detected then you would put in 300 (10 x 30)....
by jdiferio
Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:55 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.31.x
Topic: Provide MP4 video in event?
Replies: 3
Views: 5121

Re: Provide MP4 video in event?

I'm pretty new to the forums but I've been using zoneminder since 1.24.3. Also I don't know perl very well, but I do have experience in other languages. I was having this same issue with 1.31.x and started digging a little. This is not a fix, but I've found a work around [/b]. It doesn't look like t...