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Option #2 above (use an motion-activated FTP upload from the camera to trigger ZoneMinder recording) doesn't appear to be a real option; I have been completely unable to get the camera to connect to vsftpd. I have tried _lots_ of different configurations, and once - exactly once - the camera said th...

Excellent explanation; thank you Snake! This is very helpful. I don't think I will get to it right away, but it looks like it will be easier than I expected.

I finally found in the HiKvision manual that the camera can in fact generate an SNMP trap when it detects motion. It says "By setting the Trap Address, the camera can send the alarm event and exception messages to the surveillance center." There isn't any documentation in the manual about ...

In-camera motion detection and 4K cameras are becoming more common, and using the hardware assisted motion detection in the cameras will be much more efficient than using ZM to monitor multiple 8MP video streams. Has any progress been made on this? Dingbatca solved it by running a shell script on th...