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In my firewall i allowed udp/tcp traffic on port 554, do it need more rules?

No. Most firewalls only block unrequested traffic. ZM is requesting from the camera, so the firewall should have no effect.

Speaking of udp/tcp, did you try both with your camera? Some only work one or the other.

Do you have a procedure in order to reduce the fps when capturing images different than the "Maximum FPS" and "Alarm Maximum FPS"? When I try to use them I have the well known issues regarding them. I seems to work for me in 1.36 and 1.37. And where you do the manual ffmpeg, I m...

Maybe you can fix the IP in your router. Check to see if there is a way to assign an IP address based on the camera MAC address(s).

by jubishop » Mon May 13, 2024 8:45 am
Did you ever get it working?

Arlo cameras are not compatible with zm because they do not stream.

First, if using 1.36, you should post there.
Second, you should upgrade to 1.36.34
Third, do you really need 25FPS?
Finally, what OS are you on?

You mean Remote Source Type? Unless you have an oddball setup you want ffmpeg source type.
So start with that, or explain more about your camera setup.

OK. I see what you mean now. I don't think there are shortcuts, although perhaps you could customize your keyboard for them?

edit:
I don't have a camera that res, but looks like maybe you could export and play in VLC with less loss?

In Options->Config ?

Excellent. Good work! Leaves alwhaley's problem, unfortunately. Apparently, he needs UTC.

path "/mnt/recordings/zoneminder"

maybe should be
path /mnt/recordings/zoneminder/
zm needs to make more directories there.

Have you tried setting Monitor->Misc->Default Scale ?

See if
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
helps.
Having messed with it here, not sure it'll help, but shouldn't hurt, either.

You start by looking at the logs. Concentrate on one monitor using the search filter.
Might have to turn on debug if that doesn't help.

Docker may be related, not sure what you can do unless there's a newer one, or you go non-docker.
Even though you are specifying h264, have you verified that's what VLC says it's playing? How about the frame rate?
You should have something in the log about what's happening with this monitor.

Second Issue: I have events where the event name is "New Event" instead of "Event-eventID", these events have no end time and are unplayable. That indicates in progress, or either abnormal exit or crash, in my experience. Unless there are more than a couple of them per monitor, ...