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I did not. Definitely an interesting workaround. He doesn't mention his hardware, but in his top command I see 2.5 to 3.5 usage with just those 6 cameras, so I think that would be basically maxing out my quad-core well before I got to 12 cameras. In my case though, I only really care about continuou...

incompetent-nerd Thank you for sharing your specs. Those servers are certainly in another world compared to a desktop i7 CPU, so it makes a ton of sense why your experience is different than mine. I found ZM by way of PI users so I came into this with the expectation that it was able to run on modes...

I think I just need to move on to other options. A dozen other forum deep dives, YouTube videos, and a few others who went dow my same path convinced me I need to move on from ZM. A couple retail options are probably my best bet, blue Iris or Xeoma, both of which have users running 10-20 1080 to 4K ...

I hear ya. I got the impression that ZoneMinder was pretty mature and capable but maybe it’s just still a bit underpowered (from underfunding). Great for what it is so far, but maybe a ways to go? Can you help me set some expectations? Is capturing 10 cameras at 1080 attainable, but maybe only at a ...

I’m using an SNMP monitor for the CPU numbers. Locally Ubuntu in the TOP command shows 2.5, 3.5, etc referencing the cores like you mention, with the details on each process showing 150% on a couple processes at the top. Not knocking on the Pi, great device. I’m shocked that people seem to be happy ...

I don't know much about the Pi world, but I found this blog about running ZoneMinder on a Pi 3 that seems to suggest that defining 'success' is a bit different than I was thinking. limiting to a single 1080 camera at 5fps is abysmal for a home NVR. Hopefully someone can shed some light on all of thi...

I turned off saving JPEGs in my storage settings and dropped my CPU load to 21%, then dropped my fps to 10fps on both cameras and got CPU down to 16%. That doesn't sound terrible, but for only 2 cameras that's an estimated 80% to do all 10 cameras and that's while being limited to 1080P and 10fps. I...

I just found ZoneMinder when looking to replace my old generic NVR device and I'm loving it for the most part. I feel like I have to be missing something though because I'm having performance issues while running on a pretty good PC while others are running this on a Pi fine. First off, some backgro...