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by clwhitt
Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:42 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: No video displayed, only a placeholder
Replies: 8
Views: 5470

Other issues are that when I try to run 'zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v' or 'zmfix -a', I get an 'Aborted (core dumped)' message.

Chuck
by clwhitt
Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:28 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: No video displayed, only a placeholder
Replies: 8
Views: 5470

Have you used the xlib_raw program? After installing all the requisite development tools to complete "make" without errors, I'm unable to do a "make install". I get a "No rule to make target 'install'." error . I'm still investigating it though.

Chuck
by clwhitt
Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:51 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: No video displayed, only a placeholder
Replies: 8
Views: 5470

Thanks boycho, admin/admin did it and let me in. Still no video yet, but at least I'm in. :-)

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.3. I've read somewhere that some people have had trouble with Firefox. Any truth to that? What would be the option?

Chuck
by clwhitt
Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:07 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: No video displayed, only a placeholder
Replies: 8
Views: 5470

I tried readjusting to the video dimensions to 320x240, but no change. The source shows up as red. If I change the options to use mpeg video streams (rather than default jpeg), I get a black window instead of the placeholder. I also tried installing cambozola, but it made no difference either. Lee ...
by clwhitt
Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:33 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: No video displayed, only a placeholder
Replies: 8
Views: 5470

No video displayed, only a placeholder

I am unable to get any video to display with ZoneMinder. All I get is a placeholder image after clicking on the name link. The status bar shows that it is refreshing, so it appears there is some sort of communication going on. I have Bt878 cards (2 with 4 inputs each). I can get the video to display ...