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by mikb
Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: ZM with Open ALPR
Replies: 10
Views: 17149

Re: ZM with Open ALPR

Ah, now that works better -- you've made it look like Magic919 missed off an htm *L* in cut-and-pasting and didn't preview it to check it worked :)
by mikb
Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:17 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: ZM with Open ALPR
Replies: 10
Views: 17149

Re: ZM with Open ALPR

Magic919 wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:52 pm It does. Google it.
The URL you helpfully provided is an ASCII art saying that the page does *not* exist, sadly.
by mikb
Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: configuring hostname in hikvision camera for use by rtsp
Replies: 4
Views: 21540

Re: configuring hostname in hikvision camera for use by rtsp

At the simplest, you can add a line to your ZM machine's /etc/hosts file to manually assign a hostname :- 192.168.0.50 cam01 Which will mean ZM will be able to call for "cam01" and resolve it to 192.168.0.50 -- this will only work for the machine that you make this edit on. If you have a m...
by mikb
Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: Camera backdoor
Replies: 12
Views: 32474

Re: Camera backdoor

how about setting up an NPT source on your server as that has external access and then you don't need the cameras to talk out Well that's how mine works and there is a total block on all camera IP's from getting out Note that you may need to do a little more work here -- I had the same config as ab...
by mikb
Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: Failed permissions using Systemd mount with CIFS
Replies: 3
Views: 3369

Re: Failed permissions using Systemd mount with CIFS

I have a TrueNAS NAS. I can offer it up as a CIFS or NFS. I used CIFS because I knew sharing better and there was an example in the wiki, but I'd go for NFS if that solves it. Do you know of a good example of a Free(True)NAS systemd example for zoneminder I might check out? I get hung up on the opt...
by mikb
Wed Oct 06, 2021 2:25 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: Failed permissions using Systemd mount with CIFS
Replies: 3
Views: 3369

Re: Failed permissions using Systemd mount with CIFS

Although you don't mention the filesystem in use, CIFS/SMB mounts usually imply that your filesystem in the NAS is something like FAT32. If so, there is no proper concept of "permissions" and "users", which causes all sorts of problems. Nor does it understand symbolic links, whic...
by mikb
Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:08 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Zoneminder 1.36 not functional
Replies: 29
Views: 37607

Re: Zoneminder 1.36 not functional

bbunge wrote: Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:48 pm
ocascante wrote: Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:19 pm Hello,
I have been a Linux consultant for 36 years ...
I can not match the years of consulting for Linux ...
Nor could Linus Torvalds ... 36 years puts the true creation of Linux at 1985 or before. This is big news!! :)
by mikb
Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: How to add force format parameter to ffmpeg
Replies: 7
Views: 4735

Re: How to add force format parameter to ffmpeg

srb wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:56 am
ffmpeg -f h264 -i ....

I have tried setting f=h264 in ffmpeg options
As per the other post, but don't take it upon yourself to invent a new syntax -- "-f h264" should work fine ;)
by mikb
Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:05 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: many hanging zmu processes are not exiting, process leak
Replies: 23
Views: 19844

Re: SOLVED: many hanging zmu processes are not exiting, process leak

(maybe the camera started to behave wrong because of never terminated connections from Zoneminder to them?!). That is entirely possible -- some camera's firmware isn't tested to cover all sorts of weird conditions. You could have found a "denial of service" bug there, in the camera, in th...
by mikb
Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: TrueNAS Jail v1.34.21 - slow event deletion
Replies: 1
Views: 1622

Re: TrueNAS Jail v1.34.21 - slow event deletion

In the filter settings: Have you accidentally ticked the "Only process [X] events" option to limit the number of events processed/deleted to *1* each time it runs? :) What happens if you manually try and delete a single event from the drive (find the enclosing directory that has you .mp4 o...
by mikb
Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:34 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Install on a virtual server in internet?
Replies: 6
Views: 31257

Re: Install on a virtual server in internet?

Back of envelope ... Let's assume 300W power supply actually consuming 300W 24 hrs x 7 days x 52 weeks = 8736 hours. That's 300 x 8736 Wh (2620 KWh, aka units) Here (UK) a unit costs me about £0.16 so that would be £419 (approx 489 Euro) So it's possible a significant chunk, maybe most, of that ener...
by mikb
Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port
Replies: 12
Views: 30197

Re: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port

Thank you so much... I changed the port, went back and made sure I had the correct spaces in the scripts. I can finally see call my cameras in ZM. :D Thank you for not giving up on the post when I actually was close to doing so. Learnt so much in short time with your responses. Excellent news! Just...
by mikb
Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:31 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port
Replies: 12
Views: 30197

Re: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port

I assume you mean "1" was the output from zmodopipe. That's not so useful then, I was hoping for more :) The ffserver log shows ffserver didn't start. I'm guessing that use of ffserver in this endeavour is NOT optional, which is why it's there. /etc/ffserver2.conf:1: Port option is depreca...
by mikb
Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:33 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port
Replies: 12
Views: 30197

Re: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port

You may well have some error messages that you can't see. I don't know anything about zmodopipe, but :- ./zmodopipe -s 192.168.86.4 -p 18004 -c 1 -u TESTER-a 1234-m 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 & ffserver -f /etc/ffserver2.conf > /tmp/ffserver.log 2>&1 & The first command may well spit out som...
by mikb
Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:38 pm
Forum: Non-ZoneMinder Chat
Topic: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port
Replies: 12
Views: 30197

Re: Connecting zoneminder to Swann DVR8-3425 Media Port

#!/bin/bash CODEC_OPTS='' ./zmodopipe -s 192.168.86.4 -p 18004 -c 1 -u TESTER-a 1234-m 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 & ffserver -f /etc/ffserver2.conf > /tmp/ffserver.log 2>&1 & ffmpeg -i /tmp/zmodo0 $CODEC_OPTS http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm > /tmp/zmodoffmpeg1 2>&1 & Further, you ha...