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by marcmerlin
Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Thanks Pedulla. So, bulk frames are on by default. Did you change the default to take bulk frames from 100 to 0?
by marcmerlin
Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:11 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Another bug with bulk frames. When I go to the frame list, click on frame ID on a bulk frame, I get the frame, then I click on next, it gives me the next frame in sequence, that has been deleted. https://host/zm/index.php?view=frame&eid=5076892&fid=100&scale=100 https://host/zm/index.php...
by marcmerlin
Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

I'm still very confused as to how bulk work and what it's doing with mocord. I'm pretty sure at this point zoneminder is buggy there, and that probably few people outside of me are using this code. Like I have this event pool of 55 frames and 45 seconds (why was it cut that way? No idea..) All frame...
by marcmerlin
Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Thanks @pedulla. I guess I can do this, but generally isn't there a setting to have ZM rewind and show a fair amount of frame before an alarm? Or once something is tagged as bulk, there is no going back and allowing to have ZM unbulk it?
by marcmerlin
Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:36 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

So, I put a bit more time into it, and one problem I noticed is mocord on a night camera. At night, movement is not enough to trigger alarm. Once the alarm has been triggered, I really wish I could have it go back in time and show frames before the alarm, which are shown as bulk right now. Frame Id ...
by marcmerlin
Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Thanks for your answer. I read your other message, thanks. I'm indeed in the case of outdoor camera, wide field of view, and lots of pixels (2Mpix or more). It's indeed challenging not to pick up the shadows that are moving due to clouds going by, branches that are moving with the wind, and still pi...
by marcmerlin
Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:38 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Sorry for the late answer. Basically I now understand that mocord doesn't really do what I wish it did, and seems poorly tested and little used. I think you are basically all saying crank up the motion detection and deal with the flow of bad alarms for movement that is not movement I care about but ...
by marcmerlin
Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:11 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

Re: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Is it a fair guess to say that maybe no one but me uses mocord then? :)
by marcmerlin
Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:20 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264
Replies: 14
Views: 36212

Re: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264

Thanks rockedge, this is very useful feedback. I very much appreciate that you're saving me the time to try the other software to see whether it's faster on my system, or not.
by marcmerlin
Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:13 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264
Replies: 14
Views: 36212

Re: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264

thanks for mjpeg vs jpeg pull. I'm pretty sure it lowers my frame rate a bit, but doesn't otherwise affect me much, so I'm not too worried there. Why mocord? If I use modetect and have a super sensitive zone, then I'll have even more data written down to disk since bulk won't work, and I'll have to ...
by marcmerlin
Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:26 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264
Replies: 14
Views: 36212

Re: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I smelled BS there, glad to hear confirmation :) But you are both talking about framerate coming from the camera. I'm doing jpeg http pulls from the camera. It's not pushing anything to me, I'm pulling from it. I agree that even 3fps is enough actually, I'm just not even g...
by marcmerlin
Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:20 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+
Replies: 18
Views: 19368

mocord vs bulk frames, creates events of 1sec to 30mn+

Re-reading the docs, I'm unclear on this. The whole point of mocord is to record frames even if there is no alert trigger, because the alert may not be sensitive enough and/or I may want to see things like the wind or sun moving or whatever doesn't otherwise trigger alerts. However bulk is designed ...
by marcmerlin
Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:27 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264
Replies: 14
Views: 36212

Re: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264

Thanks bbunge. I do jpeg pulls, isn't that speed controlled by my server? (I don't like H264 pushed by the camera because if my PC hangs for a bit, or the network is congested, the H264 stream gets damaged and I get broken frames. With jpeg pulls, I know my PC controls the data pull, and doesn't hav...
by marcmerlin
Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:18 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264
Replies: 14
Views: 36212

debugging load average and ZM jpeg saving vs shinob i h264

I've had zoneminder for a long time, upgraded to 1.30 not that long ago (yes, I know, 1.31 just came out it seems), and I can tell my system is stressed by the load, even if it manages still it seems. I have 12 cameras, most are 1080p. I have them as Mocord, which does mean they are recording at all...
by marcmerlin
Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:35 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.30.x
Topic: [solved] undef[407]: FAT [Can't get ServerId for Server xxx
Replies: 0
Views: 5135

[solved] undef[407]: FAT [Can't get ServerId for Server xxx

For indexing purposes if it helps someone, the actual fix was to comment out ZM_SERVER_HOST in /etc/zm/zm.conf In my case, it was set because I misunderstood what multi server meant. I have a multi host setup on that machine, and I thought it was linked to http multi homing, and it was not at all. D...