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In zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp at line 215, we know we have a problem. "Unable to read packet from stream". The Capture function returns a -1. At this point, I think the zmc should terminate and reconnect the failed stream. But it doesn't. It just repeats the error until the log drive fills up. ...

I have similar problem for Trendnet TV-IP672 camera but don't have it for my other Swann (HIkvision clone) IP camera. It happened randomly and when the problem pop up, I need to restart the camera or eveb restart zoneminder I haven't spent much them to isolate and debug the issue. I am using ffmpeg ...

I had a swann IP camera which is supposed to be HIKVision clone. I am able to use it with 1.26.4 using ffmpeg (instead of remote) and with this setting rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.0.135:554/Streaming/Channels/1?tcp Capture Width (pixels) 1920 Capture Height (pixels) 1080 I need to use ?tcp so there w...

Add ?tcp to the end of the url to force ffmpeg to use tcp. This should stop the smearing. I lowered the resolution and the system is doing better now. However, I do use ?tcp on the ip cams. Wireshark shows they are still connecting by udp. I have the same issue with ffmpeg. It fixed after appended ...

I recently got this error but it turns out it was because I have multiple "stale" window viewing the video feed in my browser. Closing that stale monitor window and the error goes away. I got the stale monitor window probably because I was restarting the zoneminder from the control window ...

I just come across you ppa and installed in my natty. However, the install fail with error. (one with the ZM_SERVER_HOST empty value, and the after that I got Starting ZoneMinder: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 'ServerHost' in 'where clause' at /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl line 183. Can't execut...

After I modify the webveo.cgi to exit with 0 instead of 1. Then I can use HTTP 1.1. Is that making any sense?

Hi, I have some problem with remote camera capture using palantir. I debug it further and notice there is some potential issue with the zm_remote_capture.cpp. The code which send the HTTP request use \n only as the line break. However, HTTP spec require CRLF i.e. \r\n as the line break. I have chang...

http 1.0 works but not 1.1. Is there any reason? Is there any drawback of using 1.0

-Calvin

I have problem with [Select timed out]. It turns it is because my remote capture server doesn't have content-length specify. After I fix the remote webcam with proper content -length thing seems to work