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by snake
Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Setup recommendations
Replies: 12
Views: 7170

Re: Setup recommendations

That is a lot to take in. A few comments: Make sure you vet the cameras before investing in all of them. Some cameras are less reliable than others. You don't want to invest in a number of cameras to have them drop out occasionally. CAT5 is enough most of the time. But, run CAT6 if you wish. ZM has ...
by snake
Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:28 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: what do i need for hardware? looking to upgrade to ZoneMinder.
Replies: 4
Views: 2786

Re: what do i need for hardware? looking to upgrade to ZoneMinder.

Technically you can, but for practical purposes I would say it depends on how many cameras you have. 1-4 cameras, then go ahead and put it on the same server. For >10 cameras, you would want a dedicated server. There is a docker image you can try (I haven't used it in production). Wifi cameras are n...
by snake
Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:42 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Requirements
Replies: 1
Views: 1401

Re: Requirements

4 720p or 1080p cameras with an i5-3210M (two cores) will probably be ok. Though, keep in mind that you will have to limit the framerate (on the cameras webpage). 5 FPS for 4 cameras should be doable, but 30FPS for 4 cameras... You would need to test. You are essentially watching a number of video s...
by snake
Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:32 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: External storage
Replies: 4
Views: 2376

Re: External storage

Did you chown the mount to www-data (deb) or apache (centos)?

I put instructions for 1.32.3 here https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Using_a_ded ... Hard_Drive
by snake
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:50 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: ZM-1.34 with Bosch
Replies: 2
Views: 2696

Re: ZM-1.34 with Bosch

A guide on setting up camera paths is here:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Finding_Camera_Stream_Paths
by snake
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:49 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Converting ZM VM over to Bare Metal
Replies: 5
Views: 6745

Re: Converting ZM VM over to Bare Metal

An optional performance gain is: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=28292

Only advised for air gapped or unimportant deployments. Use at your own risk.
by snake
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:45 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.32.x
Topic: Rebuilt Pi 4 4G w/1T SSD
Replies: 4
Views: 3507

Re: Rebuilt Pi 4 4G w/1T SSD

Post logs. You will have slowdown running X / chromium on the Pi. I would advise against doing that. Are you able to get one camera working? Try one first. Don't setup all of them at once. You have posted other similar posts, where I think you managed to get it working with GPU_MEM set to 512 on the...
by snake
Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:35 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: refresher on adding ip cams again.
Replies: 3
Views: 3830

Re: refresher on adding ip cams again.

It would be helpful if you could detail what paths you used to get the camera working. Other people will come across these posts, and would benefit in that knowledge.

A walkthrough for adding ip cameras is on the wiki at https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Finding_Camera_Stream_Paths
by snake
Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.33.x Development Branch
Topic: The requested address '/zm/api/' was not found on this server.
Replies: 8
Views: 38989

Re: The requested address '/zm/api/' was not found on this server.

curl -XPOST -d "user=admin&pass=password" http://<ipaddress>/zm/api/host/getVersion.json Double checked this today (1.32.3). The command above works, as long as you've installed ZM properly. There is no need to preface this command with a login.json. API commands can be called without...
by snake
Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:29 am
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.32.x
Topic: Multiple Streams from singe Monitor
Replies: 3
Views: 3708

Re: Multiple Streams from singe Monitor

For reference, If this is on the LAN you can just use https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Example_Camera_View_HTML and https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=26982 https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=29064 e.g. <img width="412px" height="268px" src=&quo...
by snake
Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:39 pm
Forum: User Contributions
Topic: New Lightweight ZM Instant Event Notify daemon project published
Replies: 11
Views: 18320

Re: New ZM Instant Event Notify daemon project published

On your readme at the end, the second gist link is broken. I'm not sure how much cpu time is used in polling, but seems better approach is like https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26758&start=15 But, talk is cheap, so you can ignore what I say. I haven't built anything like thi...
by snake
Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:34 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: Embed zoneminder footage on webpage?
Replies: 4
Views: 3865

Re: Embed zoneminder footage on webpage?

I would consider ffserver.

Related: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Zmodopipe
by snake
Fri Feb 07, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: Request for documentation feedback - ZoneMinder on OpenWrt
Replies: 4
Views: 2780

Re: Request for documentation feedback - ZoneMinder on OpenWrt

Do my disk space / time calculations appear correct? I do recommend setting recording to "H264 Passthrough" What should I suggest for Storage -> Save JPEGS? I don't calculate how much data is going to be stored. It depends on Resolution, Frame Rate on camera, and Actual Frame Rate on ZM. ...
by snake
Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:20 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.34.x
Topic: Request for documentation feedback - ZoneMinder on OpenWrt
Replies: 4
Views: 2780

Re: Request for documentation feedback - ZoneMinder on OpenWrt

For offloading camera motion detection. It's already in ZM. https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Axis_Motion_Detection How it is implemented depends on the camera. In 2.5 Disk requirements, you mention mocord mode. you mean modect. Mocord records 24/7. Modect only records events. Your calculations seem off f...
by snake
Fri Feb 07, 2020 5:23 am
Forum: Docker
Topic: Docker upgrade
Replies: 9
Views: 7791

Re: Docker upgrade

I can't speak for docker w/zm (hopefully someone else will chime in) but you can always backup the db and then go back / restore should something go wrong. For docker, a quick search online comes up with this command for backing up a mysql db: # Backup docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u roo...