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by mikb
Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:36 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.27.x
Topic: ffmpeg video output to a specific path
Replies: 3
Views: 6837

Re: ffmpeg video output to a specific path

Hi All, Is there a way to add somehow a path where ffmpeg should place locally the video was made manually? Because it stores the videos now in that folder where the source pictures are. Unfortunatelly the server is far away from me, and the bandwith is very low. I'm trying to get the videos in one...
by mikb
Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:52 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: blue screen from Foscam ip camera
Replies: 5
Views: 4063

Re: blue screen from Foscam ip camera

awardsbob wrote:Under the 'General' tab
Remote Host Name: "camera's ip address as assigned by dhcp and it's mac address"
Really?

Can you quote the exact "host name" line, I'm not sure that you need the mac address as well as the IP address.
by mikb
Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:24 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: CCTV Footage for Police?
Replies: 7
Views: 3356

Re: CCTV Footage for Police?

@dazed: This is the UK, so no such thing as the DA -- the equivalent is the Crown Prosecution Service I suppose. Sadly, they would be unlikely to bring a prosecution as the police have to decide to forward things to them for consideration. In this case, they have already decided that without a state...
by mikb
Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:02 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: CCTV Footage for Police?
Replies: 7
Views: 3356

Re: CCTV Footage for Police?

@dazed: I think you're right. They categorically denied that they were effectively filing it under "can't be bothered", although the admitted it was "not handled well" -- including the police's failure to take a statement at the time, failing to contact me about the CCTV, them mi...
by mikb
Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:04 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.26.x
Topic: Problems with BTTV on ubuntu 14.04
Replies: 5
Views: 4238

Re: Problems with BTTV on ubuntu 14.04

the camera has a picture but it's features pic. in black and white.. Device Format NTSC I think you are saying that your colour camera, with a composite video output is producing a black and white picture at the computer? Is it an NTSC (American) camera? Maybe you need to switch to Format: PAL-Some...
by mikb
Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:02 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: CCTV Footage for Police?
Replies: 7
Views: 3356

Re: CCTV Footage for Police?

I've given CCTV from Zoneminder to the police (ongoing criminal damage by little ASBOs) -- not very successfully though. This is not Zoneminder's fault :) Firstly -- after many attempts to download the .avi files, and a long delay, they finally admitted that they "couldn't see them". Passe...
by mikb
Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:33 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.26.x
Topic: Filter selecting dates doesn't return expected results
Replies: 2
Views: 2581

Re: Filter selecting dates doesn't return expected results

Hi, I have a filter with "Date" for first option and "less than" with value -7. Sort by is set to "Date/Time" and Asc. I *think* you have said "Older than 7 days in the future" there. Which *is* all. If you mean "within the last 7 days" use "Da...
by mikb
Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:03 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.27.x
Topic: Grabbing one still image
Replies: 3
Views: 2866

Re: Grabbing one still image

OK, that's a valid reason, I'll give you that one! :)

I'm not sure how to do it from ZM though.
by mikb
Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:12 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.27.x
Topic: Grabbing one still image
Replies: 3
Views: 2866

Re: Grabbing one still image

Is there a method to grab an still image from a monitor that is in an idle state?. If you don't find a ZM way to do this, why not go direct to the camera and dump out the JPG from its still-image interface? e.g. wget or curl from "http://yourcamera/image.jpg" into a file? Most IP Cameras ...
by mikb
Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:20 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.27.x
Topic: Main web view, monitor Order
Replies: 1
Views: 2165

Re: Main web view, monitor Order

I would like to know this too, as it does that in 1.25 -- I gave up trying to make it work and figured it was a cosmetic bug, rather than me missing the point :)
by mikb
Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:12 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Adding ip cameras
Replies: 1
Views: 2571

Re: Adding ip cameras

Could the firmware oon the new cameras have stopped ZM or it was a coincidence. Put that down to coincidence. Bad firmware could stop the camera. It could seriously screw up the video feed so that ZM capture becomes confused and refuses to talk to the camera (garbled data, nonsense HTTP transaction...
by mikb
Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:03 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: Unable to parse date string '-20 days'
Replies: 2
Views: 2059

Re: Unable to parse date string '-20 days'

fmoreira86 wrote: I'm getting: Unable to parse date string '-20 days'
Try this in the boxes ... and [Date] [Less Than] [20 Days Ago]

Yes, "less than" -- "less than" mathematically is an older date. In spoken English you'd say "more than 20 days ago". However ... :)
by mikb
Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:28 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.28.x
Topic: Selective recording
Replies: 1
Views: 5376

Re: Selective recording

Hello, After much struggle I finally got ZM working. The only problem is when set in the mocap setting it seems to record everything rather than just the events with a "score." Are there settings I can change to make this better? I don't have a huge hard drive. Also the possibility exists...
by mikb
Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Zoneminder Video not smooth
Replies: 2
Views: 2634

Re: Zoneminder Video not smooth

Remove (blank out) the Maximum FPS on the monitor. Treat it like the IP-CAMERA you've now converted it into by making it a HTTP stream.

IP Cameras do NOT use the max FPS field. If you were accessing /dev/video directly, you'd need it.
by mikb
Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:51 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.26.x
Topic: Undersized PC?
Replies: 4
Views: 3687

Re: Undersized PC?

I installed zoneminder 1.26.5 on a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1007U @ 1.50GHz with 4GB RAM. I connected 3 Ubiquiti Networks AirCam cameras: - 640 x 368 @ 3 fps (2) - 320 x 176 @ 3 fps. Do you think the PC is actually undersized? IMO: No. I'm running on a Intel Core 2, 1.8GHz, 3GB RAM, with 6 x IP Came...