Hauppauge ImpactVCB 00558 - Only works afer VLC access?

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nxc
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Hauppauge ImpactVCB 00558 - Only works afer VLC access?

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Hi all,

I have a hauppauge ImpactVCB card, 3 port. When I reboot/start zoneminder the card will not start up with the following error being written to the log file:
"ERR [Shared data not initialised by capture daemon for monitor Front-Entrance-Analogue]"
I have checked the share memory defaults on the system and they appear sufficient. I have 5 other HD streaming cameras that are working just fine. The odd thing is that the analogue card starts working fine with zoneminder if if ssh in as a non-privileged user "ssh -X" and run
"vlc -v v4l2:///dev/video0:standard=PAL:live-caching=300:interface=qt4"
I assume there is a permission error or some setting which vlc does which I need to add to the modprobe command or zoneminder. I have no idea what vlc does that get the camera to work. The www-data user is a member of the video group.

Any pointers appreciated.
nxc
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Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:55 pm

Re: Hauppauge ImpactVCB 00558 - Only works afer VLC access?

Post by nxc »

Ooops sorry its the ImpactVCB-e version. The 3 port is in another machine :) Still same problem.
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