PV-143

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JungleGeorge
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PV-143

Post by JungleGeorge »

My system recognizes the PV-143 card correctly:

find /dev -name video*

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/dev/video0
/dev/.udev/db/video4linux:video0
/dev/.udev/db/video4linux:vbi0
lspci -v | grep Multimedia

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01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
lsmod | grep bt

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bttv                  111669  0 
v4l2_common            15431  1 bttv
videodev               34361  2 bttv,v4l2_common
ir_common              38875  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 bttv
videobuf_dma_sg        10782  1 bttv
videobuf_core          16356  2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc               3720  1 bttv
tveeprom               11102  1 bttv
The camera:
* Q-See QSB550SR CCTV camera
* Works, when connected to a NTSC TV via the RCA Video input.
* Currently connected to the first port on the PV-143

In ZoneMinder:
Source Type = Local
Function = Record
Device Path = /dev/video
Capture Method = Video for Linux version 2
Device Channel = 0
Device format = NTSC
Capture Palette = RGB24
Capture Width (pixels) = 640
Capture Height (pixels) = 480
On the ZoneMinder Console:
Source /dev/video(0) is red in color.

What am I doing wrong?
JungleGeorge
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Post by JungleGeorge »

I did restart ZoneMinder.
I reboot the system.
Still have the same problem.
kwire
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Location: Ada, Ohio, USA

Post by kwire »

Did you try Device Path = /dev/video0 ?

(but don't put the question mark on the line... :) )

Keith
Last edited by kwire on Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
whatboy
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Post by whatboy »

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Source /dev/video(0)
Should be

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Source /dev/video0
JungleGeorge
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Post by JungleGeorge »

Yes, thank you.

It should be "Source /dev/video0"
and the user "www-data" should be added to the "video" group

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usermod  -a  -G    video    www-data
This will ensure that the user "www-data" can read/write the "/dev/video0"

Also, thanks to Curtis at Bluecherry for these suggestions.
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