linking 2 zoneminder systems

[arielito]

Hi,

I have two (2) systems running ZoneMinder v1.24.2 in remote locations inside the same network, both running with a mix of analog (using a PV981A1-16 16-ports video capture card) and IP cameras. Is there a way to link both of them in order to have master system where both systems can be monitored, or to just "forward" the video feeds from the 1st into the 2nd?

I know it would be easier if all of the cameras would be IP cameras, but it´s not the case. And the alternative of using an analog to ip video converter for the analog cameras is much more expensive.

Thanks in advance,
a.leon

[DREMA]

You can add a third zm box and add all the camera feeds from the other boxes.

Or you can add the feeds from one box to another, and set the cameras on monitor so you don't record twice.

To get the URLs for the feeds, open any camera, and right clic on the image, then select "copy image url", it should look something like this http://someip.mx/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=j ... &maxfps=30

Good luck

[Flasheart]

Do you just want to monitor them together?

If so, create a html file with <img> tags to the mjpeg feed for each camera. For the analogues you can take this from the zoneminder side like DREMA shows, for ip cams you can often take them direct and remove any load from the server.

Something like:

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 <img src="http://192.168.1.150/mjpeg.jpg" width="200">

A few of those laid out as you want. Put that html file on one of your servers and visit it with firefox or chrome. ie won't view mjpeg.

I use this for 46 cams spread over three sites with multiple users. (I actually put the cam details in a mysql database and create the html automatically with some perl cgi, but the principle is the same and I used to use static html)