How do I run "zmu -d <device> -q -v" against an IP camera??
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:45 am
Hi all -
I've got a problem with an IP camera and getting
past the "red x" problems I'm hoping someone can help with.
Question first:
Why can I not see images in the main camera window, see them in any event I try to view, but if I export them, the exported 'index.html' has a viewer that works just fine?
Now the details:
I'm running a Foscam FI8918W, following the instructions at:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Foscam_FI8918W
I am using it in snapshot.cgi mode, because I am on wireless, and
another site I was reading indicated that massive problems occured
with network traffic when trying to stream from it vs framegrab.
System is Ubuntu 12.04, fully patched.
ffmpeg 0.8.3
I've checked out:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... leshooting
and tried to follow the steps carefully, so as not to waste anyone's time here.
I can see my camera in xawtv and in guvcview cheese, no problems.
It also works fine in it's own browser, etc etc.
So I got the camera loaded and working just fine, capturing events in Mocord.
But I cannot view images in the brower (IE9, IE8, Chrome, Firefox, on Windows, on Ubuntu)
Upon consulting troubleshooting, the suggestion was:
"run zmu -d..." to see if your device is supported.
Nothing in the syntax in the manual or any other Googleing
indicates what the syntax for <device> would be when you have an IP camera, and it's device is something other than /dev/video0 as everyone's example shows.
Mine being an IP camera, it is of course _not_ a USB device connected to the computer.... and has no /dev/ entry at all.
I've got a problem with an IP camera and getting
past the "red x" problems I'm hoping someone can help with.
Question first:
Why can I not see images in the main camera window, see them in any event I try to view, but if I export them, the exported 'index.html' has a viewer that works just fine?
Now the details:
I'm running a Foscam FI8918W, following the instructions at:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Foscam_FI8918W
I am using it in snapshot.cgi mode, because I am on wireless, and
another site I was reading indicated that massive problems occured
with network traffic when trying to stream from it vs framegrab.
System is Ubuntu 12.04, fully patched.
ffmpeg 0.8.3
I've checked out:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... leshooting
and tried to follow the steps carefully, so as not to waste anyone's time here.
I can see my camera in xawtv and in guvcview cheese, no problems.
It also works fine in it's own browser, etc etc.
So I got the camera loaded and working just fine, capturing events in Mocord.
But I cannot view images in the brower (IE9, IE8, Chrome, Firefox, on Windows, on Ubuntu)
Upon consulting troubleshooting, the suggestion was:
"run zmu -d..." to see if your device is supported.
Nothing in the syntax in the manual or any other Googleing
indicates what the syntax for <device> would be when you have an IP camera, and it's device is something other than /dev/video0 as everyone's example shows.
Mine being an IP camera, it is of course _not_ a USB device connected to the computer.... and has no /dev/ entry at all.