Foscam F41 & C2M

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PatriKb
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Foscam F41 & C2M

Post by PatriKb »

Hello,

I'm new at ZoneMinder and would like to report positive installation with Foscam F41 & C2M cameras.

Both cameras working out of the box with following settings:
Source type: Ffmpeg
Source Path: rtsp://<user>:<password>@<ip>:88/videoMain (or rtsp://<user>:<password>@<ip>:88/videoSub)
Method: TCP or UDP (both working identical for me)
Target colorspace: 24 or 32
Resolution to match the cam settings

Only negative point with those cams, you need to install the windows exe to setup the cam fully. (works well in a virtual machine)
PatriKb
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Re: Foscam F41 & C2M

Post by PatriKb »

Something not working as expected:
I checked 'Whether to store the audio stream when saving an event.'
but can't hear any audio.
can't also find any audio file on disk

did I overlook something to get that?
audio is present when streaming in VLC or Foscam app.
Magic919
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Re: Foscam F41 & C2M

Post by Magic919 »

I think it's a separate source on those and would go in SourceSecondPath.
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PatriKb
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Re: Foscam F41 & C2M

Post by PatriKb »

Yes! Thx!

Looks like I have to grab rtsp://<user>:<password>@<ip>:88/audio
as described here https://www.foscam.com/faqs/view.html?id=81

I'm running now zm 1.34.23 from Debian 11 repo, I can't find SourceSecondPath, I guess that's coming with 1.36

Can I just add your repo and apt update? or there is some special steps to follow in order to not loose the existing settings and data?
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_11_B ... der_1.36.x
Magic919
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Re: Foscam F41 & C2M

Post by Magic919 »

1.36 was 2021.

Updates usually fine and don’t lose the settings in the database as a rule.
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