local video file

[iomari]

Greetings,
I just getting my feet wet with zoneminder. I've set up a local file as source but I can't seem o get it to display. Can someone give me the steps to achieve this? The local file is a standard mpg file. Just for testing.

[asker]

Greetings,
I just getting my feet wet with zoneminder. I've set up a local file as source but I can't seem o get it to display. Can someone give me the steps to achieve this? The local file is a standard mpg file. Just for testing.

If you are using source type as file, you need to point it to an image file not a video file
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... ly_support

[iomari]

Thanks

[mikb]

If you really want to test it with a VIDEO file (for testing motion detection on a pre-recorded, predictable file), as it appears you might be doing, try this :-

I got an "mjpeg" stream from my camera into a file, and although it wasn't viewable in XINE/VLC, I used

ffmpeg -r 5 -i input.mjpeg -f avi -q:v 5 -vtag XVID -g 60 -bf 2 output.avi

to get a compliant file to look at it (output.avi)

Then I set up a new monitor called "FileTest" with Source type: FFMPEG and FPS set to 5/5 to control rate to match camera (or 25/25 to test at faster than real time) and pointed it at "input.mjpeg"

When camera is set to "monitor" or "modetect", input is processed as if it is from a camera. Return to "none" to reset and try again.

I used this with ZM when I first set it up -- having recorded a chunk of video from various cameras with a range from "known nothing" "known nothing much important" "borderline motion can u see it?" "this is motion!!" etc. examples in, makes the tuning easier if you already know the answers

[asker]

That's a nice idea mikb.

If you really want to test it with a VIDEO file (for testing motion detection on a pre-recorded, predictable file), as it appears you might be doing, try this :-

I got an "mjpeg" stream from my camera into a file, and although it wasn't viewable in XINE/VLC, I used

ffmpeg -r 5 -i input.mjpeg -f avi -q:v 5 -vtag XVID -g 60 -bf 2 output.avi

to get a compliant file to look at it (output.avi)

Then I set up a new monitor called "FileTest" with Source type: FFMPEG and FPS set to 5/5 to control rate to match camera (or 25/25 to test at faster than real time) and pointed it at "input.mjpeg"

When camera is set to "monitor" or "modetect", input is processed as if it is from a camera. Return to "none" to reset and try again.

I used this with ZM when I first set it up -- having recorded a chunk of video from various cameras with a range from "known nothing" "known nothing much important" "borderline motion can u see it?" "this is motion!!" etc. examples in, makes the tuning easier if you already know the answers