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My camera is setup and the pic will come in and out sometimes but won't record and I can only see it for a little while before it cuts out. I have 4 other cameras that seem to work just fine

Here is my log file.

Per chance are you running ZM on a Pi?

Would be great to get some info on your system such as Distro and version, system RAM and etc.

No I am running this on an Unraid docker. I am currently on version 1.32.3. I had trouble back in Feb getting my other 4 cameras working but was able to get them up and running with some help. They were all Reolink but were the RLC-410 and RLC-422 and this time I have a RLC-420. Here is a link to forum where I got some help for that issue...

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=25874&p=109320#p109320

It was a little bit of a different issue but may give you more info. It seems to be Zoneminder is not getting the stream because everyonce in awhile i will get an image but it quickly goes away so I know I have the stream correct (I think)

Anyone have any ideas on this? I am still stuck. I have typed in the Source Path into VLC and it works fine so it seems to be something within Zoneminder but not sure if I don't have enough memory or CPU or what. I am only going for 5 cameras but maybe that is too many.

maybe check your resources with htop while Zoneminder is running. That should give you an idea of if you system is over loaded or not.

Maybe you need\ to increase your WATCH_MAX_DELAY setting. If it takes too long to get an image, zmwatch will kill zmc. The default of 10 seconds is too little for some cameras. I use 45.

I increased the WATCH_MAX_DELAY to 45 seconds and on top of this i dropped all the streams to Baseline and a lower resolution. It seems to have helped as my Load is hovering a little over 3 now rather than 5. I am able to see the image from the camera now but I am getting too many Events. I set the time to be 10 mins however I am getting a new even every 11 or 12 seconds. I have attached the log file again in case that helps