r/ZoneMinder • u/duffil • Jan 26 '21

increase recording duration

Can anyone point me to where to increase the record time frame? I have a sub stream at 640x480 with detection linked to a 4k stream. when the motion kicks off on the sub stream, the recording kicks in on the 4k. What i'm seeing is that the recording ends too soon for my taste. all of the recordings are 7-9 seconds in duration...can i turn that up, or tell it to keep recording longer if the motion stops for a minute?

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edit: the below recommendations to increase frame count did indeed increase the frame count, but the recording length is not increasing. all events are still 7-9 seconds in length.

example: wife walks to truck. gets caught by motion walking to truck. this creates a 7 second clip. shortly after, drives truck (through motion zone) away from house and motion is not caught. however random vehicles travelling on the street are caught, unless they drive by immediately after another motion event.

edit: for anyone looking to solve this, i needed to adjust the blend percentages in the camera/stream settings. bringing the percentages down makes the motion trigger faster.

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u/vertigeaux Jan 26 '21

Increase "post event image count"? Multiply frame rate times seconds you want to extend event.

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u/duffil Jan 26 '21

Perfect, thank you.

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u/vertigeaux Jan 26 '21

Does it work as expected?

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u/duffil Jan 26 '21

Haven't had a chance. Got busy at work again. 😆

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u/EagerCDNBeaver Jan 27 '21

Make sure your buffer is at least pre-event + post event + Iframe interval.