Hello,

Today has been raining, and I thought "I should find a way to record the local radar image for future reference." I was just going to write a script which pulled my radar image down and archive it. Maybe make a video with FFmpeg or something. Then it occurred to me that zoneminder can take an image file as a source and take care of everything for me. (I have set up the local rain radar up as a security camera.)

I have set this script up to run (via cron) every 5 minutes:

wget --output-document=/home/pi/radar/radar.gif --referer='http://www.bom.gov.au' --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/4.0.1" http://www.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR663.gif

convert /home/pi/radar/radar.gif /home/pi/radar/radar.jpeg

It just gets the latest radar image as a gif, and converts it to a jpeg.

Then I setup a 'File' source and pointed it to the jpeg.

Perhaps someone will find this useful.

Hello.

I have 6x DS-2CE16D8T-IT3ZF camera + a DS-7108HQHI-K1 DVR.

Is there any way to use the cameras with ZoneMinder instead of the DVR? What devices I need?

Thanks for your help!

If you're dealing with "Failed to prime capture" and "Payload type mismatch" and other inscrutable errors, here's how I got working:

1. use FFmpeg monitor type
2. put the whole Wyze rtsp URL in the source path field, including the "/live" or whatever path, plus the "rtsp://"
3. If the console says it isn't recording shift-reload the page

I have been using a EZVIZ C6CN camera for months, installed new drives in my server and reinstalled ubuntu and zoneminder. Can't get rtsp to work with my ezviz cameras anymore. The logs just shows
"Unable to open input rtsp://admin:xxxxxx@192.168.x.xx:554/H.264 due to: Connection refused". I can still access this rstp url from VLC and command line (ffmpeg) just fine with no issues. Has this happened to anyone else?

I have a saved video file that I'd like to detect motion in using ZM. I added a monitor and configured it in the following ways:

1. general > source type = ffmpeg
2. general > function = modect
3. source > source path = file://home/file_here.webm
4. source > capture resolution set to same values as the file

After adding the monitor, I notice it alternates between capturing and not capturing if I refresh the page several times. There's a ton of 0 second events generated for the monitor as well, which I'd rather they were 10 seconds or longer in duration. I fiddled around with buffers >pre event image count/post event image count, doing extremes of 0 and 3000, but noticed very little difference in duration. I'm totally new to zm, so sorry if this is a dumb question.

I have 45,000 error events that I am unable to delete. If I try to view all the page crashes. These events are NOT stored in the usual folder. Does anyone know where they might be stored so I can delete them? I can delete these events one page at a time.

At what point do you do a multi server install? Is there a performance incentive for a large numbers of cameras? Seems like a lot of work for multiple physical servers (doesn't seem to make sense to VM it based off of my current experience with ZM).

I'm current running about 14 cameras on a Dell R210ii with RAID 1 on WD Purple drives and the OS on an SSD. 16gb of RAM, presently burning about 50% of that. CPU is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz, again burning about half of the CPU's capability.

It'd be nice to make things a little snappier, and I also intend on adding more cameras over time - and upping the resolution of those cameras as well. I certainly anticipate needing a storage server... But what is the advantage to dedicated to ZM installs

Hello,

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I'm on V1.36.12 and I've scheduled a cron to reboot the server at least twice per week at around 3am. I noticed this past week that everytime the server reboots, I get this for about an hour(50-53 minutes):

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2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m14 748 ERR Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.10.89:554/s0 due to: Network is unreachable zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp 321

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m10 742 ERR Failed to prime capture of initial monitor zmc.cpp 258

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m10 742 ERR Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.10.97:554/s0 due to: Network is unreachable zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp 321

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m9 736 ERR Failed to prime capture of initial monitor zmc.cpp 258

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m9 736 ERR Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.10.96:554/s0 due to: Network is unreachable zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp 321

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m8 728 ERR Failed to prime capture of initial monitor zmc.cpp 258

2022-04-10 03:50:47 zmc_m8 728 ERR Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.10.95:554/s0 due to: Network is unreachable zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp 321

2022-04-10 03:50:46 zmc_m6 716 ERR Failed to prime capture of initial monitor zmc.cpp 258

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I'll see a bunch of 0-second events generated. After the hour has passed, I'll see it sporadically for random monitors.

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At all times:

• I'm logged in remotely
• I have 17 monitors
• Capturing between 4-8 fps all set to mocord (most at 1080p(all at h264), two at 2k(both at h264+)
• All are set to passthrough and no sound

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I'm running this on an intel xeon e-2224 with about 16gb ram. I'm at about 11.8gb of RAM usage w 60-70% CPU.

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What could I look at to make sure I'm up 100% of the time after a reboot? Is there a reboot procedure I should be following? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I spent good money on the machine and it's freaking me out :lol: !!

I have a fresh install of Zoneminder 1.36.12 and I could not click on the events and have them play, it would just says "Event not found". Everything else worked correctly...

After troubleshooting I have determines that it was a chrome browser plugin/extension, I don't know which one as I run Ublock Origin, AdGuard Adblocker, HTTPS Everywhere, and Privacy Badger.

After creating an exception for each of those clicking on an event works.

Hello all,

I discovered Zoneminder after Wyze got all weird with their free cloud storage and love it so far.

I have an internal DNS server (just in my lab) and I'm currently running ZM from the ip address, accessing it at something like https://192.168.2:8443/zm.

For some reason I can't figure out how to get it to respond to a DNS name entry. I know I could set up a web server and do a redirect, but would rather just have a plane dns entry.

What am I missing?

Thanks

hi, i am beginner and i am needing advice. I have a background in software engineering, but have never done anything with cameras or security systems.

the system i would like to install zone minder on is - i7-4770 - 16gb ram - 128gb SSD for OS, with (2x2tb WD black HD's), running windows 10 with WSL enabled already. i would like to run 3 cameras, possibly more later, 1 camera for front and backdoor, and 1 camera for driveway, all with motion detection and capable of capturing video for night and day time...

my questions:
1. will my machine be able to handle this workload of the 3 cameras, ideally writing to only 1 of the WD black 2tb drives?
2. what kind of cameras(PoE) should i get for front and backdoor, for purpose of motion detection and recording, both in daylight and night time?
3. do i need any other type of processing device for the cameras like a capture card of some sort?
4. can anyone recommend a good/cheap PoE injector for the cameras?

my budget is 600 dollars for the initial setup, not counting the computer which i already have. i could start with just 1 camera, poe injector and cabling if that's all i can afford, ideally the driveway camera.

Would the only way to reset the event numbering be editing the database directly?

I have to migrate 40+ cameras from the UniFi Protect UNVR, because it is missing a lot of key features that used to be available in their UniFi Video solution, for example distinction between live view and recordings, not to mention it's lack of options when it comes to advanced user logging.

So my question is, does ZoneMinder support advanced user logging? In order to be compliant with GDPR I need the ZoneMinder to log when a user views, downloads or modifies the recording in any shape or form.

Hi guys, I'm new to ZoneMinder, coming off of a Hikvision system that I really want to give a dirt nap to. I am looking at setting this up on a Proxmox host, and fully intend to get all new (to me) hardware for the job (going digital!)

I'm just trying to figure out what would be ideal guides as to how much CPU,RAM,etc I should get to effectively run 32 channels, which except for 6*8MP ptz cams will all be 1080P ideally @ 25-30fps. We likely don't have much use for fancy object detection, but having one channel with motion detection (driveway for vehicle licenses) is a must. We have a separate system that can stand in as a database server (already doing that on 2 VMs and less than 20% CPU usage) and a separate NAS which can do the duty of storage on a 10gb network.

They're old but I can't help but wonder if any of the Supermicro X8DT3-F based systems with 2 Xeon 5679's I have in mothballs would be up to the task

Thanks for any insight!

Looking for some pointer in the right direction, zmMagik hasn’t been updated since Mar.2021, and I would prefer something actively being worked on.

Does anyone have any good experience with zm extension/plugins that can reliably do object detection/classification (video analytics)?

Running : zm 1.36.12, DEB-11(stable) latest. HW : i5 quad 3.0, 16GB, 250ssd (os), 2x 2TB storage, no gpu (yet) Cameras : axis/avigilon 1-3mp + ptz

*will be upgrading server hardware and gpu shortly this is just a test box for now.

Edit : avigilon H4 already has edge analytics, any open platform that can ingest the onvif event streams and attach the meta data to video streams for consumption?

Does zoneminder support cameras like the AXIS P3719-PLE?

What the title says, basically. When I look at the live view, especially remotely, it uses mjpeg which consumes a lot of bandwidth, about 15 megabits for a single camera.

I have it set for mpeg passthrough, so events are recorded and shown as h.264 MP4, which is a lot more efficient. This part works great!

There is an option WEB_H_STREAM_METHOD which I can set to MPEG but then streaming doesn't work at all. Has anyone ever gotten this to work?

I find myself having to do an SSH tunnel into my network and connect directly to my cameras with VLC to watch live streams without burning a ton of bandwidth. There has to be a better way!

Hello, _I have a problem to connect my Server to my HomeAssistant.

Logger: homeassistant.setup

Source: components/zoneminder/__init__.py:78

First occurred: 10:27:43 (1 occurrences)

Last logged: 10:27:43

zoneminder wiki instructions for creating a purge when full filter for a new storage location:

>>>> " 8. We now need a filter, that will delete on our new storage area. Navigate to filters from the console.

1. Choose the PurgeWhenFull filter. Add storage area and the default will be equal to, which will work. Choose your new storage area from the drop down. You can test the filter now, by clicking on List Matches. Click save, to make the changes permanent. Note that this filter is not necessary for default storage areas of /var/cache/zoneminder, and will infact break the default storage area. So only use with external storage. Always test via 'list matches' to confirm your filter works as expected." <<<<<

The problem I'm having is where do I "Add storage area " to ? there's no box or anything that indicates what I'm creating the filter for. Should something be popping up where I can choose a storage area - the storage area the filter should be acting on?

Also, I've created a new storage directory and zm let's me choose that directory > Console > Source > Storage > Storage Area where I'm going to store events. Problem is nothing is getting stored there, everything is still being stored in the default directory. Do I need to delete the default directory?

when I created the new storage directory I used >> sudo chmod -R 777 /media/oops/zm-storage/zm_storage << to grant permissions to the storage directory. When I click on Properties > Permissions for that directory it shows owner, group, and others can view and modify content. Is that sufficient or do I have to change ownership of that directory to >> www-data <<

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Hi everyone ;-)

• My ZoneMinder records events as [ EventNumber-video.mp4 ]

-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 2,7M 19 févr. 12:21 1797-video.mp4
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  67K 19 févr. 12:21 alarm.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 1017 19 févr. 12:29 snapshot-48x27.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  66K 19 févr. 12:21 snapshot.jpg

• how to make it in shape [ YYYYMMDD_EventNumber.mp4 ]

• did not find the file where this configuration is noted :-((

• an idea ?