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zdunham 10-05-2009 08:03 AM
Cameras Don't Show Up In Zoneminder
 
Hi all.

Trying to set up a video surveillance system with Zoneminder on Ubuntu Jaunty. I am using a Logitech Quickcam for this. The camera works with Ubuntu, when I run XawTV I can see everything clear as day. When I try to get the camera to show up in Zoneminder I get no picture. I have tried a bunch of different device format and color combinations and still cannot get it to show up. If anyone has any experience with Zoneminder or has had this problem please help! Thanks in advance.

zdunham 10-05-2009 01:25 PM
If a moderator feels that this belongs in the hardware section or somewhere else please feel free to move it wherever I am likely to get the best answers. Thanks a lot.

zdunham 10-06-2009 08:40 AM
bump

centosboy 10-06-2009 08:58 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3709566)
bump
from the main zoneminder console, under the option 'source'

select the link. then check settings on general and source tab.
mine are like so:




general -

name -> cameraname
sourcetype ->remote (yours would be local if the cam is locally attached)
function -> modetect
linkedmonitors -> cameraname
ref image blend %ge -> 7



source -
protocol -> http
method -> simple
remote hostname -> user: password@remote.hostname
port -> port
width -> 640
height -> 480
orientation -> normal


bear in mind im using an ip camera, but your settings should look similar.

also please find where you logs are

zoneminder console -> options -> paths

tail -f these logs whilst restarting zm


let me knw how it goes


NB - the section where i entered remote hostname, i had to put a space after user: - only in the post so i didnt get that smiley icon. if your cam uses login details, you would enter no space between user: password

zdunham 10-06-2009 02:42 PM
Thanks for the reply, I've been rather busy today I hope to try this and get back to you by the end of today though.

zdunham 10-06-2009 03:22 PM
OK, my setup is local, I do have the camera plugged directly into the computer at the moment.

The log file that caught my attention the most was zmdc.log which revealed this:

10/05/2009 16:22:32.055844 zmdc[22302].INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0]
10/05/2009 16:22:32.057722 zmdc[22302].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/10/05 16:22:32, pid = 19336]
10/05/2009 16:22:32.099510 zmdc[22302].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 6]

To me, at least, it looks like it tried to start the camera and failed but I couldn't find much on what exit status 6 is yet. I shall continue hunting. Thanks for whatever information you can give and have given.

EDIT: After googling exit status 6, every forum topic I could find on it was inconclusive as to the problem.

I tried changing the device format and color multiple times, even tried gray as was recommended somewhere else and that did not work either.

centosboy 10-07-2009 03:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3710078)
OK, my setup is local, I do have the camera plugged directly into the computer at the moment.

The log file that caught my attention the most was zmdc.log which revealed this:

10/05/2009 16:22:32.055844 zmdc[22302].INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0]
10/05/2009 16:22:32.057722 zmdc[22302].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/10/05 16:22:32, pid = 19336]
10/05/2009 16:22:32.099510 zmdc[22302].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 6]

To me, at least, it looks like it tried to start the camera and failed but I couldn't find much on what exit status 6 is yet. I shall continue hunting. Thanks for whatever information you can give and have given.

EDIT: After googling exit status 6, every forum topic I could find on it was inconclusive as to the problem.

I tried changing the device format and color multiple times, even tried gray as was recommended somewhere else and that did not work either.


have you specified the capture width and height in the camera source settings?
looks like your camera isnt being detected.
can you confirm that the camera is actually on /dev/video0?
dmesg should tell this.

what is your output from

Code:
zmu -q -d /dev/video0 -v
i would be interested in seeing your settings.. as i described mine above..

zdunham 10-07-2009 07:49 AM
OK when I try that command I get:

Code:
Error, username and password or auth string must be applied
Now for the settings, in the General tab I have:

Code:
Name:                      Monitor-1
Source Type:                Local
Function:                  Modect
Enabled:                    Yes
Linked Monitors:            Monitor-1
Max FPS:                    None
Alarm Max FPS:              None
Reference Image Blend %ge:  7
Triggers:                  None Available
And then in the Source tab I have:

Code:
Device Path:                /dev/video0
Capture Method:            Video for Linux 2
Device Channel:            0
Device Format:              PAL
Capture Palette:            RGB24
Capture Width:              320
Capture Height:            240
Preserve Aspect Ratio:      No
Orientation:                Normal
I have tried a whole load of different device formats and capture palettes and it hasn't made any difference so I've left it at that one because it seems to be the most common from other Zoneminder users.

I am almost positive the camera is /dev/video0 because I did:

Code:
ls /dev/video*
That gave me /dev/video0 only, I only have the one camera plugged in.

EDIT: Thanks for all your help by the way.

I also ran:

Code:
xawtv /dev/video0
and it worked, XawTV started up with the camera.

centosboy 10-07-2009 09:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3710892)
OK when I try that command I get:

Code:
Error, username and password or auth string must be applied
Now for the settings, in the General tab I have:

Code:
Name:                      Monitor-1
Source Type:                Local
Function:                  Modect
Enabled:                    Yes
Linked Monitors:            Monitor-1
Max FPS:                    None
Alarm Max FPS:              None
Reference Image Blend %ge:  7
Triggers:                  None Available
And then in the Source tab I have:

Code:
Device Path:                /dev/video0
Capture Method:            Video for Linux 2
Device Channel:            0
Device Format:              PAL
Capture Palette:            RGB24
Capture Width:              320
Capture Height:            240
Preserve Aspect Ratio:      No
Orientation:                Normal
I have tried a whole load of different device formats and capture palettes and it hasn't made any difference so I've left it at that one because it seems to be the most common from other Zoneminder users.

I am almost positive the camera is /dev/video0 because I did:

Code:
ls /dev/video*
That gave me /dev/video0 only, I only have the one camera plugged in.

EDIT: Thanks for all your help by the way.

I also ran:

Code:
xawtv /dev/video0
and it worked, XawTV started up with the camera.

must be some settings then

run

Code:
zmu -q -d /dev/video0 -U user --password password

also whilst doing any restarts, be sure to be tailing the logs in the background.

something like
Code:
tail -f /path/to/zmlogs &
should always be running in the background for these purposes so you can see any new events logged

zdunham 10-07-2009 09:32 AM
Perhaps this is a stupid question, not sure. There was a never a time to create a user and password during installation so is there a default administrator user and password for Zoneminder? If not how can I create a user and password after installation? Just for the sake of it I tried using the Apache username and password which did not work.

centosboy 10-07-2009 09:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3711009)
Perhaps this is a stupid question, not sure. There was a never a time to create a user and password during installation so is there a default administrator user and password for Zoneminder? If not how can I create a user and password after installation? Just for the sake of it I tried using the Apache username and password which did not work.
defaults are admin:admin

can be changed by clicking the options link.
also make sure the zone minder console is 'Running'

zdunham 10-07-2009 10:28 AM
OK, admin/admin worked thanks for that, I ran

Code:
zmu -q -d /dev/video0 -U username -P password
and I got "error22" for the output, that is it.

zdunham 10-07-2009 01:39 PM
Maybe this will help also. I ran "v4l-info" and this is what I got:

Code:
### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
    VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
        driver                  : "uvcvideo"
        card                    : "UVC Camera (046d:08c5)"
        bus_info                : "0000:00:0f.2"
        version                : 0.1.0
        capabilities            : 0x4000001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,STREAMING]

standards

inputs
    VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(0)
        index                  : 0
        name                    : "Camera 1"
        type                    : CAMERA
        audioset                : 0
        tuner                  : 0
        std                    : 0x0 []
        status                  : 0x0 []

video capture
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(0,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        index                  : 0
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        flags                  : 1
        description            : "MJPEG"
        pixelformat            : 0x47504a4d [MJPG]
    VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE)
        type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
        fmt.pix.width          : 320
        fmt.pix.height          : 240
        fmt.pix.pixelformat    : 0x47504a4d [MJPG]
        fmt.pix.field          : NONE
        fmt.pix.bytesperline    : 0
        fmt.pix.sizeimage      : 42666
        fmt.pix.colorspace      : SRGB
        fmt.pix.priv            : 0

controls
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+0)
        id                      : 9963776
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Brightness"
        minimum                : 0
        maximum                : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value          : 127
        flags                  : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+1)
        id                      : 9963777
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Contrast"
        minimum                : 0
        maximum                : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value          : 32
        flags                  : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+2)
        id                      : 9963778
        type                    : INTEGER
        name                    : "Saturation"
        minimum                : 0
        maximum                : 255
        step                    : 1
        default_value          : 32
        flags                  : 0
There was also some stuff for Linux version 1 but it didn't have much information and some wasn't available so I just pasted the Linux 2 stuff in.

zdunham 10-09-2009 08:22 AM
Maybe this helps a little bit too. This is the debug log.

Code:
10/08/09 09:24:16.040690 zmc_dvideo0[10255].INF-zm_debug.c/292 [New Debug Level = 5, New Debug Log = /tmp/zm_debug.log.10255]
10/08/09 09:24:16.041073 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/1712 [Got 1 monitors]
10/08/09 09:24:16.041154 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB2-zm_local_camera.cpp/286 [V4L2 support enabled, using V4L2 api]
10/08/09 09:24:16.041932 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/338 [monitor purpose=1]
10/08/09 09:24:16.041955 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/345 [mem.size=9217192]
10/08/09 09:24:16.055658 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_zone.cpp/50 [Initialised zone 0/All - 1 - 320x240 - Rgb:ff0000, CM:3, MnAT:15, MxAT:0, MnAP:50, MxAP:75000, FB:3x3, MnFP:50, MxFP:50000, MnBS:10, MxBS:0, MnB:0, MxB:0, OF: 0]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058028 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/458 [Monitor Monitor-1 has function 2]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058045 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/459 [Monitor Monitor-1 LBF = '%N - %y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S', LBX = 0, LBY = 0]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058057 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/460 [Monitor Monitor-1 IBC = 40, WUC = 25, pEC = 10, PEC = 10, EAF = 1, FRI = 1000, RBP = 7, FM = 0]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058284 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_zone.cpp/889 [Got 1 zones for monitor Monitor-1]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058306 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB5-zm_zone.cpp/918 [Parsing polygon 0,0 319,0 319,239 0,239]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058321 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/758 [Parsing polygon string '0,0 319,0 319,239 0,239']
10/08/09 09:24:16.058335 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/796 [Got coordinate 0,0 from polygon string]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058346 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/796 [Got coordinate 319,0 from polygon string]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058357 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/796 [Got coordinate 319,239 from polygon string]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058368 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/796 [Got coordinate 0,239 from polygon string]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058383 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_zone.cpp/816 [Successfully parsed polygon string]
10/08/09 09:24:16.058396 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_zone.cpp/50 [Initialised zone 2/All - 1 - 320x240 - Rgb:ff0000, CM:3, MnAT:25, MxAT:0, MnAP:2304, MxAP:57600, FB:3x3, MnFP:2304, MxFP:57600, MnBS:1536, MxBS:0, MnB:1, MxB:0, OF: 0]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060602 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/1814 [Loaded monitor 2(Monitor-1), 1 zones]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060621 zmc_dvideo0[10255].INF-zmc.cpp/188 [Starting Capture]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060885 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_local_camera.cpp/349 [Opening video device /dev/video0]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060930 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB2-zm_local_camera.cpp/355 [V4L2 support enabled, using V4L2 api]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060944 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_local_camera.cpp/360 [Checking video device capabilities]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060965 zmc_dvideo0[10255].DB3-zm_local_camera.cpp/370 [Setting up video format]
10/08/09 09:24:16.060996 zmc_dvideo0[10255].FAT-zm_local_camera.cpp/386 [Failed to set video format: Invalid argument]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061373 zmc_dvideo0[10255].INF-zm_signal.cpp/64 [Got signal 6 (Aborted), exiting and forcing backtrace]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061509 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/84 [Signal address is (nil), from 0xb806e430]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061779 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: [0xb806e430]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061856 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: [0xb806e430]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061898 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x50) [0xb7b796d0]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.061953 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(abort+0x188) [0xb7b7b098]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062002 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /usr/local/bin/zmc [0x805582d]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062051 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /usr/local/bin/zmc [0x80688cf]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062100 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /usr/local/bin/zmc [0x80691a4]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062148 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /usr/local/bin/zmc [0x804c4db]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062197 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7b64775]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062246 zmc_dvideo0[10255].ERR-zm_signal.cpp/122 [Backtrace: /usr/local/bin/zmc [0x804c041]]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062295 zmc_dvideo0[10255].INF-zm_signal.cpp/125 [Backtrace complete, please execute the following command for more information]
10/08/09 09:24:16.062354 zmc_dvideo0[10255].INF-zm_signal.cpp/126 [addr2line -e /usr/local/bin/zmc 0xb806e430 0xb806e430 0xb7b796d0 0xb7b7b098 0x805582d 0x80688cf 0x80691a4 0x804c4db 0xb7b64775 0x804c041]

pickled 10-09-2009 12:45 PM
Device permissions?
 
Did you check the permissions on /dev/video0? I had to run 'sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0' to get my cameras to show up.

I'm new to Linux and Zoneminder and basically just followed the tutorial I found here: "Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) desktop with graphical interface". Sorry, I can't post the link since I'm a new member.

I have a brand new Jaunty install (and update) and Zoneminder install using the Synaptic Package Manager. It won't surprise me if I run into more problems.

zdunham 10-09-2009 12:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pickled (Post 3713695)
Did you check the permissions on /dev/video0? I had to run 'sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0' to get my cameras to show up.

I'm new to Linux and Zoneminder and basically just followed the tutorial I found here: "Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) desktop with graphical interface". Sorry, I can't post the link since I'm a new member.

I have a brand new Jaunty install (and update) and Zoneminder install using the Synaptic Package Manager. It won't surprise me if I run into more problems.
Thanks very much for the idea but I tried it an it didn't change anything. I think I followed that same tutorial and have not had success yet. Thanks for the reply though.

centosboy 10-12-2009 07:25 AM
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the line that stands out the most in the logs is this one

Code:
10/08/09 09:24:16.060996 zmc_dvideo0[10255].FAT-zm_local_camera.cpp/386 [Failed to set video format: Invalid argument]
i have included my images tab.compare to see if might have misconfigured something.

zdunham 10-12-2009 07:44 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by centosboy (Post 3716338)
the line that stands out the most in the logs is this one

Code:
10/08/09 09:24:16.060996 zmc_dvideo0[10255].FAT-zm_local_camera.cpp/386 [Failed to set video format: Invalid argument]
i have included my images tab.compare to see if might have misconfigured something.
Mine looks exactly like yours and it did not make a difference. I tried to run ffmpeg from the command line and I got the error "cannot find a suitable output format for /dev/video0", I'm not sure why that would be if XawTV runs the camera perfectly fine?

centosboy 10-13-2009 02:41 AM
Im at a loss then.
My only differences are an IP cam and centos..
Zoneminder can be a pain to get going. I first attempted a couple of years ago...and failed...but then tried again recently and once it gets going, it is very good at what it does.
All i can say is do not give up and keep searching for answers...

zdunham 10-13-2009 07:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by centosboy (Post 3717338)
Im at a loss then.
My only differences are an IP cam and centos..
Zoneminder can be a pain to get going. I first attempted a couple of years ago...and failed...but then tried again recently and once it gets going, it is very good at what it does.
All i can say is do not give up and keep searching for answers...
Thanks for all of your help anyways!

centosboy 10-13-2009 07:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3717547)
Thanks for all of your help anyways!
Still - keep asking in the Zoneminder forum. You may get the help of the Zoneminder creater.

zdunham 10-13-2009 08:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by centosboy (Post 3717564)
Still - keep asking in the Zoneminder forum. You may get the help of the Zoneminder creater.
Thanks. I have a thread open on that forum and getting some replies but still no solutions.

zdunham 10-13-2009 08:07 AM
Do you know anything about ffmpeg? This is what happens when I try to run it from the command line:

Code:
someone@somewhere:# ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s 640x480 -r 30000/1001 -i /dev/video0 -y webcam.avi
FFmpeg version 0.5-svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-armvfp --disable-neon --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil    49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  libavcodec    52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
  libavformat  52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  libavdevice  52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  libavfilter    0. 4. 0 /  0. 4. 0
  libswscale    0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
  libpostproc  51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
  built on Apr 10 2009 23:18:41, gcc: 4.3.3
[video4linux2 @ 0x8bb9ac0][3]Capabilities: 4000001
[video4linux2 @ 0x8bb9ac0]Cannot find a proper format.
/dev/video0: I/O error occurred
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.
someone@something:#

zdunham 10-14-2009 11:12 AM
OK, I reformatted the box and followed a different tutorial. After doing the whole installation from scratch, I got the source showing up green instead of red in the Zoneminder WUI. There is still no picture when I open up the monitor but I go to settings and there is nothing set for brightness, hue, etc. If I try to set them I get this error:

Code:
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /var/www/includes/actions.php on line 217
There were three of these and the offset went 1, 2, then 3. Any ideas?

centosboy 10-15-2009 03:49 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zdunham (Post 3719067)
OK, I reformatted the box and followed a different tutorial. After doing the whole installation from scratch, I got the source showing up green instead of red in the Zoneminder WUI. There is still no picture when I open up the monitor but I go to settings and there is nothing set for brightness, hue, etc. If I try to set them I get this error:

Code:
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /var/www/includes/actions.php on line 217
There were three of these and the offset went 1, 2, then 3. Any ideas?

i'm afraid not.
bit off topic, but have you tried running zm from a livecd installation?
at least this way you can decide if the problems are actually from hardware or software.....

zdunham 10-15-2009 07:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by centosboy (Post 3719997)
i'm afraid not.
bit off topic, but have you tried running zm from a livecd installation?
at least this way you can decide if the problems are actually from hardware or software.....
I have not tried that but I will if I have time to today, thanks for that idea.

zdunham 10-15-2009 08:16 AM
This is going to sound really dumb, maybe, but can these webcams record and save video without a capture card? They are locally attached via USB.

relyt05 10-10-2010 05:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pickled (Post 3713695)
Did you check the permissions on /dev/video0? I had to run 'sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0' to get my cameras to show up.

I'm new to Linux and Zoneminder and basically just followed the tutorial I found here: "Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) desktop with graphical interface". Sorry, I can't post the link since I'm a new member.

I have a brand new Jaunty install (and update) and Zoneminder install using the Synaptic Package Manager. It won't surprise me if I run into more problems.
After working on getting my webcam to work with ZM the above command, "sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0", FINALLY got it to work.

There's only one problem now, I have to re-enter this every time I restart my computer. This is probably a total noob question - Does anyone know how I can make this permanent so that it automatically assigns the permissions? I don't want to have to do it every time I restart the computer.

ejtttje 11-17-2010 02:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by relyt05 (Post 4123176)
After working on getting my webcam to work with ZM the above command, "sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0", FINALLY got it to work. There's only one problem now, I have to re-enter this every time I restart my computer.
One solution is to edit udev settings to change the permissions it assigns to the device.

Another solution (probably easier) is to add 'www-data' (or whatever username the apache daemon is running as) to the 'video' group (or whatever the group name is for /dev/video0), assuming your current udev settings are giving permissions to the group as well as the owner.

no2498 11-19-2010 10:40 AM
i seen you had the cam set to mpeg
? you try avi file type yet

sathishkumarkps 04-16-2012 05:54 AM
Zone minder : Blank image screen, broken image screen
 
Thanks pickled. I am also experienced the same err and your text " Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) desktop with graphical interface" helps me to get rid off from the errors.

Major issue:

The painful major issues are blank screen ( dark screen ), broken image screen. To resolve these errors you need to change the source settings upto both the " Function " and " source " become orange colour text.

This is my configuration and its works for me

Device path : /dev/video0
Capture method : video for linux version 2
Device Channel : 0
Device Format : PAL
Capture Palette : YUYV



Thanks
Sathish


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