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jpegs are good , but what can i do when i fill a 500gb hdd in 3 days ? now i record at 680*510 , 6 fps , jpg quality 85% :) @cordel -- u must pay something if u include inzoneminder a script that use patented software? i allready seen that zoneminder support ffmpeg for streaming ... why u can make a ...

i have a p5k-pro , a q6600 quad dual core 64 bit , 2x1024 ddr2 800 , 500gb sata ahci 16mb buffer samsung hdd , ubuntu 7.10 server x64 now i stop at night zoneminder , because it does'n happen anyting , and i run a script to convert events to x264 , and after deltele the jpegs why is such a lack of ...

i have 5 cameras resolution is 640x480 i recorded to 6 fps jpg quality 85% and running zmaudit could't keep up .. i was watchin the free space and was around 96% for 5 hours.. i wasn't running anithing else except recording and deleting old events... if i run ffmpeg to compress a event , zoneminder ...

i stoped zm i used mc to remove files and it took verrrryy long time same , zoneminder clenear use rm to delete files and that is very slow i google and find a faster way to delete files # perl -e 'unlink(glob("*"))' it's nothing wrong , i ceck my sata in bios and is ok , it use ahci ... but the ...

it took 3 hours to delete 30 events.....?!!?!!
my ideea was to record 1 event /hour , run a script to convert to h264 and than to delete the files...but..it takes more to delete then to record..

how can i make zoneminder to store the events in mpeg format ? i make a script to convert form jpg to h264 , but it takes forever to delete all the jpg files i use a 500gb ext3 formated sata hdd . i have activate purge when full , and zoneminder deleted all the evens , because it record faster then ...

hardware : intel q6600 quad core , board Asus p5k-pro , 500gb samsung sata drive ,1gb ram , a china bord with 8 port and saa7134 chipset soft: (this is the order to install them ) 1. ubuntu 7.10 server x64 , 2. Yasm 0.6.2 3. x264 svn 4. ffmpeg cvs add this to /etc/modprobe.d/options alias char-major ...