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:D :D :D This is after much trial and error(mostly because I am guessing most of the time), and cleans up the camera names, setting the uploaded filename to whatever you want. This is scripted for 4 cameras (2, 4, 5, 6) but you can take out or add whatever you need. It also assumes that you want ...

I seem to have to do this

chmod 666 /dev/video0

every time I restart.

Is this normal, and if so, any quick fixes for it?

Thanks

Peter

I have ZoneMinder working on Debian Etch, but I am wondering, does anyone have any opinions on which(and why) distro works best for this solution?

Thanks

Peter Hunt

Does anyone have an example Cron Job to PUSH the image from zmu to an ftp server, as my connection is unreliable, and needs something to wake it up sometimes - it is a sat connection. They also do some very creative incoming shaping.

Any advice here?

Thanks in advance.

Peter Hunt

So you are recommending a CRON Job? Any suggestions, or someone that has a script already? That is getting out of my realm of knowledge....

Peter

I have looked, read, etc, but must be missing something - I really just need to figure out how to have the program upload a picture form each camera to an external ftp server every five minutes or so... I realize it is probably simple, but I cannot seem to find out how, after much reading, clicking ...