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I fixed the problem by trying different Device Format/Capture Palette options for the cameras.

The working settings in 1.23.x were PAL/RGB24 but in 1.24.2 I had to set PAL B/BGR24 to make the cameras work. Everything is back to normal now.

Hello, I updated my zoneminder installation to 1.24.2 today. I installed it from source on Ubuntu 9.04 using the guide in the wiki. Everything worked out fine but now I can’t get a picture on any of my cameras anymore. They just stay black. All of the sources (/dev/video*) in ZM also show up as red ...

Hi, I tried to do an upgrade on our ZM system today which failed (it was neither zoneminders nor ubuntus fault - it was mine). So I ended up with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 9.04 and used the precompiled .deb found on this forum to install Zoneminder 1.24.1. Everything works as expected but there ...

I guess I’m another step closer to having the PTZ work. Still not quite there though... Could a smart person tell me what these error messages mean? 11/19/2008 20:58:24.006296 zmcontrol[11300].INF [Starting control server 1/PelcoD] 11/19/2008 20:58:24.009711 zmcontrol[11301].INF [Control server 1/P ...

Hi, I recently set up zoneminder 1.23.3 with a PV-183 card on a HP ML150. The OS is Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid, / is on two 250GB drives in raid 1 and /var is on a 3TB raid 5 array. Two of the cameras are Fastrax 142 Dome cameras . They are connected to COM1 via one of these RS-232/RS-485 converters . The ...