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Not sure. Perhaps investigate other emulation software that runs one of the common linux distros. For example, you can download a free home use version of VMWare and install a debian/ubuntu operating system in it, then install zoneminder. Alternatively, it's even easier if you download one of the ...

I'm not quite sure what you mean however there should be an ffmpeg.log file in the event ID folder that you are attempting to create video for which may give you a clue as to why it's not working (i.e. events/1/102/ffmpeg.log). I had an issue where the video generation took longer than the record ...

You need something like this: http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Installing_svn_ffmpeg_on_a_Debian_based_distro ffmpeg comes 'broken' in the repository by default due to privacy laws. You want an ffmpeg compiled with xvid/dvix/mp4 support and the easiest way to do this is by using the debian-multimedia ...

:O although I don't have any PTZ cameras I do have many users with Android phones that would love a look in. Presently the default android browser doesn't work too well with the zoneminder website

I'd love to see any sort of feature like this!

I don't believe this applies in your situation as it seems to be ffmpeg related, but I was having a similar issue with a cheap card I purchased off ebay (by similar I mean the displayed picture would show odd colours). The solution was to reduce the fps the capture card recorded at, as the card was ...

exactly why I chose to run xen on debian 'stable' lenny.

don't forget the swoitlb=force option if you're having issues with DMA.

If you want to install ffmpeg with xvid support in Debian you should consider using the debian-multimedia repository, which makes life a lot easier. Append your sources.list as follows: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main Then: apt-get ...

It could possibly be because it is from a restricted source? You might need to modify your sources.list file to include testing and unstable. I suggest googling 'apt pinning' and 'debian testing unstable', then once you've sorted out your sources, try an apt-get update && apt-get install zoneminder ...

My understanding is you can not avoid saving to jpg first. The modification shown above will allow you to create videos from the jpg's zoneminder has captured. As for not finding zmvideo.pl, I've never had this issue. FYI (if you didn't know already), an easy way to find the file (if you're on a ...

Hi Folks, I've just re-installed my system and I can't get xlib_shm working :( I'm getting the dreaded: ERROR: Failed to shmget ENOENT - segment doesn't exist xlib_shm viewer for zm 1.24.1 version 0.6.4-gl imgx=0 imgy=0 delay=10000 shmkey=7a6d0000 monitors:1 2 3 4 shared_data_size=9217524 I have no ...

Also checkout Xen:

http://www.xen.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen

I run a Debian server and pass the PCI capture card I have to the DomU (virtual machine) using xen. I have an entire ZM install running in a virtual machine and I must say it works very well!

Arielf, I have achieved something similar to this, with a simple modification to MartinBty's post. The end result looks something like this: http://www.eftel.net.au/~jdiz/cctv.JPG In order to do this, use the following guide (shamelessly ripped from MartinBty's post and edited to suit): #Edit ...

Hi tim-, If I'm able to, I'd like to help out anyway I can. I have a number of televisions scattered throughout the house, all accompanied by an xbox for viewing our tv recordings and other media. I gave up trying to view the zoneminder cameras via the xbox (I encountered buffer and resource issues ...

You may also want to check out http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 5439#55439 for a better way to do what I listed above

Wow, very impressive. This is exactly what I wanted to do however I lack the mysql/programming knowledge to do it properly! I'm assuming your method is also much less resource intensive than mine, as it doesn't need to execute find commands and relocate/rename files. I'm looking forward to trying it ...