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by svennb
Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:49 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: How to find webcam parameters?
Replies: 1
Views: 1061

Re: How to find webcam parameters?

I've been using

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -list_formats all -i /dev/video0

and

vgrabbj -s /dev/video0

to find most of the information I needed.
by svennb
Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.
Replies: 5
Views: 2295

Re: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.

I haven't tested events so far. I got stuck solving a problem with two webcams of exactly same VID/PID. After reading myself up on the uvcvideo driver and possible problems, I found that I probably have a bandwidth problem on USB.
by svennb
Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:58 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.
Replies: 5
Views: 2295

Re: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.

As for the camera, I am using a USB camera. It may be that it is not directly supported by zoneminder, but I have streamed data from it through ffmpeg and ffserver to vlc. I am building a headless access point with camera so I have some difficulty to have a GUI run directly on the box. Now that I ...
by svennb
Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:38 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.
Replies: 5
Views: 2295

Re: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.

What version of Debian, I've just set-up on Wheezy and I didn't have to do the a2ensite or change the short_open_tag option to get the basics working, was there a reason to make these changes? You mention webcam, do you have a video capture card or are you using a USB webcam? Either way can you see ...
by svennb
Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:32 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.25.x
Topic: Setting up a camera not working with Debian.
Replies: 5
Views: 2295

Setting up a camera not working with Debian.

Hi, I am in the process of setting up zoneminder on a Debian box. I am installing the zoneminder package from the repository, version 1.25.0-4 is picked up. So far I have copied the zm/apache2.conf to sites-available/zoneminder.conf and enabled it with a2ensite zoneminder. I got rid of the 404 page ...