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I was able to boot using a Debian disk and I'm running in rescue mode with sda1 mounted but not sure where to go from here. rcconf is command not found. I do see zoneminder under /etc/init.d but not sure what to do from there.

I've had zoneminder running with two cameras (LTS and Saphire) for a month or so and it basically works. I tried adding a 3rd, this one by Avycon and the Debian OS on Vmware Workstation locks up solid upon boot. Have to power cycle to reboot. If I type in the username and password quickly I'm able ...

Also don't forget to % escape special characters in the password.

OMG, I think I figured this out. There was a Debian policy decision that will cause Debian VLC build to not stream rtsp, you have to use vlc as a flat-pack or snap to get around that if you plan on using VLC to test your cameras. Then, in zoneminder, you cant use special characters in the password ...

Decided to start from scratch: Downloaded and installed debian11.02 and created new esxi6.5 virtual machine. Went with xfce desktop. Followed instructions here: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_11_Bullseye_with_Zoneminder_1.36.x All went well except for the line echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder ...

Magic919 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:30 am Are you saying it can’t do it with ffmpeg either?

yes.

So I spun up a virtual machine of Ubuntu 20.04 and installed VLC and was able to connect to my camera first try. A fresh install of Debian 11 with VLC will not. I don't think it is a zoneminder problem as much as it is a Debian 11 problem. I guess I'll head over to the Debian forum and ask why ...

Thanks for the reply, I've tried ffmpg and a bunch of others without success. Onvif probe can see that camera and gives several choices for the stream but can never connect. (monitor is always red).

New to Debian and ZM. Followed the instructions to setup from here: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_11_Bullseye_with_Zoneminder_1.36.x I'm not able to get any IP cameras working so I decided to start testing with VLC. My main computer is Linux mint and I'm able to stream from a LTS CMIP 3342W ...

Cant recommend debian 11 for zoneminder, something is broken with respect to rtsp streams. I can open a media stream from a hikvision camera using vlc on my linux mint machine but not from vlc on debian 11. Log says something about "only real/helix rtsp servers supported for now." no matching access ...