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by tmart1129
Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Zoneminder was working for a while, but has been struggling
Replies: 0
Views: 1280

Zoneminder was working for a while, but has been struggling

ZM Version 1.36.33. For a lack of a better title, pretty much that. I setup Zoneminder and it was up and running with the database on a separate VM, ZM in its own VM with a NFS share to a ZFS pool to record footage to. There are about 45 cameras, with all set to permanently record as that was the on...
by tmart1129
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Zoneminder 0 Bytes Until Event is Played back
Replies: 4
Views: 733

Re: Zoneminder 0 Bytes Until Event is Played back

It appears I'm just a dummy. I removed the update diskspace filter because i toggled update diskspace on all the other filters for clearing when too much space or too much time passed, but that didn't update them and I just completely forgot that I did that and it was the cause of it. So I just recr...
by tmart1129
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: Zoneminder 0 Bytes Until Event is Played back
Replies: 4
Views: 733

Zoneminder 0 Bytes Until Event is Played back

Hi all, I currently have a zoneminder installation in a virtual machine with about 45 cameras that I have recording to a NAS via NFS share. The install has been working great for some time now, but we had a bit of a hiccup where our separate ZM database VM had crashed along with our NAS, the install...
by tmart1129
Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:33 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: ZMninja Monitors work but loading events times out
Replies: 0
Views: 6692

ZMninja Monitors work but loading events times out

Hi all, I currently have a zoneminder v1.36.33 setup, I struggled with the API for a while because it was missing some oddball files, but all of that is working now. Now when I boot up ZMninja and connect it to the server, I am getting gateway timeout errors in the logs. If I connect directly to the...
by tmart1129
Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

Okay, huge update and hopefully the conclusion. I create an empty copy and then redropped my frames and stats tables since they once again became massive. Then, I turned all cameras to just Record instead of Mocord. That stopped the stats table completely, and since they are in Record they can use a...
by tmart1129
Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

The frames table contains information on each frame in the video, like when it occurred and whether there was motion. Back when we were just storing jpegs, we needed this timing info to know when each frame happened. These days with mp4's, we _could_ make this table optional in terms of playback. H...
by tmart1129
Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

Seriously, talk to your people about a support contract. I've got no problem quoting, invoicing, etc. This is a business. I am very happy to work closely with you to make ZoneMinder do exactly what you need. Might be worth looking into, do you have an rough estimate of price/time? Also, have any re...
by tmart1129
Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

Try selecting a single monitor first, then set the time, then add monitors as needed. It's better in dev version 1.37, but probably not what you want on a production system. Yeah I know there's work arounds, but I'm normally not the one using it. Normally HR department or a couple managers, who are...
by tmart1129
Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

I have to assume that these large installs are for businesses. You know I provide support right? I could have you up and running in a day. I have tools that can help automate applying settings to the cameras, saving tons of time and removing the need for encoding. Yes, for our business. I've seen t...
by tmart1129
Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

which I think might have been fixed by allowing PHP and Apache to have access to more ram in their respective php.ini files. Well, definitely check the apache and php logs. Might have to enable them. Between zm, php, and apache logs you will usually find some hint of what's broken. Although I shoul...
by tmart1129
Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

I have a setup around 30 cameras. You will need powerful hardware. Are these 32 real cores, or virtual? Also, not to be rude but any API misconfigurations are on your end. The API is stable and works, although ZM does have a learning curve, admittedly. This is probably what you are running into. Th...
by tmart1129
Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

Re: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

Hi! Wy have some installations with over 60 cameras each. I think your problems is the buffers allocation. We have 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1. And save jpegs is disabled. 20fps set in the cameras. It works quite well this way. So since this post I've gotten everything running quite smoothly, the only issu...
by tmart1129
Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.36.x
Topic: 50+ Camera setup, Struggling here
Replies: 18
Views: 4170

50+ Camera setup, Struggling here

Hi all, To give a brief rundown of my current setup I have a Proxmox Cluster with Ceph storage, and Zoneminder as a VM. I have 32cores dedicated to it, and 60gb of ram. I have TrueNas on a baremetal server with 57TB of space, with a 10gb link between them. We currently have 45 720p PoE cameras, with...