EasyCap on Debian

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cTurtle98
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EasyCap on Debian

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I am using ZoneMinder on my Debian headless server
I am trying to use an easycap to use an analog security camera as a source.

Heres some information:

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seaurchin@98SeaTurtles-91:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 18ec:5850 Arkmicro Technologies Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:08da Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messanger
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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seaurchin@98SeaTurtles-91:~$ ls /dev/video*
video0  video1
video0 is a webcam pointed at my server rack and it is working.

when I add video1 as a source on zoneminder on channel 0 I don't get anything
there are 32 ntsc channels so I really dont want to just go through them all and see if I can find it

any Ideas?
vox

Re: EasyCap on Debian

Post by vox »

have you add the user used by zoneminder server (by default www-data) in video group?
cTurtle98
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Re: EasyCap on Debian

Post by cTurtle98 »

vox wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:38 pm have you add the user used by zoneminder server (by default www-data) in video group?

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ciaran@98SeaTurtles-91:~$ sudo adduser www-data video
[sudo] password for ciaran:
The user `www-data' is already a member of `video'.
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