Zonemider 1.37.40, 15 ip cameras, all set to 10fps, i frames at 20, resolution at 960 to 2k, all using h264 pass through, no jpeg storage and stored as mp4.
As soon as analysis is turned on CPU usage and memory goes very high, even with one camera, and starts to create events evry 10 to 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
Analysis creates 10 sec events
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jrtaylor71
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
So I figured out what is going on but not sure how to fix it. When analysis is on it creates a new event each time there is an alarm frame. In past versions you would only have 1 event file.
Is there a way to go back to the old way with only 1 event file?
Is there a way to go back to the old way with only 1 event file?
Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
I think I'd recommend simply running 1.36, the stable release instead.
Though this is the first I've heard of such an error.
Though this is the first I've heard of such an error.
fastest way to test streams:
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide
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jrtaylor71
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
I could never get 1.36 to work properly. Always had very high CPU usage and would use up all the memory of the server. I am ok with 1.37 as I am not having those problems. It records properly and load is about 5 to 7 most of the time with memory usage at 10Gig. I have been using zm long before IP camera's were a thing and USB camera's were just being introduced.
Here is what the event look like.
Here is what the event look like.
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Event 15811
15811 Event-15811
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:37:13 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:42:00 AM CDT 00:04:47 2875 5 5 1 1 Default 37.06MB
Event 15827
15827 Event-15827
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:41:58 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:42:35 AM CDT 00:00:36 363 57 78 1 3 Default 4.99MB
Event 15831
15831 Event-15831
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:42:34 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:44:14 AM CDT 00:01:39 999 3 3 1 1 Default 13.13MB
Event 15835
15835 Event-15835
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:44:12 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:44:23 AM CDT 00:00:10 103 14 14 1 1 Default 1.80MB
Event 15837
15837 Event-15837
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:44:22 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:44:35 AM CDT 00:00:12 123 13 13 1 1 Default 2.04MB
Event 15838
15838 Event-15838
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:44:34 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:44:55 AM CDT 00:00:21 213 33 33 1 1 Default 3.09MB
Event 15845
15845 Event-15845
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:44:54 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:45:09 AM CDT 00:00:14 151 14 14 1 1 Default 2.31MB
Event 15849
15849 Event-15849
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:45:08 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:45:19 AM CDT 00:00:10 107 14 17 1 3 Default 1.78MB
Event 15850
15850 Event-15850
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:45:18 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:45:48 AM CDT 00:00:29 301 40 44 1 2 Default 4.24MB
Event 15853
15853 Event-15853
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:45:48 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:46:23 AM CDT 00:00:34 349 57 57 1 1 Default 4.82MB
Event 15854
15854 Event-15854
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:46:22 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:46:34 AM CDT 00:00:11 117 14 14 1 1 Default 1.91MB
Event 15855
15855 Event-15855
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:46:32 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:47:06 AM CDT 00:00:33 335 53 53 1 1 Default 4.53MB
Event 15857
15857 Event-15857
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:47:04 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:47:24 AM CDT 00:00:20 203 15 15 1 1 Default 2.96MB
Event 15858
15858 Event-15858
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:47:24 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:47:39 AM CDT 00:00:15 151 25 25 1 1 Default 2.27MB
Event 15861
15861 Event-15861
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:47:38 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:48:07 AM CDT 00:00:28 287 29 29 1 1 Default 3.99MB
Event 15864
15864 Event-15864
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:48:06 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:50:06 AM CDT 00:01:59 1201 21 21 1 1 Default 15.41MB
Event 15877
15877 Event-15877
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 8:50:06 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:50:49 AM CDT 00:00:43 433 2 2 1 1 Default 5.80MB
Event 15885
15885 Event-15885
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
6/2/23, 8:50:48 AM CDT 6/2/23, 8:55:48 AM CDT 00:05:00 3004 1 1 1 1 Default 38.41MB
Event 15907
15907 Event-15907
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
6/2/23, 8:55:48 AM CDT 6/2/23, 9:00:48 AM CDT 00:05:00 3004 0 0 0 0 Default 38.17MB
Event 15926
15926 Event-15926
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 9:00:48 AM CDT 6/2/23, 9:04:52 AM CDT 00:04:04 2449 6 6 1 1 Default 31.29MB
Event 15942
15942 Event-15942
FrontDoorOutside Continuous
Motion: All
6/2/23, 9:04:51 AM CDT 6/2/23, 9:05:26 AM CDT 00:00:34 351 3 3 1 1 Default 4.73MB
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jrtaylor71
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
Camera config
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*************************** 1. row ***************************
Id: 1
Name: FrontDoorOutside
Deleted: 0
Notes:
ServerId: 0
StorageId: 1
ManufacturerId: 26
ModelId: 27
Type: Ffmpeg
Function: Monitor
Capturing: Always
Analysing: None
AnalysisSource: Primary
AnalysisImage: YChannel
Recording: Always
Enabled: 0
DecodingEnabled: 1
Decoding: Always
JanusEnabled: 0
JanusAudioEnabled: 0
Janus_Profile_Override:
Janus_Use_RTSP_Restream: 0
Janus_RTSP_User: NULL
Janus_RTSP_Session_Timeout: 0
LinkedMonitors: NULL
Triggers:
EventStartCommand:
EventEndCommand:
ONVIF_URL:
ONVIF_Username:
ONVIF_Password:
ONVIF_Options:
ONVIF_Event_Listener: 0
ONVIF_Alarm_Text:
use_Amcrest_API: 0
Device:
Channel: 0
Format: 0
V4LMultiBuffer: NULL
V4LCapturesPerFrame: 1
Protocol: NULL
Method: rtpRtsp
Host: NULL
Port:
SubPath:
Path: rtsp://192.168.55.68:554/11
SecondPath: NULL
Options: NULL
User: NULL
Pass: NULL
Width: 1280
Height: 960
Colours: 4
Palette: 0
Orientation: ROTATE_0
Deinterlacing: 0
Decoder: libx264
DecoderHWAccelName: NULL
DecoderHWAccelDevice: NULL
SaveJPEGs: 0
VideoWriter: 2
OutputCodec: 0
Encoder: libx264
OutputContainer: mp4
EncoderParameters:
RecordAudio: 0
RecordingSource: Primary
RTSPDescribe: 0
Brightness: -1
Contrast: -1
Hue: -1
Colour: -1
EventPrefix: Event-
LabelFormat:
LabelX: 0
LabelY: 0
LabelSize: 2
ImageBufferCount: 3
MaxImageBufferCount: 121
WarmupCount: 0
PreEventCount: 5
PostEventCount: 5
StreamReplayBuffer: 0
AlarmFrameCount: 3
SectionLength: 300
SectionLengthWarn: 0
MinSectionLength: 10
FrameSkip: 0
MotionFrameSkip: 0
AnalysisFPSLimit: 2.00
AnalysisUpdateDelay: 0
MaxFPS: NULL
AlarmMaxFPS: NULL
FPSReportInterval: 100
RefBlendPerc: 12
AlarmRefBlendPerc: 6
Controllable: 0
ControlId: NULL
ControlDevice: MainProfileToken
ControlAddress: NULL
AutoStopTimeout: NULL
TrackMotion: 0
TrackDelay: NULL
ReturnLocation: -1
ReturnDelay: NULL
ModectDuringPTZ: 0
DefaultRate: 100
DefaultScale: 0
DefaultCodec: auto
SignalCheckPoints: 0
SignalCheckColour: #0000be
WebColour: #617244
Exif: 0
Sequence: 1
ZoneCount: 1
Refresh: NULL
Latitude: NULL
Longitude: NULL
RTSPServer: 0
RTSPStreamName:
Importance: Normal
MQTT_Enabled: 0
MQTT_Subscriptions:
Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
Ok, so it's not necessarily an issue of 1.36 or 1.37. Although 1.36 is not going to update as much, so I would still lightly recommend that. If you are not going to update 1.37, though you can go with that.
You are running 1280x960, and you mentioned you have analysis enabled. A few ideas:
1) Did you update from an earlier ZM? There are some settings that have changed from 1.34 to 1.36. You could try a reinstall of fresh 1.36 or 1.37.
2) You can limit the framerate of analysis.
but more importantly,
3) It 'is' common to see a computer unable to keep up with ZM. In this case, there is a limitation of CPU and or memory. With 10 at least 960p cameras, you will need some power. Like a decent server CPU, maybe 8 actual cores. That is with record. If you are doing mocord or modect, you might need even more power. However, you can do mocord on a lower res stream, and then just record the high res stream (disable analysis & decoding), and that is what I would recommend.
To put it simply, every time in my experience when I've seen ZM not able to make 10 minute events, it's been due to not enough CPU (but make sure memory isn't maxed out in htop). That all being said, you mentioned that this occurs even with 1 camera. In that case, I would recommend a quick reinstall, if you had upgraded from 1.34 or earlier. Starting with a fresh DB would be best, for this error to make sure it's not the... I forget the setting now, but there was one referring to maybe buffer frames, and if you had upgraded from 1.34 or 1.32 to 1.36, it would be too high (this may have been fixed during the update script, though).
You are running 1280x960, and you mentioned you have analysis enabled. A few ideas:
1) Did you update from an earlier ZM? There are some settings that have changed from 1.34 to 1.36. You could try a reinstall of fresh 1.36 or 1.37.
2) You can limit the framerate of analysis.
but more importantly,
3) It 'is' common to see a computer unable to keep up with ZM. In this case, there is a limitation of CPU and or memory. With 10 at least 960p cameras, you will need some power. Like a decent server CPU, maybe 8 actual cores. That is with record. If you are doing mocord or modect, you might need even more power. However, you can do mocord on a lower res stream, and then just record the high res stream (disable analysis & decoding), and that is what I would recommend.
To put it simply, every time in my experience when I've seen ZM not able to make 10 minute events, it's been due to not enough CPU (but make sure memory isn't maxed out in htop). That all being said, you mentioned that this occurs even with 1 camera. In that case, I would recommend a quick reinstall, if you had upgraded from 1.34 or earlier. Starting with a fresh DB would be best, for this error to make sure it's not the... I forget the setting now, but there was one referring to maybe buffer frames, and if you had upgraded from 1.34 or 1.32 to 1.36, it would be too high (this may have been fixed during the update script, though).
fastest way to test streams:
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path ./output.mp4 (if terminal only)
ffplay rtsp://<user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>:554/path (gui)
find paths on ispydb or in zm hcl
If you are new to security software, read:
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Dummies_Guide
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jrtaylor71
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
Clean install of 1.37 with new database. Did not reinstall OS (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). This is in a vm on an HP DL360P gen 8 with 128GB memory, 2 node cluster back by a 50TB NAS with 10GB redundant links (This is my personal home system). I had the vm set to 38 cores and 96GB of ram and it locked up the vm but this only happened because I had both encoder and decoder on with analysis.
Only problem I am having is it creates varying lengths of events when there is motion.
Only problem I am having is it creates varying lengths of events when there is motion.
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dougmccrary
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
Perhaps Options->Config?
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jrtaylor71
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
Thank you, that fixed it. Is this a new feature? If not the old default must have been time.
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dougmccrary
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Re: Analysis creates 10 sec events
It's been there for a looong time. The default may have changed though. I rarely do a full fresh install.