odd problem with amount of frames captured...

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:26 am

hi,

i need some help with my new setup...

LIVECD 121.3 fresh install with one camera AXIS 206W

i limited the frame rate both using the camera setup and the config in zoneminder (misc) to 5 frames per second...

that work great...for 12 hours or so...

i check the log (fresh reboot) and it says...

bla bla capturing at 4.5 frames per second

after ~12 hours (nothing changed)

i get

bla bla capturing at 69 frames per second

that of course leads to problem with the ring buffer and i get errors!

and the capture sessions are bad because the frame order is messed up...

any hints or ideas ?

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:47 am

well on ip cam i never limit zm only the cameras itself, i have noticed if there is a slight discrepancy .-2 fps for example all things go mad then the camera may crash, if just limiting the cam all is good for me, on axis 206, 206m and pana blc10

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:23 pm

ok, i try...

so no limit in zoneminder just the cam...

madmax

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:10 am

does that mean u have tried or you are going to try?

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:46 pm

sorry, i was going to try...

i just check and setting the framrate to 0.00 (zoneminder) worked...

its running for over 12 hours and still working...e.g. only capturing ~4.5 fps and not going beserk...

odd, no idea why that would/could happen if you limit zoneminder and the camera!

strange think ist that i had the same setting on my old install using V121.1 without any problems!

-madmax-

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:13 am

ok,

i tested this more and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong...

here again the details...

2 setups

Setup 1 (my old system) :
3 AXSIS 206W IP cam's latest firmware (4.21) Maximum FPS set to 5
ZM Live CD install V1.21.1
Buffers set to 40,25,10,0,10,1
Maximum FPS set to 5

setup works great for the last 4 month...

Setup 2 (new system, faster and more HD space)
1 AXSIS 206W IP cam's latest firmware (4.21) Maximum FPS set to 5
ZM Live CD install V1.21.
Buffers set to 40,25,10,0,10,1
Maximum FPS set to 5

the new system we just started works great capturing at around 5 fps like the old system, but afer a couple of hours the new systems start to capture with 50+ fps and then of course shows errors that the ring buffer is to small!

i don't understand because it starts out fine and both systems use the same settings...the only difference is the newer version! and that the new systems is faste etc..

soneone ?

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:19 am

and you have max fps on the monitor set to 0 and just using the cam to restrict speed?
From my testing you can only use zm to limit the capture rate if your grabbing jpeg not mjpeg

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:10 am

hi james,

ok, you mean i shold put the cams to max fps (no limit) and only use zm to restrict the amount to e.g. 5fps max ?

i gonna try tomorrow..not in reach right now...

thanks for the tip...

rene'

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:29 am

no the other way round, limit the cam only put zm to max (ie 0)

-madmax- · Post by **-madmax-** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:39 pm

ah, ok...

going to try 0 in zm and 5 fps on my cam!

doing this the other way didn't work...just as info...

-madmax-

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:50 pm

i have some 206 std and 206m with zm and dont have a problem
but i did when i tried to limit zm
it used to crash the panasonic blc10's i was testing