Gadspot GS4000

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vector
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Gadspot GS4000

Post by vector »

Hello, I am testing an IP cam Gadspot GS4000 with zoneminder on a SuSE 10.0 Pro. The default zoneminder settings for Gadspot cam does not seem to work.
I tried to point the gadspot zoneminder links using a webbrowser (firefox) but the cam responds with an error page.

Have you ever tried this IP cam using zoneminder?

Thanks in advance
vector
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Post by cordel »

That model only streams in MPEG4 which is not supported bt ZM ATM.
Check the manual and see if there is a path for a jpeg snapshot and use that for your path.

Regards,
Corey
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Post by vector »

I've written to Gadspot techsupport and they said that there are not alternative firmware that provide a jpeg capturing path.
GS4000 supports only MPEG4 :( ...sigh!
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Post by vector »

Hi,
is there any linux program that can read the mpeg stream of that cam?
I tried VLC, but it does not work.
The camera works in Internet Explorer with an activex....

My idea is to use a linux program that reads the mpeg4 stream of the ipcam and then that saves jpeg pictures for zoneminder ... this is the idea, but first of all I have to find a linux program that reads the ipcam video mpeg.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance for your help
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Post by cordel »

Since the camera specs call for MS IE most likely means it needs activex, Far as I'm aware, there is nothing in linux that can handle that.
Hope I'm wrong :|
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Corey
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User Manual claims Linux OK, but it still does not work...

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The "System Requirements" section of the User Manual for GS4000G says that "A Mac or Linux based machine is also compatible", but I still can not get it to work. I have discovered that the ActiveX control seems to be going for http://camera_hostname/video.v and that there is also http://camera_hostname/test.cmp Both seem to be MPEG streams of some sort, but neither appears to be playable by any of programs I tried (mplayer, ffplay, vlc)...
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More on Linux amd Mac

Post by ayn »

I came across couple of discussions on demuxing the vdata.v and text.cmp - see http://www.networkcamerareviews.com/for ... t1159.html and http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34299
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