Usb camera and ip camera help

flat4 · Post by **flat4** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:23 pm

I have search and looked thru a few posts trying to get a fix but have not found one.

I have a good working install of ZM on Ubuntu Lamp server

I have a Logitech usb camera ( model v-UD4, was free) and a Axis 2100.

I can connect and view video on the usb camera but I get a good pictures and then a black screen with some static at the top of the screen and then a clear picture. It does this continually and when it recording it saves just like that a clear picture and then a black one and so on and so forth. I have tried different screen sizes, different FPS (from 1 to 8 ) still does this,

As for the ip camera, i can go to the camera and view it on a browser but when I set it up on ZM the source link stays red and no picture.

Last when I tried to export a video it told me that ffmpg or whatever is called could be executed, do I need to download and install that module?

Thanks for your help.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:14 pm

you need to setup your monitors so it can view your cameras, forget the usb for now as they are always problematic, lets concentrate on the ip cam
What is it and how is your monitor currently configured

flat4 · Post by **flat4** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:52 pm

its configured as follows

Set to monitor
the source path is http://172.16.4.188
Image size is 600x520

I have also tried .188:80 at the end.

I have not configure anything else. I have modify the permissions so all devices have access.

Post by **cordel** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:20 pm

Source path should be just the IP of the Cam, so drop the http://

AmmarossDanan · Post by **AmmarossDanan** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:15 pm

I have an Axis 2100 on my camera network. It was a bit rough setting it up, but here's what I use:

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Remote Host Name: <user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>
Remote Host Port: 80
Remote Host Path: /axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=320x240
Remote Image Colors: 24 bit color
Capture Width: 320
Capture Height: 240

These settings will actually work for Axis 210 and Axis 211 cameras as well, and probably most other ones for that matter...

Be sure to update the firmware for the 2100. They're at 3.40 right now, I believe.

flat4 · Post by **flat4** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:06 am

will try that

flat4 · Post by **flat4** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:01 pm

AmmarossDanan wrote:I have an Axis 2100 on my camera network. It was a bit rough setting it up, but here's what I use:
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Remote Host Name: <user>:<pass>@<ipaddress>
Remote Host Port: 80
Remote Host Path: /axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=320x240
Remote Image Colors: 24 bit color
Capture Width: 320
Capture Height: 240
These settings will actually work for Axis 210 and Axis 211 cameras as well, and probably most other ones for that matter...

Be sure to update the firmware for the 2100. They're at 3.40 right now, I believe.

That worked!!

flat4 · Post by **flat4** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:31 pm

At the end of the day of recording, I want to export the video to be able to burn on a cd or store on a networl drive for later review.

I like the mpeg format, when I try to export I get the following error

Warning: fopen(temp/zmFileList.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in

What so I have to fix.

greko · Post by **greko** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:29 pm

Hello,

flat4 wrote:(...)

Warning: fopen(temp/zmFileList.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in

What so I have to fix.

Go to ZoneMinder directory with PHP files.

Right there you should find "temp" directory.

Then just run this command as root:

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chmod -R 777 temp

In this way you will set proper privileges to the temp dir.

This should help you.

BTW You may be interested in this small contribution that I just did:

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9795

Greetings,
Greko