Large delay with streaming video

[D.A.]

Hi All!!!
I use zm 1.19 monitor mode with one cam. Zm streams video to clients who use Win media Player. I have a problem - a rather large delay - near 5 seconds. I tried to increase bitrate & maxfps parameter at client, and give options -b 150 for ffmpeg in zm config...but it seems to there are bo changes. Next i tried to remove buffering in mediaplayer, but delay still remains... Have you any ideas???

And next question is - why does zmc captures imgs only with ~5 fps??? it seems to me that it is too litlle.... i thought zmc has options to captue img at given rate but zmc hasn't any options.... Can i increase capture rate, and how can i do this??

thank you in advance!!!!

[davide]

hi,

the 5 seconds latency you get cannot be avoided.
WMP does a 5 secs buffer whatever you do.

you may try to play with WMP options but I don't think there is a way to make it start streaming without its minimum buffer (5 secs)

If you menage to do it let us know!

another thread on this topic:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... highlight=

[zoneminder]

On the other point, zmc will capture as fast as possible unless you tell it not to. You don't mention what kind of camera you have but if it's a webcam or a video camera sharing a cheap capture card with others then 5fps is probably about par for the course.

Phil,