Camera capturing but no pictures...

firedrake · Post by **firedrake** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:58 am

Strange - when I grab the image (jpeg) files are saved in my home folder but when I open them I can see a picture like this one:

I have also wifi camera at home (Pixord)
http://www.pixord.com/product/p405.asp

but I don't know how to get view from this one in ZM. I fought it's easier to try USB cam first.
Please tell me how can I get Pixord cam to work with ZM, if you know.

Post by **cordel** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:47 am

Will that snapshot is not a good sign. Neither is the pixord as it states that it requires IE, which means it likely uses activex. The next release of ZM is starting to support mpeg capture but whether it will function with this can is still questionable. If it does indeed require ax and it's not using a standard it may well never be supported. We really haven't had much of an opportunity with mpeg capture or these cams though so really to early to say for sure.
Sorry mate.

firedrake · Post by **firedrake** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:57 am

Do you know how can I use pixord cam in linux? I need some software to capture images and allow me to check recorded events. I would like to use linux software - I don't want to use windows.

What about the ZM. Why it can capture images but it can not show me the online view?

Post by **cordel** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:42 am

With your usb cam, you can see ZM failing to capture an image through the driver, If ZM can not capture consistently, then it can not consistently stream a image either.
ZM captures an image similar how you get a snapshot in xawtv, if you can not get a snapshot in xawtv then it will not work in ZM either. You might try a smaller image size but other than that I have no more ideas. I also don't use usb cams though so I'm sure I'm not the best adviser for you either. The no overlay support reported by the driver though and the error that the image sensor can not be detected is not a good sign.

As far as the pixord cam, any ZM before 1.24 only supports jpeg and mjpeg capture. 1.24 supports mpeg capture but this is an experimental feature atm and we have only a few models to test with and I don't believe any of us have any pixord cams to test against.