Hi, ive been trying to set a surveilance system here in my office. I installed zoneminder using the ubuntu package, but the source always show up as red, ive tried many things(chmod 777 on /dev/video0) and nothing worked for me, here are some info that might help:
dmesg output for my card:
[5.954893] bttv: driver version 0.9.18 loaded
[ 5.954897] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[ 5.957440] bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
[ 5.957460] bttv 0000:03:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 5.957474] bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:01.0, irq: 16, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfdfff000
[ 5.957525] bttv0: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]
[ 5.957528] IRQ 16/bttv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
[ 5.957562] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 5.961886] bttv0: tuner absent
[ 5.961952] bttv0: registered device video0
[ 5.961983] bttv0: registered device vbi0
[ 5.962004] bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468
errors from /var/log/messages:
Dec 25 10:17:46 watchmen zmdc[1236]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/12/25 10:17:46, pid = 1609]
Dec 25 10:17:46 watchmen zmdc[1236]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' crashed, signal 6]
Dec 25 10:17:55 watchmen zms[1628]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
zmu output:
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (GrandTec Multi Cap
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 4
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 2 Attributes
Name: Composite2
Channel: 2
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 3 Attributes
Name: Composite3
Channel: 3
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL