No Colour...

[tibetfreedom]

I Have a BT878a card 8 ports + 8 Chips
spec as follows…

dhcppc20:/etc/modprobe.d# zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v
Video Device: /dev/video0
General Capabilities
Driver: bttv
Card: BT878 video ( *** UNKNOWN/GENER
Bus: PCI:0000:05:08.0
Version: 0.9.17
Type: 0x5010015
Supports video capture (X)
Does not support video output
Supports frame buffer overlay
Supports VBI capture
Does not support VBI output
Does not support sliced VBI capture
Does not support sliced VBI output
Does not support video output overlay
Has tuner
Does not have audio in and/or out
Does not have radio
Supports read/write i/o (X)
Does not support async i/o
Supports streaming i/o (X)
Standards:
NTSC
NTSC-M
NTSC-M-JP
NTSC-M-KR
PAL
PAL-BG
PAL-H
PAL-I
PAL-DK
PAL-M
PAL-N
PAL-Nc
PAL-60
SECAM
SECAM-B
SECAM-G
SECAM-H
SECAM-DK
SECAM-L
SECAM-Lc
Formats:
8 bpp, gray (GREY)
8 bpp, dithered color (HI24)
15 bpp RGB, le (RGBO)
15 bpp RGB, be (RGBQ)
16 bpp RGB, le (RGBP)
16 bpp RGB, be (RGBR)
24 bpp RGB, le (BGR3)
32 bpp RGB, le (BGR4)
32 bpp RGB, be (RGB4)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, UYVY (UYVY)
4:2:2, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (422P)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YU12)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YV12)
4:1:1, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (411P)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YUV9)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YVU9)
Crop Capabilities
Bounds: 838 x 600
Default: 747 x 576
Current: 747 x 576
Inputs: 4
Input 0
Name: Television
Type: Tuner
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 1
Name: Composite1
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 2
Name: S-Video
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 3
Name: Composite3
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected

The camera's are..

CCD Sensor 1/4" SONY Super-HAD
Resolution 420 TVL
Lens 3.6mm Fixed
Effective Pixels NTSC: 510(H) x 492(V) / PAL: 500(H) x 582(V)
LED Quantity 18pcs
IR Range Up to 15m
Minimum Illumination 0 Lux / F2.0. IR ON: 0 Lux
Gamma 0.45 (AGC off)
Scanning System 2:1 Interlace
Sync System Interior
Back Light Compensation ON
White Balance Auto
Gain Control Auto
Flicker Correction ON
Video Output 1 Vp-p 75 Ohm, F-Plug Connector
Input Voltage DC12V +/- 10%
Input Current 90mA (IR off) / 270mA (IR on)
Operating Temperature -10ºC to 55ºC
Operating Humidity 80% RH

I have found the camera's only work on 500 * 375 Pixels and on grey only with PALnc setting…
I want colour
So I must be missing something...

[clipo]

Why is the image from my color camera appearing in black and white?

This may occur if you have a NTSC analog camera but have configured the source in ZoneMinder as PAL for the Device Format under the source tab. You may also be mislead because zmu can report the video port as being PAL when the camera is actually NTSC. Confirm the format of your analog camera by checking it's technical specifications, possibly found with the packaging it came in, on the manufacturers website, or even on the retail website where you purchased the camera. Change the Device Format setting to NTSC and set it to the lowest resolution of 320 x 240. If you have confirmed that the camera itself is NTSC format, but don't get a picture using the NTSC setting, consider increasing the shared memory kernel.shmall and kernel.shmmax settings in /etc/sysctl.conf to a larger value such as 268435456. This is also the reason you should start with the 320x240 resolution, so as to minimize the potential of memory problems which would interfere with your attempts to troubleshoot the device format issue. Once you have obtained a picture in the monitor using the NTSC format, then you can experiment with raising the resolution.

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... uch_CPU.3F

[sebix]

Hello friends,

In a short introduction, my name is Sebi and I'm from Romania.
I'm using Zoneminder from just one week ago so I'm a beginner.
I looking for your help to setup a small home video security system.

My setup is:
- a linux debian lenny box with P3 1Gz and 512 RAM
- an Pico capture card with 4 ports and BT878a chip
- 2 cctv color video cameras (both: CCD sensor, PAL standard)
- dedicated 12V power supply
obs. i run both cctv signal and power through utp cable (on separate pairs) with 2 video baloon devices.

In ZM, Monitor-Source tab I have the following settings:
- video for linux version 2
- device channel: 0
- device format: PAN Nc
- capture palette: GREY
- image size: 320 x 240

The problem is giving head ache for me is like for tibetfreedom the lack of color.

I can connect successfully on ZM web admin page (locally and remotely-with cambozola) and after a lot of "try-and-error" choices a have an stable, clear but only in grey scale image.

The same settings but with BGR24 or YUYV for capture palette gave me the same stable and grey image.

I also checked for colors with another application XAWTV but unfortunately without success.

Also I have followed clipo's advices but until now no color.
Any other suggestion please.



ps. sorry for my English, isn't my native language.

Thanks with anticipation for your help.

[clipo]

Have you configured the modprob.conf, as per

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Pico2000

[sebix]

Problem solved – now I have colors

…. The story is that …. after a lot of searching through the forum …… I have discovered that my capture card isn’t well recognized.

So, thanks clipo and to those topic .....
The right settings for me was #options bttv card=77 into the etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf and after an restart, yuppie the colors showed up.

Thank you

[clipo]

sebix

For future reference for others that might come across this post, can you let me know what the card is you're using, why its not well supported and the exact details of how you sorted it.

Thanks

Im happy its working for you.