Kodicom4400R - Newbie

[nerwin]

I should start by saying I am a bit of a linux newbie...

I have followed the various FAQ's, and have zoneminder up and running somewhat on ubuntu 11.04

I cant seem to get display in ZM from my Kodicom4400R card. I can in xawtv, but no matter what I try, nothing in ZM but a black screen.

Also the source is red, which indicates a problem ?

Thanks for any help,
Norm

[bb99]

Did you review this one? http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400r

[nerwin]

Sure did.. thats how I got it working in zawtv...

[bb99]

So you're down to source tab settings. Try these and be mindful that your card doesn't use channels the same way as most so you'll have to play:

[nerwin]

I have now tried every possible setting, and still no picture.. just a black screen, and the source in RED.

xawtv works consistently (But in black and white). I have turned on logging, but no real logs are generated, so I think I didn't do that correctly.

Xawtv does give an error:

WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual configuration
V4l2: WARNING: framebuffer base address mismatch

[bb99]

Does your bttv.conf read like this:

options bttv gbuffers=16 card=133,132,133,133 chroma_agc=1

[nerwin]

Indeed it does.. I just added the chroma at the end and now i have color.

Here is the wierd thing, if I go into xawtv, check that the camera is working (I have to sudo it or i get a permissions error if zoneminder is running), then close it, and restart zoneminder, it works...

ALthough this now lets me play with zoneminder, this wouldnt be good for long term, as I would have to do it at every reboot.

Not sure if this helps point out what could be wrong, but its at least a temp workaround.

[nerwin]

Ok, maybe I am just impatient.. when it boots it comes up red, but it seems to go green itself in about 30/60 seconds.. not sure if this is normal ?

But I am up and running.. thanks for the help so far bb99.. I am sure I will have more issues.. I had a mootools.js issue that I already fixed with the help of a forum post..

[bb99]

ZM has to burn through the warm up frames (set in the buffer tab of monitor) before it'll show good, sorry I didn't mention the be patient part of troubleshooting camera and card settings. Seems like 30-60 seconds is a little long though.