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Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:39 pm**

Using ver 1.23.3. Three cameras connected to a video capture card from Bluecherry. Running on a system with 2 dual-core Xeon processors and 8 GB RAM. Working fine after install for at least 3 weeks. Only recording mode. For no apparent reason all 3 of my cameras stopped recording and all 3 of the "sources" on the ZM web screen are red.

Looking at the zoneminder.log I get:

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 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo2[10445]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo2[10445]: INF [Starting Capture]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmfilter[10436]: INF [Scanning for events]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zma_m8[10413]: WAR [Waiting for capture daemon]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmdc[10386]: INF ['zmupdate.pl -c' starting at 09/03/29 08:54:01, pid = 10453]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmdc[10453]: INF ['zmupdate.pl -c' started at 09/03/29 08:54:01]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmwatch[10446]: INF [Watchdog starting]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmwatch[10446]: INF [Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo4[10435]: ERR [Sync failure for frame 0 buffer 1(1): Input/output
error]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo4[10435]: ERR [Failed to post-capture monitor 0]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmdc[10386]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video4' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zma_m9[10421]: WAR [Waiting for capture daemon]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo2[10445]: ERR [Sync failure for frame 0 buffer 1(1): Input/output
error]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmc_dvideo2[10445]: ERR [Failed to post-capture monitor 0]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zmdc[10386]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video2' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
Mar 29 08:54:01 mother zma_m7[10431]: WAR [Waiting for capture daemon]

These types of error are continuous in the log for about a day then there is only the WAR error message continuously for all 3 cameras:

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WAR [Waiting for capture daemon]

This is actually the second time this has happened in the last 4 months. The first time I tries adjusting some buffer sections with no improvement and ended up reinstalling ZM

Any thoughts?

Posted: **Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:55 pm**

I was getting WAR errors just recently, and I do not recall exactly what the problem was. But looking at your error log (thx for the info, it helps people who want to help!), I recall that I was having problems with the capture card and the video devs (/dev/video0) at the time. I was using an LML board.

I would suggest testing your video from a different app. Like xawtv or the image grabber "streamer". This could narrow the problem down to a driver issue or hardware.

If you are getting video OK from xawtv, then look at your disk (full?) or check your mysql tables for corruption.

I hope this helps...

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WAR errors - ZM stops working

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