use camera modect or ZM's?

gian · Post by **gian** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:31 pm

hello All,

my camera has motion detection, should I use this feature and relieve ZM from it?

I guess I'd save some cpu cycles.

If the answer is yes, which parameters are relevant for setup?

thanks for your time.
-Gian

mitch · Post by **mitch** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:07 am

zm is more fine grain in the controls and zoning than what most cameras can do. You may save some cycles but certainly some benifits too.

gian · Post by **gian** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:50 am

thanks for your kind reply.

So, should I change the camera setup to something like, "no motion detection"?

-Gian

p.s. maybe you can give me a hint: events are recorded (I can directly access the files), however I can't see them in the console, it just shows a broken icon.

mitch · Post by **mitch** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:02 am

most likely its a permissions issue. Make sure the events folder and sub folders are atleast 711, and the images are 644. If you start zoneminder or apache under a umask other than 0022 it can create them also with wrong permissions.