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Delay Before Recording Events

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:55 pm
by andyasselin
Hello Is they any setting i can adjust on zoneminder to get delay down it seem to be people are out of the shot before it record they like 10 second delay

the system is run one camera on p4 2.80 with gig ram
run zoneminder on ubunto

Andy

camera are run in grey monitor also only 320 res

camera are pasonic they can 480 by 500 i think if need more if please let me know Any help wound be greatly appaitctede also shound be possable to run camera in color and corrected res on this box the card am run is gernic bt card 4 port drv winch my understand does 30 frame x 4 chanells?

ideo Capabilities
Name: BT878 video ( *** UNKNOWN/GENER
Type: 47
Can capture
Can tune
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 4
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 768
Maximum Height: 480
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 300
Height: 300
Picture Attributes
Palette: 1 - Linear greyscale
Colour Depth: 8
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Television
Channel: 0
Flags: 1
Channel has a tuner
Type: 1 - TV
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 2 Attributes
Name: S-Video
Channel: 2
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 3 Attributes
Name: Composite3
Channel: 3
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:16 am
by kingofkya
on camera settings under buffers set a pre buffer

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:29 am
by andyasselin
Okay Kingofkya I got default one set of Image Buffer Size 40 ?

do you suggest higher?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:37 am
by kingofkya
that should go up equal to the pre buffer so if you add 10 to pre then also add 10 to Image Buffer

post back if you have questions

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:06 am
by andyasselin
Thank for Quick Reply i also up res to higher

I have for setting

Image Buffer Size (frames) 40
Warmup Frames 25
Pre Event Image Count 10
Post Event Image Count 10
Stream Replay Image Buffer 1000
Alarm Frame Count 1

My cam res is = 760 x 480 ? will that cause delay am sure shound little no?



i only see imagine buffer size? or is title something diffent am look under camera setings page ?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:59 am
by kingofkya
theses ones

Pre Event Image Count 10
Post Event Image Count 10


yeah i thought theey were called buffers bring Pre Event up