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Hi, I've recently buyed a BSTI PD100HV2 cam.
Could someone help me to get the videostream in ZM? I see the snapshot and videostream in the browser when I go on /snapshot.cgi and /videostream.cgi, respectively, on the remote machine, but it doesn't seem to work in ZM.
These are my configurations:
GENERAL:
Source type: remote
Function: monitor
Maximum FPS:30
SOURCE:
Remote host name: IP of the cam
Remote host port: port on which the cam works
remote host path: /videostream.cgi
remote image colours: 24 bit
capture width:320 / 640
capture height:240 / 480
Could some help to troubleshoot?

Thanks in advance!

When you go to the cgi url what size is the image because it must match what zm has in its size settings aka: the 320x480 you have currently. Also post some of your logs.

Hi, I don't know exactly the size of the image.
tha manual reports 320x240 and 640x480.

I've tried both, but it doesn't work.

Using vlc i can see the video stream with:
http://USERNAME:PASS@<CAM_ip>:PORT/videostream.cgi

but it doesn't works in ZM.

Have you checked your logs for shared memory errors?

No I didn't...I'm a newbie in IP CAM networking....

so could someone give me help/hints to:
1)look at shared memory logs
2)how could I get infos about video in streaming (FPS, resolution etc.) analyzing the source (I know IP and port, and mjpg coding).

For example..how could I exactly know the resolution (width/height) of the video in streaming?

Thanks a lot!

Logs on my ZM server are /var/logs/zm

You must be able to set the camera resolution/fps etc from the cameras web gui

Hi,

the /var/log/zm dir is absolutely empty;

I cannot set the resolution of the cam on the configuration....I think it could be fixed.The manual only reports that it could be 320x240 or the double.

I would find a way to know which is the resolution, examining the tranport stream....

You could try pointing your ZM to BSTI web site demo camera.
This would narrow down where the problem is ie: If it doesn't work the
problem is with your ZM server.

Source type: remote
Function: monitor
Maximum FPS:15
SOURCE:
Remote host name: guest:guest@www.bsti.com.tw
Remote host port: 204
remote host path: /videostream.cgi
remote image colours: 24 bit
capture width:640
capture height:480

I get about 4fps to my ZM.

Hi (first of all thanks for your help ).

I've tried your configuration, and it doesn't works.
The strange thing is that if I use http://guest:guest@www.bsti.com.tw:204/videostream.cgi

in vlc, I'm able to see the video.

I think it's a problem of my ZM, but it's the same on 2 different machines (one physical and one virtualized).

Is your ZM installed with ffmpeg?

Yes it is!

I've found a solution...it was only a shared memory size problem.
editing the file /etc/sysctl.conf
appending this:
kernel.shmall = 564217728
kernel.shmmax = 564217728

now it works perfectly!

Next time I will active the debug logs, and look at the shared memory errors.

Thanks a lot!