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Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:40 pm**

Setup:
Quad core processor
4gb ram
500gb hd
PV-981 card
Ubuntu 9.04 desktop

3 bnc cameras
2 ip cameras

before upgrade everything worked.
after upgrade only ip cameras work
upgraded from 1.23.3 to 1.24.1

Level of linux knowledge: "What's a vi ?

xawtv shows one camera perfectly.
I have tried /dev/video0 through /dev/video3 on 0 & 1 using
Video for Linux Version 1
NTSC
320 X 240
Grey

zmu output:
zmadmin@demozm:~$ sudo zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v -a -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 768
Maximum Height: 480
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 8 - YUYV
Colour Depth: 16
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
*********************************
zmadmin@demozm:~$ sudo zmu -d /dev/video1 -q -v -a -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
********************************
zmadmin@demozm:~$ sudo zmu -d /dev/video2 -q -v -a -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
*******************************************
zmadmin@demozm:~$ sudo zmu -d /dev/video3 -q -v -a -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL

Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:07 pm**

I've got nearly the same setup. 2x PV-981 and 16 cameras. I use the 8 port cards. Here are the settings I have been using.

For chip 1, channel 0

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Device Path: /dev/video0
Capture Method: Video for Linux version 1
Device Channel: 0
Device Format: NTSC
Capture Palette: RGB24
Capture Width: 320
Capture Height: 240

V4L_MULTI_BUFFER: unchecked
CAPTURES_PER_FRAME: 2

Posted: **Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:22 am**

no luck.
I made the changes and tried video0 0 and video0 1.
i restarted zm, still no luck.
i restarted the entire system, but nothing.

I checked the zmdc.log and here is the last couple of lines:

10/07/09 21:48:08.04.039536 zmdc[2970].INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0
10/07/09 21:48:08.04.039536 zmdc[2970].INF [zmc -d /dev/video0 starting at 09/10/07 21:48:08, pid = 3796]

10/07/09 21:48:08.04.103189 zmdc[2970].ERR ['zmc-d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 6]
... 'zmc -m 8' exited abnormally, exit status 255]

zmu output:
root@demozm:/tmp# zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL

root@demozm:/tmp# zmu -d /dev/video1 -q -v -Uuser -Ppassword
Video Capabilities
Name: BT878 video (ProVideo PV150)
Type: 45
Can capture
Does teletext
Overlay onto frame buffer
Can clip
Video Channels: 2
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 924
Maximum Height: 576
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite0
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL

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just upgraded to 1.24.1 using PV-981 card - no bnc work

just upgraded to 1.24.1 using PV-981 card - no bnc work