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Hello,
I have a server with:
Intel E3400
2GB of RAM
1.5 TB hard disk
Kodicom plate 4400
Ubuntu Server 11.10
ZoneMinder 1.25

I connect 4 camera and it works perfect, the problem arises when I connect my 5th camera, begins to be swept.

the configuration of bttv.conf is:
alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv gbuffers = 16 card = 0x85, 0x84, 0x85, 0x85, 0x85, 0x84, 0x85, 0x85 chroma_agc = 1 tuner = 4

how to add cameras to ZoneMinder is:
Monitor-1 / dev/video0 - chanel = 0
Monitor-2 / dev/video1 - chanel = 1
Monitor-3 / dev/video2 - chanel = 2
Monitor-4 / dev/video4 - chanel = 3

Monitor-5 / dev/video0 - chanel = 4
....
I notice is that it divides the fps .. some work at 25fps and those with problems to 10.

from already thank you very much and sorry.
Jonathan Eseiza

start by turning multi buffers off and changing captures per frame to a value of 2.

Thank you. It worked perfectly ...

The other problem that presents itself now is that the expansion module that brings the plate only lets me connect 2 cameras, I have connected 6 and I have to connect 2 more, for a total of 8 ... the two missing not see

bb99 wrote:start by turning multi buffers off and changing captures per frame to a value of 2.

This also fixed my problem. Clean install of Ubuntu 11.10 server with PV-183 - 16 port capture card & zoneminder 1.25. Added 4 cameras but as newer cameras were added into zm, older ones stopped working (blue screen). Video was randomly showing up. /dev/video0 (0) would sometimes turn on, show camera A then turn back to blue screen. Sometimes it would show camera B, but mostly was blue screen. My captures per frame is set to 5 for all 4 cameras.

Fix it already ..
I resolved to change the monitor channel 7 and 8 were in the channel (6) and (7) by (8) and (9) .. what is not is what makes this channel hopping to work ..
Thank you all.