Using Solo6010 driver for ZoneMinder

[kamil]

Good Day everyone. Im using solo6010 driver for the 16 channel capture card. I tried using zoneminder to record events. My problem is, I cannot see the camera I add in zoneminder. I checked if the camera and the capture card is working by installing the V4L2 Test Bench, an application in Ubuntu. And it is working.

I added the camera on zoneminder. /dev/video0-16.. but none of those is giving me an image. is the solo6010 supported by zoneminder and what is the right settings for my camera to work.

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ubuntu-dvr@ubuntu-dvr:~$ dmesg | grep solo
[    5.300711] solo6x10 0000:04:01.0: Probing Softlogic 6010
[    5.300723] solo6x10 0000:04:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    8.517211] solo6x10 0000:04:01.0: Display as /dev/video0 with 16 inputs (5 extended)
[    8.536155] solo6x10 0000:04:01.0: Encoders as /dev/video1-16
[    8.536900] solo6x10 0000:04:01.0: Alsa sound card as Softlogic0

Thanks for the help.

[blob84]

You should configure the video settings int the zoneminder box, for example: resolution, palette, channell...

[kamil]

Thanks for the reply. I already configure the video settings. I tried different patterns of channel, palette, resolution.. etc., but none of them works.

I used the v4l Test bench of ubuntu and I noticed that the device name is wrapped.

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Device: /dev/video0 (wrapped)

Does it have a connection why I can't view the video in zoneminder.

Thank you very much for the reply.

[kamil]

Update. I tried to run "v4l-info" on terminal to see what are the configuration for the capture card and these are the output.

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    VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE)
	type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
	fmt.pix.width           : 704
	fmt.pix.height          : 480
	fmt.pix.pixelformat     : 0x59565955 [[b]UYVY[/b]]
	fmt.pix.field           : INTERLACED
	fmt.pix.bytesperline    : 1408
	fmt.pix.sizeimage       : 675840
	fmt.pix.colorspace      : SMPTE170M
	fmt.pix.priv            : 0

I noticed that the pixel format for the card is UYVY. I find the correct combination for these card for zoneminder but I cant see a UYVY option for "capture palette" in the camera settings.
I tried to use the other option for "capture palette" but none of them works.

Device Path: /dev/video0
Device Channel: 0
Device Format: NTSC
Capture Palette: ??? (supposed to be UYVY)
Capture Width:704
Capture Height:480

What is the correct configuration for the camera in able to use it? Thanks for the reply.

[blob84]

I think, width and height is not supported, try first 320x240.

[kamil]

I already tried to change the width and height to 320x240 and 640x480 but nothing happens.

[kamil]

One more thing, I install SoftLogic 6010 Driver but when I run lspci, the output is

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04:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Device 9413:6010

What does it mean? Does this mean that the driver is not recognise?

Sorry for this dumb question. I'm new to this. Thanks for the reply.

[blob84]

try with YUV420 PAL

[kamil]

Thanks bob84. But still.. it does not work.

Device Path: /dev/video0
Device Channel : 0
Device Format: PAL
Capture Palette: YUV420

[blob84]

if it works with software like tvtime the driver is OK, it is a zoneminder problem,
see what the syslog says:

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cat /var/log/syslog

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try to change the permission of the video devices,

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chmod 777 /dev/video*

[kamil]

The capture card works on Bluecherry and Hawkeye DVR. I already change the permission for /dev/video* to 777. I tried tvtime and here what it says,

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#tvtime
Running tvtime 1.0.2.
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
videoinput: Can't get tuner info: Invalid argument

    Your capture card driver: solo6x10 [Softlogic 6010/PCI 0000:04:01.0/132097]
    does not support studio-quality colour images required by tvtime.
    This is a hardware limitation of some cards including many
    low-quality webcams.  Please select a different video device to use
    with the command line option --device.

    Message from the card was: Invalid argument

mixer: find error: Success
mixer: Can't open mixer default, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
mixer: Can't open device default/Line, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
Segmentation fault

when I run cat /var/log/syslog,

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Sep  5 17:33:21 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0]
Sep  5 17:33:21 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 12/09/05 17:33:21, pid = 3565]
Sep  5 17:33:21 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[3565]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' started at 12/09/05 17:33:21]
Sep  5 17:33:22 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3565]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Sep  5 17:33:22 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3565]: INF [Starting Capture]
Sep  5 17:33:22 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3565]: FAT [Failed to set video format: Invalid argument]
Sep  5 17:33:22 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
Sep  5 17:33:22 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: WAR [Can't find process with command of 'zma -m 1']
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 12/09/05 17:33:27, pid = 3587]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[3587]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' started at 12/09/05 17:33:27]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3587]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3587]: INF [Starting Capture]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmc_dvideo0[3587]: FAT [Failed to set video format: Invalid argument]
Sep  5 17:33:27 ubuntu-dvr zmdc[2036]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]

Is there any other way to make it work on zoneminder?? I don't know where is the problem here.. Is it the capture card or the configuration of zoneminder. It can't be the capture card because it works for other DVR. The zoneminder also works well when I connect it to webcams and IP camera.

Thank you for the help.

[blob84]

where do you get the driver?
Do you have compiled it without problems?
There are a package for ubuntu here https://launchpad.net/~ast/+archive/solo6010

[kamil]

I get the driver of softlogic 6010 at the site given by the Bluecherry. (Sorry. I cant paste the link here.)

I used the ubuntu software center to install it and I think I compiled it perfectly. It does not give me any error.

[blob84]

It seems that is not a zoneminder problem, it is a driver problem so you can ask to softologic to fix it.

[kamil]

I think the ZoneMinder doesnt have the compatible capture palette for my capture card (UYVY). (

Any idea how to make my capture card work on zoneminder..?