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I'm running v1.25.0

And have a Foscam FI9805W added to zoneminder using Source ffmpeg rtsp://

Maximum FPS: 10
Alarm FPS: 10

the RTSP stream is 5 FPS
Keyframe interval 10
Bitrate 1M

The problem is every couble minutes I get a frame like this.
****://imgur.c*m/lapNmpY

Is the problem a old ffmpeg version?

Try these instead; (Standard for foscams, although it's possible yours is a weird one, I think these should work)

http://IP/videostream.cgi

An mjpg feed

http://IP/snapshot.cgi

A static jpg feed that's good for about 3-5fps

(In monitor; set http, then host = the ip address. path = everything including and after /

Both should give 640x480 feeds, if they don't, view them in a web browser and check the urls and dimensions.

If they prompt for a username, add that to the url like so:

?user=username&pwd=password

If you've never set a pass and it still prompts. use; ?user=admin&pwd=

You can set the resolution on foscams via the url too. ?resolution=32 (for 640x480)

This site has a full list; http://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=foscam

If the camera still produces corrupted images with http, and you can replicate them via http in a web browser (especially the image file), I'm afraid I would think very bad thoughts about the camera itself.

If I enter h***://IP/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=admin&pwd=something in my browser I get the current frame.
Somehow this does not work in zoneminder.

If I enter ***://IP/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture&usr=admin&pwd=something this gives a simple html page containing one frame.

right click the image to get the jpg, rather than the html page.

Just to check, if that's a good path, fill the fields in Source as:

Protocol: http
Method: Simple
Host name: 192.168.0.1 (or whatever your camera's ip is - JUST the IP)
Port: 80 (unless you know different)
Path: /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=admin&pwd= (Change if the actual jpg path differs as at the top of this reply)
Colours: 24-bit
Width: 640 (change if not)
Height: 480 (change if not)

If still not working, logs. Either log link top-right of console, or go into /var/log/syslog or /var/log/zm depending on your distro and get some details.

maybe wrong mime type?

06/22/13 16:31:04.390186 zmc_m8[5585].ERR-zm_remote_camera_http.cpp/800 [Unrecognised content type 'text/plain']
06/22/13 16:31:04.390283 zmc_m8[5585].ERR-zm_remote_camera_http.cpp/1097 [Unable to get response]

Try adding ?tcp to the end of your rtsp source URL.

Does not help

i'd like to switch from rtsp to jpeg snapshot.

I get
06/22/13 16:31:04.390186 zmc_m8[5585].ERR-zm_remote_camera_http.cpp/800 [Unrecognised content type 'text/plain']
06/22/13 16:31:04.390283 zmc_m8[5585].ERR-zm_remote_camera_http.cpp/1097 [Unable to get response]

any ideas how I can workaround this?

Give IP Camera Viewer a try. It's a great little product that lets you view your cams quickly and for free. The interface is intuitive and it works well with every model of IP & USB camera. It complete supports all the Foscam IP cameras.

Sorry I prefer zoneminder