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Hi all,

I'm hoping to setup zoneminder and a webcam to be a motion security camera.

Hardware : HP Compaq DC7600
OS : Ubuntu Server 12.04
Webcam lsusb output : Bus 005 Device 005: ID 046d:0928 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express

I followed this guide to install zoneminder : Ubuntu_Server_12.04_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.25.0_the_easy_way

I've accessed the zoneminder gui from my windows box via : 10.1.1.202/zm/index.php

I've added a monitor with source : /dev/video0
I've set the webcam as a monitor for how.
I've been playing around with the Capture method, device formatem, capture pallate. When i click on the monitor, most settings lead to a pop up that says : Cambozola V0.93-0002 (c) Andy Wilcock, 2001-2013 : and the source column on the zoneminder console is red.

Some settings lead to a monitor window that is lines of moving static.

I'm no linux guru but am willing to try anything, i've been looking around the web for a few days, and have not found any ideas to make it work so far, I hope someone can suggest some solutions that fix this.

All comments and ideas are welcome, thanks in advance for your time.
Remus.

Hi,

We need to know what capture palettes that camera supports. You can see it by running this command: mastertheknife

Hey -

I think I had the similar issues you are experiencing. I was able to resolve them by playing around with the settings. The camera is working great now...

I was running into a handful of issues... First the image was grey, with lines... Then it was purple... I was getting these different results by playing with the settings. The biggest miss I had was I had the height and width sent incorrectly. It was causing the color differences. Here are the settings my camera is running at now. It's been online for 24-hours with no issues.

In the monitor setup screen:

General Tab
Source: Local
Function: Modect (I have used all functions successfully)
Enabled: Check
Maximum FPS: 5.00 (I left this open initially, streamed around 30FPS)
Alarm FPS: Blank
Reference Image Blend: 7

Source
Device Patch: /dev/video0
Capture Method: Video for Linux version 2
Device Channel: 0
Device Format: NTSC
Capture Pallette: YUYV
Width: 360
Height: 240
Preserve Aspect Ratio: [Unchecked]
Orientation Normal

I've run command
And got the following error.

Error, failed to open video device /dev/video0: Success

I leave function set to monitor so that i can click on the camera and see if its working.

I have tried playing around with the settings.

Most option combinations lead to the source column turning red.
By the way under source it says: /dev/video0 (0)
And when I click on the camera I get the following message
Cambozola V0.93-0002 (c) Andy Wilcock, 2001-2013

The following options lead to scrambled static
** General Tab
Name: Monitor-1
Source Type: Local
Function: Montior
Enabled: ticked
Maximum FPS: Blank
Alarm maximum FPS: Blank
referene Image Blend %ge: 7
Triggers: None available

** Source Tab
Device Path: /dev/video0
Capture method: Video for linux versions 2
Device Channel: 0
Device Format: Pal
Capture Palette: GREY
Capture Width (Pixels): 320
Capture Height (Pixels): 240
Preserve Aspect Ratio: Not Ticked
Orientation: Normal

I've left the other tabs to default.

At this stage I think the problem could be driver related, I don't know enough about linux to check if the web cam is installed and streaming video properly on Ubuntu Server.

Suggestions and advice is welcome.

Try different capture palettes until you get it working. Especially try MJPEG, JPEG and YUYV.

mastertheknife

I got it working.

I was using ubuntu server 12.04
I installed ubuntu server 10.04
I installed zoneminder
And to get the logitech quickcam express working with ubuntu server do the following.
Add the following line to the file zmdc.pl in /usr/bin/ just before the line my @daemons :
code:
$ENV{LD_PRELOAD} = '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so';
Install the package libv4l-0 with :
$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-0

I then restarted zoneminder : sudo /etc/init.d/zoneminder restart
Its working now.

However i got a new problem, I can't export video from motion detection recordings.
This is what I've learn't about this new problem so far
I have Zoneminder version : v1.24.2
I've set my camera as a modect
And I can review recordings
From ZM console I have number 4 under events for monitor-1
I click on the number
I click on event-1
The event plays out on the screen, but it is not smooth video, I think its single frames...
One this page I can click on Video, and get the following error.

An error has occurred and this operation cannot continue.
For full details check your web logs for the code '7B871B'

If I click on export and try a few options I get Export Failed

A bit of googleing led me to this page - http://onlinetechadvice.blogspot.com.au ... d-fix.html that says to make a change to a file for a known bug. But this did not fix the problem.

I have ffmpeg ticked, and a valid path to it in options/images
/usr/bin/ffmpeg

Hope someone can help

Moving this current problem to the 1.24.x forum.

Thanks all