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Hi!

I'm having problems with my very first Zoneminder setup.

The platform is Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS and I installed Zoneminder with the "easy way": https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Serv ... e_easy_way

I got it running and can reach the management interface but can't get picture out of the camera (Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I) bought from here: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hikvisio ... .63.obHDRY

I can get the video stream out with VLC with the following url: rtsp://192.168.10.30:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0?tcp
but only a blue screen with Zoneminder (ffmpeg) and a blank screen with libvlc.

What would be the next step on solving this problem and getting the system to work?

I set up KVM and a new fresh Ubuntu Server and installed Zoneminder but still the same.

If I check the log it says: zmc_m1 23435 ERR Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.10.30:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0?tcp due to: Operation now in progress zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp 271

Any ideas guys? About to turn to another product...

I've seen two things cause this issue:
1) you've got a web browser, vlc, or some other tool streaming video from the camera at the same time as ZoneMinder. Many cameras advertise support for multiple streams, but many of those same cameras do not support multiple stream from the same url.
2) you've got the resolution wrong in the monitor configuration. It has to be exact, down to the pixel. Vlc can tell you what the resolution should be set to.

Thanks for the answer!

1) I closed, VLC, web gui and rebooted camera. No effect.

2) Where can I find the right resolution in VLC?

Hi!

Got this solved. I disabled the rtsp authentication and changed the url to rtsp://192.168.10.30:554/Streaming/Channels/101?transportmode=unicast&profile=Profile1 (I got this from ONVIF device manager) and now it is working!!

Now I must get the camera installed and think about motion detection etc.

Excellent. Glad you got it working.

Thanks to Onvif, most modern IP cameras will work with ZoneMinder. The trick is, as you have discovered, in the details.
If your camera is not already documented in the ZoneMinder wiki, then I'd ask you consider adding your programming steps for this camera to it.

Ok,

will do that.