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I had ZM 1.29 for awhile but then lost the HDD (no backup) so i just didn't get around to rebuilding and configuring till this week. Started from scratch.
followed
https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/1. ... untu-16-04

Ubuntu server 16
Zoneminder 1.36.19
camera's are admintingly old but did work fine on 1.29 foscam and amcrest


basics.
source tyep = remote
source http / method simple
hostname = IP address
port = well the :port
path = rtsp://name:passowrd@xx.xx.xx.xx:zzzz/videoMain

res same as what works via direct web http://xx.xx.xx.xx:zzzz

what more am i doing wrong that i get "capturing" but no live video stream? neither preview nor when i open monitor.

thoughts? and thanks...

Use Source = ffmpeg.

Just curious, any reason you used an older version of Ubuntu? It runs fine on 22.04.

I dunno if this is the answer or not, but..

I was running Ubuntu 16 myself, I couldn't get the latest ZM to work right after I upgraded. I fought it for awhile and ultimately decided I probably had some bad config, and upgrading to latest ubuntu was probably a good idea anyways. I did a reinstall (not upgrade) and everything worked fine. I'm guessing either there is something lagging in the 16 repo, or some config stuck around causing problems.

Wow, so sorry i'm late.


ffmpeg seems to work but my monitor = blue screen. researching that



EDIT: looks like i got it working thanks all!!!!!!!!!!! ffmpeg + RTP/RTSP = THE JAM!!