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Maybe it's something simple that I just don't know about but I've been trying to figure out why my cameras are never actually live.
All images are delayed by one to a few seconds.

I have 5 cameras in montage and some have part of the view that others do. Meaning, the views overlap a little. When there is movement, I can see a delay across the cameras or one camera shows something I already know is delayed and the other is even more delayed.

I hope I am explaining this correctly and if so, can anyone suggest what I should be looking for in my setup that is causing this.
Do I have some of the cameras at too high a resolution for example or too many fps or perhaps the PC is not powerful enough?

Do I have some of the cameras at too high a resolution for example or too many fps or perhaps the PC is not powerful enough?

Yes. If you can lower the camera fps, try that. Resolution reduction will help. Preferably a cpu core per camera, 3 cams max per core.

"In my experience"

Good luck with it.

I'll give that a try.
I assume I have to change both the camera settings and the config in the ZM GUI.
Thanks for sharing your experience.

change both the camera settings and the config in the ZM GUI.

FPS must be on the camera itself. Resolution too, which may not require a ZM change, depending. There is considerable interaction.

If you have set fps in zm, then that is likely your problem. Clear the fps fields

Hi,

So I did those things and there is no change. Cameras are always delayed and one that faces almost the same direction is at least 20/30 seconds behind.

20 seconds - wow. Are your logs clean? Tell us more about your hardware?
Cameras, framerate, resolution, wired/wifi; computer - cores, memory, storage.