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I can't seem to get Zone Minder to monitor/display anything. Any
advice would be greatly appreciated.

I think I've got everything setup properly. I have one "monitor"
added to my configuration. It is in "Monitor" mode, and the
source is defined on /dev/video0 device channel 1. The resulting
links are "Orange", which I believe *may* indicate some sort of
problem, but I'm not sure.

When I click on the Name link to open up the monitor, I get a
black image. Below the image it shows "Status: Idle - 0.00 fps".
I was expecting to see more fps', but nothing. The page keeps
refershing, like it's working, but the picture is always black.

I've tried changing the Channel to 0, 2, & 3, but the results
are the same.

When running xawtv, I'm able to get video when I choose "Composite2"
as the Video source.

When starting up ZoneMinder, I get the following in the syslog
zmc_d0[10084]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
zmc_d0[10084]: INF [Starting Capture]

In zmupdate.log
Update agent starting at 05/08/11 HH:MM:SS

In zmdc.log
'zmupdate.pl -c' starting at 05/08/11 HH:MM:SS, pid = 10106

In zmwatch.log
Watchdog starting at 05/08/11 HH:MM:SS
Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds

In zmpkg.log
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl check'
Removing shared memory
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmfix'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl status'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl start zmc -d 0'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl start zmfilter.pl'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl start zmaudit.pl -d 900 -y'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl start zmwatch.pl'
Executing: su apache --shell=/bin/sh --command='/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl start zmupdate.pl -c'

In zmfilter.log
08/11/2005 HH:MM:SS.# zmfilter[10089].INF [Scanning for events]

In zmaudit.log
08/11/205 HH:MM:SS.* zmaudit_d900_y[10094].DBG [Found database monitor '18']
08/11/205 HH:MM:SS.* zmaudit_d900_y[10094].DBG [Found 0 events]
08/11/205 HH:MM:SS.* zmaudit_d900_y[10094].DBG [Found fukeststen monitor '18']
08/11/205 HH:MM:SS.* zmaudit_d900_y[10094].DBG [Found 0 events]

# zmu -d /dev/device0 -q -v
Video Capabilities
Name: UNKNOWN/GENERIC
Type: 5
Can capture
Does teletext
Video Channels: 4
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 640
Maximum Height: 480
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 0
Brightness: 32896
Hue: 0
Colour :32639
Contrast: 14649
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Composite1
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 1 Attributes
Name: Composite2
Channel: 1
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 2 Attributes
Name: Composite3
Channel: 2
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC
Channel 3 Attributes
Name: Composite4
Channel: 3
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 1 - NTSC

# lspci
00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:11.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05)


Any Advice?
Thanks in advance

Have you tried different color pallets?

cordel wrote:Have you tried different color pallets?

I just cycled through all available color pallets. The only difference is that for YUV422P and YUV420P is that the color is Green instead of Black.

Thanks for the response.

Have you tried channel 1? Acording to abouve you skipped it. If you get video in xaw then it should work in ZM. Try also looking in your apache logs and messages. There should be a clue somewhere.
Regards,
Cordel

cordel wrote:Have you tried channel 1? Acording to abouve you skipped it.

channel 1 is what I'm working with the most, as from xaw, the second channel was the one that worked.

cordel wrote:If you get video in xaw then it should work in ZM. Try also looking in your apache logs and messages. There should be a clue somewhere.
Regards,
Cordel

Not a thing in those apache logs.

I'm wondering if perhaps there is some silly ZM configuration that I've overlooked somewhere? Something that makes it record? Or perhaps a bad permission making it impossible for the program to write the images/video somewhere? I've reviewed the settings and dont' notice anything obvious. Perhaps I'll post my settings tomorrow, minus the user/pass stuff.

HackHawk wrote: I think I've got everything setup properly. I have one "monitor"
added to my configuration. It is in "Monitor" mode, and the
source is defined on /dev/video0 device channel 1. The resulting
links are "Orange", which I believe *may* indicate some sort of
problem, but I'm not sure.

Monitor mode is orange and correct but does not record video. You need to set mocord, modect, or record in order for anything to be recorded to hard drive and it should turn green in those settings. You might want to increase the verbosity of zm as discribed in the readme.
Regards,
Cordel

The following message is repeating over and over in the syslog now that I turned on record instead of monitor.

system zma_m18[17902]: WAR [Waiting for capture daemon]

So, apparently I need to startup a deamon somewhere. I can't find anything in the forms on this, but I will continue to search the documentation.