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odd problem with amount of frames captured...
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:26 am
by -madmax-
hi,
i need some help with my new setup...
LIVECD 121.3 fresh install with one camera AXIS 206W
i limited the frame rate both using the camera setup and the config in zoneminder (misc) to 5 frames per second...
that work great...for 12 hours or so...
i check the log (fresh reboot) and it says...
bla bla capturing at 4.5 frames per second
after ~12 hours (nothing changed)
i get
bla bla capturing at 69 frames per second
that of course leads to problem with the ring buffer and i get errors!
and the capture sessions are bad because the frame order is messed up...
any hints or ideas ?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:47 am
by jameswilson
well on ip cam i never limit zm only the cameras itself, i have noticed if there is a slight discrepancy .-2 fps for example all things go mad then the camera may crash, if just limiting the cam all is good for me, on axis 206, 206m and pana blc10
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:23 pm
by -madmax-
ok, i try...
so no limit in zoneminder just the cam...
madmax
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:10 am
by jameswilson
does that mean u have tried or you are going to try?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:46 pm
by -madmax-
sorry, i was going to try...
i just check and setting the framrate to 0.00 (zoneminder) worked...
its running for over 12 hours and still working...e.g. only capturing ~4.5 fps and not going beserk...
odd, no idea why that would/could happen if you limit zoneminder and the camera!
strange think ist that i had the same setting on my old install using V121.1 without any problems!
-madmax-
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:13 am
by -madmax-
ok,
i tested this more and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong...
here again the details...
2 setups
Setup 1 (my old system) :
3 AXSIS 206W IP cam's latest firmware (4.21) Maximum FPS set to 5
ZM Live CD install V1.21.1
Buffers set to 40,25,10,0,10,1
Maximum FPS set to 5
setup works great for the last 4 month...
Setup 2 (new system, faster and more HD space)
1 AXSIS 206W IP cam's latest firmware (4.21) Maximum FPS set to 5
ZM Live CD install V1.21.
Buffers set to 40,25,10,0,10,1
Maximum FPS set to 5
the new system we just started works great capturing at around 5 fps like the old system, but afer a couple of hours the new systems start to capture with 50+ fps and then of course shows errors that the ring buffer is to small!
i don't understand because it starts out fine and both systems use the same settings...the only difference is the newer version! and that the new systems is faste etc..
soneone ?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:19 am
by jameswilson
and you have max fps on the monitor set to 0 and just using the cam to restrict speed?
From my testing you can only use zm to limit the capture rate if your grabbing jpeg not mjpeg
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:10 am
by -madmax-
hi james,
ok, you mean i shold put the cams to max fps (no limit) and only use zm to restrict the amount to e.g. 5fps max ?
i gonna try tomorrow..not in reach right now...
thanks for the tip...
rene'
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:29 am
by jameswilson
no the other way round, limit the cam only put zm to max (ie 0)
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:39 pm
by -madmax-
ah, ok...
going to try 0 in zm and 5 fps on my cam!
doing this the other way didn't work...just as info...
-madmax-
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:50 pm
by jameswilson
i have some 206 std and 206m with zm and dont have a problem
but i did when i tried to limit zm
it used to crash the panasonic blc10's i was testing