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Phil is it possible to get the images with motion outlined from zms, i dont want to save them but id love to watch them live (ish) is this possible?

Currently it is not possible. The images are captured by zmc and then put in the shared memory ring buffer. To watch video, zms just reads from the buffer and streams them The analyse for motion zma does the same thing, reading the same images and doing the analysis. Only after doing the comparisons etc does the outlining happen just before the image is saved to disk. So it never goes near the ring buffer again. To watch analysed images you'd have to ahve a second 'post-analysis' buffer and point zms at that one instead. It's not all that hard to do, though the images in there will always be a touch behind real-time and I agree it would be fun to watch.

Phil

im thinking of this as part of the alarm module plus would make setting up of alarms a breeze, as i could update the db from zm4ms and watch the results with maybe a second or 2 delay on live. It would be something you would want to turn of as i assume it would push the server a bit harder. Plus i wouldnt want the outlined images saved, but as part of the alarm module i plan on

Motion detected icon goes red in map view
if pop up enabled relevant monitor would pop up and show in the left hand window point of alarm (with motion outlined) and then live video with (or without not sure) on the right

James

I'll see if I can add something like this when I get a bit of time.

Phil

cheers phil, dont panic though cos alarms will work a treat without it

James