I'd like a zoneminder guide or howto for setup...

CPUnltd · 2013-12-01 01:31:30

Zoneminder points to a how-to that is Arch-specific, but it has no information on it other than a link to ZMArch, which is outdated by 5 years now (and likely no longer maintained)... Can anyone eith er point me to or create a setup guide that can be used with ZoneMinder on Arch LInux? I'm looking to build a CCTV system and have become exceedingly frustrated with the lack of information to get this up and running... Any and ALL help would be appreciated...

Gordon · 2014-03-24 10:28:22

I know this is an old post but if you are still working on a cctv system, take a look at motion
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
I have it running on arch with 4 cctv cameras on a intel mobo using a 4 channel Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture pci card.
Some video cards are very unstable with certain chipsets.

CPUnltd · 2014-04-14 17:13:09

This thread is old, but is still relevant to me. As I have not found a solution for this yet. Motion is fine. But a key feature I need is a way to view all the cameras as well as record. I'm honestly in need of something that is like zoneminder with a user-friendly gui and decent recording backend. I wouldn't mind something that used motion to record, but still had a visual front-end so all the cameras were visible. I'm almost tempted to put a programming bounty out for such a solution. I'd like to see something that uses mplayer (or something more lightweight, if there is something out there) to view the cameras while motion does the recording. I'd be totally fine with that. Attempting it the more basic way (opening up multiple webcam viewers) does not work, as the software fights for control over the same cameras. Still not sure why development of zoneminder died, as it was the best linux solution out there. But it's so out of date at this point, that it is all but useless to me. Thanks for actually repsonding though. Sometimes I feel like I'm asking about things no one around here cares about because I get no responses at all for some of my posts. I appreciate you at least offering me an option. Hopefully, I will find what I'm after... or else I will eventually learn the level of programming necessary to make it myself. Either way, a solution will be found in time. Thanks again.

troydwill · 2015-08-03 18:59:22

Please see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ZoneMinder

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#1 2013-12-01 01:31:30

I'd like a zoneminder guide or howto for setup...

#2 2014-03-24 10:28:22

Re: I'd like a zoneminder guide or howto for setup...

#3 2014-04-14 17:13:09

Re: I'd like a zoneminder guide or howto for setup...

#4 2015-08-03 18:59:22

Re: I'd like a zoneminder guide or howto for setup...

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