#zoneminder

linuxmint: try restarting zoneminder. Also see if there are any hints in the log. I think there is a link on the top right of the web console

Iamnach0: thanks, restarted. Logs show a common error I am researching now http://pastebin.com/rjpLJujk

Titler: 2014-06-27 11:10:37.072597zmc_m11204ERRUnable to decode jpegzm_remote_camer - Pastebin.com

Iamnach0: *showing a repeating error.

hello friends

dumb question, but when I export videos, is it 'normal' to just get a bunch of jpgs from that event?

is there a way to have ZM render it as an avi or something and export a single video?

hmm, this is interesting - https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/issues/39

is this by chance in the master PPA yet to be enabled? I'm assuming no since I'm not seeing anything on my end...

roasted: you should get a video when you export it. zm stores events as jpegs not videos, so there should always be jpegs

rveach: I don't get a video when I export it.

I just get a folder with the jpegs.

ur using 1.25?

1.27.1

via master PPA

ok, im still using the old version so I can't check myself

no worries.

maybe when some other devs see the channel they'll have their 2c to add in. :P

I found some old (2010) documentation saying you can ENABLE video exports, but by default it sounded like it was just jpeg exports. I duplicated those steps but no difference.

But we're talking a few versions difference, so..

i get a status 12 error when i try to export from the event view

I'm still in my test phase with ZM on a test server to see if it's an acceptable drop-in video surveillance replacement on my server, so.. we'll see.

only been 1 day

roasted: in ur version, do u have the option to create the video?

does it create it successfully? and get the options to view/download/delete?

rveach: where is the create video feature at on your system?

(so Iknow where to look)

when viewing the event, there is a list of options above the image. one is "video"

in that i get the option to create the video

ah I see it, but it failed. :<

Video Generation Failed!

view the log to see the error

nothing appears in the log that I can see

the log is rolling fast but I have the log on the right side and on the left I try to generate the video

when it fails I see nothing relevant populate

i can filter the log to just errors

ah wait

delayed

sec

so u could try that to find any relevant error messages

check the error in the file specified :P

sh: 1: /usr/bin/ffmpeg: not found

maybe it's different now

I put in /usr/bin/ffmpeg as per the documentation, but it was admittedly old

I don't know what "point to where ffmpeg is installed" means. :/

run: which ffmpeg

from a terminal

nothing

u dont have it installed :D

apt-get install ffmpeg?

if its just a test server, i say try it and see

no installation candidate

what OS u using? I have ubuntu 12.04 and ffmpeg is located in that location

I'm on 14.04

ffmpeg was removed from official repos in 14.04

(awesome)

lol

ffmpeg says it is deprecated, so that is probably why

pretty sure 14.04 went with avconv

do u have avconv?

or whatever it is

I doubt it

its a fresh server I set up last night

which avconv

but I also have two massive ear infections and a sinus infection so I'm making a ton of ID10T errors on my end.

well if u get avconv installed, I think the parameters are virtually the same

u could change ZM to run avconv instead

I wonder if that's in restricted-extras

oh no kidding?

or just look for some existing documentation on how to properly continue

looks like avconv is a fork of ffmpeg, so yea, it should be basically the same command line

just change ZM's options to point to avconv

pretty sure avconv is libav-tools

whcih is installed by default...

/usr/bin/avconv

question is, do I need to change ZM to use avconv instead of ffmpeg?

cause I'm not seeing anything in options to adjust it..

unless it'll work from the get-go as is

ha, success

options > images > PATH_FFMPEG

yeah - I just thought there would be another setting

to choose avconv over ffmpeg

vs just setting an avconv path in the ffmpeg field :P

technically it is no difference if avconv is a true fork

these video exports still seem a bit weird

unless most of these drivers are braking heavily and flooring it at random times

well the plus side is u got the export working :)

i have the same issue sometimes too where the beginning of the video seems to run too fast

it could be lag between zm and the camera

on your exports?

i dont export usually, i watch the jpeg stream

yeah

the playback streams are like that

it doesn't make sense though, given that live streams seem pretty flawless

thats a question for fixxxermet or the higher ups

personally i never cared, i can always view the images one at a time

you know, that's kind of convenient yet a pain in the ass at the same time

like I had an issue once where I gave my video feeds to a cop for an issue that took place

but I use motion on my server, which pulls jpg's and avi's for motion feeds

so I get BOTH to boot

he mentioned how nice it was to have video AND the stills to page through and study each frame

technically u dont need the stills to study each frame, u can do that in the video

very true

but he just said it was easy on his end

I made a .zip for him and he downloaded it off my web server

video, then a folder of jpegs

yea, if needs be u could just re-extract the stills from the video

he said it was nice not having some ridiculous need to install some third party proprietary video watcher

like in some "professional" CCTV kits

yea

one thing I like about motion is I can page through the stills to see what events took place

cause I have it save the "best" jpg of the motion feed and delete the rest automatically

so I go to images directory, next next next, if I see some dude at my door or whatever I'll watch the video feed

but I guess I'm partially bored of mjpg streams, whcih is all motion supports. hence my newfound interest in ZM.

i mostly just sort the day by alarm frames or total score and watch the high ones

yeah, I need to sift this out yet

see what 'best practice' is for ZM and see how it fits

ZM seems awesome, but it seems huge vs Motion

Motion being all daemon based, no GUI, no database to worry about, etc., has its +1 point to it from a simplistic standpoint

well im off to bed, night

farewell

well, question to the devs before I head out. Is there a way to adjust the smoothness of the playback/live stream? As cars pass when I watch live or when I watch events they seem to be a bit choppy. i.e. as if the driver is flooring it and hitting the brake continuously.

morning.