#zoneminder

morning.

hi all.....got several amovison ip cams..... they work in ubuntu 12.04 in vlc with the network stream option. the rtsp string is rtsp://IPADDRESS:554/ch0_0.h264. how to setup them in ZM? on general tab i activate ffmpeg. on source tab i paste the rtsp string in the source path and enter the resolution right below and save. back in ZM i cant click the new monitor and the source path is red.

any1 able to gimme a hint?

malte41: try to set up firstly as Remote and set the source.

a test I did, was to open the camera with the browser

http://ipaddress/stream.jpg in my case

and used that, although i have grandstream cameras.

thx saxa ... will try it

will report tomorrow because its end of work right now

but i really appreciate your info

knnniggett, fixxxermet, et al - Is there anyway via the command line to interrogate ZM to see if it's stopped? I had an automated mysql update cause ZM to stop and we never noticed it. Ideally I'd like to have ZM restart on any mysql update. I may have to charm that in juju.

service zoneminder status

ah right! thanks. I so totally forgot about that

To update zoneminder I should be able to just run git clone, build and install a new .deb, and then run 'zmupdate.pl', correct?

In the wiki it says 'zmupdate.pl --version=<from version> [--user=<database user> --pass=<database password>]' Where do I find my current version?

theoretically, yes. Keep in mind the master branch is essentially beta

You no longer need to supply "--version". Newer versions of zoneminder figure that out automatically now

knnniggett, I'm aware of that. It runs way better then old versions I was running though

knnniggett, Awesome, thanks!