ZoneMinder Video - Configuration

[Jim March]

Zoneminder...umm...

IT'S A TRAP!

Seriously, it's the most hideously evil critter around.  It's
basically the worst form of open source project.  MASSIVE
dependencies.  Not just Video4Linux, but Apache, MySQL and more.
Hell, for best efficiency you need to set the disk up as ReiserFS due
to the bazillion tiny files it creates.

There are..."packages", yeah.  Of sorts.  Most are a total mess.  The
versions in the Ubuntu repositories are beyond merely useless, they'll
actively try and drive you nuts.

I frickin' HATE Zoneminder.  Ack!  Gag!  I'd rather be dipped in 8,000
gallons of eight week old milk filled with alligators than have to
wrestle with that evil crap again.

I'm about to try this instead:

http://www.bluecherrydvr.com

And see also:

http://www.bluecherrydvr.com/zoneminder/

The downside is that if you're using wired cameras, you need their own
house-brand interface cards.  But the prices aren't that bad and they
have off-CPU processing capabilities that make it worth it.  And the
software *has* to be better than ZoneMinder.

Sharpened toothpics in your eyes is better than Zoneminder.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:33 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to set up a Linux box with video monitoring for a small retail
> business.  I have been looking at ZoneMinder and wanted to know if anyone
> has used this in the past or has any advice for system hardware and
> configuration.  The following represents what I am trying to hook up to this
> new system:
> 10 cameras - color
> feed from each camera is recorded on HDD or RAID in separate file for each
> 24 hour period.
> 24-hour files are saved for 7 days then are over written with newer feeds.
> video feeds will be accessible remotely through web app.
> I am concerned with minimum system requirements.
>
> --
> James
>
>
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