Jim, You might want to check the ZM forums, when I was looking for info on my Airlink IP cameras, I had the same issue, and typically there seemed to be embedded video within the link, such as /video.mpg or /video.asx as the _actual_ video, not so much the .cgi that is generating the content page. You might also want to look at the page source and see if you can find a link to the actual streaming video. I think the CGI is mostly responsible for finding a suitable host player, shelling it, or invoking a java runtime jar to do so itself - hence no actual video at that link that ZM is literally trying to fetch video from. -mb On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 13:00 -0700, Jim March wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > > Where is the video.cgi located ? > > > > Is the server setup to allow cgi in that directory ? > > That's on the camera itself. The controls are fairly primitive... > > > If it's in cgi-bin have you tried adding /cgi-bin/video.cgi > > No, this link doesn't work: > > http://192.168.0.55/cgi-bin/video.cgi > > This one does: > > http://192.168.0.55/video.cgi > > Again, that's talking straight to the camera's IP address, bypassing > Zoneminder completely. The problem is, I can't get Zoneminder to see > that feed. > > Jim > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On > >> Behalf Of Jim March > >> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:33 AM > >> To: Main PLUG discussion list > >> Subject: Yet another Zoneminder question - and it's a weird one! > >> > >> Folks, > >> > >> I've added two DCS-920 cameras to my setup. Zoneminder box is > >> based off the latest Bluecherry liveCD, ZM 1.24.0 on Xubuntu 8.10. > >> > >> The 920 is a WiFi version of the 910 and I've found very > >> little info on it. > >> > >> I'm running the cameras at 640x480 low-grade JPEG. I can't > >> get more than .65 to .70fps off them UNLESS I have another > >> browser window on some system on the local net continuously > >> query the camera's video feed - in that case, Zoneminder's > >> FPS goes to a more usable state just under 3fps, which I can > >> live with. > >> > >> Before I grab a bell, book and candle next lemme show you how > >> it's working now. > >> > >> From a regular web browser window talking straight to the > >> camera, I can go to a camera's IP address such as: > >> > >> http://192.168.0.54 > >> > >> ...and login. From there I can access the latest image snapshot at: > >> > >> http://192.168.0.54/image.jpg > >> > >> OR the camera's continuous video feed at: > >> > >> http://192.168.0.54/video.cgi > >> > >> ...and this line seems to work too: > >> > >> http://192.168.0.54/video.cgi? > >> > >> Getting the camera's video feed gives me a somewhat "choppy" > >> view, as it will delay refreshing every few seconds for a > >> split second...but when it's displaying video, it looks to be > >> about 5 to 8 FPS. > >> > >> (Note: I have static camera IP addresses, and the ZM central > >> box is on the same internal net.) > >> > >> Great. So go over to Zoneminder and it'll work off of > >> /image.jpg just fine, but at low frame rates (under 1 frame > >> per second) unless I have a separate browser window pointing > >> to the camera's /video.cgi feed - then it quadruples to > >> something usable. > >> > >> I can't get zoneminder to see the /video.cgi or /video.cgi? > >> feeds at all - no picture. > >> > >> ZM setup stuff: > >> > >> I've been looking at this thread: > >> > >> http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12233&sid=f51 > >> f2ed70b9d332ce9dc9e4a8ce9ca4b > >> > >> ...for the 910 cameras and ZM 1.23 series. In ZM version 1.24 > >> I see no way to set anything in Options>Network related to > >> "ZM_NETCAM_REGEXPS" > >> or similar. Am I missing something? > >> > >> In the camera's setup window in ZM I'm doing "source type" as > >> remote of course, "remote protocol" as HTTP, "remote method" > >> is "simple", remote hostname is [username]@[cameraipaddress] > >> (this is behind a firewall so I'm not bothering with > >> passwords), "remote host port" is "80". > >> > >> Under "remote host path" I've tried all of the following: > >> > >> video.cgi > >> /video.cgi > >> video.cgi? > >> /video.cgi > >> > >> Thanks! > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss