Lamar Owen wrote: > On 02/06/2014 10:33 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> One more thing about zoneminder: after installing it on an FC19 system, >> I don't see anything that I could immediately identify as a driver. *HOW* >> does it get the video? In motion, the very lightweight package, it's >> using V4L2, and the drivers, gspca*, are part of the kernel these days. If >> ZoneMindar is using the same drivers, then I'd expect that it would >> occasionally, after an update, wind up with the same problems motion >> does. > > In the zoneminder web console, click the 'Add New Monitor' button. In > the 'Monitor' dialog, and the 'General' tab, click the pulldown by > 'Source Type' and select 'local.' In the 'Source' tab, enter the video > device path and select the 'Capture Method' (V4L1 and V4L2 are both <snip> Ok, so it *is* the same device driver... the ones I worry about. On the other hand, if we get *new*, higher quality cameras, it'll be different drivers to worry about. <g> >> >> Btw, I'm now also looking at lower-end video capture cards, like the >> Hauppage Impactvdb, model 188 (four bnc inputs). For that, what I >> haven't found out yet, is whether it provides the cameras one at a time, to be >> switched among, or if all four can stream at the same time, which is >> what we *must* have. >> > You need a capture chip per simultaneous channel. Most of the low-end > '4 input' cards have one chip and a 4 to 1 mux. > > Linux Media Labs has a four-chip card at a pretty good price point, and > they specifically support zoneminder. See: > http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/product_details.php?prodid=350 for the > specific card, which is $165, and a lot less than the previous 4 channel > LMLBT44 card was (we have three of the LMLBT44's, and paid ~$400 each > for them ten years ago, but they're half that price now. Oh, and they > all three still work fine.). Bing! THANK YOU!!! That *is* in our price range, and is exactly the kind of thing I've been trying to find, *and* I see it support both ZM *and* Motion. mark