ZoneMinder

[electron]

Has anyone ever heard of this application? Looks pretty cool, check out this review and the software home page (screenshots are on there):

http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/...tid=137&tid=126

http://www.zoneminder.com/


There is also a LiveCD version, so you should be able to test it without installing Linux.

 

[DeLicious]

I'm interested to see how many people are using this, and some details on their setup, like what flavor of linux they're using, how many cameras, what size hard drive, etc...

 

[CollinR]

It's not bad it's just not very refined, as I understand it does do as they claim.

 

[eufreka]

I'm interested to see how many people are using this, and some details on their setup, like what flavor of linux they're using, how many cameras, what size hard drive, etc...

I think it is great. I have played with it off and on for a few years.

Right now, I am running a test on a Celeron 800 system with 2 gigs of ram and an 80 gig hd running ubuntu. I have two IP cams feeding it over the network (panasonic bl-c10a's).

The cams support ptz and are controllable within zoneminder. I only get about 3 fps off each cam on that system, tho.

I am not a linux guy, so everytime I experiment with it, it is a major pain to get actually working, but once it is, it is great! When I get some disposable income, I hope to get a quick dual core box to put combine both zoneminder and asterisk on...with a real capture card and some additional cams.

One of the nice features is streaming in firefox doesn't require any kind of client app. On IE, you'll use a free plugin called cambozola.

Personally, I don't know of any other software comparable to zoneminder...

 

[batwater]

I'm interested to see how many people are using this, and some details on their setup, like what flavor of linux they're using, how many cameras, what size hard drive, etc...

I think it is great. I have played with it off and on for a few years.

Right now, I am running a test on a Celeron 800 system with 2 gigs of ram and an 80 gig hd running ubuntu. I have two IP cams feeding it over the network (panasonic bl-c10a's).

The cams support ptz and are controllable within zoneminder. I only get about 3 fps off each cam on that system, tho.

I am not a linux guy, so everytime I experiment with it, it is a major pain to get actually working, but once it is, it is great! When I get some disposable income, I hope to get a quick dual core box to put combine both zoneminder and asterisk on...with a real capture card and some additional cams.

One of the nice features is streaming in firefox doesn't require any kind of client app. On IE, you'll use a free plugin called cambozola.

Personally, I don't know of any other software comparable to zoneminder...

Active WebCam http://www.activewebcam.com/ though it does cost a few $, it is Windows based. Have been playing with an Eval, even works with my old veo PTZ IP camera.

Ben

 

[CollinR]

I'm interested to see how many people are using this, and some details on their setup, like what flavor of linux they're using, how many cameras, what size hard drive, etc...

I think it is great. I have played with it off and on for a few years.

Right now, I am running a test on a Celeron 800 system with 2 gigs of ram and an 80 gig hd running ubuntu. I have two IP cams feeding it over the network (panasonic bl-c10a's).

The cams support ptz and are controllable within zoneminder. I only get about 3 fps off each cam on that system, tho.

I am not a linux guy, so everytime I experiment with it, it is a major pain to get actually working, but once it is, it is great! When I get some disposable income, I hope to get a quick dual core box to put combine both zoneminder and asterisk on...with a real capture card and some additional cams.

One of the nice features is streaming in firefox doesn't require any kind of client app. On IE, you'll use a free plugin called cambozola.

Personally, I don't know of any other software comparable to zoneminder...

If you use a supported hardware card your 800 may be enough.

 

[robolo]

I have been using it for about 6 months. It runs quite well and of course the price is right. It did take a bit of time to work out the linux issues. I ended up using Fedora distribution. I have it running on the same box I set up with Mythtv. There is good active support on their web site as well for assistance with setup issues.