Month: October 2011

ZoneMinder Browser Streaming

Got Zoneminder installed and running again. alot of fine tuning to be done, but so far so good.
Here’s the current setup:-
Ubuntu 11.04
Anykeeper 2016 Card
Zoneminder 1.24.2
6 Cameras connected
only 1 of the anykeeper cards in atm.

The anykeeper card isn’t exactly stable, 2 of the images are light flickering not a clue why they’ve been stable with this card before under windows and another card so guessing it’s down to the mix of card and config. I can live with it though as it doesn’t setoff the motion you can just see it pulsing when on live view.

Think I’ll be ordering another card though that is known to work with zoneminder, having something nice and stable would be nice.

One thing that has been bugging me though is the streaming options. When using Chrome I’ve had to manually select Yes on the Can_Stream to kick in the live view as the auto just sits there.
However I found this http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15429
Incase it gets removed I’ll copy the instruction below

In file include/functions.php, change the following which is at around line 823 (May vary from installation to installation): 

Code:
    elseif (ereg( ‘Opera ([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})’,$_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’],$logVersion))


To:

Code:
    elseif (ereg( ‘Opera/([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})’,$_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’],$logVersion))




In around line 876 (May vary from installation to installation), change:

Code:
function canStreamNative()
{
   return( ZM_CAN_STREAM == “yes” || ( ZM_CAN_STREAM == “auto” && (isNetscape() || isKonqueror()) ) );
}


To:

Code:
function canStreamNative()
{
   return( ZM_CAN_STREAM == “yes” || ( ZM_CAN_STREAM == “auto” && (isNetscape() || isKonqueror() || isOpera() || isSafari()) ) );
}




In around line 840 (May vary from installation to installation), find this:

Code:
function isNetscape()
{
    getBrowser( $browser, $version );

    return( $browser == “mozilla” );
}


Add this below it or above it:

Code:
function isOpera() {
    getBrowser( $browser, $version );
    return( $browser == “opera” );
}
function isSafari() {
    getBrowser( $browser, $version );
    return( $browser == “safari” );
}

 Next I have to get the PTZ up and running. Will post up my solution to that one as so far I’ve had no joy.