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2025-06-26T03:36:02Z

Create Single Video of Multiple Events

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	===Create Single Video of Multiple Events===		===Create Single Video of Multiple Events===
	https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?p=135958#p135958		https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?p=135958#p135958
			===Filter that Plays an Audio Alert===
			This doesn't seem to work out of the box, and it's come up a few times in the forum. Here is one potential solution.
			* https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=32650

	===Screenshots===		===Screenshots===

2025-06-20T18:43:51Z

Delete False Alarms

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	====Delete False Alarms====		====Delete False Alarms====
	[[File:Zm filters2.png\|300px\|\|\|]]		[[File:Zm filters2.png\|300px\|\|\|]]


	~~You don't necessarily need this many alarm frames. I have one camera in the dark, where it only registers a single frame when the LED lights from network equipment trigger an alarm.~~

	====Email Object Detected by ZMES====		====Email Object Detected by ZMES====

2025-06-20T18:40:37Z

Example with brackets / parenthesis

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	This filter should fire off on any alerts that are on weekends.		This filter should fire off on any alerts that are on weekends.

	[[File:Filter with brackets fixed.png\|~~600px~~\|\|\|]]		[[File:Filter with brackets fixed.png\|300px\|\|\|]]

	==Troubleshooting==		==Troubleshooting==

2025-06-20T18:40:05Z

Run Filter From the Command Line

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	Is basically how to web ui tells zmdc.pl to run it, so running that from command line should do the same thing.		Is basically how to web ui tells zmdc.pl to run it, so running that from command line should do the same thing.
	ps ax \| grep zmfilter should either list it or not.		ps ax \| grep zmfilter should either list it or not.

			Reference: https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=32112

	===Play Audio Notification Upon Alert===		===Play Audio Notification Upon Alert===

2025-06-20T18:39:06Z

Receive Email From an Alarm on Weekends

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	date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute</pre>		date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute</pre>

	Note that this is an example without brackets. Brackets can make this simpler. See below		Note that this is an example without brackets. Brackets can make this simpler. See further below
	for such an example.		for such an example.

2025-06-20T18:38:34Z

Run filter from the command line

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	</pre>		</pre>

	===Run ~~filter from~~ the ~~command line~~===		===Run Filter From the Command Line===
	From the forum:		From the forum:
	You can use cron job to run the filter. Don't check the run in		You can use cron job to run the filter. Don't check the run in

2025-06-20T18:38:22Z

Receive email for specific monitor on Sunday

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	The parameter end date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute will select events that occurred in the previous minute only.		The parameter end date/time greater than or equal to -1 minute will select events that occurred in the previous minute only.

	===Receive ~~email~~ for ~~specific monitor~~ on Sunday===		===Receive Email for a Specific Monitor on Sunday===
	<pre>		<pre>
	Monitor id equal to ### AND		Monitor id equal to ### AND

2025-06-20T18:38:07Z

Receive email alarm on Weekends

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	==Examples==		==Examples==

	===Receive ~~email alarm~~ on Weekends===		===Receive Email From an Alarm on Weekends===
	For monitoring on the weekend you might have:		For monitoring on the weekend you might have:

2025-06-20T18:37:38Z

Play audio notification upon alert

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	ps ax \| grep zmfilter should either list it or not.		ps ax \| grep zmfilter should either list it or not.

	===Play ~~audio notification upon alert~~===		===Play Audio Notification Upon Alert===
	See forum post:		See forum post:
	https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=32650		https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=32650

	===Create Single Video of Multiple Events===		===Create Single Video of Multiple Events===
	https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?p=135958#p135958		https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?p=135958#p135958

2025-06-20T18:36:58Z

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	Review the official documentation: https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/userguide/filterevents.html		Review the official documentation: https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/userguide/filterevents.html

	==Note About the ~~purgewhenfull~~ Filter and Additional HDDs==		==Note About the PurgeWhenFull Filter and Additional HDDs==
	If you add a new HDD for data storage, you will need to adjust or add a new filter to		If you add a new HDD for data storage, you will need to adjust or add a new filter to
	delete events from the HDD. See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Using_a_dedicated_Hard_Drive		delete events from the HDD. See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Using_a_dedicated_Hard_Drive