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Jayd: /* LIBVLC Support */

2016-03-05T10:36:06Z

LIBVLC Support

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	== LIBVLC Support ==		== LIBVLC Support ==

	The easiest way to get PLANET cameras to work is to use libvlc. Support was added somewhere around ZoneMinder version 1.27.0 ~~and it enabled~~ ZoneMinder to play virtually any stream that's supported by VLC.		The easiest way to get PLANET cameras to work is to use libvlc. Support was added somewhere around ZoneMinder version 1.27.0. It enables ZoneMinder to play virtually any stream that's actually supported by VLC.

	I've successfully tested all aforementioned camera models using both - H.264 as well as MJPEG encodings - with the following URI:		I've successfully tested all aforementioned camera models using both - H.264 as well as MJPEG encodings - with the following URI:

Jayd: added libvlc

2016-03-05T10:35:37Z

added libvlc

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	The following configuration was tested using ZoneMinder v1.25.0 but works best using the v1.26.x release branch.		The following configuration was tested using ZoneMinder v1.25.0 but works best using the v1.26.x release branch.

			== LIBVLC Support ==

			The easiest way to get PLANET cameras to work is to use libvlc. Support was added somewhere around ZoneMinder version 1.27.0 and it enabled ZoneMinder to play virtually any stream that's supported by VLC.

			I've successfully tested all aforementioned camera models using both - H.264 as well as MJPEG encodings - with the following URI:

			<pre>
			http://{LOGIN}:{PASSWORD}@{ADDRESS}/GetData.cgi?CH=1
			</pre>

	== Benefits of ZoneMinder 1.26.x ==		== Benefits of ZoneMinder 1.26.x ==

Jayd: /* PLANET: Support for Frame Rates below 5 FPS */ cosmetic

2014-05-12T00:22:10Z

PLANET: Support for Frame Rates below 5 FPS: cosmetic

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	== ~~PLANET:~~ Support for Frame Rates below 5 FPS ==		== Support for Frame Rates below 5 FPS ==

	As of firmware version 1.0.46 PLANET cameras only support frame rates as low as 3fps. But even with having 3fps configured all camera models as stated above will provide an inconsistent stream with 4.5-5fps. Getting in touch with PLANET's support to evaluate the possibility of integrating frame rates as low as 1fps I've only got the following response:		As of firmware version 1.0.46 PLANET cameras only support frame rates as low as 3fps. But even with having 3fps configured all camera models as stated above will provide an inconsistent stream with 4.5-5fps. Getting in touch with PLANET's support to evaluate the possibility of integrating frame rates as low as 1fps I've only got the following response:

Jayd: /* Motion JPEG Support (Working) */

2014-05-12T00:21:31Z

Motion JPEG Support (Working)

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	'''Found a solution''' by manually patching the code like stated in [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20350&p=77658&hilit=Found+unsupported+content+type#p77658 this thread] --[[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 17:01, 9 February 2014 (GMT)		'''Found a solution''' by manually patching the code like stated in [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20350&p=77658&hilit=Found+unsupported+content+type#p77658 this thread] --[[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 17:01, 9 February 2014 (GMT)


			== PLANET: Support for Frame Rates below 5 FPS ==

			As of firmware version 1.0.46 PLANET cameras only support frame rates as low as 3fps. But even with having 3fps configured all camera models as stated above will provide an inconsistent stream with 4.5-5fps. Getting in touch with PLANET's support to evaluate the possibility of integrating frame rates as low as 1fps I've only got the following response:

			<strong>
			<blockquote>
			Sir, thanks for your reply, according to your description, you want the
			camera to supports 1 FPS video frame rate, but we won't support such low
			FPS of the camera.

			Please note that, 1 FPS is too slow to lose its meaning of surveillance,
			but the camera is used for monitoring, so we won't develope such camera
			which fit your requirement, please kindly understand, thank you for your
			supporting.

			The more information we know, the faster we could help you.
			Let us know if you have any questions regarding the above information.
			Thank you so much .
			Best regards [...]
			</blockquote>
			</strong>

			In fact for some corner cases a frame rate of 1fps is pretty much desirable but specially to keep the storage demands down to a certain level when running on continuous recording. For instance - why would I want our parking lot to be monitored with 5-10fps, simply bloating the storage? Besides, AXIS cameras do support frame rates as low as 1fps out-of-the-box but most of us know that in terms of quality, PLANET and AXIS are poles apart.

	== Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG ==		== Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG ==

Jayd at 00:01, 12 May 2014

2014-05-12T00:01:19Z

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	== Benefits of ZoneMinder 1.26.x ==		== Benefits of ZoneMinder 1.26.x ==

	With beta-release 1.26 some neat [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/commits/master performance enhancements] were introduced, speeding up things when it comes to camera provisioning during startup. For instance - running on a Debian Wheezy box it took zoneminder-1.25.0-4 up to 6 minutes to connect to all eight PLANET cameras of the above mentioned types. Such ~~cmaeras~~ are running RTSP/H.264 at 10-15 fps and a resolution of either 640x480 (VGA) or 800x592. Running a self-compiled version of 1.26.3 instead reduced the amount of time by factor 8 and the system itself feels way more responsive.		With beta-release 1.26 some neat [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/commits/master performance enhancements] were introduced, speeding up things when it comes to camera provisioning during startup. For instance - running on a Debian Wheezy box it took zoneminder-1.25.0-4 up to 6 minutes to connect to all eight PLANET cameras of the above mentioned types. Such cameras are running RTSP/H.264 at 10-15 fps and a resolution of either 640x480 (VGA) or 800x592. Running a self-compiled version of 1.26.3 instead reduced the amount of time by factor 8 and the system itself feels way more responsive.

	== Troubleshooting ==		== Troubleshooting ==

	All cameras work fine within a fully routed environment. Though, for the sake of testing you may want to place it on a local network just to minimize the effort on troubleshooting things just in case you have to. First of all make sure your camera runs on the latest firmware.		All cameras work fine within a fully routed environment. Though, for the sake of testing you may want to place it on a local network (same broadcast domain) just to minimize the effort on troubleshooting things just in case you have to. First of all make sure your camera runs on the latest firmware.

	== Latest Firmware ==		== Latest Firmware ==
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	== Motion JPEG Support (Working) ==		== Motion JPEG Support (Working) ==

	I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with ~~the~~ H.264/RTSP ~~setup~~ described above.		I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with H.264/RTSP as described above.

	The media profile ~~delivered by~~ the ~~camera~~ isn't supported by ZM:		The MJPEG media profile of the cameras isn't supported by ZM:

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	This set of patches didn't help neither. Tested using recently released version 1.26.4. [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 05:40, 9 October 2013 (BST)		This set of patches didn't help neither. Tested using recently released version 1.26.4. [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 05:40, 9 October 2013 (BST)

	* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" ~~from~~ POKKAHOH]		* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" of POKKAHOH]

	* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" ~~from~~ JayD]		* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" of JayD]

Jayd: /* Motion JPEG Support */

2014-02-09T17:02:05Z

Motion JPEG Support

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	'''Source Path:''' rtsp://[USER]:[PASSWORD]@[IPADDRESS]:554/v1		'''Source Path:''' rtsp://[USER]:[PASSWORD]@[IPADDRESS]:554/v1

	== Motion JPEG Support ==		== Motion JPEG Support (Working) ==

	I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with the H.264/RTSP setup described above.		I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with the H.264/RTSP setup described above.

Jayd: /* Motion JPEG Support */

2014-02-09T17:01:46Z

Motion JPEG Support

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	I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with the H.264/RTSP setup described above.		I couldn't get the cameras to work with MJPEG but only with the H.264/RTSP setup described above.

	~~Motion JPEG whatsoever doesn't work neither via HTTP nor RTSP and it seems that the~~ media profile delivered by the camera ~~can~~'t ~~be read~~ by ZM:		The media profile delivered by the camera isn't supported by ZM:

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	From my understanding the expected profile for MJPEG should to be '''RTP/AVP 26''' (JPEG Video) ~~instead~~.		From my understanding the expected profile for MJPEG should to be '''RTP/AVP 26''' (JPEG Video) only.

			See wikipedia for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTP_audio_video_profile complete list] of audio/video profiles.

	I've opened a [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21487&p=81569 thread] on the board to discuss things. -- [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 08:44, 9 October 2013 (BST)		I've opened a [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21487&p=81569 thread] on the board to discuss things. -- [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 08:44, 9 October 2013 (BST)

	~~See wikipedia for~~ a [http://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki~~/~~RTP_audio_video_profile complete list~~] ~~of audio/video profiles.~~		'''Found a solution''' by manually patching the code like stated in [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20350&p=77658&hilit=Found+unsupported+content+type#p77658 this thread] --[[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 17:01, 9 February 2014 (GMT)

	== Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG ==		== Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG ==

Jayd: /* Motion JPEG Support */

2013-10-09T07:44:08Z

Motion JPEG Support

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	From my understanding the expected profile for MJPEG should to be '''RTP/AVP 26''' (JPEG Video) instead.		From my understanding the expected profile for MJPEG should to be '''RTP/AVP 26''' (JPEG Video) instead.

			I've opened a [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21487&p=81569 thread] on the board to discuss things. -- [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 08:44, 9 October 2013 (BST)

	See wikipedia for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTP_audio_video_profile complete list] of audio/video profiles.		See wikipedia for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTP_audio_video_profile complete list] of audio/video profiles.

Jayd: /* Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG */

2013-10-09T04:40:16Z

Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG

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	: <strike>A set of RTSP related patches are currently in the work [1].</strike>		: <strike>A set of RTSP related patches are currently in the work [1].</strike>

	This set of patches didn't help ~~neother~~..		This set of patches didn't help neither. Tested using recently released version 1.26.4. [[User:Jayd\|Jayd]] ([[User talk:Jayd\|talk]]) 05:40, 9 October 2013 (BST)

	* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" from POKKAHOH]		* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" from POKKAHOH]

	* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" from JayD]		* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" from JayD]

Jayd: /* Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG */

2013-10-09T04:37:56Z

Distortion / Artifacts with H.264 Streams running RTSP via FFMPEG

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	Meaning, distortion mainly takes place under low-light scenarios (e.g. under when using IR during night time) but for sometimes during day time as well.		Meaning, distortion mainly takes place under low-light scenarios (e.g. under when using IR during night time) but for sometimes during day time as well.

	~~A set of RTSP related patches are currently in~~ the ~~work~~ [1].		See the initial report with screenshots for further details [2].

	~~See~~ the ~~initial report with screenshots for further details~~ [2].		: <strike>A set of RTSP related patches are currently in the work [1].</strike>

			This set of patches didn't help neother..

	* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" from POKKAHOH]		* [1] [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/pull/174 ZoneMinder Project at GitHub - Pull Request - "Rtsp updates" from POKKAHOH]

	* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" from JayD]		* [2] [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=21420 ZoneMinder Forum Post - "Distortion of RTSP/H.264 Stream Messing Up Modect" from JayD]