Hardware Compatibility List
Zoneminder will work with almost any capture card that is supported by the linux kernel.
Capture Cards
Pico2000 - 4 port card, one chip bt878, around 2 fps when using all channels
Bt878_4chip_8inputs - I don't know the name for it, 4 chips bt878, 8 inputs, around 5 fps when using 2 inputs per chip
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150/160 Supported by Kernel > 2.6.16
Most other BTTV (BT878, BT848) cards, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST on your system for a list of some of them.
Analog Cameras
Any regular composite or svideo camera connected via a supported capture card.
Network Cameras
- Axis (just about all recent models, including support for PTZ functions)
- Panasonic BLC-10, KX-HCM10 etc (including PTZ support)
- D-Link DCS-1000(W) - plus other D-Link IP models
- Sony SNC-M1 and SNC-M3 wired and wireless - possibly other Sony IP models?
- Grandtec WLAN Camera WiFi or III - pour outdoor-quality, acceptable indoor quality. cheap!
- Any network camera that allows access to single JPEG image grabs or multi-part JPEG feeds.
USB Cameras
Just Zoom USB cam
Creative Webcam Pro, Webcam 3
Logitech QuickCam Express, QuickCam Pro 3000
Philips PCVC 730K, PCVC 740K
Any OV511 based USB camera [4]
Any Philips based USB camera [5]
Any CPIA based USB camera [6]
Note that most USB cameras that can use Video4Linux, and so can be used by ZoneMinder, have older chipsets and can be hard to find new.
