Re: Multi port CCTV capture cards - Geovision, Avermedia etc

["Philip Coombes" <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx>]

Yep, the mobile/PDA support is going to be the next big focus for the .18
stream. I was talking to someone who was going to get me a GeoVision board
to write some custom drivers for it as it doesn't support Video4Linux. My
budget can't really run to one just for playing with yet but I've had a
look
at the SDK and it doesn't look too complicated. I have a couple of other 8
port cards that weren't too expensive and are supported so it's not really
been a priority up until now.

As for rounded corners, you might have noticed that graphical GUIs are not
my speciality! At some point I'll make ZM skinnable so people can roll
their
own but that's a release or two away I think.

Cheers,

Phil,

> Getting the mobile phone support working in ZM would be nice :) The
ISO
would also be massively beneficial to non-Linux people - took me quite a
few
days to get my head around Linux. The other main features I wanted were
dedicated multi port H/W (the Geovision card that's arriving tomorrow has 8
inputs). The slick user interfaces (more rounded graphical approach) were
also nice - I could design something myself for ZM of course, but I never
got the time :(
>
> I'll still be following your development of ZM keenly though :)
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Coombes [mailto:philip.coombes@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 15 January 2004 16:50
> > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Multi port CCTV capture cards - Geovision,
Avermedia
> > etc
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > > ZoneMinder is very good - but it's free and doesn't offer
anywhere
near
> > the features that the Geovision software seems to (yet!). That
was one
of
> > the main features + I've had some problems running Linux
(hardware
related
> > I
> > think). I was new to Linux when I installed ZM - it was a very
steep
> > learning curve but worth it for the experience and understanding
alone
:)
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for giving ZM a try anyway. Can you tell me what features
you
> > thought
> > were missing from ZoneMinder and which might be useful? I've been
doing
> > multi-language support for the last few weeks and now that's out
the
door
> > I'm feeling a bit feature frisky and ready to move on to adding
to and
> > improving functionality.
> >
> > If anyone else feels like giving ZM a try, in the next couple of
week
I'll
> > be putting up an ISO that has kindly been contributed that will
let you
> > boot
> > from a CD and instantly build a system with everything you need
already
> > installed and configured which should make things a lot easier
for
people
> > unfamiliar with Linux. Also don't forget that support is
available on
the
> > various resources and forums at zoneminder.com for any other
problems.
> >
> > In other news, I got a couple of the Axis-205 network cameras
yesterday
> > for
> > a client and I have to say that I'm highly impressed with them so
far.
The
> > picture quality and frame rate knock spots of the D-Link ones
I've
tried.
> > I'll be recommending these for most internal installations from
now on I
> > think. They are certainly superior to USB type webcams and
comparable
with
> > regular cameras, though without the low-light capability, plus
you don't
> > need to run video cables if you're already networked. And they're
pretty
> > cheap and work well with ZoneMinder!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Phil (http://www.zoneminder.com)
> >
> >
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