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8.1. Release 1.20.0
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Improved and added features, minor bugfixes.
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Improved and added features, several minor bugfixes.
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o FEATURE - Certain configuration (Mostly database
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settings) is now stored in a new file zm.conf. This means that
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@ -1879,6 +1879,10 @@ o FIX - There was a problem with the interaction between
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monitor statuses and the status web window. This meant that
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sometimes the window did not pop to the front, or play the
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alarm sound, properly. This has been corrected.
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o FIX - A bug in event streaming when events are of very
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short duration has been fixed. Thanks to forum user `reza' for
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spotting this one.
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8.2. Release 1.19.5
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Various miscellaneous fixes and features.
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@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ a runtime; this is because it needs to use the MySQL header files. If you are
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running an RPM based distribution then it’s probably worth installing all the
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pure mysql rpm files to be sure you have the right ones.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Next it does things with JPEGs so you'll need at least
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libjpeg.a which I think come as standard nowadays with most distributions. It
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also uses the netpbm utilities in a very limited way to generate thumbnails
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under certain circumstances though this can be modified.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Next it does things with JPEGs so you'll need at least libjpeg.a
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which I think come as standard nowadays with most distributions. It also uses
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the netpbm utilities in a very limited way to generate thumbnails under certain
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circumstances though this can be modified.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>ZoneMinder can generate MPEG videos if necessary, for
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this you'll need either ffmpeg (recommended) or the Berkeley MPEG encoder (mpeg_encode).
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@ -386,11 +386,11 @@ desired database name in it so use it to create the database (see below). Once
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the database and permissions are set up rerun zmconfig.pl with the –noi option
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to get it to load the configuration into your new database.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>If you are upgrading from a previous version you can use
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zmalter-x.y.z.sql to upgrade your database and make the necessary changes where
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x.y.z identifies the version of ZoneMinder you had installed previously. So if
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you are going from version 0.9.7 to version 0.9.11 you would run the scripts
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for all intervening versions to get to the current one, i.e. zmalter-0.9.7.sql,
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<p class=MsoPlainText>If you are upgrading from a previous version you can use zmalter-x.y.z.sql
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to upgrade your database and make the necessary changes where x.y.z identifies
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the version of ZoneMinder you had installed previously. So if you are going
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from version 0.9.7 to version 0.9.11 you would run the scripts for all
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intervening versions to get to the current one, i.e. zmalter-0.9.7.sql,
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zmalter-0.9.8.sql, zmalter-0.9.9.sql and zmalter0.9.10.sql. Additionally from
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version 1.19.5 you can use the zmupdate.pl script to do all the updating for
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you, this will include all the database changes plus any other tweaks necessary
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@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ doing</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>or similar command for your distribution. ZoneMinder will
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then start up when your machine reboots and can be controlled (by the root
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user) by doing <i>'service zm start'</i> or <i>'service zm stop'</i> etc. You
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may need to use the ‘<span class=CommandChar>—levels</span>’ parameter to
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chkconfig to ensure that ZoneMinder is started when you need it to.</p>
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may need to use the ‘<span class=CommandChar>—levels</span>’ parameter to chkconfig
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to ensure that ZoneMinder is started when you need it to.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Now start your web browser and point it at your zm.php
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and off you go.</p>
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@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ that allows you to turn this limiting off in the event of an alarm.</p>
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<p class=MonitorOption><b>FPS Report Interval</b> - How often the current
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performance in terms of Frames Per Second is output to the system log. Not used
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in any functional way so set it to maybe 1000 for now. If you watch
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/var/log/messages (normally) you will see this value being emitted at the
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frequency you specify both for video capture and processing.</p>
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in any functional way so set it to maybe 1000 for now. If you watch /var/log/messages
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(normally) you will see this value being emitted at the frequency you specify
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both for video capture and processing.</p>
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<p class=MonitorOption><b>Reference Image Blend %ge</b> - Each analysed image
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in ZoneMinder is a composite of previous images and is formed by applying the
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@ -1481,11 +1481,11 @@ before modifying options and expecting them to make any difference.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>If you have changed the value of an option you should
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then ‘save’ it. A number of the option groups will then prompt you to let you
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know that the option(s) you have changed will require a system restart. This is
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not done automatically in case you will be changing many values in the same
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session, however once you have made all of your changes you should restart
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ZoneMinder as soon as possible. The reason for this is that web and some
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scripts will pick up the new changes immediately but some of the daemons will
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still be using the old values and this can lead to data inconsistency or loss.</p>
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not done automatically in case you will be changing many values in the same session,
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however once you have made all of your changes you should restart ZoneMinder as
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soon as possible. The reason for this is that web and some scripts will pick up
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the new changes immediately but some of the daemons will still be using the old
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values and this can lead to data inconsistency or loss.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>One of the options you may notice in the ‘System’ tab
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allows you to specify the default language for your installation of ZoneMinder.
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@ -1599,8 +1599,8 @@ that your phone or device is recognised and if it can support XHTML-MP it will
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receive that interface. If your phone is very new, or you are using an old
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version of the XML file you might find that it is not present however. The
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WURFL library uses a caching strategy to avoid reloading the whole XML file
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each time so check if a sensible looking cache file has been created in the
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‘wurfl’ sub-directory also check the wurfl.log in the same place.</p>
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each time so check if a sensible looking cache file has been created in the ‘wurfl’
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sub-directory also check the wurfl.log in the same place.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>The WURFL is a third party application and as such I am
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unable to offer support directly for it. If you feel your device is missing or
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style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span>Device configuration. If you can't get your cameras to work in
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ZoneMinder, firstly make sure that you have the correct settings. Use xawtv or
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something like that to check for settings that work and then run zmu -d
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<device_no> -q -v to get the settings. If you can't get them to work with
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that then the likelihood is they won't work with ZoneMinder. Also check the
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system logs (usually /var/log/messages) for any video configuration errors. If
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you get some and you're sure they're not a problem then switch off
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ZM_STRICT_VIDEO_CONFIG in zmconfig.pl or the ‘options’ tab.</p>
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something like that to check for settings that work and then run zmu -d <device_no>
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-q -v to get the settings. If you can't get them to work with that then the
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likelihood is they won't work with ZoneMinder. Also check the system logs
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(usually /var/log/messages) for any video configuration errors. If you get some
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and you're sure they're not a problem then switch off ZM_STRICT_VIDEO_CONFIG in
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zmconfig.pl or the ‘options’ tab.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
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style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span>Use debug. ZoneMinder has various debug in it that by default
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will go into your system log (via syslog). These will be of the form of</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'>"Sep 14 14:50:11
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localhost zma-0[1975]: INF [Front: 221000 - Processing at 4.26 fps ]"</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'>"Sep 14 14:50:11 localhost
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zma-0[1975]: INF [Front: 221000 - Processing at 4.26 fps ]"</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'>where the zma-0 part
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identifies the daemon and the device it is running on. Entries with INF in are
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informational and not an error, if you see ERR then it is one, though not all
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are fatal. You can prevent this information from being emitted by setting the
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ZM_DBG_LEVEL_zmc environment variable to -1 or less once things are working. If
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you want to run any of the daemons from the command line to test, setting
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ZM_DBG_PRINT to 1 will output the debug on the console. You can also use the
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USR1 and USR2 signals to increase or decrease the amount of debug being
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emitted.</p>
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are fatal. You can prevent this information from being emitted by setting the ZM_DBG_LEVEL_zmc
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environment variable to -1 or less once things are working. If you want to run
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any of the daemons from the command line to test, setting ZM_DBG_PRINT to 1
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will output the debug on the console. You can also use the USR1 and USR2
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signals to increase or decrease the amount of debug being emitted.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
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style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>Release
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1.20.0</h2>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Improved and added features, minor bugfixes.</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Improved and added features, several minor bugfixes.</p>
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<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
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"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
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"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span>FEATURE – The web files have been changed to use the newer style
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autoglobals, e.g. $_SERVER rather than $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. This should enable
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use on PHP5 without any modification.</p>
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</span></span>FEATURE – The web files have been changed to use the newer style autoglobals,
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e.g. $_SERVER rather than $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. This should enable use on PHP5
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without any modification.</p>
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<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
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</span></span>FIX – The zmupdate.pl script previously held a database
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connection open for days at a time but only used to use it periodically. This
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has now been changed to be only open while in use.</p>
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</span></span>FIX – The zmupdate.pl script previously held a database connection
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open for days at a time but only used to use it periodically. This has now been
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changed to be only open while in use.</p>
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not pop to the front, or play the alarm sound, properly. This has been
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corrected.</p>
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<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
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</span></span>FIX – A bug in event streaming when events are of very short
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duration has been fixed. Thanks to forum user ‘reza’ for spotting this one.</p>
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<h2 style='text-indent:-21.75pt'><span style='text-decoration:none'>8.2.<span
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also to view them in sequence by clicking on the ‘Play All’ link. This will
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replay each event and then automatically move onto the next one. You can stop
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this progression at any time by pressing ‘Stop’ (which only stops the sequence and
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not the currently playing event). The timing of the replay is done depending on
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the calculated length of the event (plus one second) and so may not exactly
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correspond to the real event length. In particular this is unlikely to work if
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replaying events using MPEG video and buffering players as the timing will
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likely be incorrect. If you are viewing an event but haven’t checked any in the
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list the ‘Play All’ button will just work down the current event list.</p>
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this progression at any time by pressing ‘Stop’ (which only stops the sequence
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and not the currently playing event). The timing of the replay is done
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depending on the calculated length of the event (plus one second) and so may
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not exactly correspond to the real event length. In particular this is unlikely
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to work if replaying events using MPEG video and buffering players as the
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timing will likely be incorrect. If you are viewing an event but haven’t
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checked any in the list the ‘Play All’ button will just work down the current
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event list.</p>
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<h2 style='text-indent:-21.75pt'><span style='text-decoration:none'>8.3.<span
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1.19.4</h2>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Language fixes and updates.</p>
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</span></span>FEATURE – The generated MIME types when creating streamed video
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were previously assigned by zms depending on which of a limited number of
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output formats was specified. This has now been changed so that the ffmpeg
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libavformat library itself now generates these identifiers. The consequence of
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this is that many more video formats supported by your version of ffmpeg should
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now be available via zms.</p>
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output formats was specified. This has now been changed so that the ffmpeg libavformat
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library itself now generates these identifiers. The consequence of this is that
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many more video formats supported by your version of ffmpeg should now be
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available via zms.</p>
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percentage terms. These values are now displayed in both pixel and percentage
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terms to assist in zone configuration. Note that the percentage values are based
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on the current size of the zone so if this is changed then the value displayed
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will not be applicable at the time of event generation.</p>
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terms to assist in zone configuration. Note that the percentage values are
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based on the current size of the zone so if this is changed then the value
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displayed will not be applicable at the time of event generation.</p>
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</span></span>FIX – A problem was reported whereby when using bulk frame
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records to reduce database load the last frame record was not written.
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Replaying the event via the web interface resulting in the event being truncated.
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A correction has been made so prevent this and ensure that the last frame of an
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event is always recorded.</p>
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Replaying the event via the web interface resulting in the event being
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truncated. A correction has been made so prevent this and ensure that the last
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frame of an event is always recorded.</p>
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computer crashes then events can be left in a state whereby they effectively have
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zero length and are useless. A change to zmaudit.pl was made such that any
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computer crashes then events can be left in a state whereby they effectively
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have zero length and are useless. A change to zmaudit.pl was made such that any
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‘open’ events such as this which have not been updated for at least five
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minutes are closed and updated to reflect their actual content so that they may
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be viewed or saved. Events recovered in this way are named with a ‘(r)’ mark to
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arbitrary command but must be readable and executable by your web server
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effective user. The script or program you specify here will be executed in the
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events root directory once for each event and will be passed one parameter
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containing the relative path to the event directory. This will normally be of
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the form <i><MonitorName>/<EventId></i> so it it possible to
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determine both the monitor and event in question from the path. Note also that
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a flag is set per event as with other auto actions indicating that an
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executable script has been run on that event and so to exclude it from
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subsequent matches. However if you have several filters all with executable
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scripts you will find that only the first gets executed as the flag will be set
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following successful completion and so no further scripts will be run on that
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status, any other status indicates an error and the <i>executed </i>flag will not
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containing the relative path to the event directory. This will normally be of the
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form <i><MonitorName>/<EventId></i> so it it possible to determine
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both the monitor and event in question from the path. Note also that a flag is
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set per event as with other auto actions indicating that an executable script
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has been run on that event and so to exclude it from subsequent matches.
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However if you have several filters all with executable scripts you will find
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that only the first gets executed as the flag will be set following successful
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completion and so no further scripts will be run on that event. Successful
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completion is indicated by the script returning a zero exit status, any other
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status indicates an error and the <i>executed </i>flag will not be set.</p>
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notice relating to this, which I am very happy to do.</p>
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<p class=Command style='margin-left:49.65pt'>"This issue was discovered by
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Mark J Cox <<a href="mailto:mark@awe.com">mark@awe.com</a>>. The
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Common<br>
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Mark J Cox <<a href="mailto:mark@awe.com">mark@awe.com</a>>. The Common<br>
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Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the<br>
|
||||
name CAN-2004-0227 to this issue."</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -2349,8 +2351,7 @@ pass in a username and password to zmu when just querying a device as this was
|
|||
slightly broken and was unnecessary anyway.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2 style='text-indent:-21.75pt'><span style='text-decoration:none'>8.7.<span
|
||||
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>Release
|
||||
1.19.0</h2>
|
||||
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>Release 1.19.0</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText>Some major enhancements and bugfixes.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -2363,10 +2364,10 @@ style as before. Note however that is still somewhat experimental and may not
|
|||
work on your system. The reason for this is due to the variation in plugins and
|
||||
video movie formats. Currently I have got it working well with browsers on
|
||||
Windows platforms using the Windows Media Player plugin and the 'asf' video
|
||||
format. I have also managed to get event streaming working on Mozilla using
|
||||
mplayer (I think) though it jumps in and out of it's place in the window a bit.
|
||||
I would appreciate any feedback or advice on formats and plugins that work on
|
||||
your system. Also note that video streaming tends to get buffered before being
|
||||
format. I have also managed to get event streaming working on Mozilla using mplayer
|
||||
(I think) though it jumps in and out of it's place in the window a bit. I would
|
||||
appreciate any feedback or advice on formats and plugins that work on your
|
||||
system. Also note that video streaming tends to get buffered before being
|
||||
displayed. This can result in the 'live' view being several seconds delayed.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
|
|
@ -2469,11 +2470,11 @@ for the ZM_FRAME_SOCKET_SIZE option.</p>
|
|||
table, several people reported that when saving filters they actually got a
|
||||
duplicate. This resulted in several copies of filters all with the same name as
|
||||
the constraint on unique filter names was not present. Well it is now so when
|
||||
upgrading your database all the filters will be renamed from ‘myfilter’ to
|
||||
‘myfilter_<id>’ where ‘<id>’ is the id number in the database
|
||||
(which is then removed). In general the higher the id number the more recent
|
||||
the filter. So you should go through your filter list deleting old copies and
|
||||
then rename the last one back to it’s original name.</p>
|
||||
upgrading your database all the filters will be renamed from ‘myfilter’ to ‘myfilter_<id>’
|
||||
where ‘<id>’ is the id number in the database (which is then removed). In
|
||||
general the higher the id number the more recent the filter. So you should go
|
||||
through your filter list deleting old copies and then rename the last one back
|
||||
to it’s original name.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2532,8 +2533,7 @@ actions for any that remain.</p>
|
|||
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>Release
|
||||
1.18.0</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText>Major optimisations, important new features and some
|
||||
bugfixes.</p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText>Major optimisations, important new features and some bugfixes.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2559,10 +2559,10 @@ times faster than the old one which is retained for compatibility and because
|
|||
in some unusual circumstances it may still be more accurate (see the
|
||||
ZM_FAST_IMAGE_BLENDS option for details). Altogether these optimisations (along
|
||||
with other common sense ones such as not maintaining a reference image in
|
||||
‘Record’ mode where it is not used) significantly reduce the CPU load for most systems,
|
||||
especially when alarms are not in progress. If an alarm is detected then a lot
|
||||
of file system and database activity takes place which is limited by the speed
|
||||
of these resources so the gain will not be as much.</p>
|
||||
‘Record’ mode where it is not used) significantly reduce the CPU load for most
|
||||
systems, especially when alarms are not in progress. If an alarm is detected
|
||||
then a lot of file system and database activity takes place which is limited by
|
||||
the speed of these resources so the gain will not be as much.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2604,8 +2604,8 @@ matches
|
|||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Additional Scales. Enhancements to the scaling algorithm mean
|
||||
that non binary scales are now just as easy to apply, thus new scales such as
|
||||
0.75x have been added. Others can be easily included if necessary.</p>
|
||||
that non binary scales are now just as easy to apply, thus new scales such as 0.75x
|
||||
have been added. Others can be easily included if necessary.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2658,13 +2658,13 @@ streamed view.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Double Buffered Stills View. The stills view has now been restructured
|
||||
to allow a double buffering approach. Thus a new image is loaded in the
|
||||
background and only written to screen when complete. This removes the refresh
|
||||
flicker that means that the screen blanks periodically however uses more
|
||||
JavaScript so may not be suitable for all platforms. Whether ZoneMinder uses
|
||||
double buffering or not is controlled by the ZM_WEB_DOUBLE_BUFFER configuration
|
||||
option.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Double Buffered Stills View. The stills view has now been
|
||||
restructured to allow a double buffering approach. Thus a new image is loaded
|
||||
in the background and only written to screen when complete. This removes the
|
||||
refresh flicker that means that the screen blanks periodically however uses
|
||||
more JavaScript so may not be suitable for all platforms. Whether ZoneMinder
|
||||
uses double buffering or not is controlled by the ZM_WEB_DOUBLE_BUFFER
|
||||
configuration option.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2857,11 +2857,11 @@ style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>Release
|
|||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Run States. Instead of the old ‘start/stop’ links the current
|
||||
system state is now a link which takes you to a dialog which allows you to
|
||||
start, restart or stop the system. You can also save the current run state
|
||||
which basically takes a snapshot of the current monitor functions and saves
|
||||
that. You can then reselect that state later which basically involves resetting
|
||||
the monitors to have these saved functions and then doing a system restart.</p>
|
||||
system state is now a link which takes you to a dialog which allows you to start,
|
||||
restart or stop the system. You can also save the current run state which
|
||||
basically takes a snapshot of the current monitor functions and saves that. You
|
||||
can then reselect that state later which basically involves resetting the
|
||||
monitors to have these saved functions and then doing a system restart.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2885,10 +2885,10 @@ This has changed to allow for other types of triggers to be added more easily.</
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Paginated Event listings. The event listings are paginated by default.
|
||||
You can list all of the events if you like by choosing the appropriate option.
|
||||
There are shortcuts to pages of events at the top of the listing. If these
|
||||
produce strange looking sequences like 1,2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 37 etc this is
|
||||
</span></span>Paginated Event listings. The event listings are paginated by
|
||||
default. You can list all of the events if you like by choosing the appropriate
|
||||
option. There are shortcuts to pages of events at the top of the listing. If
|
||||
these produce strange looking sequences like 1,2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 37 etc this is
|
||||
deliberate and uses an exponential algorithm intended to allow you to quickly
|
||||
navigate through the list to a particular page in the minimum number of clicks.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -2930,9 +2930,9 @@ processes.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Intelligent Module inclusion. zmfilter.pl now includes
|
||||
Archive::Zip and other modules on an as needed basis so won't complain about
|
||||
them being missing unless they have been explicitly configured to be used.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Intelligent Module inclusion. zmfilter.pl now includes Archive::Zip
|
||||
and other modules on an as needed basis so won't complain about them being
|
||||
missing unless they have been explicitly configured to be used.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3023,8 +3023,8 @@ easier navigation.</p>
|
|||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Archive images optional. Normally when an alarm is detected a set
|
||||
of raw images is saved along with a mirror set of images containing motion
|
||||
highlighting. This second set can now optionally be disabled.</p>
|
||||
of raw images is saved along with a mirror set of images containing motion highlighting.
|
||||
This second set can now optionally be disabled.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=BullettedChar style='text-indent:-35.7pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3061,11 +3061,11 @@ fixed.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Again in .14 a problem occurred for a new release whereby
|
||||
zmconfig wanted to know the database details and but also previously wanted to
|
||||
access the database before it had asked the questions. This has now been
|
||||
addressed though it does require that zmconfig is run twice initially, once to
|
||||
created the scripts and once to import the configuration into the database.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Again in .14 a problem occurred for a new release whereby zmconfig
|
||||
wanted to know the database details and but also previously wanted to access
|
||||
the database before it had asked the questions. This has now been addressed
|
||||
though it does require that zmconfig is run twice initially, once to created
|
||||
the scripts and once to import the configuration into the database.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3194,9 +3194,9 @@ appeared to be causing, some errors.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Fixed zone image map bug for percentage zones. When you had defined
|
||||
a zone in percentage terms, the image map used to select it for editing was
|
||||
broken. This is now fixed.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Fixed zone image map bug for percentage zones. When you had
|
||||
defined a zone in percentage terms, the image map used to select it for editing
|
||||
was broken. This is now fixed.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3252,8 +3252,8 @@ style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&n
|
|||
</span></span>Made zmdc connect more intelligent. On the suggestion of a couple
|
||||
of people I have made the zmdc.pl server spawning and waiting a bit more
|
||||
intelligent. Rather than waiting a fixed (short) amount of time, it now polls
|
||||
every second for a while, stopping if the connection is made. Thanks to Todd
|
||||
McAnally for the initial suggestion.</p>
|
||||
every second for a while, stopping if the connection is made. Thanks to Todd McAnally
|
||||
for the initial suggestion.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3329,10 +3329,10 @@ This has now been corrected so you should see the correct styles. </p>
|
|||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Zmconfig.pl ReadKey. Thanks to a ridiculously sensible suggestion
|
||||
from Carlton Thomas this module has been removed from zmconfig.pl. Originally
|
||||
Term::ReadKey was in there for funky single character unbuffered input but that
|
||||
has long since disappeared so just regular perl input methods are used now. This
|
||||
removes one of the most irritating features about ZoneMinder installs.</p>
|
||||
from Carlton Thomas this module has been removed from zmconfig.pl. Originally Term::ReadKey
|
||||
was in there for funky single character unbuffered input but that has long
|
||||
since disappeared so just regular perl input methods are used now. This removes
|
||||
one of the most irritating features about ZoneMinder installs.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3394,9 +3394,9 @@ notification emails. Use %EV% especially with care!</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Fixed possible motion detection bug – I found a few double
|
||||
declared local variables left over from the rewrite. This may have affected the
|
||||
motion detection algorithm. Fixed now anyway.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Fixed possible motion detection bug – I found a few double declared
|
||||
local variables left over from the rewrite. This may have affected the motion
|
||||
detection algorithm. Fixed now anyway.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3427,8 +3427,8 @@ can now also specify additional ffmpeg options via zmconfig.pl.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Colourise greyscale image files – In past versions, captured greyscale
|
||||
images were stored as JPEG files with a corresponding greyscale colourspace.
|
||||
</span></span>Colourise greyscale image files – In past versions, captured
|
||||
greyscale images were stored as JPEG files with a corresponding greyscale colourspace.
|
||||
This saved a small amount of space but meant that mpeg_encode had to do a
|
||||
conversion to encode them, and ffmpeg just fell in a heap. Now you can
|
||||
optionally opt to have greyscale images saved as full 24 bit colourspace images
|
||||
|
|
@ -3514,10 +3514,10 @@ compatibility with previous releases.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>zmu suspend alarm option - Added new -n option to zmu to effectively
|
||||
suspend alarm detection for a monitor. This is intended for short term use and
|
||||
to support PTZ cameras where alarm detection is desired to be suspended while
|
||||
the camera changes orientation or zoom level.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>zmu suspend alarm option - Added new -n option to zmu to
|
||||
effectively suspend alarm detection for a monitor. This is intended for short
|
||||
term use and to support PTZ cameras where alarm detection is desired to be
|
||||
suspended while the camera changes orientation or zoom level.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3577,9 +3577,8 @@ run when a monitor is active and so actually potentially generating alarms.</p>
|
|||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>zmdc short statuses – Removed the logging of the short status
|
||||
values that zmdc.pl returns to it’s clients which had been clogging up the log
|
||||
file.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>zmdc short statuses – Removed the logging of the short status values
|
||||
that zmdc.pl returns to it’s clients which had been clogging up the log file.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3630,14 +3629,13 @@ included a Width comment which should have been height.</p>
|
|||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Changed colour depth to bits - Having colour depths expressed in
|
||||
bytes has caused no end of problems. This is now changed to be bits and can be
|
||||
changed via a dropdown to limit what can be entered. Don't forget to run the
|
||||
zmalter script to update your DB.</p>
|
||||
changed via a dropdown to limit what can be entered. Don't forget to run the zmalter
|
||||
script to update your DB.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Renamed terminate to zm_terminate - The use of 'terminate' in
|
||||
zmc.cpp caused a conflict on some systems so renamed it to something more
|
||||
specific.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Renamed terminate to zm_terminate - The use of 'terminate' in zmc.cpp
|
||||
caused a conflict on some systems so renamed it to something more specific.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3716,16 +3714,16 @@ up correctly in zmcfg.h.</p>
|
|||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Zmwatch now works on image delay and not fps - Previously the
|
||||
zmwatch daemon detected capture daemon failure by trying to use the FPS
|
||||
setting. This was imprecise and prone to false readings. It now uses the time
|
||||
delay since the last captured image.</p>
|
||||
zmwatch daemon detected capture daemon failure by trying to use the FPS setting.
|
||||
This was imprecise and prone to false readings. It now uses the time delay
|
||||
since the last captured image.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||||
</span></span>Added zmpkg.pl and zm scripts - There are now two new scripts.
|
||||
zmpkg.pl is in charge of starting and stopping ZoneMinder as a whole package
|
||||
and zm is designed to be (optionally) installed into your init.d directory to
|
||||
use ZoneMinder as a service.</p>
|
||||
</span></span>Added zmpkg.pl and zm scripts - There are now two new scripts. zmpkg.pl
|
||||
is in charge of starting and stopping ZoneMinder as a whole package and zm is
|
||||
designed to be (optionally) installed into your init.d directory to use
|
||||
ZoneMinder as a service.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
|
||||
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daeamon will now kill any ZoneMinder processes it finds on startup or shutdown
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to prevent orphans from being left around.</p>
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</span></span>Made zmdc more aggresive in killing old processes - The zmdc.pl daeamon
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will now kill any ZoneMinder processes it finds on startup or shutdown to
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prevent orphans from being left around.</p>
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window should anything catch your attention. You have to remember to switch
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them off as well though.</p>
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</span></span>Forced alarms - You can now force alarms when looking at the
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monitor window should anything catch your attention. You have to remember to
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