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19/01/05 ZoneMinder 1.20.0 README 1
04/02/05 ZoneMinder 1.20.1 README 1
ZoneMinder v1.20.0
ZoneMinder v1.20.1
1. Introduction
@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ interactive mode by typing
perl ./zmconfig.pl -noi
which will just read your file and do the substitutions with
no questions asked. There are two classes of options, `core'
no questions asked. There are two classes of options, 'core'
options which much be specified with zmconfig which detail
things such as database passwords which are compiled into
ZoneMinder and other options with are stored in the database
and which can be modified dynamically via the `options'
and which can be modified dynamically via the 'options'
section of the web interface. Only the first set need to be
completed with zmconfig at this stage. If you want to change
just a few options and can't access the options dialog via the
@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ you should type
zmupdate.pl -version=<previous version> [--user=<db user> --
pass=<db password>]
where `previous version' relates to the version of ZM you are
where 'previous version' relates to the version of ZM you are
upgrading from, 1.19.4 for example. All updates from that
versions onwards will be applied, however zmupdate.pl will
only work with upgrades from 1.19.0 onwards. The `user' and
`pass' options allow you to specify a database user and
password with sufficient privilege to `alter' the structure of
only work with upgrades from 1.19.0 onwards. The 'user' and
'pass' options allow you to specify a database user and
password with sufficient privilege to 'alter' the structure of
the database. This is not necessarily the database user you
use for ZoneMinder itself as specified in the section below.
@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ as follows.
that is a more generic solution to external triggering of
alarms. It can handle external connections via either
internet socket, unix socket or file/device interfaces.
Currently you have to configure these using the `sources'
Currently you have to configure these using the 'sources'
array in the script itself though ultimately I would expect
they would be databased. The format of triggers used by
zmtrigger.pl is as follows
@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ saved. Ignored for 'off' or 'cancel' messages.
zmupdate.pl - Currently this script is responsible for
checking whether a new version of ZoneMinder is available
and other miscellaneous actions related to upgrades and
migrations. It is also intended to be a `one stop shop' for
migrations. It is also intended to be a 'one stop shop' for
any upgrades and will execute everything necessary to
update your installation to a new version.
@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ saved. Ignored for 'off' or 'cancel' messages.
Finally, check zm_config.php in the web directory and amend
any configuration necessary in there. Most will have already
been done by the configuration utilities but some scripts have
a `VERBOSE' flag you can set to get more debug out.
a 'VERBOSE' flag you can set to get more debug out.
At this stage typing 'make install' will install everything to
the desired locations, you may wish to su to root first
@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ chkconfig --add zm
or similar command for your distribution. ZoneMinder will then
start up when your machine reboots and can be controlled (by
the root user) by doing 'service zm start' or 'service zm
stop' etc. You may need to use the `-levels' parameter to
stop' etc. You may need to use the '-levels' parameter to
chkconfig to ensure that ZoneMinder is started when you need
it to.
@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ an option that lets you specify whether anyone that goes to
the ZoneMinder web pages must authenticate themselves in order
to be given permissions to perform certain tasks. If you chose
this mode then you will need to log in here. By default a
fully privileged user `admin' has been created with a password
also of `admin'. You should change this password as soon as
fully privileged user 'admin' has been created with a password
also of 'admin'. You should change this password as soon as
possible.
Once you've logged in, or if you are running in un-
@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ window. This will resize itself to avoid being too intrusive
on your desktop. Along the top there are several informational
entries like the time of the last update and the current
server load. There will also be an indication of the system
state which will probably say `stopped' to start with. This is
state which will probably say 'stopped' to start with. This is
a link that you can click on to control the ZoneMinder system
as a whole. Below that are various other links including one
detailing the current user (in authenticated mode only) and
@ -495,12 +495,12 @@ permissions run 'zmfix -a' to make sure you can access all the
video devices.
The options are divided into a set of tabs to make it easier
to edit. You do not have to `save' to change to different tab
to edit. You do not have to 'save' to change to different tab
so you can make all the changes you require and then click
`Save' at the end. The individual option are explained in a
'Save' at the end. The individual option are explained in a
little more detail below,
`Monitor' Tab
'Monitor' Tab
Name - The name for your monitor. This should be made up
of alphanumeric characters (a-z,A-Z,0-9) and hyphen (-)
@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ image analysis is done and so no alarms or events will be
generated,
ú 'Modect' - or MOtion DEteCTtion. All captured images will
be analysed and events generated where motion is detected.
ú `Record' - In this case continuous events of a fixed
ú 'Record' - In this case continuous events of a fixed
length are generated regardless of motion which is analogous
to a convention time-lapse video recorder. No motion detection
takes place in this mode.
ú `Mocord' - This is a hybrid of Modect and Record and
ú 'Mocord' - This is a hybrid of Modect and Record and
results in both fixed length events being recorded and also
any motion being highlighted within those events.
ú 'Nodect' - or No DEteCTtion. This is a special mode
@ -529,24 +529,24 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
motion detection takes place but events are recorded if
external triggers require it.
Generally speaking it is best to choose `Monitor' as an
Generally speaking it is best to choose 'Monitor' as an
initial setting here..
Section Length - This specifies the length (in seconds) of
any fixed length events produced when the monitor function
is `Record' or `Mocord'. Otherwise it is ignored. This
is 'Record' or 'Mocord'. Otherwise it is ignored. This
should not be so long that events are difficult to
navigate nor so short that too many events are generated.
A length of between 300 and 900 seconds I recommended.
Frame Skip - This setting also applies only to the
`Record' or `Mocord' functions and specifies how many
'Record' or 'Mocord' functions and specifies how many
frames should be skipped in the recorded events. The
default setting of zero results in every captured frame
being saved, whereas one would mean that one frame is
skipped between each saved one, two means that two frames
are skipped between each saved one etc. An alternate way
of thinking is that one in every `Frame Skip + 1' frames
of thinking is that one in every 'Frame Skip + 1' frames
is saved. The point of this is to ensure that saved events
do not take up too much space unnecessarily whilst still
allowing the camera to capture at a fairly high frame
@ -554,23 +554,23 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
rate which will obviously affect the rate at which frames
are saved.
Run Mode - Two choices are available here. `Continuous' is
Run Mode - Two choices are available here. 'Continuous' is
the usual setting and means that the monitor is expected
to be performing the function selected above at all times
and should one or more of the daemons fail or not be
running it will be automatically restarted. By contrast
`Triggered' means that the decision about whether the
'Triggered' means that the decision about whether the
daemons should actually be active is devolved to an
external triggering mechanism.
Triggers - This small section lets you select which
triggers will apply if the run mode has been set to
`triggered' above. The most common trigger is X10 and this
'triggered' above. The most common trigger is X10 and this
will appear here if you indicated that your system
supported it during installation. Only X10 is supported as
a shipped trigger with ZoneMinder at present but it is
expected that other triggers will become available as
necessary. You can also just use `cron' jobs or other
necessary. You can also just use 'cron' jobs or other
mechanisms to actually control the camera and keep them
completely outside of the ZoneMinder settings.
@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
one or the other affects which set of options are shown in
the next tab.
`Source' Tab (local device)
'Source' Tab (local device)
Device Number/Channel - For a local camera enter the
device number that your camera is attached to. If it is
@ -626,10 +626,10 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
can. If not set the orientation here. If you choose one of
the rotation options remember to switch the height and
width fields so that they apply, e.g. if your camera
captures at 352x288 and you choose `Rotate Right' here
captures at 352x288 and you choose 'Rotate Right' here
then set the height to be 352 and width to be 288.
`Source' Tab (remote device)
'Source' Tab (remote device)
Remote Host/Port/Path - For remote cameras use these
fields to enter the full URL of the camera. Basically if
@ -652,10 +652,10 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
Orientation - As per local devices.
`Timestamp' Tab
'Timestamp' Tab
Timestamp Label Format - This relates to the timestamp
that is applied to each frame. It is a `sprintf' style
that is applied to each frame. It is a 'sprintf' style
string. It is actually passed through sprintf and then
through printf to add the monitor name so a format of '%%s
- %y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S' (note the double % at the beginning)
@ -670,11 +670,11 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
timestamp at the bottom of the image use a value eight
less than the image height.
`Buffers' Tab
'Buffers' Tab
Image Buffer Size - This option determines how many frames
are held in the ring buffer at any one time. The ring
buffer is the storage space where the last `n' images are
buffer is the storage space where the last 'n' images are
kept, ready to be resurrected on an alarm or just kept
waiting to be analysed. It can be any value you like with
a couple of provisos, (see next options). However it is
@ -725,18 +725,18 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
flickers or other transients. Values over 3 or 4 are
unlikely to be useful however. Please note that if you
have statistics recording enabled then currently
statistics are not recorded for the first `Alarm Frame
statistics are not recorded for the first 'Alarm Frame
Count'-1 frames of an event. So if you set this value to 5
then the first 4 frames will be missing statistics whereas
the more usual value of 1 will ensure that all alarm
frames have statistics recorded.
`Misc' Tab
'Misc' Tab
Event Prefix - By default events are named `Event-<event
Event Prefix - By default events are named 'Event-<event
id>', however you are free to rename them individually as
you wish. This option lets you modify the event prefix,
the `Event-` part, to be a value of your choice so that
the 'Event-' part, to be a value of your choice so that
events are named differently as they are generated. This
allows you to name events according to which monitor
generated them.
@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
be for you but start with 10 here and adjust it (usually
down) later if necessary.
`X10' Tab
'X10' Tab
Note: This tab and its options will only appear if you
have indicated that your system supports the X10 home
@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ any motion being highlighted within those events.
X10 Activation String - The contents of this field
determine when a monitor starts and/or stops being active
when running in `Triggered; mode and with X10 triggers.
when running in 'Triggered; mode and with X10 triggers.
The format of this string is as follows,
n : If you simply enter a number then the monitor will be
@ -915,12 +915,12 @@ to view. For instance you may only wish to view outdoor
monitors while indoors. You can also choose to view all of
them. If you choose a group then your selection will be
remembered via a cookie and will be used until you change it.
You can call your groups anything you like, though `Mobile'
You can call your groups anything you like, though 'Mobile'
has a special meaning (see Mobile Devices below). There may
also be a `Cycle' link which allows you to cycle through a
also be a 'Cycle' link which allows you to cycle through a
shot from each of your monitors (in the selected group unless
they are switched off) and get a streamed or still image from
each in turn. Similarly if you see a link titled `Montage' it
each in turn. Similarly if you see a link titled 'Montage' it
will allow you view all your active enabled cameras (in the
selected group) simultaneously. Be aware however that this can
consume large amounts of bandwidth and CPU so should not be
@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ are as follows.
Units - This setting which details whether certain of the
following settings are in Pixels or Percent, where
`Percent' refers to a percentage area of the zone itself.
In general `Pixels' is more precise whereas percentages
'Percent' refers to a percentage area of the zone itself.
In general 'Pixels' is more precise whereas percentages
are easier to use to start with or if you change image
sizes frequently. If you change this setting all
appropriate values below are redisplayed in the correct
@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ are as follows.
alarm checking that will take place, and more specifically
what tests are applied to determine whether a frame
represents an alarm or not. The three options are
`AlarmPixels', `FilteredPixels' and `Blobs' and depending
'AlarmPixels', 'FilteredPixels' and 'Blobs' and depending
on which option is chosen some of the following other
settings may become unavailable. The first of these
indicates that only a count of individual alarmed pixels
@ -1086,14 +1086,14 @@ are as follows.
remove isolated pixels (see below) before being counted,
and the third uses a more sophisticated analysis which is
designed to aggregate alarmed pixels into continuous
groups, or `blobs'. Blob analysis is the method ZoneMinder
groups, or 'blobs'. Blob analysis is the method ZoneMinder
has always used previously (before it became optional) and
so this is the default. However this method takes slightly
longer and so if you find that one of the other methods
works just as well for you and you wish to maximise
performance you can opt for that instead. Some of the more
useful alarm related features such as highlighted analysis
images are only available with the `Blob' setting.
images are only available with the 'Blob' setting.
Min/Maximum Alarm Threshold - These setting are used to
define limits for the difference in value between a pixel
@ -1188,13 +1188,13 @@ frame that just contains a status; this will be 'Idle',
and what's going on in the field of view. Idle means nothing
is happening, Alarm means there is an alarm in progress and
Alert means that an alarm has happened and the monitor is
`cooling down', if another alarm is generated in this time it
'cooling down', if another alarm is generated in this time it
will just become part of the same event. These indicators are
colour coded in green, red and amber.
By default if you have minimised this window or opened other
windows in front it will pop up to the front if it goes to
Alarm state. This behaviour can be turned off in `options' if
Alarm state. This behaviour can be turned off in 'options' if
required. You can also specify a sound file in the
configuration, which will be played when an alarm occurs to
alert you to the fact if you are not in front of your
@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ perl and so are parsed by the Date::Manip package. Not all
date formats are available in both so if you are saved your
filter to do automatic deletions or other tasks you should
make sure that the date and time format you use is compatible
with both methods. The safest type of format to use is `-3
with both methods. The safest type of format to use is '-3
day' or similar with easily parseable numbers and units are in
English.
@ -1297,12 +1297,12 @@ elements, Disk Blocks and Disk Percent which don't directly
relate to the events themselves but to the disk partition on
which the events are stored. These allow you to specify an
amount of disk usage either in blocks or in percentage as
returned by the `df' command. They relate to the amount of
returned by the 'df' command. They relate to the amount of
disk space used and not the amount left free. Once your filter
is specified, clicking 'submit' will filter the events
according to your specification. As the disk based elements
are not event related directly if you create a filter and
include the term `DiskPercent > 95' then if your current disk
include the term 'DiskPercent > 95' then if your current disk
usage is over that amount when you submit the filter then all
events will be listed whereas if it is less then none at all
will. As such the disk related terms will tend to be used
@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ The various options you can specify are displayed in a tabbed
dialog with each group of options displayed under a different
heading. Each option is displayed with its name, a short
description and the current value. You can also click on the
`?' link following each description to get a fuller
'?' link following each description to get a fuller
explanation about each option. This is the same as you would
get from zmconfig.pl. A number of option groups have a master
option near the top which enables or disables the whole group
@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ so you should be aware of the state of this before modifying
options and expecting them to make any difference.
If you have changed the value of an option you should then
`save' it. A number of the option groups will then prompt you
'save' it. A number of the option groups will then prompt you
to let you know that the option(s) you have changed will
require a system restart. This is not done automatically in
case you will be changing many values in the same session,
@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ that web and some scripts will pick up the new changes
immediately but some of the daemons will still be using the
old values and this can lead to data inconsistency or loss.
One of the options you may notice in the `System' tab allows
One of the options you may notice in the 'System' tab allows
you to specify the default language for your installation of
ZoneMinder. Versions 1.17.0 and later support multiple
languages but rely on users to assist in creating language
@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ given then UK English is assumed. Most languages will be
specified in this nn_mm format and to check which languages
are available look for files named zm_lang_*.php in the
ZoneMinder build directory where the parts represented by the
`*' would be what you would enter as a language. This is
'*' would be what you would enter as a language. This is
slightly unwieldy and will probably be improved in future to
make it easier to determine language availability. On checking
which languages are available it may be that your preferred
@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ may be included in future releases. All the language elements
are given in the zm_lang_en_gb.php file along with a few notes
to help you understand the format.
As mentioned above, you may also see a `users' tab in the
As mentioned above, you may also see a 'users' tab in the
Options area. In this section you will see a list of the
current users defined on the system. You can also add or
delete users from here. It is recommended you do not delete
@ -1498,28 +1498,28 @@ is done in the same way as for the system default language
described above.
There are also four values that define the user permissions,
these are `stream', `events', `monitors' and `system' Each can
have values of `none', `view' or `edit' apart from `stream'
which has no `edit' setting. These values cover access to the
following areas; `stream' defines whether a user is allowed to
view the `live' video feeds coming from the cameras. You may
these are 'stream', 'events', 'monitors' and 'system' Each can
have values of 'none', 'view' or 'edit' apart from 'stream'
which has no 'edit' setting. These values cover access to the
following areas; 'stream' defines whether a user is allowed to
view the 'live' video feeds coming from the cameras. You may
wish to allow a user to view historical events only in which
case this setting should be `none'. The `events' setting
case this setting should be 'none'. The 'events' setting
determines whether a user can view and modify or delete any
retained historical events. The `monitors' setting specifies
retained historical events. The 'monitors' setting specifies
whether a user can see the current monitor settings and change
them. Finally the `system' setting determines whether a user
them. Finally the 'system' setting determines whether a user
can view or modify the system settings as a whole, such as
options and users or controlling the running of the system as
a whole. As well as these settings there is also a monitor ids
setting that can be used for non-'system' users to restrict
them to only being able to access streams, events or monitors
for the given monitors ids as a comma separated list with no
spaces. If a user with `monitors' edit privileges is limited
spaces. If a user with 'monitors' edit privileges is limited
to specific monitors here they will not be able to add or
delete monitors but only change the details of those they have
access to. If a user has `system' privileges then the
`monitors ids' setting is ignored and has no effect.'
access to. If a user has 'system' privileges then the
'monitors ids' setting is ignored and has no effect.'
That's pretty much is it for the tour. You should experiment
with the various setting to get the results you think are
@ -1580,11 +1580,11 @@ ZoneMinder itself only has to deal with these capabilities and
not the individual phone types.
To use WURFL you should install the php files in the same
directory as ZoneMinder and then create a `wurfl' sub-
directory as ZoneMinder and then create a 'wurfl' sub-
directory and ensure it is readable and writeable (or
preferably owned by) your web server user. You should put the
wurfl.xml file in there. One other thing you may need to
change, as the xml file is quite large, is the `memory_limit'
change, as the xml file is quite large, is the 'memory_limit'
setting in php.ini as the default setting of 8Mb may be too
small. Once you've done this you should find that your phone
or device is recognised and if it can support XHTML-MP it will
@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ receive that interface. If your phone is very new, or you are
using an old version of the XML file you might find that it is
not present however. The WURFL library uses a caching strategy
to avoid reloading the whole XML file each time so check if a
sensible looking cache file has been created in the `wurfl'
sensible looking cache file has been created in the 'wurfl'
sub-directory also check the wurfl.log in the same place.
The WURFL is a third party application and as such I am unable
@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ me know and I would be pleased to hear about it.
As support for cookies in mobile devices is patchy at best,
the groups feature is not fully implemented in the XHTML-MP
views. Instead if there is a group called `Mobile' already
views. Instead if there is a group called 'Mobile' already
defined then that group will always be effective, if not then
all monitors available to the logged in user will be visible,
@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ Some things to check.
check the system logs (usually /var/log/messages) for any
video configuration errors. If you get some and you're sure
they're not a problem then switch off ZM_STRICT_VIDEO_CONFIG
in zmconfig.pl or the `options' tab.
in zmconfig.pl or the 'options' tab.
o Start simple. Begin with a single monitor and single
zone. You can run the zmc capture daemon from the command line
@ -1819,14 +1819,70 @@ http://www.zoneminder.com/downloads/noIEClick.reg
8. Change Log
8.1. Release 1.20.0
Improved and added features, several minor bugfixes.
8.1. Release 1.20.1
Mostly bug fixes, large and small with a couple of minor
features included.
o FIX - A dependency on the regular expression library was
introduced in 1.20.0 which caused some people to have build
problems. This library has traditionally been is necessary to
support network cameras but not otherwise. This situation has
now been restored.
o FEATURE - Added ZM_RAND_STREAM option. This option adds a
time code onto the url of each stream to prevent it from being
cached which had caused some broken image problems with some
browsers, notably Mozilla.
o FIX - Made zms check ZM_OPT_AUTH before loading user
details. This should have been in there in 1.20.0 but was
omitted and should fix the issue where streams did not work
with authentication off.
o FIX - There was some debug code left behind in
zm_xhtml.php. This was unnecessary and has been removed.
o FIX - Fixed user sql, added debug and wrapped in check
for libcrypto in zm_user.cpp. This should correct bogus
loading of user data which may have affected some people. You
can also now just bump up the debug level to see what the auth
strings being used are.
o FIX - The xHTML console page now uses the mobile group as
it should have in 1.20.0
o FIX - Modified database username to be binary. You need
to run the zmalter-1.20.0 sql script as usual to change your
Users table to disallow case-insensitive checking which may
have been breaking some people's streams.
o FIX - Fixed incorrect constant definitions in
zmtrigger.pl. This script had not been updated along with the
other scripts.
o FIX - Fixed bogus double .jpg suffix on diagnostic
images, also included them (if they exist) in frame view.
o FIX - Corrected broken check for libcrypto (the check
happened before any definition) causing build problems for
some people who do not have MD5 library installed.
o FIX - Added permissions mode to mkdir in zm_actions.php
to remove php warning.
o FIX - Added space before -m in zmu command in
zm_actions.php
o FIX - Added quotes around brightness etc SQL in
zm_actions.php to avoid errors when values are empty.
o FIX - Added line length to fgets in zm_config.php.z to
prevent php warning
o FIX - Slightly enlarged a couple of window sizes in
zm_config.php.z to work better with different browsers.
o FIX - Defined empty array in html_view_states to prevent
php warnings.
o FEATURE - Console window now sizes itself according to
how many monitors in list, though there is a minimum size.
o FIX - Corrected bug in zmfilter.pl.z which meant that
images were not always correctly uploaded.
8.2. Release 1.20.0
Improved and added features, several minor bug fixes.
o FEATURE - Certain configuration (Mostly database
settings) is now stored in a new file zm.conf. This means that
database access settings can be changed without recompilation.
It also allows the creation of ZoneMinder rpms. Watch
zoneminder.com for details. Thanks for forum user `oskin' for
zoneminder.com for details. Thanks for forum user 'oskin' for
his work on this.
o FEATURE - The WML interface is now deprecated and the
@ -1836,7 +1892,7 @@ o FEATURE - Monitor groups have now been added allowing
subsets of monitors to be viewed independently.
o FEATURE - A generic external triggering interface has
been included via the zmtrigger.pl script. A new monitor
function `Nodect' has been added to support this.
function 'Nodect' has been added to support this.
o FEATURE - Interaction between the web pages and the
streaming daemons and other utilities has previously been not
as secure as it could have been and open to possible abuse.
@ -1901,14 +1957,14 @@ alarm sound, properly. This has been corrected.
etc) to function with ZoneMinder.
o FIX - A bug in event streaming when events are of very
short duration has been fixed. Thanks to forum user `reza' for
short duration has been fixed. Thanks to forum user 'reza' for
spotting this one.
o FIX - A possible exploit in the login page was identified
and has now been fixed. Thanks again to forum user `reza'
and has now been fixed. Thanks again to forum user 'reza'
highlighting this problem also.
8.2. Release 1.19.5
8.3. Release 1.19.5
Various miscellaneous fixes and features.
o FIX - Sorting event lists by duration was broken and has
@ -1917,21 +1973,21 @@ Various miscellaneous fixes and features.
o FEATURE - The zmfix utility previous corrected file
permissions on video device files only. This has been modified
to do likewise to the X10 device serial port if enabled.
o FIX - The modification suggested by forum user `oskin'
o FIX - The modification suggested by forum user 'oskin'
has been incorporated into the code to try and reduce or
remove video for linux errors.
o FIX - The remote network camera parsing code has been
patched to try
o FIX - The error reported when a `shmget' call fails has
o FIX - The error reported when a 'shmget' call fails has
been changed to include further information about the cause.
o LANGUAGE - Fixed missing semicolon in German language
file.
o FEATURE - Added `<<' and `>>' links to the page selector
in the events list as suggested by forum user `unclerichy'.
o FEATURE - Added '<<' and '>>' links to the page selector
in the events list as suggested by forum user 'unclerichy'.
o FEATURE - Brightness, colour, hue and contrast are now
saved persistently for a monitor rather than being reset each
time the system is restarted. This feature is based on a patch
submitted by forum user `oskin'.
submitted by forum user 'oskin'.
o FEATURE - In previous versions the events folder has been
keyed by the monitor name. This has caused problems in the
past with various characters appearing which are legal in
@ -1957,26 +2013,26 @@ compilation. This version will detect which version of ffmpeg
you have and compile accordingly.
o FEATURE - You can now specify a prefix for events
generated by particular monitors. This will replace the
default `Event-` one.
default 'Event-' one.
o FEATURE - If you use filters to send event notification
emails you can now have them sent in HTML format. This is done
automatically if your mail body includes a `<html>' token,
automatically if your mail body includes a '<html>' token,
o FEATURE - An experimental feature has been added which
lets you view several events in sequence. In event listing you
can check the events you want to view and then click the
`View' button. This will allow you to navigate through only
'View' button. This will allow you to navigate through only
those events in the normal manner (via Prev and Next links)
but also to view them in sequence by clicking on the `Play
but also to view them in sequence by clicking on the 'Play
All' link. This will replay each event and then automatically
move onto the next one. You can stop this progression at any
time by pressing `Stop' (which only stops the sequence and not
time by pressing 'Stop' (which only stops the sequence and not
the currently playing event). The timing of the replay is done
depending on the calculated length of the event (plus one
second) and so may not exactly correspond to the real event
length. In particular this is unlikely to work if replaying
events using MPEG video and buffering players as the timing
will likely be incorrect. If you are viewing an event but
haven't checked any in the list the `Play All' button will
haven't checked any in the list the 'Play All' button will
just work down the current event list.
o FIX - A default php error level excluding notice warnings
is now explicitly set.
@ -1986,12 +2042,12 @@ been desirable as sometimes glitches and flickers create large
numbers of events, however no mechanism existed for limiting
this. In this version you can now specify the minimum number
of consecutive alarmed frames that are necessary to create an
event. This is the `Alarm Frame Count' described above. Note
event. This is the 'Alarm Frame Count' described above. Note
that if an alarm is in progress single isolated alarmed frames
will still prolong it and the count only applies to the
initial frames that would cause the event.
8.3. Release 1.19.4
8.4. Release 1.19.4
Language fixes and updates.
o FIX - The US English language file was recursively
@ -2005,7 +2061,7 @@ o LANGUAGE - The Argentinian Spanish, Polish and Italian
translations have all been updated with tokens introduced in
version 1.19.3.
8.4. Release 1.19.3
8.5. Release 1.19.3
Minor tweaks, fixes and language updates.
o FEATURE - All stills views now use the single image mode
@ -2022,7 +2078,7 @@ generates these identifiers. The consequence of this is that
many more video formats supported by your version of ffmpeg
should now be available via zms.
o FEATURE - When viewing a single frame of an event you can
select a `stats' link to view the statistics that apply to
select a 'stats' link to view the statistics that apply to
that frame, if you have the RECORD_EVENT_STATS option switched
on. This can be used to help configure your zones for optimal
motion detection. Previously only pixel count values were
@ -2045,11 +2101,11 @@ event is always recorded.
o FIX - If an analysis daemon terminates abnormally or the
host computer crashes then events can be left in a state
whereby they effectively have zero length and are useless. A
change to zmaudit.pl was made such that any `open' events such
change to zmaudit.pl was made such that any 'open' events such
as this which have not been updated for at least five minutes
are closed and updated to reflect their actual content so that
they may be viewed or saved. Events recovered in this way are
named with a `(r)' mark to help identify them.
named with a '(r)' mark to help identify them.
o FIX - In more recent versions of MySQL the password hash
generated is 50 characters long, which overflows the previous
password field in the database which was only 32 characters
@ -2065,7 +2121,7 @@ misnamed. This is now corrected though you may need to reset
the values that were used previously as these will be lost if
they had been changed.
o FIX - It was previously the case that old images could be
left in the `images' directory for a long period, sometimes
left in the 'images' directory for a long period, sometimes
resulting in incorrectly assuming correct operation. A fix was
made to zmaudit.pl which modified the previous clean up of old
WAP images so that any old images left in this directory are
@ -2076,12 +2132,12 @@ will now be deleted.
o FIX - A JavaScript error in the Zone configuration screen
was identified and fixed.
o LANGUAGE - A Brazilian Portuguese translation has been
supplied by Victor Diago and is available by selecting `pt_br'
supplied by Victor Diago and is available by selecting 'pt_br'
as the language type.
o LANGUAGE - Updated versions of the Dutch and Argentinian
Spanish translations have been included.
8.5. Release 1.19.2
8.6. Release 1.19.2
Minor features, fixes and language updates.
o FEATURE - The default replay rate and live and event
@ -2110,7 +2166,7 @@ installations and upgrades is a sample filter called
PurgeWhenFull which can be used to do this. It is initially
not set to do anything automatically so if you want to use it,
you should load it into the filter selection window, modify it
to your taste and then save it, selecting `auto delete'.
to your taste and then save it, selecting 'auto delete'.
Please note that filters created using disk related terms to
delete events should always contain a limit term also
otherwise it is possible for all events to match and thus be
@ -2190,7 +2246,7 @@ in English. There will shortly be a point release which
includes these language updates assuming I can get
translations of them in a reasonable timescale.
8.6. Release 1.19.1
8.7. Release 1.19.1
Minor bugfixes and enhancements.
o Ffmpeg Configure Changes. The configure script has been
@ -2221,7 +2277,7 @@ requirement to pass in a username and password to zmu when
just querying a device as this was slightly broken and was
unnecessary anyway.
8.7. Release 1.19.0
8.8. Release 1.19.0
Some major enhancements and bugfixes.
o MPEG video streaming. ZoneMinder now supports true video
@ -2275,17 +2331,17 @@ between. Bulk frames are only used when no alarm or motion
detection activity is taking place and normal frame records
are kept otherwise.
o Event List Ordering and Scrolling. It was previously the
case that the `Next' and `Prev' buttons on the event view did
case that the 'Next' and 'Prev' buttons on the event view did
not always go to the event that was expected and sometimes
disappeared altogether. This behaviour has now been modified
and these buttons will now take you to the next and previous
events in the list which the event was selected from. Thus if
the list was sorted on ascending scores then the `next' event
the list was sorted on ascending scores then the 'next' event
is the one below which has a higher score etc. A possibly
counterintuitive side effect of this is that as the default
list is sorted by descending time the `next' event is the one
list is sorted by descending time the 'next' event is the one
below in the list which will actually be earlier and the
`previous' event is later. So long as you remember that next
'previous' event is later. So long as you remember that next
and prev refer to the order of the list you should be ok.
o Zone Percentage Sizes. Zone motion detection parameters
can be defined either in terms of total pixels or as a
@ -2299,7 +2355,7 @@ existing zones you can run zmupdate.pl with the -z option,
though this should be done only once and you should backup
your database beforehand in case of error.
o Console View System Display. The console display was
slight revamped to indicate disk space usage (via the `df'
slight revamped to indicate disk space usage (via the 'df'
command) on the events partition,
o Zone Form Validation. Changes applied in version 1.18.0
to prevent invalidate entries in the zone definition form
@ -2325,7 +2381,7 @@ 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
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
@ -2347,7 +2403,7 @@ being deleted when monitor was.
o A translation for the Dutch (nl_nl) language has been
included.
8.8. Release 1.18.1
8.9. Release 1.18.1
Minor bugfixes.
o Filter Monitor Name Bug. A bug was present in the
@ -2366,7 +2422,7 @@ recommended that you review your list of saved filters and
delete duplicates before adding any monitor specific terms and
resetting the actions for any that remain.
8.9. Release 1.18.0
8.10. Release 1.18.0
Major optimisations, important new features and some bugfixes.
o Optimisations and Performance Improvements. This release
@ -2396,7 +2452,7 @@ Major optimisations, important new features and some bugfixes.
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'
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
@ -2431,9 +2487,9 @@ filters and delete duplicates before adding any monitor
specific terms and resetting the actions for any that remain.
o New Filter Operators. Two new filter operators and their
inverse have been added. You can now indicate whether a value
is in a set of other values, for example `cat' is in the set
of `cat, dog, cow, horse'. You can also use regular
expressions so `cat' matches `^c.*'. The `not in set' and `not
is in a set of other values, for example 'cat' is in the set
of 'cat, dog, cow, horse'. You can also use regular
expressions so 'cat' matches '^c.*'. The 'not in set' and 'not
matches' operators are also available.
o Additional Scales. Enhancements to the scaling algorithm
mean that non binary scales are now just as easy to apply,
@ -2496,7 +2552,7 @@ could sometimes be 30 or even 45 minutes. This was especially
the case with monitors that had low frame rates. This is now
fixed.
8.10. Release 1.17.2
8.11. Release 1.17.2
Minor features, bug fixes and additional languages.
o Pending Process Bug. A bug was found whereby a process
@ -2511,7 +2567,7 @@ for by the configure script and it is not used if not present.
o Add Max Alarm Threshold. Previously the alarm threshold
(which is the amount a pixel has to differ from it's
counterpart in the reference image) existed only in a
`minimum' form meaning pixels that were more different
'minimum' form meaning pixels that were more different
matched. A maximum has now been added to assist in screening
out large changes in brightness. In addition to this a number
of new consistency checks have been added to the zone
@ -2535,8 +2591,8 @@ analyse.jpg. This is to allow all images (including diagnostic
ones) to be associated with the frame sequence number more
easily. This means that old events will no longer be able to
be viewed as the wrong image will be being searched for. To
avoid this you can use the new `zmupdate.pl' utility to rename
all your old images by doing `perl zmupdate.pl -r' as an
avoid this you can use the new 'zmupdate.pl' utility to rename
all your old images by doing 'perl zmupdate.pl -r' as an
appropriately privileged or root user.
o Version checking. ZoneMinder will now optionally check
for new versions of itself at zoneminder.com. This is done
@ -2550,8 +2606,8 @@ override it's detection of browser capabilities to prevent the
Cambozola Java applet being used. However sometimes the
opposite effect was desired and using the applet was preferred
to native image handling. This has now been made possible by
making the ZM_CAN_STREAM option tri-state allowing `auto',
`yes' or `no' to be used to provide all alternatives.
making the ZM_CAN_STREAM option tri-state allowing 'auto',
'yes' or 'no' to be used to provide all alternatives.
o Alarms Cleared on Exit. In previous versions if an alarm
was present when the analysis daemon (zma) exited the alarm
would remain flagged. This had little effect except if the
@ -2560,7 +2616,7 @@ alarm flag is now cleared when this daemon exits.
o New Languages. Translations for Japanese (ja_jp), French
(fr_fr) and Russian (ru_ru) are now included.
8.11. Release 1.17.1
8.12. Release 1.17.1
Bugfixes and additional languages.
o Login Bug. A bug was identified whereby an unauthorised
@ -2583,11 +2639,11 @@ as this is a rarely accessed area and contains a great deal of
text. The new format allows individual options to be
translated piecemeal as the opportunity arises.
8.12. Release 1.17.0
8.13. Release 1.17.0
Language changes and other enhancements.
o Version Numbering. ZoneMinder version numbers have now
changed. This is to allow more frequent `point' releases which
changed. This is to allow more frequent 'point' releases which
are expected to happen for instance whenever new language
files are included. Previously all releases had the same
version increment so it was difficult to tell the significance
@ -2610,7 +2666,7 @@ zm_lang_nn_mm.php which can be created from the default
zm_lang_en_gb.php file. If your language is not included then
please consider doing a translation by checking this file and
submitting your changes back for inclusion in future releases.
o Syntactic Improvements. Previously setting `NOTICE'
o Syntactic Improvements. Previously setting 'NOTICE'
errors on in PHP would flag tens or hundreds of violations in
the ZoneMinder web files. Whilst not strictly errors this
represented sloppy coding and sometimes covered up genuine
@ -2631,10 +2687,10 @@ function call has been corrected.
o Minor Bugs. A number of minor bugs and inconsistencies
were corrected.
8.13. Release 0.9.16
8.14. Release 0.9.16
Major usability enhancement and fixes.
o Run States. Instead of the old `start/stop' links the
o 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
@ -2757,7 +2813,7 @@ correctly parsed from command line options passed to zmu.
o Event window width variable. Event windows now scale to
fit the event image size.
8.14. Release 0.9.15
8.15. Release 0.9.15
Various bug fixes from the last release and before.
o Bandwidth. A bug was introduced in .14 which caused a
@ -2796,7 +2852,7 @@ images written by zma directly were colourised whereas those
written by zmf weren't. A change has been made whereby if set
all greyscale JPEG images are colourised in all circumstances.
8.15. Release 0.9.14
8.16. Release 0.9.14
Major new feature and important bug-fixes.
o Web configuration. Following many requests and to make
@ -2823,7 +2879,7 @@ has been removed. This module had been removed from
zmconfig.pl previously but had lingered in this script.
o A bug was found in zmx10.pl causing a crash if time
delayed X10 events were used. This has now been fixed.
o Removed use of `zmu' binary from zmwatch.pl and zmx10.pl.
o Removed use of 'zmu' binary from zmwatch.pl and zmx10.pl.
Previously these scripts had used zmu to determine last image
time and alarm state information. The use of this script was a
bit overkill and the introduction of user permissions
@ -2840,7 +2896,7 @@ o All SQL buffers in the C++ code have been enlarged. There
was previously an issue with a buffer overflow on certain
occasions.
8.16. Release 0.9.13
8.17. Release 0.9.13
Beta version of several features and fixes, never generally
released.
@ -2891,7 +2947,7 @@ windows to restart the refresh process. By using JS refresh
timers which are not interrupted these extraneous refreshes
have been mostly eliminated.
8.17. Release 0.9.12
8.18. Release 0.9.12
Mostly bug-fixes with a couple of minor features.
o Double first images. Fixed a problem where the first
@ -2919,7 +2975,7 @@ for short deltas. This routine has been changed to allow
variable precision and events will now have to be several days
long to wrap in this way.
o Fixed round detection problem. Although the existence or
otherwise of the `round' function is correctly detected, the
otherwise of the 'round' function is correctly detected, the
appropriate header file with the results of this test was not
included which was not helpful. This has been corrected.
o Fixed monitor rename bug. Renaming a monitor did not
@ -2966,9 +3022,9 @@ o Delete monitor confirm. Due to some unfortunate accidents
by users, attempts to delete monitors will now require
confirmation.
o Detect linmysqlclient.a. Added better detection script
into `configure' top spot when libmysqlclient.a is missing.
into 'configure' top spot when libmysqlclient.a is missing.
8.18. Release 0.9.11
8.19. Release 0.9.11
Various new features and fixes.
o Added stats view - If you have the RECORD_EVENT_STATS
@ -3054,10 +3110,10 @@ o Web colour change - I thought the old red, green and
amber text colours were just a bit too gaudy so I've toned
them down a bit. Hope you like them!
8.19. Release 0.9.10
8.20. Release 0.9.10
Many bug-fixes and major feature enhancements.
o Configure `round' bug - Fixed a problem with the
o Configure 'round' bug - Fixed a problem with the
configure script that didn't detect if the 'round' function
was already declared before try to do it itself.
@ -3074,7 +3130,7 @@ be left behind.
o Streamed cycle view - The monitor cycle view (the one
where each monitor is displayed sequentially) now supports
streams as well as stills.
o New `montage' view - Added a montage view showing all
o New 'montage' view - Added a montage view showing all
your cameras simultaneously either streaming or stills. The
width of this window (in terms of number of monitors) is a
configuration option.
@ -3134,7 +3190,7 @@ o Bugs and pieces - Fixed various bug(ettes) that I came
across that that I don't think had been reported or noticed so
I don't think we need to talk about them here do we.
8.20. Release 0.9.9
8.21. Release 0.9.9
Mainly bug-fixes and minor feature enhancements.
o Added zmu -q/--query option - There is now a new query
@ -3184,7 +3240,7 @@ was removed in the last version which meant that sometimes the
console never go refreshed as it's timing loop was broken.
This functionality has now been reinstated.
8.21. Release 0.9.8
8.22. Release 0.9.8
Several new features and bug-fixes
o Upgrade note - If you have installed 0.9.7 and wish to
@ -3258,7 +3314,7 @@ o Monitor window refresh on alarm - When the monitor window
is active and an alarm has occurred the most recent alarms
list is immediately refreshed to show it.
8.22. Release 0.9.7
8.23. Release 0.9.7
Yes, a big jump in release number but a lot of changes too.
Now somewhat more mature, not really an alpha any more, and a
lot of bugs fixed too.
@ -3307,7 +3363,7 @@ o Some of the web views have changed slightly to
accommodate the separate events view.
o And much much more, probably...
8.23. Release 0.0.1
8.24. Release 0.0.1
Initial release, therefore nothing new.

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