[mythtv-users] ZoneMinder plug in incompatible with network triggers

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Smoot" <davidsmoot at gmail.com>

> So this weekend I installed Zoneminder on my Mythbuntu box. I wanted
> to use ZoneMinder to do two things: Integrate with MythTv to allow
> camera views and management from the TV interface and to use the
> "zmtrigger.pl" package to allow my home automation system to trigger
> recordings from my security cameras via a network socket interface.
> 
> Unfortunately, it appears these two goals are mutually exclusive. The
> ZoneMinder plug in requires ZoneMinder to be compiled with shared
> memory enabled. But an unfortunate bug in zmtrigger makes it crash
> when it is used with shared memory. See
> http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19619&hilit=zmtrigger.

> Are there any alternative packages that you are aware of that would
> accomplish my goal?
> Are there any plans to update the ZoneMinder Plug in to be compatible
> with mapped memory?
> Will zoneminder recordings appear in the MythTV interface?
> 
> How difficult would it be to write a plug in to Myth TV that could
> stream IP cameras to disk like any other network source? 

I am inclined, David, as someone with some experience on both sides of 
the fence, to say that the best course might be to track down zmtrigger's
author, and try to squash the bug, if you have reason to think that it
is the program that you need -- it's been 8 or 9 years, but I remember
the ZM dev community as being pretty tolerant and helpful.

Additionally, there's more leverage there, for users in both camps.

Is that not code that cordel wrote?

Cheers,
-- jra
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