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letsharehowto · #1 26th October 2010, 07:44

Today I will tell you how to build video security system with Ubuntu server 10.10, Zoneminder 1.24.x, cheap DVR card, high quality video output.

My box:
-Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz, 2 cores
-Memory: 2G
-Dvr card: http://picasaweb.google.com/letsharehowto/DvrCard#

We have 4 step:

-Install Ubuntu server.
-Install bttv driver.
-Install Zoneminder.
-Config Zoneminder.

1/-Install Ubuntu server:

Set up new box Ubuntu server 10.10. If you don't know, you can google.
-When box get dhcp IP address, press Cancel, then input IP manual. In my case, my IP is: 192.168.1.75. Netmask: 255.255.255.0. Gateway: 192.168.1.1. Name server address: 192.168.1.1.
-When box ask software to install, only choose OpenSSH.
Finish install, reboot box.

Logon and enable root account.

Code:

sudo passwd root

Exit then logon with root and latter do everything with root too.

Update box:

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

2/-Install bttv driver:

I have one dvr card and my card look like this card: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Kodicom_8800.
Install bttv driver:

Code:

nano /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf

Cut and paste this quote into file then save and exit:

Quote:

options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102 radio=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 tuner=4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4 chroma_agc=1 combfilter=2 full_luma_range=1 coring=1 autoload=0

Reboot box:

Code:

reboot

Logon with root. Make sure dvr card work:

Code:

ls /dev/video*

If it works, the quote like this:

Quote:

/dev/video0 /dev/video2 /dev/video4 /dev/video6
/dev/video1 /dev/video3 /dev/video5 /dev/video7

3/-Install zoneminder:

Make Pada scrip:

Code:

nano pada.sh

Cut and paste this quote into file then save and exit:

Quote:

#!/bin/sh
# ZoneMinder 1.24.2 installation script
#
# Copyright (C) 2010 Chris "Pada" Kistner
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

echo "--- Checking for root privileges..."
if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ]; then
echo Error: This script requires root access
exit 1
fi

echo "--- Installing extra codecs, which includes x264 support..."
apt-get -y install libavcodec-extra-52 libavformat-extra-52 libswscale-extra-0 libavfilter-extra-1

echo "--- Installing ZoneMinder..."
apt-get -y install zoneminder

echo "--- Adding ZoneMinder to Apache2..."
ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/zoneminder.conf
service apache2 restart

echo "--- Adding alias for zoneminder service and fixing ZoneMinder startup..."
ln -s /etc/init.d/zoneminder /etc/init.d/zm
update-rc.d -f zoneminder remove
update-rc.d -f zm remove
update-rc.d zm defaults 92
service zm restart

echo "--- Correcting SHM to 90% of memory..."
apt-get -y install coreutils bc
page_size=$(getconf PAGE_SIZE)
mem_bytes=$(awk '/MemTotal:/ { printf "%0.f",$2 * 1024}' /proc/meminfo)
mb=1048576
mem_bytes_mb=$(expr $mem_bytes / $mb)
shmmax=$(echo "$mem_bytes * 0.90" | bc | cut -f 1 -d '.')
shmmax_mb=$(expr $shmmax / $mb)
shmall=$(expr $mem_bytes / $page_size)
shmmax_cur=$(sysctl -n kernel.shmmax)
shmmax_cur_mb=$(expr $shmmax_cur / $mb)
shmall_cur=$(sysctl -n kernel.shmall)
echo "-- Total memory = $mem_bytes B = $mem_bytes_mb MB"
echo "-- Page size = $page_size B"
echo "-- Current kernel.shmmax = $shmmax_cur B = $shmmax_cur_mb MB"
echo "-- Current kernel.shmall = $shmall_cur pages"
if [ "$shmmax" -eq "$shmmax_cur" ] && [ "$shmall" -eq "$shmall_cur" ]; then
echo "-- Recommended shm values already set"
else
echo "-- Recommended: kernel.shmmax = $shmmax B = $shmmax_mb MB"
echo "-- Recommended: kernel.shmmall = $shmall pages"
file=/etc/sysctl.conf
if [ "`grep "^kernel\.shmmax" $file -c`" != "0" ]; then
echo "-- Replacing: kernel.shmmax in $file"
sed "s/^kernel\.shmmax.*$/kernel.shmmax=$shmmax/g" -i $file
else
echo "-- Adding: kernel.shmmax to $file"
echo kernel.shmmax=$shmmax >> $file
fi
if [ "`grep "^kernel\.shmall" /etc/sysctl.conf -c`" != "0" ]; then
echo "-- Replacing: kernel.shmall in $file"
sed "s/^kernel\.shmall.*$/kernel.shmall=$shmall/g" -i $file
else
echo "-- Adding: kernel.shmall to $file"
echo kernel.shmall=$shmall >> $file
fi
echo "-- Using: new sysctl values"
sysctl -p
fi

# Done
echo "--- Done."

Make pada.sh can execute:

Code:

chmod 744 pada.sh

Install Zoneminder:

Code:

./pada.sh

Add www-data user:

Code:

adduser www-data video

Reboot box:

Code:

reboot

4/-Config Zoneminder:

On client open Mozzilla web browser. At address type:

Quote:

http://192.168.1.75/zm

If Zoneminder works, the picture like this. (Make sure in the first line, at middle line like this: "ZoneMinder Console - Running - v1.24.2").

( http://picasaweb.google.com/letsharehowto/Running# )

Click Options.

Then click Paths tab.

Check USE_DEEP_STORAGE like this. Click Save button. You will see popup windows, don't worry, click OK button.

( http://picasaweb.google.com/letshare...72769608858962 )

Then click Images tab. Default JPEG_FILE_QUALITY is 70 , change to 100.

Delete everything at FFMPEG_OUTPUT_OPTIONS and replace with:

Quote:

-f mp4 -vcodec libx264 -vpre default -an -threads 0

Delete everything at FFMPEG_FORMATS and replace with:

Quote:

mp4 mpg mpeg wmv asf avi* mov swf 3gp**