Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:43:39 +0300 From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zoneminder and multichannel cards Message-ID: <200710051243.39554.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <200710041537.l94Fb18v065589@casselton.net> References: <200710041537.l94Fb18v065589@casselton.net>
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=CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 =CE=A0=CE=AD=CE=BC=CF=80=CF=84=CE=B7 04 =CE=9F=CE= =BA=CF=84=CF=8E=CE=B2=CF=81=CE=B9=CE=BF=CF=82 2007 18:37, =CE=BF/=CE=B7 Mar= k Tinguely =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5: > > I have successfully (and painfully!) managed to get correct quality > > video out of ZoneMinder zoneminder-1.22.3, on 6.2-RELEASE-p4 with the > > LMLBT4M card. (card info on > > http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/product_details.php?prodid=3D320). > > > > However i cant instantiate a second instance of the video capture daem= on > > of zoneminder (zmc), because of a "/dev/bktr0: Device busy" error. > > > > Is it possible to open /dev/bktr0 from two programms at the same time? > > No, the bktr(4) driver is written so that only one open is active at a > time. I dont know if you are familiar with zoneminder, it has a capture daemon (zmc) which is used to grab the video. In the installation we have at work under linux, using a 4-chip board=20 (LMLBT44), i can see that there are only 4 instances of it (zmc) running=20 on /dev/video0,/dev/video1,/dev/video2,/dev/video3 to capture all 8 cameras. This board supports 4 full rate inputs, or 8 multiplexed inputs. So for each one of the 4 chips, the corresponding zmc daemon is used to simultaneously capture both channels (cameras) of the same chip. Theoritically is that possible with FreeBSD's bktr driver? Could we have an app like lets say xawtv to display all (4 in my case)=20 channels of a multiplexer board like LMLBT4M which utilizes only one 878 ch= ip=20 and supports 4 multiplexed channels i.e. 4 cameras? If your answer is yes, then i should keep on trying with=20 =46reeBSD/ZoneMinder/zmc, etc... Else i should buy 3 additional bt 878 cards, or switch to linux which i wan= t=20 to avoid! Thanx for any info. > > --Mark Tinguely. =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios
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