Felenasoft

I am very new to Xeoma, so please be gentle...

I have downloaded the trial version onto my Windows 7 machine. I have the camera configured and trying to get my camera to record motion...

I have a Foscam FI9821W, which I can see the love stream (although it is about an 8 second delay - not sure why). The settings are as follows:

Universal Camera Module
Device Type: IP or Wi-Fi Camera
Manual Setup
User Name: <Blank>
Password: <Blank>
Full URL address: rtsp://<userID>:<password>@192.168.xxx.xxx:xx/videoSub
Port: <Blank>
Enable H.264 recording: Checked
Ful URL of h264-video stream: rtsp://<userID>:<password>@192.168.xxx.xxx:xx/videoSub
Use H.264 stream (from Archive): Checked
HTTP port for PTZ: <Blank>
Full URL address for sound stream: rtsp://<userID>:<password>@192.168.xxx.xxx:xx/audio
PTZ inverse Options
PTZ horizontal: Unchecked
PTZ verticle: Unchecked
Camera found: 2

Motion Detector Module
Disregard motion shorter than (sec): 2
Prerecord (sec): 5
Postrecord: 10 minute(s)
Sensitivity level: 100
Current level: 0 (I don't see it move even though people are walking past it
Monitored Area: All Red Fill
Object size: Mostly far left (10%)
Brush Size: Middle (50%)
Mode: Auto
Unmark: Unselected

Preview and Archive Module
Name: MyOffice
Folder: MyOffice\
Preview+Archive.8
Image Refresh Interval: Maximum FPS
Archive storage time: 1 Hr
Maximum size of archive: 3G
HHD space: 50G
Image Resolution: No Changes
Image Quality: No Changes

I have a concern that it says there are two cameras found - now one might be my laptop webcam - not sure...

Any help would be appreciated.

You can click on that "New cameras found" message to view what those are.


Or you can just go straight to the "+" menu:


What is the problem exactly? As far as I understand the cam was detected and added and you can view it in Xeoma now. Is it the delay that bothers you?

I was looking for how to record to a file, not to a preview and archive.... I have been able to figure that out, but I guess now I am worried about the time delay, both in real-time view and when motion is activated...

I now have these settings:

Universal Camera Module
Nothing changed

Motion Detector Module
Disregard motion shorter than (sec): 0
Prerecord (sec): 5
Postrecord: 1 minute(s)
Sensitivity level: 15
Current level: 0 (I don't see it move even though people are walking past it
Monitored Area: All Red Fill
Object size: 1/4 to left of slider (~25%)

Save To File Module
Full Path: C:\XXX\XXX\ServerRoom_%y-m-d_h-i%
Type of files: (H.264, AVI)
Duration of video: 5 minutes
Interval between start of two records: No Intervals
File storage time: 5 day(s)

I have the camera in a locked room in our building and which the above settings, and here is a sample of my results...

Test 1: 9 second delay – 1m 22s length – 8961KB
Test 2: 0 second delay – 1m 10s length – 7493KB
Test 3: 0 second delay – 1m 21s length – 8833KB
Test 4: 5 second delay – 1m 29s length – 9784KB
Test 5 : 0 second delay – 1m 11s length – 7644KB

I have also been testing another software and with the same test as above and I have had no issues with the time delay using the exact same config (except in their format)... The other item to not is that I cannot get the H.264, MP4 file format to work correctly through the recording process - it will create the file, but it is not viewable through VLC...

Motion Detector has been much enhanced since then. You're encouraged to try Xeoma of the latest versions to see if there's any delay there.