D-Link

DLink is a supplier of several IP Cameras. Not all work with ZoneMinder. DCS-1000(W) and DCS-900 - plus other D-Link IP models (This have been hit and miss, not all work with ZM. A partial list of unsupported cameras are inside).

DCS-900

There are 2 versions of this camera. The "A" version is reported to work extremely well with ZoneMinder. The "B" version also works, but has a been reported to have lesser performance. I have been able to get upto 8 fps with my revision "B" camera.

Source Type: Remote 
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) 
Remote Host Path: /VIDEO.CGI or /IMAGE.JPEG 
(/VIDEO.CGI is the MJpeg stream, and gets higher FPS in my testing)

With version A2

Source Type: Remote 
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP_Address_of_Camera> (user:pass@192.168.0.5)
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) 
Remote Host Path: VIDEO.CGI 

With the latest versions of the DCS-900 "B" there is an additional step needed in the "Options > Network" section of ZoneMinder.

ZM_NETCAM_REGEXPS Value = (no-checkmark)

DCS-910 / 920

Source Type: Remote 
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) 
Remote Host Path: /VIDEO.CGI? for stream

There is the same aditional step as in DCS-900B, in the "Options > Network" section of ZoneMinder.

ZM_NETCAM_REGEXPS Value = (no-checkmark)

DCS-930L / 932L

Source Type: Remote 
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) 
Remote Host Path: /image/jpeg.cgi

DCS-1100

Source Type: Remote 
Remote Protocol: HTTP
Remote Method: Simple
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) 
Remote Host Path: /video/mjpg.cgi?profileid=3

Where Profileid is setup in the camara's setup interface.

DCS-2100+, DCS-2100G

Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /cgi-bin/video.jpg

Note: you must change Network -> ZM_HTTP_VERSION option to 1.0 for this camera to work!

DCS-2120

Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /cgi-bin/video.jpg

DCS-2121

Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: username:password@cam_ip
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /image/jpeg.cgi?profileid=1

DCS-3220

Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /cgi-bin/video.jpg

DCS-3410

HTTP
Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /video/mjpg.cgi (for mjpeg stream)

RTSP
Source Type: ffmpeg
Source Path: rtsp://user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>/play1.sdp (or play2.sdp)

ZoneMinder 1.24.2 (Haven't tried earlier versions)

Tried it with just admin:@<IP Address of Camera> without password before setting camera password and it worked. Created an account with a password, tried that and it also worked.

May need /video/mjpg.cgi?profileid=3 caught that from tcpdump, suspect the numbers are resolution but don't seem to have any affect.

Seems like it's operating in factory default Profile 3, 704x480 10fps jpeg. Haven't found a way to change the Profile used yet. Could only pull about 22fps when camera was set to 30fps (mjpeg) so opted to set camera to 15fps.

RTSP works with ffmpeg as above pulling 30fps when camera set to 30fps for that Profile but could not get it working with Source Type Remote and Remote Protocol RTSP.

Looks like Audio is at /audio/ACAS.cgi but haven't done anything with that.

DCS-3710

HTTP
Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /video2.mjpg (for stream 2)

ZoneMinder 1.24.3 (Haven't tried earlier versions)

Video profile mode must be set to JPEG.

DCS-5300G

Source Type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Path: /cgi-bin/video.jpg

Note: you must change Network -> ZM_HTTP_VERSION option to 1.0 for this camera to work!

DCS-6111

Source Type: Remote
Remote Protocol: HTTP
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Path: (stream 1): /video.mjpg 
Remote Host Path: (stream 2): /video2.mjpg

DCS-1000

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Source Type: Remote
Remote Protocol: HTTP
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default)
Remote Host Name: user:pass@<IP Address of Camera>
Remote Host Path: VIDEO.CGI?

Camera IP>Setup>Audio and Video>Video Quality For Steam 1 or 2>Mode must be set to JPEG.

DCS-6620G

Source type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) or the non-default port assigned to the camera in your network
Remote host Path: /cgi-bin/video.jpg
Control script: download at www.condrau.com/download/zmcontrol-dcs6620g.pl

The control script supports all controls for this camera, but it can be used for other D-Link and Vivotek cameras as well. I verified it with DCS-6620 and Vivotek's PT7137, as the software is compatible with these 2 cameras. It should also work with other models such as the DCS-5300.

Note that I implemented a real name preset functionality, where you can set any desired name as the preset name. It is basically possible to set the presets through ZM's interface, but I prefer to do it through the cam's firmware interface, which is the default setting in the script. By changing one constant definition, you may change this behaviour. In any case still activate the "can set presets" option in ZM, after which you can assign names to each preset.

I would further recommend to update the cam's firmware. I found smoother operation in ZM after having updated the firmware, and also with the latest firmware you can set ZM_HTTP_VERSION option to 1.1. [bco]

Incompatible Hardware

I know that the DCS-1110 is not compattible with ZoneMinder, as it requires ActiveX to recive the MJpeg stream.

If you know of other DLink cameras that don't work, please add them to the list!

DCS-950 not compatible. Mpeg stream. Authentication is OCX application based, not web standard authentication. JPG file generated at random url, not predictable.[2]