Foscam FI9805W

From ZoneMinder Wiki
Revision as of 11:13, 7 December 2013 by C128 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "H.264 megapixel IP camera [http://foscam.co.uk/products/foscam-fi9805w-outdoor-wireless-ip-camera.html] . The camera I have working successfully with Zoneminder is running th...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search

H.264 megapixel IP camera [1] .

The camera I have working successfully with Zoneminder is running the following firmware:

Software Firmware Version 1.4.1.7
Application Firmware Version 1.14.1.21

There are known issues with RTSP streaming on earlier firmwares than the above, with the RTSP connection become unavailable after a few hours when used with Zoneminder (or VLC, for that matter). This often requires a soft or hard reboot of the camera to get it working again. Indeed, even with this firmware, RTSP generates errors, but I've found the following camera settings to be reliable:

Stream Type 0
Resolution 720P
Bit Rate 512K
Frame Rate 10

You may get away with a higher Bit and Frame Rate but, using Zoneminder 1.26.3, I find I get smearing with anything much above what's listed here.

It's also worth noting that the camera halves the Frame Rate when it switches to night view, so the above will give 5fps when it gets dark.

Using the FI9805W with Zoneminder :

Videostream:

Default settings, with the exception of:

General

Source Type : Ffmpeg

Source

Source Path : rtsp://<username>:<password>@<ip_address>:<port>/videoMain
Target Colorspace : 32 bit colour
Capture Width (pixels) : 1280
Capture Height (pixels) : 720