Hardware Compatibility List
Zoneminder will work with almost any capture card that is supported by the linux kernel.
Capture Cards
Pico2000 - 4 port card, one chip bt878, around 2 fps when using all channels
Bt878_4chip_8inputs - I don't know the name for it, 4 chips bt878, 8 inputs, around 5 fps when using 2 inputs per chip
Most other BTTV (BT878, BT848) cards, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST on your system for a list of some of them.
Analog Cameras
Any regular composite or svideo camera connected via a supported capture card.
Network Cameras
For Network Cams to work they need to be able to stream MJPEG without the requirment of activex controls. If you see the requirement for the camera calls for IE then there is a good chance it may not work. The other option is to grab JPEG images if the camera supports that option which will work but at a lower frame rate.
- Axis (just about all recent models, including support for PTZ functions)
- Panasonic BLC-10, KX-HCM10 etc (including PTZ support)
- D-Link DCS-1000(W) - plus other D-Link IP models (This have been hit and miss, not all work with ZM).
- Sony SNC-M1 and SNC-M3 wired and wireless - possibly other Sony IP models?
- Grandtec WLAN Camera WiFi or III - poor outdoor-quality, acceptable indoor quality. cheap!
- Airlink 101 AIC250W - Just remember to turn off PCRE processing in the Options > Network tab. http://x.x.x.x/video.cgi gives 10 fps 640 x 480 mjpeg feed. Same camera as D-Link DCS-900W / TrendNet IP-200 / Hawking HNC320W.
- OvisLink AirLive WL-5400CAM
- Gadspot GS9603 IP Camera with Pan/Tilt.
- Trendnet TV-IP300 - Just remember to turn 1.0 in ZM_HTTP_VERSION in the Options > Network tab. In the x.x.x.x/cgi-bin/video.jpg gives 352 x 240 jpg.
- Intellinet IPCamera with the new firmware.
- Old Intellinet IPCamera (model MWNC-100) with this (http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7500) protocol adapter.
- Any network camera that allows access to single JPEG image grabs or multi-part JPEG feeds.
USB Cameras
Just Zoom USB cam
Creative Webcam Pro, Webcam 3
Logitech QuickCam Express, QuickCam Pro 3000
Philips PCVC 730K, PCVC 740K
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6645&highlight=zmu
Any OV511 based USB camera [4]
Any Philips based USB camera [5]
Any CPIA based USB camera [6]
Note that most USB cameras that can use Video4Linux, and so can be used by ZoneMinder, have older chipsets and can be hard to find new. Note that PWC drivers are not included in the kernel. Some distribution's add them in and other may not. Here are some relevant links. Old Maintainer Current PWC Maintainer
