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| author | Pliable Pixels <pliablepixels@gmail.com> | 2020-08-02 05:49:09 -0400 |
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| committer | Pliable Pixels <pliablepixels@gmail.com> | 2020-08-02 05:49:09 -0400 |
| commit | 19ac4946bc4b4e4a5e0e2866263396b1bf1251d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 0364f9fec9947a1e7775814c86e9888274c9da3a /docs | |
| parent | 53d63eb1445603975c556aa49d4b3f15a87867a8 (diff) | |
docs on video delays
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diff --git a/docs/guides/FAQ.rst b/docs/guides/FAQ.rst index 17e45d20..cb67a498 100644 --- a/docs/guides/FAQ.rst +++ b/docs/guides/FAQ.rst @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ This is why: site or send it to a colleague or family member who may make it available for everyone else to download. I know most of you have no such intentions, but I know for sure, a few do (I've had my apk show up on mediashare sites in the past). - For everyone who has asked me to "make an exception only once", I'd do that only + For everyone who has asked me to make an exception only once, I'd do that only if I knew you. If I did not, I should be making the same exception to everyone who has asked me. @@ -632,6 +632,29 @@ Event stream viewing does not work - Look at apache error logs - it often gives you hints +Video takes too long to play +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +- Around April 2020, I've received the occasional email about videos suddenly Taking + longer to play. There are a few potential reasons for this: + + - You upgraded zoneminder and switched your monitors to store mp4 videos. When you + do that, the mobile device takes time to download the video. Yes, I know your desktop + browser is faster. Maybe that is how mobile video players work. I don't do anything special + in zmNinja - I just pass the video to the browser canvas to play using ``<video>`` tags. + + - A change was made to ZoneMinder which allowed "fragmented" videos to be played. + This allows videos that are in progress to be played. Technically, it should make + things faster but some have complained this makes download slower. + + - Potential solutions: + + - In zmNinja, go to ``Menu->Monitors``, click on ``Configuration`` for that monitor + and enable "Force MJPEG". This will force MPJEG playback for events + + - I am told in future versions of ZoneMinder, there will be an option to turn off + this fragmented feature. Note that if you turn it off, you may not get push notification + animations in zmninja (if you have it enabled) + Video Not Playable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Your video may be using a codec that is not supported on mobile browsers. |