zmc - Man Page

The ZoneMinder Capture daemon

Synopsis

​ zmc -d <device_path>
​ zmc --device <device_path>
​ zmc -f <file_path>
​ zmc --file <file_path>
​ zmc -m <monitor_id>
​ zmc --monitor <monitor_id>
​ zmc -h
​ zmc --help
​ zmc -v
​ zmc --version

Description

This binary's job is to sit on a video device and suck frames off it as fast as possible, this should run at more or less constant speed.

Options

​ -d, --device <device_path>         - For local cameras, device to access. e.g /dev/video0 etc
​ -f, --file <file_path>           - For local images, jpg file to access.
​ -m, --monitor_id             - ID of the monitor to analyse
​ -h, --help                 - Display usage information
​ -v, --version              - Print the installed version of ZoneMinder

Info

2026-08-22 zoneminder