https://wiki.elphel.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Nikolardo 2026-08-03T21:16:09Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.9 https://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=NFS_tutorial&diff=10562 2012-04-05T17:57:39Z

<p>Nikolardo: Created a page describing the basic use of NFS for recording onto the hard drive for people without external camera drives.</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == NFS ==<br /> Camomgui is the recommended tool to use for recording video to a hard drive. However, users who opted for the base camera, without the SATA port, are unable to use this without following the following steps.<br /> <br /> Also, recording with mencoder, vlc, or similar, from a stream, will NOT create sufficient metadata in JP4 (raw) shooting to allow movie2dng to function. When shooting in a raw format, in is necessary to use Camomgui.<br /> <br /> Create the folder &quot;nfs&quot; in your root directory. If you are using the livecd (or have installed it) then said directory already exists.<br /> <br /> Determine the IP address of your computer. If it is not connected to a network, it may not have one. In that case, set it:<br /> <br /> sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.1<br /> <br /> Click on the connected camera's icon on the desktop. Go into the browser-based terminal.<br /> Enter the following commands:<br /> <br /> mkdir /var/hdd<br /> mount -t nfs -o nolock,tcp 192.168.2.1:/nfs/ /var/hdd<br /> <br /> where &quot;192.168.2.1&quot; is replaced by your IP address, if it is different.<br /> <br /> Set whatever shooting parameters you wish, then record using camomgui. The resulting shots will appear in the /nfs directory on your hard drive.<br /> <br /> SOMETIMES the browser-based terminal is unresponsive after entering the second command. In these circumstances, occasionally a reboot of the camera and/or computer is required. Occasionally /var/hdd will already exist. That's fine.</div>

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