About

cammkv is an alternative (to camogm) camera internal harddisk video recorder that uses a Matroska container (camogm uses quicktime).

Not all features from camogm are implemented yet.

Release

First transfer the Cammkv_new.tar.gz file to your camera via FTP to an empty directory (the guide assumes you use /var/test)

Then log in to the camera via ssh/telnet:

cd /var/test
tar -xzf Cammkv_new.tar.gz

define variables

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/test
export LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR=/var/test

start cammkv as

./cammkv cammkv.pipe

Login on another terminal (ssh/telnet) and do:

cd /var/test
echo 'debuglev=3' >cammkv.pipe

You MUST set prefix:

echo 'prefix=/var/hdd/' >cammkv.pipe

Set output format for video

echo 'format=mov' >cammkv.pipe or
echo 'format=mkv' >cammkv.pipe (used by default)

You can on/off audio if need

echo 'audio=off' >cammkv.pipe or
echo 'audio=on' >cammkv.pipe

start recording

echo 'start' >cammkv.pipe

stop recording

echo 'stop' >cammkv.pipe