zmvideo.pl(8)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to zmvideo.pl(8) in the zoneminder manual — the main character here is zmvideo.pl, aka the ZoneMinder Video Creation Script. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole invocation vibe, exactly as written:

        zmvideo.pl [ -e <event_id>,--event=<event_id> | --filter_name=<filter name> | --filter_id=<filter id> ]
                   [--concat=filename]
                   [--format <format>]
                   [--rate=<rate>]
                   [--scale=<scale>]
                   [--fps=<fps>]
                   [--size=<size>]
                   [--overwrite]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This script is used to create MPEG videos of events for the web pages or as email attachments. that’s literally the whole glow-up: events go in, MPEG videos come out, ready for the web or an email attachment. iconic. 💖

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay so here’s the full flag menu, no skips, no cap:

• -c[=filename], --concat[=filename] — when creating videos for multiple events, create a concatenated video as well. If not specified, filename is taken from the filter name.
• -e<event_id>, --event=<event_id> — what event to create the video for.
• --filter_name=<filter name> — the name of a saved filter to generate a video for all events returned by it.
• --filter_id=<filter id> — the id of a saved filter to generate a video for all events returned by it.
• -f<format>, --format=<format> — what format to create the video in; default is mpg. For ffmpeg only.
• -r<rate>, --rate=<rate> — relative rate, 1 = realtime, 2 = double speed, 0.5 = half speed etc.
• -s<scale>, --scale=<scale> — scale, 1 = normal, 2 = double size, 0.5 = half size etc.
• -t<transforms>, --transform=<transforms> — transform video. Applies the -vf option to ffmpeg.
• -fps, --fps=<fps> — absolute frame rate, in frames per second.
• -size, --size=<size> — absolute video size, WxH or other specification supported by ffmpeg.
• -o, --overwrite — whether to overwrite an existing file, off by default.
• -v, --version — outputs the currently installed version of ZoneMinder.

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that’s the whole page bestie 🫶 — and yes, the footer’s source/version slot reads --stderr, dated 2026-03-04, for this zmvideo.pl(8) page. mwah 💅