Docker takes much of the pain out of it because it won’t affect the system at large. That was the best thing because upgrading ZoneMinder has always been a difficult chore for me. About a two years ago I started getting into docker and I eventually realized there were several docker containers for ZM and around then I transitioned my natively installed version to a docker. I can confirm that it is extremely stable you just need some CPU power to crunch the images. I’ve been using ZM for years too but I used it natively installed into Ubuntu for most of that time. Its a shame no-one else does MQTT like BlueIris Perhaps the development of the software has improved and it is something that more HA should look into using. I came searching on the forums for info about Shinobi as I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of it before, and found this thread, so thought I would share my experience with it so far. Files sizes for a 15min video on roughly the same quality settings as MotionEye are around 240mb, significantly smaller for 50% longer record time.īeing that Frenck is no longer developing the community container for this, I have just added it to HA via an iframe. The learning curve for setup is much higher than MotionEye, but once I got the hang of it, I found it easy to configure.ĬPU usage is around 5% and RAM usage is around 15% (of 8gb) and power usage is sitting at 30-35 watts - much less taxing on the system than MotionEye. Installed using docker and it’s running very well. I stumbled across Shinobi, and decided to give it a go. File sizes using Foscam FI9853EP’s were in the region of 800mb per 10min video on medium/high capture settings. I know this a somewhat due to old CPU architecture. Power usage was constantly sitting at 80 watts, which in Australia becomes expensive for an always-on system. I find the motion detection in MotionEye to be unreliable and it drops frames constantly - 1 second I’m in the video, next second, gone. CPU usage was sitting constantly in the region of 60%-70% usage with 4 cameras on continuous record. I installed MotionEye using Docker, and got everything set up. I wanted to ditch the NAS, an old DS115j and move to a single solution for HA, CCTV, and Plex for my media content, so decided to have a play around with an old Dell SFF Optiplex 990 running Ubuntu server 18.04.03 LTS, with a i5 2400, 8gb RAM and a 2TB WD Purple Drive I pulled out of the NAS. (I would love an AIO docker solution if anyone has one) I’ve also tried Zoneminder in the past, I found it very difficult to get to work in docker, so never stuck with it. I’ve tested MotionEye on and off for a while on an RPi and an Intel NUC with a J5005 CPU, but with a Synology NAS as my primary CCTV capture device - it just works so well.

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