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zmc - The ZoneMinder Capture daemon

 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

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.

 -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
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