Bug Reports

The Motion Wiki Bug Reporting is here for you if wish to report a bug in Motion.

Submit New Bug Report

This form starts a new topic for each bug.

• Consider filing a Support Request unless you are very sure you have found a bug.
• Note that you can attach your motion config files and other supporting files to the bug report once it has been created.
• Also note that if you want to copy/paste error logs and error messages and similar into a bug report you should put the entire text within <VERBATIM> and </VERBATIM> tags. Otherwise you do not get any line breaks. Text pasted into the "Verbatim Text" field are automatically placed between VERBATIM tags.

Topic name:	BugReport2012x02x11x033616
Title	Short Title
Description:	Describe the bug in plain text here. Paste in error messages and other text where new-lines must be preserved in the field below
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Note: Be descriptive; the SupportGuidelines tell you what to include. You can expand on it in the next screen if necessary
Motion version:		Example: 3.2.12
ffmpeg version:		Example: 0.4.8 or 0.4.9pre1
Libraries installed:		curl, xmlrpc, ffmpeg, mysql, postgresql
Server OS:		Fedora Core 2, kernel 2.6.8
Submitted By		Use the prefix Main. in front of your WikiName.
		Note: Report is submitted after you Create and Save the following page

New Bugs

Not yet assigned to anyone.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
linux/videodev.h: No such file or directory	WikiGuest	5	06 Feb 2012 - 13:42 TarasPerebeynosov
With two web cams conencted the pictures are mixed together in recordings	IainMcFarlane	232	24 Jun 2011 - 15:08 IainMcFarlane
zero-copy mode of vloopback module on Linux kernel >2.6.32	RaulFajardo	286	02 May 2011 - 09:09 RaulFajardo
Two USB cams on reporting to same Motion	WikiGuest	351	25 Feb 2011 - 20:48 HenrikDigeSemark
Motion stops recording (but keeps running)	WikiGuest	380	28 Jan 2011 - 08:05 KetilMalde
Motion will crash when attempting to add a thread via the HTTP API.	WikiGuest	411	27 Dec 2010 - 18:26 KyleHotchkiss
motion ignores framerate and minimum_frame_time settings in Debian	WikiGuest	456	13 Nov 2010 - 05:10 JuanAnguloMoreno
Problem with "grey" video from motion	AndreyChayka	499	01 Oct 2010 - 11:08 AndreyChayka
/dev/cxm0	DarrenJohnston	585	06 Jul 2010 - 23:55 DarrenJohnston
Auto brightness oscillates wildly	RobertHancock	1023	25 Apr 2009 - 02:25 RobertHancock
on_camera_lost not triggered if video_pipe doesn't work for any reason.	RomanGaufman	1060	03 Apr 2009 - 14:43 RomanGaufman
Motion failed to close motion-stream listen socket after a month of running	RomanGaufman	1047	31 Mar 2009 - 15:16 RomanGaufman

Assigned Bugs

Assigned to someone - feel free to help resolving it anyway.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change	Assigned To
Using the degrees symbol (°) in text_left results in "2January0" instead	DavidPowell	22	24 Jan 2012 - 12:58 AngelCarpintero
segfault when rereading configfile (killall -HUP motion)	KariKallioinen	104	31 Oct 2011 - 16:36 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Video loopback broken with kernels 2.6.38 and above	WikiGuest	213	29 Oct 2011 - 02:36 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Quantization table 0x00 was not defined	AlexeyRod	233	29 Oct 2011 - 02:20 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
ffmpeg writes FLV files even when FFV1 is selected.	TobyCorkindale	670	15 Apr 2010 - 21:02 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Segmentationfault when using V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA561	RichardB	742	02 Mar 2010 - 09:52 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
netcam_next called with non data in buffer	NicolaM	1073	04 Jan 2010 - 03:17 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Garbage with AverMedia TV Phone and PAL NonColor cam.	OlegFrolkov	1019	10 Aug 2009 - 00:40 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Watchdog Timeout renders webcam unusable	KristenSchat	952	11 Jul 2009 - 21:49 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
on_area_detected, events, gap	WikiGuest	1050	09 Jul 2009 - 08:38 AngelCarpintero	JoergWeber

Resolved Bugs

Bugs with a fix. The fix is not yet in a released version of Motion. See also MotionPatches which contains patches for both new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change	Assigned To
Cannot compile with latest ffmpeg (SVN-r25563)	BertrandAchard	475	29 Oct 2011 - 02:05 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
camera input parameter is valid from 0 to 15 except 8	LaszloVarga	386	03 Feb 2011 - 15:12 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
No mysql_close	RichardA	447	05 Dec 2010 - 15:55 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Connexion to non-streaming netcam lost after some time	F00tyNyupi	567	28 Jul 2010 - 19:27 F00tyNyupi
Segfault when using with tw68	RomanGaufman	720	17 Apr 2010 - 18:09 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Seg Fault in fresh REV504 compile	JimHoward	677	15 Apr 2010 - 21:03 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Unclear explanantion in configuration file for stream_quality	RichardB	742	21 Mar 2010 - 18:35 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Motion won't compile with ljbjpeg >=8	McGibbon?	701	21 Mar 2010 - 17:52 AngelCarpintero
Motion beyond 20100121 no longer builds without ffmpeg	RichardB	744	05 Feb 2010 - 21:08 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Name space clash with libjpeg8	KennethLavrsen	751	22 Jan 2010 - 09:06 KennethLavrsen	KennethLavrsen
Genius Cam doesn't work with karmic and motion 3.2.11.1.	WikiGuest	807	27 Nov 2009 - 09:09 AngelCarpintero
V4L2 fourcc GRBG not supported	IsaacRichter	835	24 Nov 2009 - 12:20 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
New spec and init script for Fedora/RedHat systems	StevenM	1050	06 Jul 2009 - 13:29 StevenM

Monitored Bug Reports

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
Colors not coming out correctly when using webcam with JPEG palette	WikiGuest	175	31 Oct 2011 - 03:49 AngelCarpintero
motion will not compile with ffmpeg	EdwinKribbs	440	29 Oct 2011 - 01:56 AngelCarpintero
motion.c:585:26: error: 'VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P' undeclared (first use in this function)	WikiGuest	139	22 Oct 2011 - 17:06 AngelCarpintero
Crash when write mpeg4, swf and etc	WikiGuest	130	22 Oct 2011 - 17:04 AngelCarpintero
Motion will not build with newer kernel headers	IgorNovgorodov	312	10 May 2011 - 06:21 AngelCarpintero
image scrambled, videosyncs inside active picture?	RubenD	350	27 Feb 2011 - 18:56 RubenD
Segmentation fault	WikiGuest	680	10 Feb 2011 - 02:05 AngelCarpintero
Events leave zombies on OpenBSD	MotionMark	655	02 May 2010 - 15:45 AngelCarpintero
Locked pixels	FlorinAnton	944	11 Feb 2010 - 19:06 FlorinAnton
Mac OS X ffmpeg patch/configure error & Motion pthread support error	NicholasSund	1148	05 Feb 2010 - 21:14 AngelCarpintero
./configure without ffmpeg	WikiGuest	767	07 Jan 2010 - 10:56 AngelCarpintero
False recordings of gabage	TheOtherBug	933	24 Jul 2009 - 10:50 TheOtherBug
segfault in libc-2.6.1.so	WikiGuest	942	18 Jul 2009 - 00:41 AngelCarpintero
Segmentation fault	JeanBono	968	16 Jul 2009 - 18:57 AngelCarpintero
Motion control 'quit" action does not work.	BruceDurham	1194	06 Nov 2008 - 03:05 AngelCarpintero
3.2.9 and Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000: captures 320x240 despite a setting of 640x480 although set to	TWikiGuest	1246	15 Sep 2008 - 18:56 DagErlandsson
Logitech Quickcam Messenger : image much too bright	TWikiGuest	1308	15 Jul 2008 - 17:31 AngelCarpintero
Need to set norm to NTSC in xawtv for threads beyond 0	WillBuddenberg	1537	15 Jun 2008 - 23:54 AngelCarpintero
Crash on reconect webcam	TrebolA	1354	02 Jun 2008 - 16:04 AngelCarpintero
Motion hangs if webcam is removed	PekkaVuorela	1365	22 May 2008 - 20:48 PekkaVuorela
post_capture seems to stop on max_mpeg_time :(	TWikiGuest	1400	22 May 2008 - 01:13 AngelCarpintero
Stop answering.	DanielHolm	1454	20 Feb 2008 - 19:27 DanielHolm
IP cam connection lost and never reconnect	LaurentBalthasar	1881	20 Feb 2008 - 05:51 AngelCarpintero
Motion for MACOSX 10.4 (ppc)	TWikiGuest	1473	31 Jan 2008 - 09:45 AngelCarpintero
motion 3.2.8 on fox board	Luca	1636	08 Jan 2008 - 16:24 AngelCarpintero
multiple definition of `file_protocol'	GerbenRoest	1536	02 Dec 2007 - 20:54 AngelCarpintero
compile error with ffmpeg + solution	NickKnatterton	1627	31 Aug 2007 - 21:23 AngelCarpintero
motion dies in webcam.c:webcam_add_write:233	Uwe Klein	1840	31 Jan 2007 - 16:19 UweKlein
motion in free(): error: modified (chunk-) pointer. Occurs when I use features ffmpeg on FreeBSD.	RafisKhayrullin	1881	08 Jan 2007 - 20:39 AngelCarpintero
Problem with webcam, based on the sn9c102 chip	GennadySolovyenko	1928	05 Nov 2006 - 11:52 AngelCarpintero
Links between Camorama and Motion ?	AndrewKraknovic	1993	06 Sep 2006 - 00:28 AngelCarpintero
Image is always black	TWikiGuest	2048	17 Jul 2006 - 15:19 KonradRiedel
Webcam interface crashes after 24-48 hours.	TWikiGuest	2272	22 May 2006 - 18:31 PeterS
Session timeout on netcam	MarcBalcells	2098	16 May 2006 - 21:54 AngelCarpintero
disk full	TWikiGuest	2179	28 Feb 2006 - 23:29 AngelCarpintero
webcam_localhost behaviour	DickMiddleton	2174	28 Feb 2006 - 23:08 AngelCarpintero
segfault after start with WCS2003(same as wvc54g from Linksys) netcam and motion-3.2.2	Mirko Taschenberger	2371	16 Aug 2005 - 22:04 KennethLavrsen
on round robin * glibc detected * free(): invalid pointer: 0xb4658008 *	RobertoSpadim	2470	19 Jul 2005 - 03:13 KennethLavrsen

Old Bugs

See ReleaseBugFixes for bugs that have been fixed and the fix is in a released version of Motion.

See RejectedBugReports for bugs that either cannot be reproduced, waiting for additional info or we believe it has been fixed in a new version.

See DuplicatedBugReports for bugs that are duplicates of others