Bug Reports

The page includes historic bug reports. It is not to be used for reporting any new bugs. New issues should be reported via the github home or reported, discussed and validated on the Motion user mailing list.

New Bugs

Not yet assigned to anyone.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
compiling error with latest ffmpeg on raspberrypi	MarcoBernardi	3379	11 Sep 2016 - 14:57 MarcoBernardi
mask image ignored or wrong setup?	WolframFischer	3402	21 Aug 2016 - 15:09 WolframFischer
Unable to run python script on_motion* etc...	Main.turboy	3459	23 Jun 2016 - 14:22 SimoneRiccardi
Unknown config option for Database options	WikiGuest	3495	18 May 2016 - 19:06 VictorO
Problem installing motion	WikiGuest	3586	17 Feb 2016 - 16:45 NicoBoileau
Libavformat53 error, not found	WikiGuest	3592	12 Feb 2016 - 00:35 RovilsonFMartins
Can't compile with V4L2	Allan Bogh	3619	17 Jan 2016 - 10:48 AllanBogh
Skip corrupted jpeg frame	MaurizioA	3645	20 Dec 2015 - 16:18 MaurizioA
Recording timelapse video no longer working	StefanBruda	4539	22 Nov 2015 - 18:49 MrDave
Still detecting motion even with "output_normal off"	HenkVanHeuveln	3691	22 Nov 2015 - 17:38 MrDave
Captured images are broken if their size is more than 1MB	KonstantinSokolov	3702	24 Oct 2015 - 20:38 KonstantinSokolov
logrotate crash	HarlanDaneker	3703	23 Oct 2015 - 20:01 HarlanDaneker
segfault in pthread_getspecific() on musl based system	WikiGuest	3726	30 Sep 2015 - 20:42 DaveFlogeras
Motion does not work with Chrome	DavidRadin	4427	19 Aug 2015 - 17:16 MiKn
event_on_start not working	StephenCook	3788	30 Jul 2015 - 23:51 StephenCook
Threads dying randomly, just like BugReport2006x04x07x164654	HolgerJakobs	3923	17 Mar 2015 - 18:23 HolgerJakobs
Memory usage of motion is extremly high if Netcam is in use - Raspberry Pi 512MB	WikiGuest	4020	10 Dec 2014 - 21:34 ChristopherStein
Fix for mem leak in read_rtsp_image()	ChristopheGRENIER	4021	10 Dec 2014 - 10:31 ChristopheGRENIER
height (1080) is not modulo 16 3.2.12: with 1920 x 1080	GeneC	4026	05 Dec 2014 - 23:36 GeneC
Libjpeg Crash during conversion (YUV420 to JPEG)	GiovanniLicata	4119	10 Nov 2014 - 15:41 GiovanniLicata
Multiple Vulnerabilities	RvH	4664	10 Oct 2014 - 19:19 MrDave
* Error in `motion': free(): invalid size: 0x00007f960000dc60 *	QwazwsxQwazwsx	4100	10 Oct 2014 - 19:00 MrDave
I have problem "netcam_output_message: Invalid SOS parameters for sequential JPEG"	WikiGuest	4109	12 Sep 2014 - 12:09 AndrianAndrian
Killing motion makes webcam light stuck to on and device becomes unusable	DanielSohn	4169	15 Jul 2014 - 03:38 DanielSohn
Higher 'gap' values in motion.conf break the framerate of the first event movie	SimonLemarchand	4238	06 May 2014 - 17:20 SimonLemarchand
Several Instances of Memory leaks	NicoleBruck	4244	01 May 2014 - 00:32 NicoleBruck
Recorded Video doesn't play	JackYellow	4244	01 May 2014 - 00:20 JackYellow44
Compilation fails at video2.c on Raspberry Pi	MartinGogo	4249	26 Apr 2014 - 09:25 MartinGogo
Motion with 2 cameras, only one works	bomberb17	4265	09 Apr 2014 - 19:43 PanosXatzi
error: ‘VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P’ undeclared	Main.Drootnar	4314	20 Feb 2014 - 09:29 DrootnarDrootnar
(PATCH) Handling of bad MJPEG/JPEG data	JonGuess	4832	17 Feb 2014 - 06:36 KeithWillis
netcam with host and port does'nt works with proxy	GVautier	4322	11 Feb 2014 - 15:02 GillesVautier
Ignore bad frames	OERNiiB	4337	28 Jan 2014 - 08:50 OERNiiB
CPU load is not effected if motion detection is paused	MaartenOll	4448	08 Oct 2013 - 13:45 MaartenOll
setting minimum_motion_frame to 1 stops image output until restart	WilliamPhelps	4458	28 Sep 2013 - 18:24 WilliamPhelps
Mpeg4 video format doesn't work for HTML5 video	PedroCorteReal	4506	11 Aug 2013 - 16:29 PedroCorteReal
Error with Threads	LuanCasagrande	4515	02 Aug 2013 - 22:32 LuanCasagrande
"Motion thread 1 restart" when running as service	JohnMiller	4527	21 Jul 2013 - 17:59 JohnMiller
No rollover if target file size is limited	KlausMueller	4551	27 Jun 2013 - 20:20 KlausMueller
"compatible palette" error until fswebcam runs before Motion	EricRead	4568	10 Jun 2013 - 18:45 EricRead
Autofocus cameras garbage	MustaiMustai	4574	05 Jun 2013 - 03:33 MustaiMustai
mjpg-streaming broken with motion 3.2.12	WikiGuest	4603	07 May 2013 - 11:03 TomHinkle
Motion can't start X Display Applications ("on_event_start") in Daemon mode	Main.Yusuf	4640	31 Mar 2013 - 06:51 YusufGungor
Unable to find a compatible palette format.	PawelGrzes	4650	20 Mar 2013 - 14:38 PawelGrzes
vloopback_motion.c compile fails	NormDePlume	4894	12 Mar 2013 - 16:12 RkaneKnight
8bit Greyscale support missing for uvcvideo device	CavaC	4683	15 Feb 2013 - 19:57 CavaC
Errors at make (git version)	IboS	4694	05 Feb 2013 - 02:47 IboS
Motion dies after going into daemon mode	DazzConway	4712	29 Jan 2013 - 22:09 DazzConway
With two web cams conencted the pictures are mixed together in recordings	IainMcFarlane	5285	25 Jan 2013 - 01:43 DazzConway
FLV generated movie files play too fast	WikiGuest	4734	27 Dec 2012 - 05:16 OlegRakh
Dual webcam problem on Raspberry Pi	WikiGuest	4748	12 Dec 2012 - 16:45 EnricoS
Segmentation fault with iViewHD net camera	RzTen1	4769	21 Nov 2012 - 23:05 RzTen1
movie_filename unknown if no ffmpeg	YoupMol	4786	05 Nov 2012 - 06:55 YoupMol
Filenames vs displaytime	YoupMol	4788	03 Nov 2012 - 09:08 YoupMol
Make fails on file vloopback_motion.c	SteveGee	4793	28 Oct 2012 - 21:04 SteveGee
recording fps rate : notice and fix (motion-3.2.12-trunk.r557)	BernieK	4801	20 Oct 2012 - 17:17 BernieK
internet conflict with motion.	WikiGuest	4805	16 Oct 2012 - 21:07 EdwinKribbs
Cannot compile any version.	AndAnd	4843	08 Sep 2012 - 21:04 AndAnd
aera_detect not working at all	BeBlochl	4900	19 Aug 2012 - 19:57 BeBlochl
Recent update of ports on FreeBSD = no more working motion	WikiGuest	4887	27 Jul 2012 - 02:43 TisugolTisugol
Two USB cams on reporting to same Motion	WikiGuest	5404	04 Mar 2012 - 19:29 GillesLatulipe
zero-copy mode of vloopback module on Linux kernel >2.6.32	RaulFajardo	5339	02 May 2011 - 09:09 RaulFajardo
Motion stops recording (but keeps running)	WikiGuest	5433	28 Jan 2011 - 08:05 KetilMalde
Motion will crash when attempting to add a thread via the HTTP API.	WikiGuest	5464	27 Dec 2010 - 18:26 KyleHotchkiss
motion ignores framerate and minimum_frame_time settings in Debian	WikiGuest	5509	13 Nov 2010 - 05:10 JuanAnguloMoreno
Problem with "grey" video from motion	AndreyChayka	5552	01 Oct 2010 - 11:08 AndreyChayka
/dev/cxm0	DarrenJohnston	5638	06 Jul 2010 - 23:55 DarrenJohnston
Auto brightness oscillates wildly	RobertHancock	6076	25 Apr 2009 - 02:25 RobertHancock
on_camera_lost not triggered if video_pipe doesn't work for any reason.	RomanGaufman	6113	03 Apr 2009 - 14:43 RomanGaufman
Motion failed to close motion-stream listen socket after a month of running	RomanGaufman	6100	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
Quantization table 0x00 was not defined	AlexeyRod	5286	05 Sep 2012 - 23:21 LuisFernandoMita	AngelCarpintero
Video loopback broken with kernels 2.6.38 and above	WikiGuest	5266	29 Oct 2011 - 02:36 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
netcam_next called with non data in buffer	NicolaM	6126	04 Jan 2010 - 03:17 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
on_area_detected, events, gap	WikiGuest	6103	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
Wireless IP Camera's Not Working	MikeHoward	4149	26 Oct 2014 - 22:46 MikeHoward
trunkREV557: motion does not insert data to a postgresql db.	KarolisE	4748	13 Dec 2012 - 12:41 KarolisE
Gentoo emerge motion fails, video2.c undeclared	JoeKane	4909	07 Jul 2012 - 18:31 AngelCarpintero
motion.c:585:26: error: ‘VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P’ undeclared (first use in this function)	IgorKuznetsov	4931	14 Jun 2012 - 15:20 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
Connexion to non-streaming netcam lost after some time	F00tyNyupi	5620	28 Jul 2010 - 19:27 F00tyNyupi
Unclear explanantion in configuration file for stream_quality	RichardB	5795	21 Mar 2010 - 18:35 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
V4L2 fourcc GRBG not supported	IsaacRichter	5888	24 Nov 2009 - 12:20 AngelCarpintero	AngelCarpintero
New spec and init script for Fedora/RedHat systems	StevenM	6103	06 Jul 2009 - 13:29 StevenM

Monitored Bug Reports

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
IP cam connection lost and never reconnect	LaurentBalthasar	6934	30 Jun 2016 - 00:12 PhilipWalden
Colors not coming out correctly when using webcam with JPEG palette	WikiGuest	5228	05 Sep 2012 - 03:54 GatorY
svn/git version don't compile with mysql support under ubuntu 12.04	DannyDeKeuleneire	4902	18 Jul 2012 - 09:00 DannyDeKeuleneire
support for new major ffmpeg release	EmmettBrown	4931	18 Jul 2012 - 06:30 AngelCarpintero
Segfault on 16:9 resolution	MichaelKirkland	5021	02 Jun 2012 - 04:40 AngelCarpintero
cppcheck	FolkertvanHeusden	4943	02 Jun 2012 - 01:56 AngelCarpintero
motion will not compile with ffmpeg	EdwinKribbs	5493	29 Oct 2011 - 01:56 AngelCarpintero
motion.c:585:26: error: 'VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P' undeclared (first use in this function)	WikiGuest	5192	22 Oct 2011 - 17:06 AngelCarpintero
Crash when write mpeg4, swf and etc	WikiGuest	5183	22 Oct 2011 - 17:04 AngelCarpintero
Motion will not build with newer kernel headers	IgorNovgorodov	5365	10 May 2011 - 06:21 AngelCarpintero
image scrambled, videosyncs inside active picture?	RubenD	5403	27 Feb 2011 - 18:56 RubenD
Segmentation fault	WikiGuest	5733	10 Feb 2011 - 02:05 AngelCarpintero
Events leave zombies on OpenBSD	MotionMark	5708	02 May 2010 - 15:45 AngelCarpintero
Locked pixels	FlorinAnton	5997	11 Feb 2010 - 19:06 FlorinAnton
Mac OS X ffmpeg patch/configure error & Motion pthread support error	NicholasSund	6201	05 Feb 2010 - 21:14 AngelCarpintero
./configure without ffmpeg	WikiGuest	5820	07 Jan 2010 - 10:56 AngelCarpintero
False recordings of gabage	TheOtherBug	5986	24 Jul 2009 - 10:50 TheOtherBug
segfault in libc-2.6.1.so	WikiGuest	5995	18 Jul 2009 - 00:41 AngelCarpintero
Segmentation fault	JeanBono	6021	16 Jul 2009 - 18:57 AngelCarpintero
Motion control 'quit" action does not work.	BruceDurham	6247	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	6299	15 Sep 2008 - 18:56 DagErlandsson
Logitech Quickcam Messenger : image much too bright	TWikiGuest	6361	15 Jul 2008 - 17:31 AngelCarpintero
Need to set norm to NTSC in xawtv for threads beyond 0	WillBuddenberg	6590	15 Jun 2008 - 23:54 AngelCarpintero
Crash on reconect webcam	TrebolA	6407	02 Jun 2008 - 16:04 AngelCarpintero
Motion hangs if webcam is removed	PekkaVuorela	6418	22 May 2008 - 20:48 PekkaVuorela
post_capture seems to stop on max_mpeg_time :(	TWikiGuest	6453	22 May 2008 - 01:13 AngelCarpintero
Stop answering.	DanielHolm	6507	20 Feb 2008 - 19:27 DanielHolm
Motion for MACOSX 10.4 (ppc)	TWikiGuest	6526	31 Jan 2008 - 09:45 AngelCarpintero
motion 3.2.8 on fox board	Luca	6689	08 Jan 2008 - 16:24 AngelCarpintero
multiple definition of `file_protocol'	GerbenRoest	6589	02 Dec 2007 - 20:54 AngelCarpintero
compile error with ffmpeg + solution	NickKnatterton	6680	31 Aug 2007 - 21:23 AngelCarpintero
motion dies in webcam.c:webcam_add_write:233	Uwe Klein	6893	31 Jan 2007 - 16:19 UweKlein
motion in free(): error: modified (chunk-) pointer. Occurs when I use features ffmpeg on FreeBSD.	RafisKhayrullin	6934	08 Jan 2007 - 20:39 AngelCarpintero
Problem with webcam, based on the sn9c102 chip	GennadySolovyenko	6981	05 Nov 2006 - 11:52 AngelCarpintero
Links between Camorama and Motion ?	AndrewKraknovic	7046	06 Sep 2006 - 00:28 AngelCarpintero
Image is always black	TWikiGuest	7101	17 Jul 2006 - 15:19 KonradRiedel
Webcam interface crashes after 24-48 hours.	TWikiGuest	7325	22 May 2006 - 18:31 PeterS
Session timeout on netcam	MarcBalcells	7151	16 May 2006 - 21:54 AngelCarpintero
disk full	TWikiGuest	7232	28 Feb 2006 - 23:29 AngelCarpintero
webcam_localhost behaviour	DickMiddleton	7227	28 Feb 2006 - 23:08 AngelCarpintero
segfault after start with WCS2003(same as wvc54g from Linksys) netcam and motion-3.2.2	Mirko Taschenberger	7424	16 Aug 2005 - 22:04 KennethLavrsen
on round robin * glibc detected * free(): invalid pointer: 0xb4658008 *	RobertoSpadim	7523	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