Feature Requests from Users

Submit New Feature Request

This form creates a new topic for each feature request.

• Read through all the existing feature requests. Maybe it is already there. You are welcome to edit an existing feature request topic to add more or simply say why you also want the feature.
• Look at the RoadMap topic. Maybe we have already planned it.
• Make sure you read the MotionGuide. The feature may already be there.
• Remember that Motion is made 100% by a small team of volunteer people as a hobby project. If you want to code the feature yourself, it is more likely to be included. KennethLavrsen always reserves the right to reject a feature if it does not comply with the original idea of Motion or it will slow down or maybe even break existing features.

Topic name:	FeatureRequest2010x03x14x020448
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New Feature Requests

Submitted and not yet followed up on.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
threshold percent value instead of # of pixels	TrevL	14	28 Feb 2010 - 17:11 TrevL
Contiguous pixels only in threshold test	RandyRusso	16	26 Feb 2010 - 21:52 RandyRusso
send webcam images with lower resolution	ChristianPort	189	06 Sep 2009 - 12:55 ChristianPort
Simple Value request	TheOtherBug	238	20 Jul 2009 - 20:58 TheOtherBug
stop capturing or close video device when there's nothing to do with the data	WikiGuest	239	19 Jul 2009 - 04:04 DeomidRyabkov
Directory input of JPEG files	TomWatson	332	29 May 2009 - 23:26 SoleViktor
Basic security on streaming?	WeirdBeard	301	20 May 2009 - 17:51 RomanGaufman
Maximum Treshold	WikiGuest	307	11 May 2009 - 15:11 PeerTeer
Millisecond precision timestamp	LaszloVarga	514	16 Oct 2008 - 15:12 LaszloVarga
Automatic VLC playlist	MatthewYax	540	20 Sep 2008 - 18:52 MatthewYax
Encode mp4 or mov hinted movies	TWikiGuest	563	29 Aug 2008 - 01:40 NestorAriel
Ability to lower motion detection fps	RomanGaufman	668	15 Jul 2008 - 19:27 RomanGaufman
Camera Repositioning with a mask	GregSwift	1530	22 Jun 2008 - 05:15 GregSwift
Variables for cameraname and user	TWikiGuest	656	27 May 2008 - 18:01 RomanGaufman
video_fifo feature	TWikiGuest	666	17 May 2008 - 21:18 RomanGaufman
output_motion first, best, center	TWikiGuest	668	15 May 2008 - 16:12 RomanGaufman
Compare current frame to earlier reference frame	TWikiGuest	697	30 Apr 2008 - 19:37 DagErlandsson
recreate the minimum_gap option?	SaC?	721	23 Mar 2008 - 14:34 SaC?
Add external audio channel	TrebolA	726	19 Mar 2008 - 13:34 RomanGaufman
Set Receive Buffer size for Netcam	SimonW	788	17 Jan 2008 - 22:21 SimonW
Movement blobs detection	KrzychS	832	03 Dec 2007 - 21:37 JoergWeber
Split image view	AxelAmthor	1405	24 Nov 2007 - 20:19 AxelAmthor
motion detection on specific zones?	TWikiGuest	986	05 Nov 2007 - 11:20 JoergWeber
Startup motion on demand	JpkaJ	865	31 Oct 2007 - 17:06 JpkaJ
Http POST Support in netcam.c (Solwise PLA-14WCAM support)	JohnLines	872	25 Oct 2007 - 06:57 JohnLines
optionaly disable event mask durning motion event	EvilPete	1067	04 Oct 2007 - 02:16 LeRoy
Custom Snapshot size	TWikiGuest	1347	30 Sep 2007 - 14:42 KennethLavrsen
Ability to output_normal the middle frame	ChrisJenks	1150	30 Sep 2007 - 10:25 JoergWeber
Very Large Precapture Feature	TWikiGuest	1534	30 Sep 2007 - 10:06 JoergWeber
Add images / mask to the output	ThomasBaluWalter	1472	01 Sep 2007 - 21:47 StephTheGeek
EDICAM IC-1500	JoergStickdorn	1090	23 Apr 2007 - 15:18 AngelCarpintero
Ignore none existant video sources at startup...	RyanFulcher	1073	07 Apr 2007 - 10:26 RyanFulcher
user defined lastsnap.jpg names for multiple sources...	TWikiGuest	1073	07 Apr 2007 - 10:14 RyanFulcher
Make motion even less processing intensive	TorstenEdeler	1176	27 Dec 2006 - 22:51 TorstenEdeler
When using multiple webcams, a option to limit access to 1 a time	VittorioPellegrineschi	1301	22 Aug 2006 - 07:09 VittorioPellegrineschi
time lapse video if motion is detected.	PyroMUC	1377	24 Jul 2006 - 01:34 EvilPete
Direction control	ChristopheMonniez	1347	06 Jul 2006 - 21:45 ChristopheMonniez
Network Camera with MPEG4 Stream	TWikiGuest	1353	30 Jun 2006 - 16:34 JaviPardo
Create symlink to last normal image as well	MagnusHolmgren	1378	06 Jun 2006 - 08:44 MagnusHolmgren
color-valued mask files?	OliverLudwig	1391	01 Jun 2006 - 07:41 OliverLudwig
System signal to capture video when no motion is present	TWikiGuest	1541	30 May 2006 - 09:55 MikeMullins
Don't motion detect on every frame	MarkTranchant	1425	20 Apr 2006 - 10:53 MarkTranchant
Capture more frames after larger motion or motion within a defined area	TWikiGuest	1441	03 Apr 2006 - 23:13 TWikiGuest
Event frame conversion specifier	JoeBush	1441	03 Apr 2006 - 14:27 JoeBush
Passive Motion Detection for thread	AlfredoMarchini	1500	03 Feb 2006 - 14:56 AlfredoMarchini
Saving into different folders	TWikiGuest?	1522	03 Feb 2006 - 00:44 KennethLavrsen

Feature Requests Being Discussed

Feature is being discussed. Participate by editing the topic. You can simply use the comment field at the bottom.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
Add Ogg Theora video support (perhaps replacing ffmpeg)	WilliamVolkman	1576	27 Jan 2010 - 16:36 BenHardill
Show FPS in Text Features	FlorinAnton	69	07 Jan 2010 - 10:31 AngelCarpintero
dublicate stream	QmysjwxB8zhc25n?	164	06 Dec 2009 - 12:07 AngelCarpintero
Wait before capture	Willem, Netherlands	368	02 Sep 2009 - 01:29 TheOtherBug
External trigger events	ChristopheMonniez	1347	31 Aug 2009 - 00:12 FlorinAnton
[[FeatureRequest2009x08x08x140847][]]	MarkO	218	09 Aug 2009 - 17:16 AngelCarpintero
Wildcards in "thread" param	OriolPalenzuela	370	15 Mar 2009 - 16:21 AngelCarpintero
Thread Name	DickMiddleton	1468	15 Dec 2008 - 22:45 SimonW
too dark image event	VladoStrenk	487	02 Dec 2008 - 03:18 AngelCarpintero
super resolution	JonZeeff	637	13 Oct 2008 - 08:24 SimonW
Support for Airlink 101 AICN500W	GarretteGrouwstra	588	21 Aug 2008 - 04:19 GarretteGrouwstra
Priorities when motion detected	JujuSL	622	07 Aug 2008 - 09:25 SimonW
video input from file.	BrandonHoult	1122	30 Mar 2008 - 08:06 AngelCarpintero
Allnet 2281 Camera	MichaelReuschling	752	21 Feb 2008 - 13:43 AngelCarpintero
Filtering AFTER despeckle and IN-BETWEEN	KrzychS	834	06 Jan 2008 - 20:38 AngelCarpintero
EXIF information for pictures	Angel Vera	1210	02 Sep 2007 - 12:35 DagErlandsson
Adding MJPEG as a ffmpeg_video_codec option	KeithB	981	02 Aug 2007 - 13:08 SimonW
Motion does not support multiple camera connectors on a single card	TWikiGuest	1198	05 Dec 2006 - 18:05 AngelCarpintero
Option to disable the link of lastsnap.jpg	MichaelK	1338	16 Jul 2006 - 18:24 KennethLavrsen
Improvement to hardware autobrightness	Mike Scott	1426	25 Apr 2006 - 15:50 MikeScott
Streaming intervals and sub-second timelapse	TWikiGuest	1521	29 Jan 2006 - 05:45 KennethLavrsen
Cropping	André Kroll	1664	29 Aug 2005 - 19:40 KennethLavrsen
Support for the VS-400 Video Switcher	GlennPipe	1809	30 Jun 2005 - 01:58 TWikiGuest
adding pixel_dif in the mjpeg stream	RobertH	1749	06 Jun 2005 - 19:19 KennethLavrsen
ffmpeg_video_codec xvid	TWikiGuest	1755	27 May 2005 - 01:26 AngelCarpintero

Accepted Feature Requests

Feature is accepted. Maybe in a modified form after the discussion. We do not yet know who codes it or who when it will be included.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
Cygwin Port (no v4l support necessary immediately)	TomBuaas	206	15 Jan 2010 - 21:58 HickDQuille
Changing colour+width of the locate box	TWikiGuest	759	06 May 2009 - 15:57 JoergWeber
v4l2 better palette support	MainBadanSergiu?	515	22 Oct 2008 - 06:48 BadanSergiu
Add "camera name" as config option, format specifier	TedTimmons	638	15 Jun 2008 - 23:21 AngelCarpintero
mirroring of saved images (not only rotation)	MarcoRogantini	1766	04 Feb 2008 - 09:18 AngelCarpintero
Allnet ALL2201 IP Camera MJPEG not recognized	TWikiGuest	1126	19 Feb 2007 - 12:54 SimonW
External trigger when intensity goes below and above a limit	OlafReudenbach	1789	03 Apr 2006 - 22:48 TWikiGuest
Mechanism to query for updated motion statistics	PeterS	1606	18 Dec 2005 - 11:09 KennethLavrsen
for cctv - alarm/event is trigged if no video signal	Stephen Coles	1668	19 Aug 2005 - 21:06 KennethLavrsen
Grab just one image from webcam	RobertoSpadim	1774	05 Jul 2005 - 06:10 KennethLavrsen
Choose between getting jpeg or mjpeg on webcam port	RobertH	1777	24 Jun 2005 - 22:09 KennethLavrsen

Feature Requests on the Motion Roadmap

There is a plan for when it will be implemented and someone has volunteered to do it.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change

Implemented Feature Requests

The feature is implemented and available at least in a snap release.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
simple http control improvements- password camera feed, no dumb port settings	MotionSickness	159	16 Nov 2009 - 05:07 AngelCarpintero
Coordinates area capture	EtienneChataignier	234	25 Jul 2009 - 07:47 AngelCarpintero
on_cameralost event	TheOtherBug	1437	08 Jul 2009 - 08:13 AngelCarpintero
More text location choices ( already implemented )	BigMac?	288	08 Jul 2009 - 07:57 AngelCarpintero
Video encoding to just FLV, instead of SWF	TimoTaskinen	969	18 Mar 2009 - 14:53 RomanGaufman
<help> feature in HTML control	AxelAmthor	846	11 Nov 2008 - 20:13 AngelCarpintero
Choose V4L2 palette	AngelCarpintero	847	03 Jun 2008 - 19:41 KennethLavrsen
HTTP Keep-Alive for netcams?	SimonW	1147	25 Apr 2008 - 06:41 SimonW
Blanking frames	TWikiGuest	819	13 Apr 2008 - 23:33 AngelCarpintero
Netcam Keep Alive	EvilPete	1130	29 Dec 2007 - 16:19 AngelCarpintero
Add support for Bayer image format	WillCooke	1809	19 Nov 2007 - 01:14 AngelCarpintero
Connection status of devices	AngelCarpintero	1222	19 Nov 2007 - 01:13 AngelCarpintero
Changing the user when run in daemon mode	KeithB	938	12 Oct 2007 - 14:05 AngelCarpintero
Support of uvc devices using uvcvideo	EjnarSvejstrup	1436	31 Mar 2007 - 02:28 NivVaizer
Better daemon behaviour	MagnusHolmgren	1377	10 Oct 2006 - 08:46 AngelCarpintero
Visible detection pause status	DickMiddleton	1460	16 Mar 2006 - 17:54 KennethLavrsen
Port for Apple Mac OSX	RupertRoeslerSchmidt	1636	30 Nov 2005 - 07:51 AngelCarpintero
SQL event logging	TimWegener	1789	04 Sep 2005 - 16:51 KennethLavrsen
New conversion specifiers for the time an event started	TWikiGuest	1719	04 Sep 2005 - 16:43 KennethLavrsen
Ability to change size of text	TWikiGuest	1719	02 Aug 2005 - 23:16 KennethLavrsen
External Command on End of Event	JoergWeber	1809	05 Jul 2005 - 06:05 KennethLavrsen
Motion Output in the WebCam stream	SebastienFricker	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:13 KennethLavrsen

Rejected Feature Requests

The request is rejected. This state is also used if the feature is already in Motion or it is a duplicate of existing request. Discussion can continue even if request is rejected. We may change our minds.

Headline	Submitted By	Age	Last Change
Logitech Quickcam EP support with gspca_spca561 driver	HumbleMumble	26	20 Feb 2010 - 09:52 AngelCarpintero
Passing ffmpeg flags	RomanGaufman	665	24 Oct 2009 - 02:20 RomanGaufman
Maskfile for the brightness	TWikiGuest	1674	04 Sep 2009 - 09:02 JosR
Enable MOTION to process VLC's MJPG Streams.	KlausDeiss	243	15 Jul 2009 - 18:23 AngelCarpintero
time offset for snapshot and timelapse capture	DavidCameron	394	14 Feb 2009 - 22:14 AngelCarpintero
disable when dark	Michael Phillips	394	14 Feb 2009 - 22:01 AngelCarpintero
Display System Commands in the text_left or text_right Function	RobertD?	531	17 Oct 2008 - 00:28 AngelCarpintero
Create symlink to last motion.avi movie	FlorinAnton	558	07 Sep 2008 - 23:15 AngelCarpintero
Text read from files.	TWikiGuest	1414	20 Jul 2008 - 04:10 AngelCarpintero
link multiple cameras	DavidSpuler	612	10 Jul 2008 - 17:59 AngelCarpintero
Disable JPEG Storage	AndreasLindner	713	01 Apr 2008 - 02:21 AngelCarpintero
User and password in webcam http	LudovicGomez	1507	30 Mar 2008 - 08:16 AngelCarpintero
noninteractive start motion as service.	EuvgenyShkrigunov	1133	30 Mar 2008 - 08:09 AngelCarpintero
Image output resize from original source video size durring jpeg compression?	RyanFulcher	783	22 Jan 2008 - 08:57 AngelCarpintero
limiting max_simultaneous_connections	TWikiGuest	1453	07 Jan 2008 - 01:14 KennethLavrsen
HTML output on motion control	AxelAmthor	841	25 Nov 2007 - 10:31 KennethLavrsen
A gui	ThierryC	1098	13 Mar 2007 - 07:40 ThierryC
cygwin	RobertoSpadim?	1241	07 Jan 2007 - 18:55 AngelCarpintero
Cron expression for disabling/changing parameters	LaurentBalthasar?	1181	19 Dec 2006 - 18:02 AngelCarpintero
Unique event numbers between restarts	Taco Scheltema	1635	21 Nov 2006 - 14:27 SimonW
Digital zoom	JussiJarvela	1333	21 Jul 2006 - 18:11 KennethLavrsen
Ability to distinguish/tag motions depending on location in the image	OliverLudwig	1392	01 Jul 2006 - 15:38 KennethLavrsen
netcam_url pointing to a .PNG file instead of JPEG	TeamLoser	1362	27 Jun 2006 - 11:15 TeamLoser
Generate an event or capture pictures when NO motion is detected.	MilanVanDeSwaluw	1366	23 Jun 2006 - 06:41 KennethLavrsen
Gandalf Library	TWikiGuest	1555	24 May 2006 - 06:25 KennethLavrsen
Change Log?	TWikiGuest	1414	01 May 2006 - 06:20 KennethLavrsen
motion detects diffrent motions	PatScho	1422	27 Apr 2006 - 06:12 AngelCarpintero
detection delay	TheOtherBug	1437	12 Apr 2006 - 19:51 KennethLavrsen
Web Server Cam Cycling	DickMiddleton	1480	27 Feb 2006 - 19:55 AngelCarpintero
Simple JPEG HTTP serving	TWikiGuest	1525	10 Feb 2006 - 14:15 AngelCarpintero
Date and timestamp in mpeg movie	Pete C. Bing	1520	15 Jan 2006 - 11:47 KennethLavrsen
Timelapse Daily	TWikiGuest	1564	20 Dec 2005 - 02:26 TWikiGuest
Digital Signatures for media generated by Motion	PeterS	1606	18 Dec 2005 - 11:02 KennethLavrsen
Grand Wifi camera ("raw binary dump" posted :)	PatriceGaudicheau	1590	18 Dec 2005 - 11:00 KennethLavrsen
Unique Camera Identifier	AxelAmthor	1606	14 Nov 2005 - 00:15 KennethLavrsen
Logging to syslog	AxelAmthor	1621	14 Nov 2005 - 00:12 KennethLavrsen
sample thread config	MadOnion87	1590	07 Nov 2005 - 23:00 KennethLavrsen
Triggering one thread depending upon another thread	RonaldoToledo	1631	30 Oct 2005 - 12:44 KennethLavrsen
output_normal, more options	MadsenWikholm	1602	26 Oct 2005 - 09:10 MadsenWikholm
Longer polling interval for netcams (modified low_cpu?)	DaveSmith?	1753	30 Aug 2005 - 15:45 EijiOgata
what about a time and date stamp	StephenColes	1668	29 Aug 2005 - 19:37 KennethLavrsen
Conversion Specifier for camera ID	Matt Addison	1680	14 Aug 2005 - 11:09 KennethLavrsen
VIDEO_PALETTE	OstrouhovZamir?	1693	10 Aug 2005 - 20:14 KennethLavrsen
better sysloging	EvilPete	1749	02 Aug 2005 - 23:18 KennethLavrsen
features to webcam server	RobertoSpadim	1752	05 Jul 2005 - 06:17 KennethLavrsen
[[FeatureRequest2005x06x01x171033][child process labels via ARGV[0] ]]	EvilPete	1747	24 Jun 2005 - 22:12 KennethLavrsen
Streaming MPEG4 to the webcam view	OrlandoAndico	1809	24 Jun 2005 - 21:54 KennethLavrsen
Virtual multicam webcam	DanToma	1802	24 Jun 2005 - 21:52 KennethLavrsen
Sound recording feature	OlegKhudyakov	1772	24 Jun 2005 - 21:39 KennethLavrsen
time record / no-record option	EvilPete	1748	01 Jun 2005 - 19:31 KennethLavrsen
adding pixel_dif in the mjpeg stream	RobertH	1759	29 May 2005 - 06:25 KennethLavrsen
adding pixel_dif in the mjpeg stream	RobertH	1773	29 May 2005 - 06:25 KennethLavrsen
make http servers into one http server	RobertoSpadim	1768	24 May 2005 - 20:33 KennethLavrsen
optimize capture	RobertoSpadim	1777	13 May 2005 - 06:16 KennethLavrsen
Nicer handling of writing out snapshot files	PeterS	1808	02 Apr 2005 - 09:27 KennethLavrsen
Logging of mpeg size in bytes/length in secs to SQL database	LukeRosenthal	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:23 KennethLavrsen
Forward looking algorithm	NicRoets	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:22 KennethLavrsen
FTP client	AlbertoG	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:21 KennethLavrsen
Indicator of Motion being captured	VictorRamos	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:17 KennethLavrsen
Time based motion settings	BevanColeman	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 23:15 KennethLavrsen
email - define sender-address in motion.conf	RupertRoeslerSchmidt	1809	31 Mar 2005 - 22:57 KennethLavrsen