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ConfigOptionRoundrobinFrames
The Round Robin feature is automatically activated where multiple threads are sharing the same video device. Each thread can then set different input channels or ...
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTargetDir
This is the target directory for all snapshots, images files and movie files. You will normally always want to specify this parameter as an absolute path. Note t...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTextRight
text_right is displayed in the lower right corner of the pictures. If the option is not defined no text is displayed at this position. You can place the text in q...
r11 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTimelapseFilename
Default value is equivalent to legacy 'oldlayout' option. File extension .mpg is automatically added so do not include this. This option uses conversion specifier...
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWidth
Motion does not scale so should be set to the actual size of the v4l device. In case of a net camera motion sets the height to the height of the first image read....
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegVariableBitrate
Experiment for the value that gives you the desired compromise between size and quality.
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionPreCapture
Motion buffers the number of picture frames defined by 'pre_capture'. When motion is detected the pictures in the buffer are included in the video clip generated ...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSdlThreadnr
This feature is considered experimental in nature
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionStreamLocalhost
By setting this to on, the webcam can only be accessed on the same machine on which Motion is running.
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTextDouble
This option makes the text defined by text_left, text_right and text_changes twice the normal size. This may be useful when using large picture formats such as 64...
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackMaxx
Only used for stepper motor tracking.
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegTimelapseMode
Note that it is important that you use the conversion specifiers in ffmpeg_filename that ensure that the new timelapse file indeed is a new file. If the filename ...
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOnMotionDetected
To disable the feature simply do not include the option in the file or comment it out by placing a "#" or ";" as the first character on the line before the execut...
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOnMovieStart
Full path name of the program/script. This can be any type of program or script. Remember to set the execution bit in the ACL and if it is a script type program s...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionQuality
100 means hardly compressed. A small number means a much smaller file size but also a less nice quality image to look at. 50 is a good compromise for most.
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSqlLogPicture
Configuration option common to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Motion must be built with MySQL or PostgreSQL support to use this feature.
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionEmulateMotion
This feature is not meant to be the normal mode of operation. Especially not if you have any of the picture or movie features enabled since it will keep on saving...
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegOutputMovies
Generates a new film at the beginning of each new event and appends to the film for each motion detected within the same event. The current event ends when the ti...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOnMovieEnd
Full path name of the program/script. This can be any type of program or script. Remember to set the execution bit in the ACL and if it is a script type program s...
r10 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackAuto
Requires a tracking camera type supported by Motion.
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionVideodevice
This is the video4linux device name. Ignore this for net cameras.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionLightswitch
Experiment to see what works best for your application. Note: From version 3.1.17 (snap release 2 and on) this option has changed from a boolean (on or off) to a ...
r11 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionMinimumFrameTime
This option is used when you want to capture images at a rate lower than 2 per second. When this is enabled the framerate option is used only to set the pace the ...
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionPowerLineFrequency
These are the valid values Value Description 1 Do not modify device setting 0 Power line frequency Disabled 1 50 Hz 2 60 Hz 3 A...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionRoundrobinSkip
The Round Robin feature is automatically activated where multiple threads are sharing the same video device. Each thread can then set different input channels or ...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSwitchfilter
This is a round robin related feature used when you have a capture card with multiple inputs (controlled by the 'input' option) on the same videodevice.
r12 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionNorm
This value is only used for capture cards using the BTTV driver.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionProcessIdFile
When Motion is started and this option is defined, Motion creates a file containing the process ID if the main Motion thread. This can be used by scripts to ident...
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSqlLogMovie
Configuration option common to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Motion must be built with MySQL or PostgreSQL support to use this feature.
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionVideoPipe
Using this you can view the results in real time. E.g. by using the program camstream. Disable this option by not having it in the config file (or comment it out ...
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionDatabaseType
Motion can be compiled with MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite3 database support. When enabled Motion can be configured to add a record to a table in the database as spe...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFramerate
The faster you fetch pictures from the camera the more CPU load you get and the more pictures get included when Motion is detected. Motion will stop storing pictu...
r9 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFrequency
This option is only relevant if you have a TV tuner card where you can select the tuner frequency. Your tuner card must support this feature.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionStreamAuthMethod
The parameters have the following meaning. * 0 = disabled * 1 = Basic authentication * 2 = MD5 digest (the safer authentication) Note that if you are ena...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionThresholdTune
This feature makes Motion continuously adjust the threshold for declaring motion. The threshold setting is ignored when activating this feature. It may give diffe...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackIomojoId
Only used for iomojo camera.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionNetcamProxy
Use this if you need to connect to a network camera through a proxy server. Example of syntax: "http://myproxy.mydomain.com:1024 If the proxy port number is 80 y...
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOutputDebugPictures
Motion images shows the motion content of the pictures. This is good for tuning and testing but probably not very interesting for the general public. Default is n...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOutputPictures
If you set the value to 'first' Motion saves only the first motion detected picture per event. If you set it to "best" Motion saves the picture with most changed ...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackMaxy
Only used for stepper motor tracking.
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionDespeckle
A way of tuning (by removing or enhancing) noise in the motion image. Options for the despeckle feature are any of 'e', 'E', 'd' or 'D'. This can be combined by a...
r9 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionNetcamUrl
Motion can connect to a network camera through a normal TCP socket. All you need to give it is the URL. The URL given must return either one single jpeg picture o...
r12 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionPictureFilename
This option uses conversion specifiers which are codes that start by % and then a letter. The conversion specifiers used has the same function as for the C functi...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionPostCapture
The purpose of this is mainly to create smooth video clips each time motion is detected. Use it to you personal taste (and disk space).. This option is the prefer...
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSmartMaskSpeed
Smartmask is a dynamic, self learning mask. Smartmask will disable sensitivity in areas with frequent motion (like trees in the wind). Sensitivity is turned on ag...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionHue
Normally only relevant for NTSC cameras.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionIpv6Enabled
This sets the TCP/IP port number to be used for control of motion using http (browser). Port numbers below 1024 normally requires that you have root privileges. P...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionMinimumMotionFrames
Note that the picture frames are buffered by Motion and once motion is detected also the first frames containing motion are saved so you will not miss anything. T...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionMovieFilename
File extension .mpg or .avi is automatically added so do not include this. This option uses conversion specifiers which are codes that start by % and then a lette...
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionLocateMotionStyle
* Set to 'box' will draw the traditional box. * Set to 'redbox' will draw a red box. * Set to 'cross' will draw a little cross to mark center. * Set to '...
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionLogLevel
You can use this parameter to set how much information you want from the logging. You will typically use a high value when you are trouble shooting a problem. The...
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionStreamMotion
Use this option to save bandwidth when there is not anything important to see from the camera anyway.
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackType
Motion has special tracking options which use either a serial stepper motor controller, an iomojo smile cam or a Philips WebCam driver compatible pan/tilt camera ...
r10 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionInput
This parameter is really used only with video capture cards that has more than one input. However if you set the input number to e.g. 1 for a USB camera motion wr...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionNetcamKeepalive
* off: The historical implementation using HTTP/1.0, closing the socket after each http request. * on: Use HTTP/1.1 requests that support keep alive as default...
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionNoiseTune
This feature makes Motion continuously adjust the noise threshold for distinguishing between noise and motion. The 'noise_level' setting is ignored when activatin...
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionStreamPort
Note that each camera thread must have its own unique port number and it must also be different from the webcontrol_port number. A good value to select is 8081 fo...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionThread
This is used when you have more than one camera/device. The single camera can get all its options from the default motion.conf file. If you have two or more camer...
r9 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackMotorx
Only used for stepper motor tracking.
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTunerdevice
Make sure to remove or comment out this option when running Motion under Linux.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionAreaDetect
Areas are numbered like that: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 One or more areas can be specified with this option. Example: You want to mon...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionDaemon
Daemon mode is what you typically will use once you are done experimenting and have motion run permanently in the background on a server. Wonder about the word an...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOnEventEnd
Full path name of the program/script. This can be any type of program or script. Remember to set the execution bit in the ACL and if it is a script type program s...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionOnPictureSave
Full path name of the program/script. This can be any type of program or script. Remember to set the execution bit in the file access control list (chmod) and if ...
r12 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackStepAngleY
Requires a tracking camera type pwc
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcontrolAuthentication
By setting this to on, the control using http (browser) can only be accessed using login and password ( following the Basic Authentication defined in HTTP RFC )
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegTimelapse
This feature uses ffmpegs libavcodec to encode a timelapse movie saving a picture frame at the interval in seconds set by this parameter. Setting this option to 0...
r8 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionQuiet
Only works in non daemon mode.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionRotate
The rotation feature is used when the camera is hanging upside down (180 degrees) or if you choose a picture format in portrait instead of the normal landscape (9...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSnapshotInterval
The snapshots are stored in the target directory the directory/filename specified by the snapshot_filename option. This is the traditional web camera feature wh...
r9 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionTrackSpeed
Only used for stepper motor tracking.
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcontrolPort
This sets the TCP/IP port number to be used for control of motion using http (browser). Port numbers below 1024 normally requires that you have root privileges. P...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegBps
To use this feature you need to install the FFmpeg Streaming Multimedia System. Experiment to get the desired quality. The better quality the bigger files. This o...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionFfmpegOutputDebugMovies
Works like ffmpeg_output_movies but outputs motion pixel type pictures instead. This feature generates the special motion type movie where you only see the pixels...
r2 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSetupMode
When this option is turned on, Motion starts in setup mode so that the parameters can be set more easily. You can run setup mode in either console mode or daemon ...
r10 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSqlLogTimelapse
Configuration option common to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Motion must be built with MySQL or PostgreSQL support to use this feature.
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionV4L2Palette
Supported values are Value Name Short 0 V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C10X S910 1 V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR16 BYR2 2 V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8 BA81 ...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 20:19 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionMaxMpegTime
The parameter sets the limit of the time and not the size of the file
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 19:43 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionForm
Form Topic for motion.conf options Name:* *Type: Size: Values: Tooltip message: Option text 50 Option Name always lower case and with under...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 17:12 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamQuality
The mjpeg stream consists of a header followed by jpeg frames separated by content length and boundary string. The quality level defines the size of the individua...
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:40 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamMotion
Use this option to save bandwidth when there is not anything important to see from the camera anyway. Note that this feature was greatly improved from Motion vers...
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:37 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamMaxrate
Don't set 'webcam_maxrate' too high unless you only use it on the localhost or on an internal LAN.
r6 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:33 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamLocalhost
By setting this to on, the webcam can only be accessed on the same machine on which Motion is running.
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:31 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamLimit
Number can be defined by multiplying actual webcam rate by desired number of seconds. Actual webcam rate is the smallest of the numbers framerate and webcam_maxra...
r3 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:28 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionWebcamPort
Note that each camera thread must have its own unique port number and it must also be different from the control_port number. A good value to select is 8081 for c...
r7 - 07 Aug 2016 - 15:24 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSqlLogMpeg
Configuration option common to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Motion must be built with MySQL or PostgreSQL support to use this feature.
r4 - 07 Aug 2016 - 12:32 by KennethLavrsen
ConfigOptionSqlLogImage
Configuration option common to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Motion must be built with MySQL or PostgreSQL support to use this feature.
r5 - 07 Aug 2016 - 12:30 by KennethLavrsen
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