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SupportQuestion2009x01x11x213342
Question Motion does not start in conjunction with dv4l, showing errors, se below. Using other applications through /dev/video1, the images are: camorama: ok (but...
r3 - 09 Aug 2009 - 20:28 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x18x145843
Do not edit title above. Edit the TopicTitle field in the form at the bottom Question I get a Segmentation Fault wenn I try to use that Camera. munin.conf: vi...
r3 - 09 Aug 2009 - 20:25 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x08x08x140847
Feature Request: Description It would be nice to have a threshold so that motion frames are not detected if pixel difference (for changed pixels) is below that...
r2 - 09 Aug 2009 - 17:16 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x08x02x202456
Question When I first built the vloopback module, and modprobed it, I used it successfully for several hours. However, upon rebooting my machine, I can still load...
r4 - 08 Aug 2009 - 23:01 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x07x23x193504
Question I'm trying to get a Genius Eye 312 webcam running so far without success. I've got the webcam loading up I think and appearing as /dev/video0. Whe...
r2 - 06 Aug 2009 - 01:36 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x10x20x200544
Question This is a phillips laptop usb camera with lamp, but not detected as pwc. motion r432 can't get a palette, and no output occurs. kernel 2.6.27 64 bit 0 ...
r5 - 06 Aug 2009 - 00:51 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x08x14x014531
Question I am trying to use dv4l vloopback motion to capture images off my DV camcorder via firewire (ieee1394). Everything works, but Motion segfaults after ...
r3 - 06 Aug 2009 - 00:49 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x15x193529
Question I want to try Motion. But my actual version of ffmpeg is 0.4.9.15793svn 20081108.pm.1300 on opensuse 11. I have tried to complie source code of 0.4.8 ver...
r3 - 06 Aug 2009 - 00:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x06x29x184409
Question Thanks Florin: When you say "Pick a different video source", do you mean try a different camera, or try a different port on the Capture Card? Also, I do...
r6 - 05 Aug 2009 - 19:51 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x01x150546
Question Hello, I have a Ubuntu 8.10 server running at home, and would like to include 2 same webcams. The setting of 2 devices with Motion presents no problem. H...
r2 - 05 Aug 2009 - 19:49 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x01x122434
Question I am a complete beginner when it comes to all this stuff so pleas bear with me. I currently have Ubuntu 9.04 installed, and I have also installed Motion...
r3 - 05 Aug 2009 - 19:47 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x01x16x023720
Question Hi I was thinking of using Ubuntu Server version for my motion machine. The specs for the server edition say that preemption is turned off. Does this mak...
r2 - 05 Aug 2009 - 19:41 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x08x04x191406
Question I have two cameras "Sirius USB2.0 Camera" and don't work together, when I run 'Motion' only works once, and the other I get a gray image. I compile the l...
r9 - 05 Aug 2009 - 18:35 by AngelCarpintero
FreeNodeIRC
IRC on Freenode Some of the hardcore Motion users and developers are often available on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). You are welcome to pass by for a short questio...
r11 - 05 Aug 2009 - 17:34 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x07x14x124819
Question Hello, I am using motion with a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000. Everything was fine, so I decided to add a new webcam, and bought the same as the first. I co...
r6 - 05 Aug 2009 - 16:36 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x07x29x123941
Question Hi I have motion installed and working with a USB camera. But now i want to connect to an IP camera. The Config file motion.conf is confusing. In the beg...
r3 - 03 Aug 2009 - 20:49 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x07x23x183122
Feature Request: Description Hi, thanks for the very useful (and funny) software. Would it be possible to specify coordinates instead of just pre defined areas...
r3 - 25 Jul 2009 - 07:47 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x06x13x231747
BUG: Within the distribution example of the config file are several values, that are set to something other than the values described as "default". For example: ...
r3 - 25 Jul 2009 - 07:37 by AngelCarpintero
MotionRearchitectureDiscussion
Motion Rearchitecture Discussion Introduction The issue has been raised about rearchitecturing Motion. As Kenneth points out in the RoadMap, this is not very urg...
r14 - 25 Jul 2009 - 07:22 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x07x23x150416
BUG: Hi This might be a duplicate of other bug reports, not really sure, if so just mark this duplicate. I got from a nice working setup on motion v.3.2.8 with n...
r5 - 24 Jul 2009 - 10:50 by TheOtherBug
HowtoMotionPwcFreeBSD
Howto use Motion with pwc port in FreeBSD Get the pwc port cd /usr/ports/multimedia/pwcbsd/ make install kldload pwc ( now plug your webcam, if it's plugged the...
r16 - 21 Jul 2009 - 20:34 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x07x20x100425
Feature Request: Description I'm missing an easy way to get current values of the settings. In the earlyer versions I could do a query and simply strip the htm...
r3 - 20 Jul 2009 - 20:58 by TheOtherBug
BugReport2009x06x24x230604
BUG: Just made a upgrade from v.3.2.8 to v.3.2.10.1 / 3.2.11 i found out all the help text you have putting in the control interface has broken a lot things her...
r6 - 20 Jul 2009 - 10:43 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x07x19x034851
Feature Request: Description when only http streaming is used and there are no active clients, it is wasteful to keep grabbing images, even at 2 per second ev...
NEW - 19 Jul 2009 - 04:04 by DeomidRyabkov
BugReport2009x07x15x111821
BUG: segfault at 0 ip b73c4d09 sp b616bdf8 error 4 in libc 2.6.1.so fix: in void motion_log(int level, int errno_flag, const char *fmt, ...) #if (defined(BSD)) ...
r3 - 18 Jul 2009 - 00:41 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x06x18x142620
BUG: I'm using: Linux 2.6.29.4 167.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Wed May 27 17:14:37 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Fedora Core 11 (Leonidas) Name : motion Arch : i586 Ver...
r5 - 16 Jul 2009 - 18:57 by AngelCarpintero
SmarterReferenceFramePatch
A smarter Reference Frame Description of Patch As dicussed a while ago, Motion needs a redesign of the reference frame implementation in order to properly be abl...
r11 - 15 Jul 2009 - 21:20 by FlorinAnton
SupportQuestion2009x07x10x173859
Question First of all let me say thanks to this very powerfull program and all the time you've probably spent to realise it ! I'am not sure if it is a bug and b...
r8 - 12 Jul 2009 - 22:29 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x04x30x053208
Question I installed 9.04 on a desktop (clean install on a different Hard Drive) that had been running motion quite nicely. The webcam worked and I had it set up ...
r3 - 12 Jul 2009 - 09:56 by AngelCarpintero
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x11
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 21 Sep 2008 Summary of changes since 3.2.10.1 Features * Added support for ffmpeg 2008 04 09 port version of...
r6 - 12 Jul 2009 - 05:52 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x07x11x185107
Question I just setup motion on a new Ubuntu install. When I goto the webcam port with Firefox I only get the ghost image or the difference from the last frame. W...
r3 - 11 Jul 2009 - 21:55 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x04x25x020128
BUG: When starting normally, Motion fails to open the camera because it can't find a valid palette format. If you use LD_PRELOAD to load v4l2convert.so when runn...
r2 - 09 Jul 2009 - 09:19 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x04x12x141907
Question When I start motion executable , how can I list to stdout only the current config options that it is read from configuration file motion.conf ???... I ha...
r3 - 09 Jul 2009 - 09:00 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x04x16x092113
Question Using Motion 3.2.10.1 on OpenWRT KAMIKAZE (8.09, r14511) (Linux OpenWrt 2.6.25.17) with USV driver and Logitech Quickcam Sphere AF I get "Error capturing...
r2 - 09 Jul 2009 - 08:59 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x04x13x194312
Question Hi, 1001 thanks for a good product, it works wonderful on my nslu2/debian5/Logitech quickcam E3500. You have the option "control_authentication" for the...
r2 - 09 Jul 2009 - 08:57 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x03x29x202528
BUG: when i have options: framerate 15 ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg4 I get correct movie file my.avi with FPS=15 when I try to use: ffmpeg_video_codec flv i'll get mo...
r3 - 09 Jul 2009 - 08:47 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x03x28x144231
BUG: Hi, I'm using area_detect to have motion events only from predefined areas. Suppose I set area_detect to 123. If a motion is detected in area 4 an event is ...
r2 - 09 Jul 2009 - 08:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x03x19x222302
Question When I connect my webcam by a USB 1.1 port to my notebook and start motion, I get the message, that only the palette MJPG (MJPEG) is supported. When I co...
r2 - 09 Jul 2009 - 08:27 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x13x160223
Question ok im, having to be quick as im off to work 5 minutes ago how do i get it to email the pictures that motion saves to my email address? im guessing i woul...
r5 - 09 Jul 2009 - 07:56 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x06x19x005116
Question how to find Motion when installed through synaptic manager? Hello sorry to bother u, i am fairly new to linux and am trying my darnest to install moti...
r3 - 09 Jul 2009 - 07:55 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x06x13x161505
Question When I try to start motion with a custom config file, I always get the following output. The webcam is a Sepia model, lsusb identifies it as "ID 093a:260...
r3 - 09 Jul 2009 - 07:46 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x28x183617
Question Hi. Motion is great. I am using latest version on Ubuntu 9.04 with two identical Logitech Notebook Deluxe USB webcams. They're a few years old and are US...
r5 - 09 Jul 2009 - 07:42 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x04x08x061905
Feature Request: Description I think it would be nice with a handler to external commands on errors, that could be used to send a mail, call thru asterisk or w...
r5 - 08 Jul 2009 - 08:13 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x05x30x214239
Feature Request: Description The location I've got my camera in results in some dead space at the top of the frame. This would be an ideal place to put the dat...
r3 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:57 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x21x074601
Question Hi, Last night, my webcam stopped recording; everything was working well. If I have a look via port 8081 I see a grey image with the text "Unable to open...
r3 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:54 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x26x191824
Question 2 webcams on same webpage possible? I have two webcams, one logitek quickcam pro 9000 and one rocketfish 2mp wich both work really well! I would like to ...
r3 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:53 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x18x133556
Question Motion stuck in the 352x288 resolution. Even if I set higher resolutions, it starts with this one. thread.conf: (...) # Image width (pixels). Valid range...
r2 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:52 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x06x29x002334
Question I am a total beginner. I installed it but I don't know where. Where do I go from here? The guide does not help any. How do I get the commands to work? Ho...
r5 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:41 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x17x000024
Question Hi, I'm attempting to get motion working on Debian 5.0.2 with a Hauppauge ImpactVCB capture card. I get the following error messages (full output appears...
r5 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:37 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x05x10x165040
Question I am running motion on ubuntu 8.10 Linux and using Logitech QuickCam (640x480) USB Camera. Also using motion with default motion.conf settings. Motion ap...
r3 - 08 Jul 2009 - 07:31 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x03x28x163211
BUG: The spec file for building RPMs and the init script for Fedora/RedHat systems shipped with the current versions of motions are very broken and outdated. New...
r2 - 06 Jul 2009 - 13:29 by StevenM
VideoForLinuxLoopbackDeviceFeedTestPackage
Video Four Linux Loopback Device Feeder Introduction V4L loopback feeder useful for development and testing. Detailed Information Aimed to feed a v4l loopback...
r7 - 11 Jun 2009 - 14:17 by OliverGonzalez
MotionConfigSpanish
Spanish Version of motion dist.conf This topic is still in preparation # Renombrar este ejemplo a motion.conf # # Este archivo de configuración fué generado por m...
r8 - 05 Jun 2009 - 09:55 by DavidLosada
SupportQuestion2009x06x02x131956
Question Hi. I try to explain the question: I'm a principiant. I use Ubuntu 9.04 a Logitech usb camera e Motion. I've installed all and in home enviroment is all ...
r3 - 03 Jun 2009 - 20:07 by DonatoOcchilupo
PyQt4Client
a standalone motion client by PyQt4 for both LinuX and m$_windows
NEW - 01 Jun 2009 - 06:22 by MarcoMa
FeatureRequest2009x04x17x063655
Feature Request: Description I have a web camera that on its own sends pictures via FTP to the machine that stores the individual picture files. This currently...
r3 - 29 May 2009 - 23:26 by SoleViktor
SendJpegPythonScript
send_jpg.py Author: Philippe Possemiers Submitted by: Main.KennethLavrsen This script works together with the 'motion' program and can be activated with his ' E' ...
r2 - 14 May 2009 - 01:06 by DavidEastwick
FeatureRequest2009x05x11x150318
Feature Request: Description Hello! To discriminate between different objects in size (insects as ants!) I would like to have a setting called maximum treshold...
NEW - 11 May 2009 - 15:11 by PeerTeer
FeatureRequest2008x02x15x094053
Feature Request: Description It would be great to be able to change the colour of the locate box to red and increase the width a bit for it to be more visible ...
r5 - 06 May 2009 - 15:57 by JoergWeber
SupportQuestion2009x05x06x110722
Question Are the mask_file and smart_mask_speed options mutually exclusive? Ideally I would like to specify a static mask file and also use the smart mask within ...
NEW - 06 May 2009 - 11:14 by DominicH
AutoBrightnessPreventOscillation
Prevent auto brightness changes from triggering brightness oscillations Description of Patch This patch changes the auto brightness algorithm to avoid making fur...
NEW - 04 May 2009 - 02:42 by RobertHancock
BugReport2009x04x25x020833
BUG: I'm using a Logitech QuickCam Chat which doesn't have built in auto brightness, so I'm trying to use auto brightness in Motion. However, with certain light ...
NEW - 25 Apr 2009 - 02:25 by RobertHancock
MotionSubversion
Motion on Subversion (SVN) SVN or subversion has a read only access which is open to anyone. All you need is the svn client and you can checkout a working copy of...
WiaWebcamServer
WIA Webcam Server : A Multiplatform Webcam Streaming Server Description Wia webcam server is a powerful webcams management and streaming software for private and...
r5 - 19 Apr 2009 - 08:50 by JeanCharlesMAMMANA
SupportQuestion2007x08x01x141615
Question When I have two webcams and I start them seperatly, everything works. When I start them as two threads, both die with the error in verbatim (below). Is i...
CreateSupportQuestion
Ask a Support Question: Before you ask a question, please check: * Motion Guide This guide is a very detailed document. There are many hours of work behi...
CreateRelatedProjectTopic
Create New Related Project Topic To post a new project related to Motion all you have to do is to fill out the form below and submit it. You do not have to use th...
BugReport2007x09x24x175945
BUG: motion crashes with 'codec not found' error on debian ('testing') it does this as soon as it detects motion i tried every codec as supported by motion (mpeg...
r10 - 12 Apr 2009 - 03:53 by DmitriRodik
BugReportTemplate
* Note: Do not edit this topic, file a bug in BugReports * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = Main.AdminGroup BUG: Environment Motion version: ffmpeg v...
CreateFeatureRequest
#SubmitNewFeatureRequest Submit New Feature Request This form creates a new topic for each feature request. * Read through all the existing feature requests...
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BugReport2008x04x29x115508
BUG: After start motion in few minutes it's crashed with errors below. I'm try it from rpm (first log) and after compile it myself (second log). I'm use Mandriva...
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BugReport2009x03x18x151039
BUG: One of the vloopback inputs suddenly stopped working for some reason after a few months. This happened mid event recording and suddenly the log file was fil...
r2 - 03 Apr 2009 - 14:43 by RomanGaufman
BugReport2009x03x31x150031
BUG: Motion has been running for over a month without any problems, suddenly I get this in syslog: Mar 30 16:54:39 ProdeoDVR1 motion: 0 main: Thread 1 Watchd...
NEW - 31 Mar 2009 - 15:16 by RomanGaufman
RetailPlus
RetailPlus USB Web Camera, RP CAPU 835. This brand is available at a popular Big Box department store. It has a small form factor and at $20 makes it ideal for ri...
NEW - 19 Mar 2009 - 01:24 by LinuxJon
FeatureRequest2007x07x19x131921
Feature Request: Description I was delighted to notice that the newest version of Motion supports direct encoding to Flash video via FFmpeg. Something I have do...
r9 - 18 Mar 2009 - 14:53 by RomanGaufman
FeatureRequest2009x03x10x085721
Feature Request: Description It could be interesting to enable wildcards in the threads configuration files to enhance the file system security. For instance, ...
r2 - 15 Mar 2009 - 16:21 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x03x06x122138
Question I can't install V4L2, give me error (1) i already install pwc (pwc 10.0.5 1.src.rpm). But in the motion guide says it's not need install V4L2, because it...
r2 - 09 Mar 2009 - 04:33 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x03x08x163022
BUG: Hi, I downloaded motion 3.2.11 and the ffmpeg svn version from the motion website. I successfully built both of them, no extra parms added during configure ...
r2 - 09 Mar 2009 - 04:02 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x03x02x193755
Question Hi, great project ! I have 2 questions and maybe future features. Is there any option to enable HTTP password for streaming port same as the one for the ...
r2 - 03 Mar 2009 - 00:56 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x09x07x113734
BUG: I've followed the recommendations of the Bug report and the fix, and my netcam capture is working much,much better (it can run for days), but still when it ...
r12 - 02 Mar 2009 - 16:25 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x01x12x192608
Question Dear Developers, I tried to install 3.2.11 on opensuse 11.1 and 10.3 (32bit) (had 3.2.10 up and running on 10.3 about a year ago). It won't compile. (I u...
r5 - 01 Mar 2009 - 23:51 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x02x28x113951
BUG: make fails with the above error. ffmpeg installed, jpeglib jpeglib devel installed. used svn root@localhost motion # make Welcome to the setup procedure ...
r3 - 01 Mar 2009 - 17:57 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x02x13x162419
Feature Request: Description I have a system on which I am trying to run 4 usb cameras to capture snapshots and timelapse videos no motion detection. I am tr...
r3 - 14 Feb 2009 - 22:14 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x02x03x142324
Question Hi, I have a problem with the eventnumbers written by motion into the mysql database. Every day at 6pm my motion is killed and restarted by a cronjob. Th...
r2 - 14 Feb 2009 - 22:09 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2009x02x13x182509
Feature Request: Description Would it be possible to add a setting in the config file, where selected functions of motion eg. motion detection etc could be dis...
r3 - 14 Feb 2009 - 22:01 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2009x01x25x221605
BUG: The action menu options ( at http://192.168.1.100:8080/0/action ) are not documented. This leads to needless bug reports and support questions like this one...
r4 - 31 Jan 2009 - 18:37 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x01x29x022800
Question Hi, my motion work very fine, but only in Mozilla Firefox, when I try load the ip server with internet explore, it ask me save the file, but it doesn't a...
r2 - 31 Jan 2009 - 18:29 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2009x01x22x005107
Question Motion seems to be working well! I can see live video on the monitor of the Ubuntu box, from the connected camera. But I'd like to see if Motion has capt...
r4 - 31 Jan 2009 - 18:17 by AngelCarpintero
PossumCam
PossumCam Introduction This is a web front end for Kenneth Lavrsen's motion detection program. It's written entirely in Python, and uses nothing more than my Lum...
NEW - 31 Jan 2009 - 05:48 by JacksonYee
SupportQuestion2009x01x15x203927
Question Hi, I have two cameras (one speedlink and another one), both seem to use the same driver. I can get images using 'webcam', so I guess they are functional...
r4 - 22 Jan 2009 - 20:19 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x10x31x183221
Question I love this program but have one minor problem. After boot up, Motion never works if it is the first program to access the web cam. This is on an 8 year ...
r8 - 21 Jan 2009 - 20:21 by JonathanMiner
WebAtom
Foswiki's Motion web
NEW - 09 Jan 2009 - 12:00 by ProjectContributor
WebRss
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NEW - 09 Jan 2009 - 12:00 by ProjectContributor
GadspotNC800Relay
GadspotNC800Relay Introduction The network camera Gadspot NC800 has a weird firmware that don't allow motion to work properly with its mjpg stream. To allow moti...
r4 - 22 Dec 2008 - 06:01 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x12x09x202803
Question I am using Motion for a few years now, but recently moved my server to a hosting area. This resulted in bandwith problems, so I thought making time based...
r7 - 14 Dec 2008 - 14:38 by AuxAux
SupportQuestion2007x02x26x224150
Question Currently, I'm suffering from to much events generated by a cam with infrared beam during the night and rain every raindrop near the cam is causing an ...
r5 - 13 Dec 2008 - 19:44 by FlorinAnton
SupportQuestion2008x11x28x155230
Question Why when I play videos created with .flv codec not keep the original speed? In play mode is very speed, I tried with the framerate 2, framerate 10, frame...
r3 - 12 Dec 2008 - 09:29 by AngelCarpintero
PackagingMotion
Packaging Motion A brief guide to make the most popular distribution packages for motion ( rpm , deb , tgz , ebuilds , etc ). RPM ( Red Hat , Fedora ) There're ...
r13 - 11 Dec 2008 - 08:55 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x12x04x005407
Question I'm using several computers with Motion simply to convert webcams to "netcams", and the captures are done by a main server with other motion. Is there an...
r3 - 05 Dec 2008 - 17:35 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x29x173230
Question Hello, I currently have motion set up to not detect motion, but to save a snapshot from the webcam every 60 seconds... and my problem is that this webcam...
r2 - 29 Nov 2008 - 20:12 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x27x085548
Question I set the parameters for authentication with username and password, but would not request anything. How can I protect the view of the camera from http? I...
r2 - 28 Nov 2008 - 02:57 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x26x045839
Question I've restarted Motion, and now I'd like to control it. In Firefox, using the same box that Motion is installed on, and into which the webcam is plugged, ...
r2 - 27 Nov 2008 - 03:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x26x053107
Question My camera, a Logitech Quickcam OrbitMP, is a "working device", I believe. http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WorkingDevices#Logitech_OrbitMP_200...
r2 - 27 Nov 2008 - 03:35 by AngelCarpintero
KennethsWebcamPackage
Kenneth's Webcam Package Introduction This is a package that contains the configuration files for the webcam program motion and the Perl and PHP programs that Ke...
r7 - 25 Nov 2008 - 16:00 by MarlonCartel
SupportQuestion2008x11x24x152809
Question I installed the latest version of the motion, I have completed and everything worked properly except for the inclusion of records in the mysql DB. In the...
r2 - 25 Nov 2008 - 04:28 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x24x061426
Question I downloaded Motion from here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/graphics/motion , and installed it, ffmpeg, and mysql client (and all of the packages ...
r2 - 25 Nov 2008 - 04:24 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x04x163459
Question Hi there, I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10, an apt get install motion from the repositories of 3.2.9, and a Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP. Out of t...
r3 - 19 Nov 2008 - 01:57 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x12x151558
Question I have NTSC composite cameras and a capture card. Works well since I upgraded to a BT capture board with one chip per camera. I'm currently capturing 640...
r2 - 17 Nov 2008 - 10:59 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x11x09x151456
Question Hello, I've got quite a story regarding my problem. It started when i updated my distribution from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 The ffmpeg version was upda...
r12 - 17 Nov 2008 - 10:11 by AngelCarpintero
BatchControlOfMotion
Batch control of motion Introduction What does it do? I've written a small bash script for those who want to control motion by batch or cron and for instance sto...
r2 - 12 Nov 2008 - 15:03 by JonZeeff
GenericTrackingPatch
Generic Tracking Patch Introduction Create a standard output from Motion which is easy to interface to for a program that controls a PTZ type camera. Descriptio...
r11 - 12 Nov 2008 - 14:58 by JonZeeff
FeatureRequest2007x11x19x181541
Feature Request: Description the new feature generates file:// style links which is useless when you're accessing the control port remotely. I would prefer to ...
r12 - 11 Nov 2008 - 20:13 by AngelCarpintero
MotionPerformanceNonPCPlatforms
Motion Performance on non PC platforms Introduction I have been experimenting with Motion on hardware other than a PC. I have used a Linksys NSLU2 (NAS Device) a...
r5 - 07 Nov 2008 - 08:32 by AngelCarpintero
LinksysNSLU2
NSLU2 NSLU2 (Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives) Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 Linux official development page : http://www.nslu2 linux...
NEW - 07 Nov 2008 - 08:29 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x11x04x184228
BUG: The HTTP control API does not appear to terminate motion upon request (quit). It only appears to stop the HTTP server. Here are the steps I perform: 1) Star...
r2 - 06 Nov 2008 - 03:05 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x10x25x221655
Question Segmentation fault at start motion when webcontrol_localhost it is installed in off 0 httpd_run: motion httpd testing : IPV4 addr: 0.0.0.0 port: 8080 ...
r3 - 26 Oct 2008 - 07:10 by RafisKhayrullin
CoreDumpInMotion
Get core dumps from motion * Set core dump path echo "kernel/core_pattern = /tmp/core.%e.%p" /etc/sysctl.conf sysctl p or echo "/tmp/core.%e.%p" /proc/...
r2 - 26 Oct 2008 - 01:14 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x10x25x070400
Question Hello. I have faced a problem. Through an auto update, the operating system has refreshed a package ffmpeg to the version 0.4.9.15594svn 20081010.pm.2143...
r2 - 25 Oct 2008 - 16:37 by AngelCarpintero
DarkwindHackeronMotionPatching
Darkwind Hackeron Motion Patching Description of Patch New Options * smooth_video: bool as explained in http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SmoothV...
r8 - 25 Oct 2008 - 02:26 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x10x15x130110
Feature Request: Description Hi. I tried to start motion with my usb webcam (Logitech, Inc. QuickCam express Plus), and this was the output: 0 Motion 3.2.11 S...
r4 - 22 Oct 2008 - 06:48 by BadanSergiu
FeatureRequest2008x09x29x182934
Feature Request: Description Hi What i mean is: At this time you can define in the "text_left" %H for Hours, what i need is an function: %cmd1,%cmd2 to display...
r3 - 17 Oct 2008 - 00:28 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x10x16x121007
Feature Request: Description Now we have %s wich gives us the seconds passed since 1970, and we have %q wich gives the frame nr within the second. Unfortunatel...
NEW - 16 Oct 2008 - 15:12 by LaszloVarga
FeatureRequest2008x06x15x130807
Feature Request: Description Nice program, thanks. Most security cameras are low resolution (example 640x480) and it is difficult to positively identify someon...
r6 - 13 Oct 2008 - 08:24 by SimonW
MjpegProxyGrab
MJPEG ProxyGrab Introduction Two small cgi programs written in C which can either grab an image or proxy the mjpeg stream from a Motion webcam. Detailed Descrip...
r36 - 09 Oct 2008 - 08:04 by AntonioBlob
DetectionRatelimit
Detection Rate Limit Patch Description of Patch Limit internal detection rate to 3fps at framerates above 5fps to reduce cpu load. Picture and movie output is st...
r3 - 30 Sep 2008 - 20:18 by JoergWeber
FeatureRequest2008x06x15x145025
Feature Request: Description I have a problem with wind and trees causing motion and so I'm thinking about ways to adjust sensitivity using areas and colors. Fo...
r13 - 30 Sep 2008 - 14:17 by JonZeeff
FreeBSD
FreeBSD Motion supports FreeBSD with almost the same features that linux version. Requirements * autoconf 2.59_2 * gcc 3.4.6_20051206 * m4 1.4.4 * li...
r22 - 26 Sep 2008 - 09:47 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x06x14x192240
BUG: Motion runs for about two minutes with two 1280x1024 axis network cameras and then dies. When I set 640x480 in the resolution field in the netcam url it wor...
r5 - 22 Sep 2008 - 05:46 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x02x27x092849
BUG: For over 1 year I have been noticing my netcam (D Link DCS 900) causes Motion to log an error "Error reading image header" once every few hours. Example: Fe...
r7 - 22 Sep 2008 - 05:46 by AngelCarpintero
LegacyArchive
Motion Legacy Archive Old recommended revisions for reference. It is recommended to download the latest release 3.2 motion 3.2.10.tar.gz motion 3.2.9.tar.gz moti...
MotionDailySourceSnap
Daily Snapshot from the subversion trunk Each night at 3:10 UTC a snapshot of the current sources of the trunk is stored. These are used for developers to be able...
FeatureRequest2008x09x20x184314
Feature Request: Description 1st off, great app.. took a little tweaking to get it to do what I wanted, but its GREAT!!! It would be nice to see a function to a...
NEW - 20 Sep 2008 - 18:52 by MatthewYax
UpgradingFromOlderVersion
Upgrading From Older Version If you are upgrading from motion 3.0.X or from an older version of 3.1.X you should note that many options have been removed from ...
r23 - 20 Sep 2008 - 18:30 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x06x28x184949
BUG: When installing "motion" with the deb packages provided for ubuntu hardy, the install process then invokes invoke rc.d and the motion service is started, be...
r3 - 20 Sep 2008 - 16:55 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x02x25x025134
BUG: broken configure checking for postgresql, using with pgsql=DIR option not sure if the warning in configure.in:596 is important. but checking for PostgreSQL...
r7 - 20 Sep 2008 - 16:55 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x05x08x224746
BUG: MotionDailySourceSnap dosn't work, erro message from WIKI parser below. Warning This site does not allow of URLs Environment Motion version: 3.2...
r4 - 20 Sep 2008 - 16:54 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x09x13x222448
BUG: I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 which has a native resolution of 640x480. Despite setting it so in motion.conf, all JPG captures are still 320x240. Help...
r3 - 15 Sep 2008 - 18:56 by DagErlandsson
FeatureRequest2008x09x03x091538
Feature Request: Description We have a very usefull lastsnap.jpg simlink, but what about lastmovie.avi simlink ???... In a web page we can post a link with...
r2 - 07 Sep 2008 - 23:15 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x09x06x204711
Question I would like to know if there is a way to immediately save a picture when motion ist detected. I set gap to 10 and output_normal to "first". It seems mot...
r2 - 07 Sep 2008 - 02:15 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x08x04x053843
Feature Request: Description I am looking for support to be added for the Airlink 101 AICN500W Wireless network camera. I am unable to get a a tcpdump from it ...
r4 - 21 Aug 2008 - 04:19 by GarretteGrouwstra
FeatureRequest2008x06x30x141140
Feature Request: Description Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to manage priorities for roundrobin cameras ? You would declare some of them more impo...
r4 - 07 Aug 2008 - 09:25 by SimonW
BugReport2007x09x27x010746
BUG: I have been seeing some very strange behavior from Motion since updating to 3.2.8. I use several analog cameras on a single pci card, but each has its own c...
r3 - 07 Aug 2008 - 05:12 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x07x31x193659
Question I have tested on Firefox 2 3, and the Motion works great. However, When I open( http://mydomain:8081) in IE, it keeps asking me to download a file with...
r3 - 01 Aug 2008 - 08:23 by TerenceKa
SupportQuestion2008x07x28x151056
Question Is it possible somehow to record mpg or avi files with sound, not just silent movies? Upon motion detected I would like to record a movie with sound, usi...
r2 - 29 Jul 2008 - 12:35 by AngelCarpintero
ScheduledForVersion
Scheduled for Motion Version The version of Motion that this patch is scheduled to be included in. Name Type Tooltip message NotScheduled option ...
r14 - 28 Jul 2008 - 04:24 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x07x24x090621
Question I'm using motion with an Hercules/Guillemot Webcam (uvc, v4l2 only) Dualpix Exchange. Rotating by 180 degrees has no effect. When I try to rotate by 90/2...
r9 - 25 Jul 2008 - 18:43 by AngelCarpintero
MjpegGrabAndProxyUsingPHPwithGD
PHP script to grab, proxy, resample and combine from mjpeg streams Introduction This script has 2 clearly seperated functions and is easy to figure out. It will ...
r2 - 23 Jul 2008 - 01:29 by RomanGaufman
StatisticsDataPatch
Getting data related to the motion detection over time Description of Patch This patch is a follow up of the FeatureRequest2005x10x21x025159 It will provide so...
r50 - 22 Jul 2008 - 08:57 by SimonW
FeatureRequest2006x04x30x212738
Feature Request: Description If I had a temprature sensor (or two) it would be nice to display it in a text area on each picture in real time. Also if I had ot...
r3 - 20 Jul 2008 - 04:10 by AngelCarpintero
MotionCodingStandard
Motion Coding Standard Please download the attached document and view it in an editor showing both spaces and tabs to really understand the text. The document wil...
r8 - 19 Jul 2008 - 00:04 by AngelCarpintero
MotionJpegViewer
MotionJpegViewer Introduction A http GUI written in PHP. Motion creates jpegs. This php files creates a GUI that you can navigate in the jpegs using a tim...
r7 - 16 Jul 2008 - 05:12 by BradC
MotionCodingStandardProposal2008x07x13
THIS IS STILL ONLY A PROPOSAL!! Formatting rules for Motion code. Version 2.0 15 Jul 2008 Note: To understand them you must view this document with spaces and t...
FeatureRequest2008x05x15x161933
Feature Request: Description 1) Currently, oprofile shows motion's alg_despeckle as the second most intensive symbol name on my motion box because I have fps 2...
r3 - 15 Jul 2008 - 19:27 by RomanGaufman
BugReport2008x07x14x105143
BUG: Logitech Quickcam Messenger : image much too bright Hi, I have a Logitech Quickcam Messenger webcam, perfectly well recognised by my Debian and Motion, but t...
r2 - 15 Jul 2008 - 17:31 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x07x15x122912
Question Hello The movie and snapshot from the motion are ok but I have no pictuires/movie on the Browser (8081), it's just black but I can see some moving shap (...
r2 - 15 Jul 2008 - 15:08 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x07x10x125835
BUG: adding wvc200 patch to .deb package unable to "make" motion with patched files.. as i purchased a new linksys WVC200 camera i came across the new patch provi...
r2 - 10 Jul 2008 - 18:06 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x07x10x131630
Feature Request: link multiple cameras Description it would be a great feature to link some cameras.. so i got a camera inside and outside.. the one outside i c...
r2 - 10 Jul 2008 - 17:59 by AngelCarpintero
MotionTrackerServoAPI
Main.RifRaf 02 Jul 2008 Serial Servo motor interface API *Subject: API for controlling a serial servo motor *Version: 0.1 *Status: initial*Author: RifRaf *Date: ...
r3 - 02 Jul 2008 - 05:18 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x06x23x165918
BUG: Message from syslogd@tux at Jun 23 10:58:24 ... motion: 1 Could not allocate 284467200 bytes of memory!: Cannot allocate memory mysql 5.0.51a 1.fc9.i386 f...
r4 - 27 Jun 2008 - 21:38 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x01x04x142058
Feature Request: Description If one has created a mask file (of some degree of complication) and then the camera gets (accidentially) bumped or moved, then to r...
r2 - 22 Jun 2008 - 05:15 by GregSwift
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x10x1
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 10 Jun 2008 Summary of changes since 3.2.10 Bugfixes * Fix a security issue in web control interface http://...
r2 - 21 Jun 2008 - 21:59 by AngelCarpintero
RoundRobinBTTVBrightness
Independent Adjustment of Brightness in BTTV inputs Description of Patch Hack to allow you make independent adjustments of the brightness, contrast, saturation a...
r4 - 20 Jun 2008 - 13:01 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x06x14x215505
Feature Request: Description RAW/HTML is currently implemented via a config file option. This should (could) be supported per request for instance, like this:...
r6 - 16 Jun 2008 - 20:42 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x15x230952
Question Using msmpeg4 cannot achieve more than 2fps in the motion video. Getting no error message apart from the one seen below. Is there something wrong with th...
r14 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x03x06x212155
Question Hello!!! Perhaps you could help me to know where is this problem. I want to use the ov51x jpeg 1.5.1 driver for ubuntu (2.6.22 14 generic) to use 8 Creat...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:34 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x03x20x110712
Question I have a question concerning webcam support. I have a axis webcam here at my office and motion installed on our webserver. First of all: Everything is fi...
r2 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:33 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x01x28x040612
Question I am running the latest version of motion 3.2.9 on Linux Ubuntu, and I am trying to view video from my PVR 500 Card. When I try to use motion to get pict...
r6 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:28 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x04x11x064835
Question I've been running motion for some time now, quite happily on my Linux box with 2 L QCP 5000 cams. I have just added a 3rd camera this is an analogue CC...
r6 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:26 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x09x14x043012
Question Motion Experts, I have just purchased D Link G900 network camers with the hope of using "motion" as a surveillance tool. The version is 3.2.7 and was dow...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:25 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x08x06x141715
Question Dear, we use motion with two independant card (device0, device1) wich have 4 canal (input0, 1, 2 3). When i plug all the camera, all on the second card ...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:23 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x05x12x173736
Question I am using 2 IPcams where a JPG is polled once a second. About every 15min, motion receives a corrupted JPG and triggers recording. Is there a way to mak...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:20 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x23x020426
Question I try to connect to an Longshine LCS IC 716 low budget Network Camera (IP). The Camera uses Java to show its images, it provides MJPEG Stream on Port 432...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:13 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2005x07x14x135644
Question I'm having a problem when Motion creates mpeg files. They cannot be opened using Windows Media Player or Winamp's Video Player. I've tried to use the msm...
r23 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:12 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x05x041843
Question Linksys WVC11B gives .asf format stream ./img/video.asf Which apparently is not supported by motion. Does anyone here know if the workaround described be...
r2 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:09 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x31x185858
Question Is there any way to reset the event counter without restarting the daemon. Environment Motion version: 3.2.7 ffmpeg version: Libraries...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:04 by AngelCarpintero
NetcamContentAuthPatch
Support of Network camera with Content Auth header in stream Description of Patch Hi, my name is Lucio Dona' and I am using Motion with a Grandtec Grand IP Camer...
r6 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:03 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x06x13x094424
Question Hi. I've got Grand IP Cam III, and I want to work it with Motion. When I use /video.cgi source I'm still getting error like: 1 Not a JPEG file: starts ...
r3 - 16 Jun 2008 - 00:02 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x03x10x105741
Question I appended a new Q A to SupportQuestion2006x02x26x203712 but I'll pose it again here and cross link my edits... Kenneth, You mention a multi bus/controll...
r2 - 15 Jun 2008 - 23:58 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x27x201513
BUG: 4 identical cameras (NTSC) connected to a 4 port/4 processor capture card. To get threads 1 through 3 functioning in NTSC, you must first set each individua...
r3 - 15 Jun 2008 - 23:54 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x06x14x214513
Feature Request: Description So there is a thread number format specifier, but no name. It'd simply (my) configuration if there was a way to name a camera: cam...
r3 - 15 Jun 2008 - 23:21 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x06x11x183727
Question I'm having a problem encoding video from an Axis 211M at 1280 x 1024. The jpg's don't show any corruption but when it's encoded, green and block blocks s...
r5 - 13 Jun 2008 - 07:56 by AngelCarpintero
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x10
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 18 May 2008 Summary of changes since 3.2.9 Features * Added the pre_capture buffer redesign to throttle load...
r3 - 10 Jun 2008 - 22:22 by AngelCarpintero
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x9
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 18 Nov 2007 Summary of changes since 3.2.8 Features * Removed debian (to avoid conflicts with debian package...
r7 - 10 Jun 2008 - 21:24 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x05x10x161321
Question http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R how do i configure this ? the card has 16 inputs and 4 chips, i can view the v4l devices /dev/vide...
r7 - 08 Jun 2008 - 19:36 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x05x28x002710
Question I'm not sure if this is the same old usb controller problem that is fully detailed elsewhere and apologise in advance if it is. The system recognises the...
r6 - 07 Jun 2008 - 09:08 by JohnMaguire
SupportQuestion2008x06x03x205344
Question Is possible to configure motion with url rtp protocol? Is there a way? Environment Motion version: 3.2.10 ffmpeg version: Libraries: ...
r3 - 04 Jun 2008 - 14:50 by AngelCarpintero
MotionFeatureList
Feature List for Motion Some of motion's features include: * Taking snapshots of movement * Watch multiple video devices at the same time * Watch multipl...
FeatureRequest2007x11x19x032318
Feature Request: Description Some webcams and capture cards support many palettes to capture from, righ now motion automatically does selection. There're users ...
BugReport2008x05x29x082232
BUG: When I lost the connection on my webcam Logitech, unplug and plug the usb, then Motion detect the camera again and is going down. Webcam Logitech Quickcam e...
r6 - 02 Jun 2008 - 16:04 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x02x26x203712
Question Hi, im running Motion 3.2.4 on a netgear WGT634u wireless router. Im not sure if you can help me here because of the platform i am using but i CAN use mo...
r7 - 02 Jun 2008 - 04:19 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2005x10x10x182706
Question Hello, To begin sorry for my english i am french :) So, i am trying to use motion3.2.3 with 2 webcam. i configured thread1.conf and thread2.Conf. All my ...
r14 - 02 Jun 2008 - 04:17 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x06x07x223743
BUG: starting the program I get the following error: ./motion c ~/motion.conf 0 Processing thread 0 config file /home/z lmutt/motion.conf 0 Unknown config...
r7 - 02 Jun 2008 - 04:10 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x05x27x174850
Feature Request: Description 1) Currently I have to specify the camera name multiple times in filenames, text_ variables on_camera_lost, etc. It would be great...
NEW - 27 May 2008 - 18:01 by RomanGaufman
SupportQuestion2008x05x17x000053
Question Good day. I have a 8 headed video capture card on the basis of Philips SAA7134. 5 cameras are installed. All works about 1 2 weeks without censures. Noth...
r4 - 26 May 2008 - 05:38 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x05x17x175521
BUG: If I remove the webcam while Motion is running (which accidently happens every now and then), Motion becomes unkillable. Ctrl c, kill 1, 2, 15 don't help...
r11 - 22 May 2008 - 20:48 by PekkaVuorela
BugReport2008x04x12x152823
BUG: I set my post_capture at an equivalent of 45 seconds (accurate with the use of the fillter frame patch) and my max_mpeg_time at 120 seconds. I create some m...
r17 - 22 May 2008 - 01:13 by AngelCarpintero
PreCaptureRedesign
PreCapture buffer redesign and enhanced minimum_motion_frames Description of Patch This patch implements two major things. 1. minimum_motion_frames have now also...
r50 - 18 May 2008 - 23:36 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x01x27x155414
BUG: d link dcs 900 connection lost after a short time. Everything works just fine then: exitus (s below). I read about the bug, but not about any solution. Is...
r7 - 18 May 2008 - 23:35 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x10x23x093651
BUG: Compiling motion with mjpegtools support breaks motion compilation for AMD64. ******************** * Configure status * ******************** OS...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:34 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x06x27x163751
BUG: I've had problems with motion getting 'stuck' if the mysql server dies or gets restarted. My expectation is that motion would try to reconnect to it. What i...
r6 - 18 May 2008 - 23:34 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x07x07x182605
BUG: Have one card with 4chips and 16 inputs (SAA7134) and noticed that chips that only used 2 inputs needed more skip frames than chips used 4 inputs. Trying a ...
r7 - 18 May 2008 - 23:33 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x07x11x211429
BUG: My camera claims to support 640x480, but it is downsized to 176x144 It's a QuickCam Pro5000. I'm using V4l v2, and the uvcvideo driver. works great, just to...
r7 - 18 May 2008 - 23:33 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x10x27x150419
BUG: Hello. I use a motion more than one year. All works excellently on a computer with 32 bit operational system FreeBSD 6.2. Now I wish to force to work a moti...
r6 - 18 May 2008 - 23:32 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x01x21x043812
When choosing a palette I had the problem that the selected palette wasn't chosen, but instead a 'higher' supported palette. My camera supports V4L2 _PIX_FMT_MJPE...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:30 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x26x010755
BUG: vid_tuner struct is not initialized in v4l_set_input which leads to random problems on some cards using the tuner. (see patch included) video.c.dist ...
r4 - 18 May 2008 - 23:30 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x28x093122
BUG: It seems the httpd remote control is falling apart. Since SVN 253 I have not been able to use the remote control interface with user name and password. And ...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:29 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x25x102808
BUG: The HTML output on motion control isn't valid HTML to some extent. Sample: Thread 1 text_left = Kamera 1 help The Element is only valid within an El...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:29 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x10x05x220640
BUG: Motion build exists with error when ffmpeg.c is compiled. Even latest motion snapshot has this problem. Is my version of ffmpeg too new? For info my ffmpeg ...
r4 - 18 May 2008 - 23:29 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x09x22x180244
BUG: I am somewhat of a newbie but I think there is a problem with %f. I tried the command "on_movie_end echo %f" and I got this: %f /var/lib/motion/snapshots/03...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:28 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x02x25x013419
BUG: Describe the bug in plain text here. Paste in error messages and other text where new lines must be preserved in the field below angel and i found that when...
r3 - 18 May 2008 - 23:27 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x05x15x160542
Feature Request: Description It would be great if a motion jpeg can be outputted for first, best or center like for output_normal. Main.RomanGaufman 15 May...
NEW - 15 May 2008 - 16:12 by RomanGaufman
SupportQuestion2007x04x03x000305
Question Hello everyone, i got a new Logitech QuickCam Sphere MP and after hours of compiling and testing i finally got some pictures. But only at a size of 176x1...
r3 - 10 May 2008 - 23:35 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x01x27x123418
Question Hello! I ran into problems getting motion running on my freebsd box... i read through wiki and faq and would be very pleased if someone could give me som...
r3 - 10 May 2008 - 23:33 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x09x04x155737
BUG: floating point error Motion is dead after some changes of width and height parameters by my PHP application. Now server can't restart, there is a floating p...
r4 - 10 May 2008 - 23:13 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x09x12x083959
Question I have a Logitech Quickam Express with driver spca5xx, because the pwc driver is not commpatible (I think). The webcam works correctly with camorama and ...
r4 - 07 May 2008 - 04:44 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x02x093247
Question Hi, first, i want to use this message to say a big THANKS for such a great solution to detect motion and store it. Never used a programm that can do so m...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:43 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x11x193352
Question Hi I finally got Motion working, and have started capturing images from my Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 (which I think uses v4l2). This webcam features "Ri...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:42 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x02x02x110629
Question gentoo linux kernel 2.6.19. motion 3.2.7 chickcam / # motion n 0 Processing thread 0 config file /etc/motion.conf 0 Thread 1 is from /etc/motion.c...
r5 - 07 May 2008 - 04:41 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x27x131953
Question Most of the time I run motion I start it from the start a program menu in KDE. First its output is a black screen in port 8081. Then I restart it in port...
r9 - 07 May 2008 - 04:39 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x07x11x215104
Question Dear motion keepers. I opened a new request, because I downloaded, and compiled version 3.2.8. The important result, is the same as before, to work, moti...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:39 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x02x13x034551
Question Hello. I am a newbie to the world of linux, and i have never compiled and installed a program like this before....so, please bear with me. :) I have inst...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x03x06x102257
Question I am using Motion for my project. Motion is definitely an excellent program with motion detection. I installed the Motion in the Buffalo Linkstation with...
r4 - 07 May 2008 - 04:37 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x04x16x222438
Question I'm compiling without linux threads and dont need support for BKTR because i'm using a philips webcam "Vesta Pro". i just can't seem to get Motion to run...
r6 - 07 May 2008 - 04:34 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x03x08x165728
Question How to add motion to start motion in run level 2 ? Environment Motion version: 3.2.9 ffmpeg version: Libraries: ffmpeg Server...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:33 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x10x212739
Question The first frame that motion takes is always mostly green. I'm using motion 3.2.7 source running in daemon mode. I'm using a philips SPC 9000NC with pwc d...
r2 - 07 May 2008 - 04:32 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x10x09x013157
Question When I run motion in setup mode and watch the output, the threshold value never changes. I can set the initial value, but it will never auto tune it self...
r3 - 07 May 2008 - 04:31 by AngelCarpintero
NetcamFileURLPatch
New feature on netcam_url option and enabling file:///... urls Description of Patch I developed a patch for motion project on svn trunk branch (next 3.2.8 releas...
r6 - 07 May 2008 - 04:27 by AngelCarpintero
PreviewCenter
Preview image based center of image Description of Patch PreviewCenter selects the preview image based on how far center of motion is from center of the image. T...
r9 - 07 May 2008 - 04:26 by AngelCarpintero
WatchdogAndThreadPatch
Watchdog and thread video device patch Description of Patch Motion isn't able to start if a video device isn't there at startup, Motion even exits if it can't ca...
r10 - 07 May 2008 - 04:25 by AngelCarpintero
RemoveLowCpuFeature
Remove 'low_cpu' Feature Description of Patch Since the introduction of the 'pre_capture' feature, 'low_cpu' doesn't work very well anymore. The pre_capture buff...
r9 - 07 May 2008 - 04:25 by AngelCarpintero
RemoveNightCompensate
Remove night_compensate feature Description of Patch I would like to entirely remove the night_compensate feature. It tries to lower the noise level by a fixed v...
r6 - 07 May 2008 - 04:25 by AngelCarpintero
ConfigureScript
Configure Script Configure is script that you run to setup the build environment for the C compiler. It generates the "Makefile" which the program "make" uses t...
r6 - 07 May 2008 - 03:59 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x03x18x094405
Feature Request: Description Hi. Rather than using serial ports and dedicated custom protocol for driving X Y steppers, it should be simpler to use parallel po...
FeatureRequest2008x04x17x001820
Feature Request: Description I am currently capturing 10fps (to try and get smooth video). I had a look at the output of motion that shows the changed pixels. ...
r5 - 30 Apr 2008 - 19:37 by DagErlandsson
FeatureRequest2007x01x22x231542
Feature Request: Description Hi, I use a lightweight server (Linksys NSLU2 running Openslug) which is all I can house in my 'server cupboard'. It only uses 10 ...
r31 - 25 Apr 2008 - 06:41 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2008x04x20x185055
Question Hi, is it possible to completely disable the motion detector and only use the webcam server to save some cpu time? TIA Environment Motion version: ...
r2 - 21 Apr 2008 - 12:27 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x04x16x205009
Question I have a project where I must use a USB video capture device. I will need only Composite Video (phono plug) type input. I will not need a TV tuner. I hav...
r2 - 17 Apr 2008 - 02:51 by AngelCarpintero
ConfigOptionNightCompensate
* Type: * Range / Valid values: * Default: * Option Topic It has normally been the advice not to use this with 'noise_tune' turned on. However the lat...
FeatureRequest2007x12x16x132522
Feature Request: Description This was discussed with sack, Lavr and joergw a couple of weeks ago on #motion so I figured I will add an actual feature request o...
r20 - 13 Apr 2008 - 23:33 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x04x03x114928
Question Paste in your error messages, config settings, terminal window output etc in this text field. Environment Motion version: 3.2.9 ffmpeg versio...
r3 - 07 Apr 2008 - 05:55 by RogerWyss
BugReport2008x04x06x121225
BUG: Unlike on_picture_save, %q always returns "00" when used on_movie_end :( I would really love if %q would equal the last frame number which would essential...
r3 - 06 Apr 2008 - 22:31 by BobSaggeth
ConvertTo3gp
Script that converts your avi files into 3gp files Introduction Ever wanted to connect with your mobile phone to motion and download the latest movies? This scri...
r10 - 06 Apr 2008 - 20:00 by JohnPowell
SupportQuestion2008x04x04x110137
Question I have tried the following two php commands but still cannot start the Motion though php. The motion can be started by typing the command line "motion" d...
r3 - 05 Apr 2008 - 10:43 by JackK
FeatureRequest2008x03x31x193142
Feature Request: Description I miss a option in motion.conf to disable storage of jpeg files. Or did I missed something? Main.AndreasLindner 31 Mar 2008 F...
r2 - 01 Apr 2008 - 02:21 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x01x27x205412
Feature Request: Description Hi, is it possible to have an user and password in the webcam http, like "control_authentication" ? for example "webcam_authentica...
r4 - 30 Mar 2008 - 08:16 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x02x06x231543
Feature Request: Hi! I am sorry for my english. I have changed function start() in /etc/rc.d/init.d/motion for run motion with non priviledged UID and special um...
r3 - 30 Mar 2008 - 08:09 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x03x19x120345
Question Hi, i try to setup some new cameras to work with motion, i got 5 terracam usb pro v2 from terratec and tried to get them to work for every cam i try i ...
r4 - 30 Mar 2008 - 07:21 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x09x05x075803
Question I am interested in the software motion. I have read the program for a period of time. But it is difficult to understand the details of detecting motion f...
r3 - 30 Mar 2008 - 07:17 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x09x04x141959
Question Hi there! i have strange problem here. i use motion 3.2.8 with a Logitech Quickcam Pro 5000 an Archlinux. Everything seems to be ok for a short time, but...
r3 - 30 Mar 2008 - 07:16 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x03x23x142143
Feature Request: Description I know it was removed in 3.2.7 (as per the docs here) but I found it to be a useful option that cannot be replaced with minimum_fr...
NEW - 23 Mar 2008 - 14:34 by SaC
FeatureRequest2008x03x18x191631
Feature Request: Description Hi, I have a netcamera without sound record, but I have a microphone... How I can add the new channel at the final video? Now I la...
r2 - 19 Mar 2008 - 13:34 by RomanGaufman
SupportQuestion2008x03x11x194236
Question I have tried to write a simple php script for exit the motion: Why does it not work? I have set up only one camera. html output Warning: file_get_content...
r2 - 16 Mar 2008 - 19:25 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x03x10x172615
BUG: Motion is installed on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Server i386 system by using most recent Motion 3.2.9 Deb for Ubuntu Gutsy. Package installed using gdebi to best sa...
r2 - 16 Mar 2008 - 19:15 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x03x10x172021
BUG: The default motion.conf file placed in /etc/motion references (remarked) thread files with a path of /usr/local/etc, which is the default when building Moti...
r2 - 16 Mar 2008 - 19:15 by AngelCarpintero
UvcvideoDynctrl
uvcvideo uvcdynctrl uvcdynctrl is an application that comes with libwebcam http://www.quickcamteam.net/software/libwebcam/ Today libwebcam 0.1.1 provides the foll...
ProjectSummary
One line project summary Describe project with one line (max 100 characters). Used for list of projects Main.KennethLavrsen 04 Oct 2004
BugReport2008x02x21x225945
BUG: %H and %k should be different but they are not. (%H should be 00 23 and %k should be 0 23 ) but they are same i tried at my box. i need %H properities, b...
r3 - 24 Feb 2008 - 00:59 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x06x13x064421
BUG: I have temperature sensor on /dev/ttyS2 in extension card on ISA slot . When I start motion some of symbol is drop depending CPU load. I can see the same wh...
r5 - 21 Feb 2008 - 13:47 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2008x02x21x121900
Feature Request: Description The Allnet 2281 camera is not working with motion 3.2.9: netcam_url http://192.168.1.1/cgi/mjpg/mjpeg.cgi netcam_userpass admin:ad...
r2 - 21 Feb 2008 - 13:43 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2005x10x03x201539
BUG: My motion silently quit today running in debug mode, I finally found out why: 1 Started stream webcam server in port 8081 1 File of type 32 saved t...
BugReport2007x06x05x012249
BUG: I am running Fedora Core 6(kernel 2.6.20 1.2948) and using motion 3.2.8_beta1 compiled without ffmpeg, mysql and postgresql. Everything compiled without err...
BugReport2007x03x30x175913
BUG: The svn revision r174 of motion crashes at the start all the time with the SN9C102 camera. Core was generated by `./motion'. Program terminated with signal ...
BugReport2007x03x25x074612
BUG: Received by email from Alain Guidez I have seen a bug in ffmpeg.c and ffmepg.h so I send you the diff files in order to correct it. for ffmpeg.c 646c646 vo...
BugReport2007x01x11x203951
BUG: I'm running Fedora Core 6 64bit and I'm getting a compling error I've updated my systems with yum Version: 3.2.8 Platform: Linux (if this is incorrect, ple...
BugReport2006x12x03x073610
BUG: Motion 3.2.7 corrupts captured images on FreeBSD. Only about 20% of the actual PAL image area at the top of the image is used. The rest of the image area is...
BugReport2006x10x10x081903
BUG: If MySQL has a connection to a server and the server becomes unavaiable, it doesnt reconnect when the server is up again. Motion is still running, but nothi...
BugReport2008x02x18x222143
BUG: After an hour or so, Motion stop answering. The HTTP daemon doesnt work, no more motion pictures or snapshots are taken. Then when I kill the process I have...
r7 - 20 Feb 2008 - 19:27 by DanielHolm
SupportQuestion2008x02x11x160008
Question Hi, im very new to motion ... and my english is worst ... i know : ( I have a Intellinet Highspeed Dome Cam ... not cheap wink The cam is configured to cap...
r2 - 20 Feb 2008 - 06:02 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2004x12x14x221811
Question I have a Pelco D compatible PTZ camera (Elitar ELPT806) and whant it to work in Linux/Motion. Does anybody know how i can send Hex code to the serial por...
SupportQuestion2008x02x17x150137
Question I originally installed Motion without ffmpeg, and it was doing a bang up job. I decided to add movie capability, so I installed ffmpeg (and zlib1g dev, w...
r3 - 18 Feb 2008 - 04:29 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x02x12x151648
BUG: I upgraded to 3.2.9 and now I see a lot of error messages. I'm connecting to an Axis 2400 camera server. It looks like it took about 3 hours for the Error r...
r2 - 14 Feb 2008 - 08:12 by AngelCarpintero
MjpegProxyResizerRecompressorCGI
Python MJPEG Proxy, resizer and recompression CGI Introduction This CGI proxy can resize and recompress a mjpeg stream. It is very handy when you have webcams or...
r4 - 11 Feb 2008 - 19:20 by MartijnBakker
BugReport2008x02x05x162746
BUG: At finished the record a mpeg video (any formats), Motion wait some seconds and crashing. I think is a fail at closed the file.. not sure.... Camera is NetC...
r3 - 06 Feb 2008 - 18:42 by TrebolA
BugReport2007x03x15x194232
BUG: In the daily bind from the 14.3. is following error: I have play a little bit with the API function and I've found out, that only a value for "Y" or "tilt" ...
r3 - 06 Feb 2008 - 04:49 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x02x04x064521
Question I have installed motion with the built in package manager on archlinux. when I run motion I get the output below. Ne ideas on how I can get it working. I...
r4 - 06 Feb 2008 - 04:22 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x01x05x042506
Question I have a Logitech Quickcam Orbit/Sphere MP (Bus 001 Device 009: ID 046d:08cc Logitech, Inc.) and i can get the picture without any problem with the uvc d...
r7 - 04 Feb 2008 - 05:05 by AngelCarpintero
MotionConfigToy
Windows GUI to edit the motion config files /motionconfigtoy.jpg An effort to see how many parameters can graphically fit in a 640 x 480 screen before becoming to...
r16 - 03 Feb 2008 - 23:46 by SergioAguiar
SupportQuestion2007x08x07x212845
Question Hi, I am trying to run motion with the following settings: "ffmpeg_cap_new on" "ffmpeg_video_codec msmpeg4" However I get the error listed below: 0 Pro...
r7 - 02 Feb 2008 - 06:23 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2008x01x31x054614
BUG: hello, i am trying to install motion on my MAC ppc. I followed instructions per the motion website for MAC installations: 1 The installation refers to olde...
r2 - 31 Jan 2008 - 09:45 by AngelCarpintero
MotionProfiling
Profiling Motion What is Profiling? From the gprof documentation: "Profiling allows you to learn where your program spent its time and which functions called whi...
r14 - 27 Jan 2008 - 02:07 by BobSaggeth
FeatureRequest2008x01x21x123122
Feature Request: Description It might be handy to be able to define alternate dimensions of an image from that at which they were captured. Perhaps this would ...
r2 - 22 Jan 2008 - 08:57 by AngelCarpintero
Dv4Linux
DV4Linux Introduction This program allows applications using the V4L API to receive video from a firewire camcorder. Detailed Description DV4Linux provides two...
r6 - 19 Jan 2008 - 16:50 by WolfgangBeck
FeatureRequest2008x01x16x222003
Feature Request: Description In debugging a recent problem with an IP9100A (see WorkingDevices) I needed to find out the TCP receive and transmit buffer sizes ...
r3 - 17 Jan 2008 - 22:21 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2008x01x15x160852
Question Hi, i want to store pictures only. The Motion detect works perfectly. and the Jpg Files from motion detecting stored correctly. But the option Snapshot d...
r2 - 16 Jan 2008 - 13:30 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2008x01x11x125213
Question I'm having trouble getting motion working with the pwcbsd driver on FreeBSD. I've installed the latest versions of both (as of today) from the ports tree...
r9 - 15 Jan 2008 - 13:06 by AngelCarpintero
OneFFMpegWithEventNumbersUpdatingPatch
One Large FFMpeg file with Event Numbers updating Description of Patch (Topic pruned to improve readability, 19 Mar 2007) I previously asked a question about 'ge...
r10 - 14 Jan 2008 - 22:10 by SimonW
LosslessEncoding
Patch Title Lossless Encoding Introduction This patch gives motion the capability to encode videos using a lossless codec. Description of Patch This patch a...
r9 - 11 Jan 2008 - 05:41 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x08x20x205313
BUG: im use motion on fox board www.acmesystems.it the webcam is http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=40 root@axis 00408c000001 /usr/local 198# motion d level 0 Pro...
r2 - 08 Jan 2008 - 16:24 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x03x22x203238
Feature Request: Description Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to create a directive to limit the maximum number of simultaneous connections to a ...
FeatureRequest2007x12x01x232911
Feature Request: Description Hi I highly appreciate good work already done to motion, its a piece of code which i would write by myself if you haven't done it a...
r2 - 06 Jan 2008 - 20:38 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x11x23x201806
Question I have a Logitech 820 Clicksmart webcam, I am using the gvcaps driver. "motion" logs images and movies to the local directory for a few minutes, and th...
r5 - 06 Jan 2008 - 20:17 by AngelCarpintero
WebcamMempool
Mempool for webcam Description of Patch module webcam always mallocs and frees memory for each jpeg. this patch implements a pool for unused memory. if memory is...
r12 - 06 Jan 2008 - 19:41 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x12x29x175530
Question I have 3 IP camera axis,whit a opensuse 10.3 distribution i have configured motion with 3 thread files in daemon mode the 3 ip camera address is 192.16...
r9 - 06 Jan 2008 - 19:04 by AngelCarpintero
MailingList
Mailing List Motion has its own mailing list at Sourceforge: The mails address is /motion user.png Posting can be done by mailing list members only. You can s...
r11 - 06 Jan 2008 - 11:48 by TheSpike
FeatureRequest2007x12x31x221921
Feature Request: Description It would be nice to be able to control PTZ Network camera controls. Main.SubnetG 31 Dec 2007 Follow up That's in roadmap alre...
r2 - 04 Jan 2008 - 14:38 by AngelCarpintero
RestartOnVideoSourceError
Restart threads and/or motion when capture errors detected from camera source Description of Patch Due to my capture device causing large amounts of interference...
r4 - 04 Jan 2008 - 14:23 by AngelCarpintero
MotionWatchdog
Motion Watchdog Description Motion should kill inactive child threads and start a new hoping to revive a dead camera See discussion of #motion IRC http://koala.i...
r14 - 04 Jan 2008 - 14:20 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x12x14x212026
Question could you add an option to log motion logs to a file rather than to syslog? sometimes it produces tons of output and i don't like it if my syslog file ge...
r2 - 01 Jan 2008 - 22:54 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x12x23x141050
Question I have seen a couple of posts regarding quicktime being unable to view videos saved by motion. Timelapse videos work fine, however all others fail. Usi...
r2 - 01 Jan 2008 - 22:52 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x04x04x145613
Question Hi I have a link problem on CentOS4. Motion object files compiled. Linking Motion... gcc L/usr/local/lib o motion motion.o conf.o draw.o video.o netc...
r3 - 01 Jan 2008 - 22:17 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x02x08x172812
Feature Request: Description When fetching Jpeg images from a network IP camera ( from a non streaming / non MJPEG source ), the motion netcam code does a TCP ...
r3 - 29 Dec 2007 - 16:19 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x17x171735
BUG: When I visit action/restart or action/quit through the control interface, motion hangs and both the webcam and the control interface stop responding. I have...
r4 - 11 Dec 2007 - 09:19 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x12x03x135328
Feature Request: Description As far as I understand labeling (marking movement in all pixels of the same colour in the neighbourhood of changed pixel?) it seems...
r2 - 03 Dec 2007 - 21:37 by JoergWeber
BugReport2007x11x28x151359
BUG: I used the latest svn from ffmpeg, configured it with "./configure" (and make, make install) and got the daily snap of motion (20071128 051001). I then conf...
r2 - 02 Dec 2007 - 20:54 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x11x11x085048
Question I have a safer ccd camera which provides infra led lighting at night, which does not produce a good pic with motion downloaded as an rpm via this site. A...
r5 - 02 Dec 2007 - 18:43 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x11x28x205443
BUG: When running motion using /etc/init.d/motion start the "on_movie_end" does not appear to be working. when running motion via command line as motion s n or...
r4 - 02 Dec 2007 - 18:40 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x11x27x093818
Question I would like to use with Motion MySql. Motion works perfectly, but I need to put the records on a Mysql Database outside. Using the commands in webcam1....
r2 - 02 Dec 2007 - 18:34 by AngelCarpintero
SignalsKill
Signals (sent with e.g. kill command) A signal can be sent from the command line by typing e.g. kill s SIGHUP pid, where the last parameter is the process ID whi...
r6 - 29 Nov 2007 - 07:57 by FanTomas
FeatureRequest2007x11x25x064501
Feature Request: Description The HTML output on motion control isn't valid HTML to some extent. Sample: Thread 1 text_left = Kamera 1 help The li Element...
FeatureRequest2006x05x09x150917
Feature Request: Description Is it possible to generate a 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 split image using all camera threads and put this in to one additional mjpeg stream? Thi...
r3 - 24 Nov 2007 - 20:19 by AxelAmthor
SupportQuestion2007x11x20x085735
Question Great software! I have a 2 camera setup, thread1 controls an old handheld video camera connected to a pc via a Hauppage TV card input thread2 a USB log...
r3 - 22 Nov 2007 - 13:11 by AndrewCook
MjpegColorIssue
Mjpeg (V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG) Description of Patch Replacement for current implentation of V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG palette for webcams (uvcvideo tested) to fix color is...
r5 - 19 Nov 2007 - 02:33 by AngelCarpintero
MjpegToYUV420pPatch
mjpegtoyuv420p patch for Logitech Quickcam Pro Description of Patch Posted by Main.KennethLavrsen from posting on MailingList Hi To use my Logitech Quickcam Pro ...
r9 - 19 Nov 2007 - 02:33 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x05x23x145436
BUG: Compilation on SUSE 10.1 with last ffmpeg or ffmpeg cvs 20060306 exit with errors ******************** * Configure status * **************...
r4 - 19 Nov 2007 - 01:54 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2005x03x31x224850
Feature Request: Description A lot of new cheap webcams output their images in Bayer format. According to the driver writers it is not the job of the driver to...
r4 - 19 Nov 2007 - 01:14 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x11x09x050638
Feature Request: Description Add the connection status of devices. This feature is mainly useful for network devices , so you can get the connection status of ...
r4 - 19 Nov 2007 - 01:13 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x11x15x151829
Question Hi, after many attempts have finally managed to install FFmpeg (ffmpeg 0.4.9 pre1 with ./Configure enable shared, make, make install). In /usr/local/l...
r2 - 16 Nov 2007 - 11:47 by JoergWeber
UsingDatabases
Using Databases Motion can be compiled with both MySQL and PostgreSQL database support. When enabled Motion adds a record to a table in the database as specifie...
SanityCheckforConfigOptions
Sanity Check for Config Options Description of Patch Next milestone on the roadmap will be a better handling of config options. A sanity check has to be performe...
r5 - 11 Nov 2007 - 09:43 by JoergWeber
BugReport2007x11x05x231058
BUG: Hi, thanks for great program! I have Mustek WCam300 (lsusb gives: "Bus 1 Device 3: ID 06a5:d001 Divio ProLink DS3303u WebCam") I use "nw8xx.ko" module (...
r3 - 10 Nov 2007 - 07:09 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x07x03x061451
Feature Request: Description Sorry if already discussed, but I couldnt find any reference. Many a times I dont want to check the whole area for motion, only spe...
r6 - 05 Nov 2007 - 11:20 by JoergWeber
MotionWithMythTV
MotionWithMythTV Introduction MythTV is a Linux open source project to provide PVR (personal video recorder) features on a computer. MythTV servers are usually o...
r11 - 02 Nov 2007 - 11:41 by SimonW
FeatureRequest2007x10x31x164251
Feature Request: Description Hello, I use motion as MJPEG streaming software and find it useful. The output is playable on vlc player. I find ways to start Moti...
NEW - 31 Oct 2007 - 17:06 by JpkaJ
FeatureRequest2005x05x03x020916
Feature Request: Description client could get stream (webcam server) as MPEG instead of MJPEG Main.RobertoSpadim 03 May 2005 Follow up Yep. Would be nice. ...
r8 - 29 Oct 2007 - 15:34 by RomanGaufman
SupportQuestion2007x10x23x183238
Question I have a Logitech Communicate camera. When I load the driver qcset i says: Depth : 24 Palette : RGB888 packed into 24bit words. When I st...
r5 - 27 Oct 2007 - 02:49 by GuardianBob
FeatureRequest2007x10x25x065125
Feature Request: Description I have a web camera which is connected via Homeplug Ethernet over mains, which reduces the amount of wiring which has to be run to...
NEW - 25 Oct 2007 - 06:57 by JohnLines
FFmpegSWFcreation
ffmpeg_video_codec to swf to create flash files from ffmpeg Description of Patch This patch was written by B #65533;ser Pete from the mailing list, however I fou...
r5 - 20 Oct 2007 - 04:56 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x08x20x044016
Feature Request: Description If there isn't a way already, I think there should be an option where motion can change the user id that it runs under. Similar to ...
r4 - 12 Oct 2007 - 14:05 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x10x11x162240
Question I have multiple ip cameras running through motion. The problem is that I need them to start detecting motion at different times of the night. As the co...
MotionNotificationsViaYourNabaztagBunny
Let your bunny warn you when motion is detected. Introduction The nabaztag is a wifi enabled rabbit with lights and ears that can move. It also has a speechgener...
NEW - 10 Oct 2007 - 08:05 by FolkertvanHeusden
SmarterReferenceFrameDiscussion
Smarter Reference Frame Discussion Todays reference frame is a decay type reference frame which is made to ensure detection of slowly moving objects. This has a n...
r13 - 04 Oct 2007 - 20:53 by JoergWeber
FeatureRequest2007x04x12x232027
Feature Request: Description in some installations it would be useful to have the sensitivity Mask disabled during motion events. eg: if i set up a camera in...
r5 - 04 Oct 2007 - 02:16 by LeRoy
FeatureRequest2006x07x06x213319
Feature Request: Description We use the snapshot feature as a backup for the motion detect feature. For this purpose, we put the snapshot interval to 1 sec. We ...
FeatureRequest2007x01x19x182142
Feature Request: Description I have a camera observing a street, but I would like to be able to distinguish movies of people from those of passing cars in the...
r5 - 30 Sep 2007 - 10:25 by JoergWeber
FeatureRequest2006x01x01x040730
Feature Request: Description I am trying to use it to watch the entire front yard. The typical event begins with very small objects (people or cars) entering ...
r3 - 30 Sep 2007 - 10:06 by JoergWeber
AlgDiffStandardMmxPatch
alg_diff_standard MMX patch Introduction This patch contains MMX assembler addition to the alg_diff_standard function. The benefit is a major speed improvement, ...
BugReport2007x09x18x184851
BUG: i use the "sql_query" option. In normal mode its running and motion write to mysql, but if i used "daemon on" its written in syslog mysql error occured. On ...
r5 - 25 Sep 2007 - 19:57 by AngelCarpintero
LogPreview
Log preview image as different type as jpeg Description of Patch I had a problem when I wanted to save all motion pictures and still have a event preview picture...
NEW - 11 Sep 2007 - 19:58 by DagErlandsson
FTPAtIntervalWhenUpdatedScript
Bash script to FTP images to a remote server when the file has been updated Introduction Motion is great, but it doesn't have any built in FTP functionality. In ...
NEW - 01 Sep 2007 - 21:28 by StephTheGeek
BugReport2007x08x30x103958
BUG: i get an compile error with ffmpeg after "make" Linking Motion... i tracked down the problem to the Makefile line 37: "LIBS = lm lpthread ljpeg L/usr...
r4 - 31 Aug 2007 - 21:23 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x08x22x144132
Question Hello, i have set up 2 Trendnet TV IP201W and 1 Abus Security Center DIGILAN TV7230. The work normaly with the browser if i put in the several ip s off t...
r2 - 30 Aug 2007 - 14:37 by AngelCarpintero
CamUniversal
Program to manage and record several cameras (Ip Cams, Webcam) Main.FlorianSchropp 23 Aug 2007
NEW - 23 Aug 2007 - 06:48 by FlorianSchropp
SupportQuestion2007x07x29x084400
Question I installed motion motion_3.2.8 0.ubuntu.feisty_i386.deb and tried to start it then, it says (among other things) ioctl(VIDIOCGMBUF) Error device does ...
r11 - 15 Aug 2007 - 03:12 by JasjeetSingh
SupportQuestion2007x08x06x142825
Question Ask your question. If you want to paste error output text or similar text where new lines must be preserved, paste it in the field below. Hello, I'm sorr...
r2 - 09 Aug 2007 - 03:50 by AngelCarpintero
LinuxUvcTrackingPatch
Patch for support Motion tracking feature with linux uvc devices Description of Patch To enable tracking for Logitech Quickcam Sphere (046d:08c2) which use linux...
r28 - 09 Aug 2007 - 03:11 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x07x08x091911
Feature Request: Description MJPEG is a better codec for security cameras especially when you need to step though them frame by frame. Since ffmpeg already supp...
r3 - 02 Aug 2007 - 13:08 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2007x05x16x032451
Question Motion is not capturing images. First required to start motion, than tv time, to initialize the capture board I think. Than motion, works ok. Using moti...
r8 - 01 Aug 2007 - 18:24 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x03x08x073048
Question Hello, We want to save a picture every five seconds, thus we put "snapshot_interval 5", but that does works, the webcam save pictures only when it detect...
SupportQuestion2007x01x27x090247
Question The freshmeat.net entry is not up to date. Hi, I think you should keep your freshmeat.net entry up to date. There are about 150 subscribers to the motion...
SupportQuestion2006x12x01x081411
Question Hi, I am still working on a movie file with all of a day's motion in it, and am currently trying the approach of processing all the .jpg files with an ex...
SupportQuestion2006x10x10x142338
Question Is there any way to use mjprox to feed an existing mjpeg file through a webserver so that it can be accessed via a browser? Environment Motion versio...
SupportQuestion2006x09x01x154503
Question if you use the %f macro (which expands to the filename of the image / video) then as soon as that event occurs motion exits with the attached error. This...
SupportQuestion2006x07x06x214607
Question Is it possible to have motion working with images larger than 1280x1040 ? When we try that, we only capture a gray picture and motion is always capturing...
SupportQuestion2006x05x18x203830
Question Hi all! Is there anyone who can program 2 atmel 8051 for motion tracking for me? Or can I do it my self in an easy way without bye eqipment for hundreds ...
SupportQuestion2006x03x23x224613
Question I placed my DCS 900W cam next to a window. As the sun moves from east to west, the lighting in the room change. I know this is normal but this applicat...
SupportQuestion2007x03x04x093733
Question First of all, I want to say very good job for Motion. My motion is running in Asus WL 500gd router with Oleg firmware. I use mj proxy mj grab with cam...
r6 - 23 Jul 2007 - 14:18 by WilsonWong
SupportQuestion2007x01x12x084648
Question I want to buy this webcam, do you know if this will work with the latest version of Motion. Or do I have to test it myself. MicroSoft VX1000 Vendor Id, 0...
SupportQuestion2006x02x19x110312
Question I have two 0.5lux external cameras with internal AGC being captured with a quad BT878 card, generally works very well, however, at night time, the camera...
SupportQuestion2007x06x27x185737
Question Hi, Motion runs just fine, but when it detects movement I get the following and motion terminates: motion: symbol lookup error: motion: undefined symbol:...
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x8
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 18 Jul 2007 Summary of changes since 3.2.7 Features * Added connection status for all devices available from...
SupportQuestion2007x07x16x041757
Question Motion worked at first; I saw the on/off light of my webcam lighting when running motion then going off when I stopped it. Now, my webcam light is always...
r2 - 16 Jul 2007 - 06:48 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x07x02x212628
Question Hi, I have set up my logitech camera as per the instructions at: http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/LogitechSphereControl Almost everything sea...
r3 - 12 Jul 2007 - 00:14 by MohammadIshaq
BestPreviewShot
BestPreviewShot Patch Introduction Major improvement of the preview shots feature (output_normal=first). You can now select to save the best picture of an event ...
SupportQuestion2007x07x04x062119
Question I am trying to setup motion for snapshop only use using a network camera. I have set these parameters only. This is what another user has set in there tu...
LastJpegFilename
Create a symlink to the last jpeg image , also fixed a raced condition Description of Patch "last_jpeg_filename", "# File name for the symlink t...
SupportQuestion2007x07x03x090059
Question additional: apologies, I attached the config from another server. This is the correct file. I have uncommented that line, assigned a username and passwor...
r6 - 04 Jul 2007 - 06:13 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x06x25x205635
Question Hi, I'm using gentoo and since i use kernel 2.6.20, i don't succeed in using my 2 webcams with motion. My Philips webcams use pwc and works fine alone bu...
r4 - 26 Jun 2007 - 06:48 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x06x19x050017
Question With this board from www.te elc.com, model TE 104C, there is no way to bring motion to work, tvtime works. I am not happy with motion. If tvtime works ...
r4 - 26 Jun 2007 - 02:20 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x05x23x003505
Question I'm trying to get motion working with one capture card connected camera. This setup works in vlc vlc v4l:/dev/video0:channel=1 gives a good picture. Ho...
r2 - 23 May 2007 - 09:02 by DavidGeirsson
SupportQuestion2007x05x05x184318
Question To have better frames x second performance . Works fine with 1 card, and 1 camera. But, with a 2th card, and a 2th camera, the 2th motion instance, gets ...
MotionRelease3x2x8beta1
Motion Beta Release Release Notes 29 Apr 2007 Beta Release 1 This release has been driven and stabilized by Angel Carpintero Changes since 3.2.7 Features ...
r8 - 02 May 2007 - 11:45 by SimonW
BugReport2007x04x28x221303
BUG: if 3.2.8 beta1 is compiled with DWITHOUT_V4L track.c will fail to compile due missing structs and defines. Fix: #ifndef WITHOUT_V4L the calls to uvc...
r4 - 29 Apr 2007 - 19:54 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2007x01x06x210209
BUG: I having problems running motion with mySQL. First with motion 3.2.7 the error I was receiving was 2 Mysql query failed 2 : Success but after I tried th...
r7 - 29 Apr 2007 - 18:42 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x03x20x213125
Feature Request: Description Hello, need support for EDICAM IC 1500 will place a raw file Regards Jörg Main.JoergStickdorn 20 Mar 2007 Comments IP Cam name...
r4 - 23 Apr 2007 - 15:18 by AngelCarpintero
MotionSnapshotReleases
Motion Snapshot Releases This is the topic on which Kenneth places snapshots release (development releases) for testing before the real releases. Note that these ...
Dv2Vloopback
dv2vloopback Introduction This is a program that will enable you to use your camcorder as a v4l device. Detailed Description https://sourceforge.net/projects/dv...
NEW - 17 Apr 2007 - 15:34 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x12x084137
Question Hi again ! I now have motion running successfully, generating periodic and motion triggered images from my Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000. However, a large n...
r5 - 14 Apr 2007 - 17:42 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x04x07x065120
Question I have gone from a 500MHz machine to 1.7GHz and still get dropped frames, even when using a low frame rate of 10fps. Could you publish some information...
r8 - 12 Apr 2007 - 08:59 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2007x03x19x112222
Question I am having a problem with the above and the UVC tracking patch. All is working well apart from that tilt is not functioning at all although pan is fine....
r3 - 10 Apr 2007 - 10:52 by PaulMcclung
FeatureRequest2007x04x07x101709
Feature Request: Description Semi related to the various "Lost Signal/Camera" requests FeatureRequest2006x04x08x061905 It might also be helpful if motion were ...
NEW - 07 Apr 2007 - 10:26 by RyanFulcher
FeatureRequest2007x04x07x094356
Feature Request: Description Greetings, motion is amazing! I have 4 sources, each records frames into their own folder and then at the end of the day a perl scr...
NEW - 07 Apr 2007 - 10:14 by RyanFulcher
MultiTail
MultiTail a versatile logfile viewer Introduction MultiTail ( http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ) lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail...
NEW - 05 Apr 2007 - 13:21 by FolkertvanHeusden
BugReport2006x12x28x233554
BUG: I did "./configure" and its returned OK. But when i did "make" its returned ERROR: "ffmpeg.h:5:22: error: avformat.h: File o directory not found" I searched...
r6 - 01 Apr 2007 - 00:53 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x04x09x091235
Feature Request: Description It would be very nice if motion could support uvc webcams. Trying a Logitech Pro 5000, supported by the new ( unfinished ) module u...
r11 - 31 Mar 2007 - 02:28 by NivVaizer
SupportQuestion2007x01x15x024322
Question I'm getting above error, unfortunately google did not come up with any reasonable answer to this error message. There isn't much documentation on motion ...
r10 - 17 Mar 2007 - 01:31 by DmitryBolshakoff
SupportQuestion2007x03x01x075407
Question I've set "location" to "preview" and would have expected to get a rectangle drawed around the very first motion detetcted in the motion jpegs. Allthough,...
r4 - 04 Mar 2007 - 02:10 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x02x24x160158
Question My avis created by Motion always playing either faster or slower than they were writed. If play this avi "by default", objects in video moves faster/slow...
r4 - 28 Feb 2007 - 03:04 by AngelCarpintero
BurglarCaughtWithMotion
Burglar Caught With Motion What Happened On 11 Jan 2007, a neighbor's house was burglarized while they slept. The burglar gained entry with a garage door remote...
r3 - 23 Feb 2007 - 14:31 by AndrewHamilton
MotionInTheMedia
Motion In The Media * Motion burglar capture example from the BBC News * Same story: Additional from BBC * Linux Journal January 2005 Article now publi...
r3 - 21 Feb 2007 - 17:04 by AndrewHamilton
BugReport2007x02x15x155000
BUG: Hi, I believe the MJPEG stream of the Allnet 2201 Ethernet Camera is strange enough to be not recognizable to the netcam code of motion 3.2.7. (It seems it...
r8 - 19 Feb 2007 - 23:22 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x07x29x032024
Question Looks ffmpeg is causing the problem, but I think I uninstalled (with YAST). I am using the ffmpeg ffmpeg cvs 20060306 certified with motion 3.2.5.tar.gz...
r3 - 19 Feb 2007 - 23:16 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x30x071553
Question With Suse 10.1 I get an error message while compiling the source code. Suse 10.1 Kernel 2.6.13 15.11 ffmpeg 0.4.9 7.pm.svn20060817 (i586) (Packman Suse...
r3 - 19 Feb 2007 - 23:15 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2007x02x12x195322
Feature Request: Hi, the ALL2201 seems to be the cheapest of the current Allnet Linux ARM based netcams. I just added AllnetALL2201.mjpegsnif to the dumps page:...
r3 - 19 Feb 2007 - 12:54 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2007x02x18x191738
Question Environment: Slackware 11.0, kernel 2.6.20 and 2.6.17.13 Machine with 2.6.17.13 is running motion, without ffmpeg, with 6 cameras without problems (2 usb...
r3 - 18 Feb 2007 - 22:04 by CassioFreitas
SupportQuestion2007x02x12x210338
Question Hi I've got my cameras working well now, taking snapshots every 15 minutes, or whenever motion occurs. However, when people are walking round, motion is ...
r2 - 12 Feb 2007 - 22:10 by AngelCarpintero
MjpegWindowsScreensaver
View Motion Mjpeg Streams as a Screensaver Introduction This is my attempt to create a screensaver for Windows written in C# that will display several Motion Mjp...
r3 - 06 Feb 2007 - 06:11 by AndrewHamilton
MotionV4L2SonixPatch
Sonix patch for motion Description of Patch this patch enable v4l2 sn9c102 driver support using S910 codec it include motion v4l2 r147.patch and 4 files from sn ...
r2 - 06 Feb 2007 - 01:32 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x24x124733
Question Hi again, This is continue question for "Unable to find a compatible palette format with Logitech Sphere." case Support Question 2007x 01x 14x 033716 Cam...
r8 - 02 Feb 2007 - 16:48 by PeterBowle
CellVision
Previous owners of the CAS line of IP Server Cameras that are OEMed by a number of different manufacturers including D Link and TrendNet. New owners of the line ...
NEW - 01 Feb 2007 - 03:46 by JeffGroves
BugReport2007x01x29x083306
BUG: Motion dies after an indeterminate time with sig 11. configured: one Logitech Orbit, tracking , webaccess from local and remote hosts webinterace and stream...
r3 - 31 Jan 2007 - 16:19 by UweKlein
BugReport2007x01x17x201031
BUG: I got vloopback loaded (via modprobe vloopback). Then I started resize: nohup resize /dev/video0 /dev/video1 320x240 320x240 yuv420p /dev/null After ...
r3 - 24 Jan 2007 - 19:22 by AngelCarpintero
V4L2
V4L2 is short for Video For Linux version 2 Video capture for linux API version 2 , added in linux from 2.5.x , improve many things and add missing support for ma...
r2 - 18 Jan 2007 - 11:31 by AngelCarpintero
V4L
V4L is short for Video For Linux (version 1) V4L is Video capture for Linux API version 1 , supported in linux from kernel 2.1.x. Motion support V4L. Main.Kenn...
r2 - 18 Jan 2007 - 11:29 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x14x033716
Question Motion wont stat because of palette format. Webcam (Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08c2 Logitech, Inc.). 0 Processing thread 0 config file /usr/local/et...
r5 - 18 Jan 2007 - 02:42 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x12x10x111707
Question Hi everybody, I am now using motion (3.2.7, the .deb package) with my TerraTec WinTV to monitor a bird's nestbox which has a built in IR camera. Great p...
r10 - 16 Jan 2007 - 01:00 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x13x195435
Question I'm setting up Motion for the first time. I can access the camera via it's normal web interface. The camera is running in M JPEG mode, not MPEG mode. I ...
r4 - 15 Jan 2007 - 01:54 by AngelCarpintero
FFMpegIncreaseFilmQualityPatch
To increase the quality of FFMpeg films by specifying quantizer level Description of Patch The problem: Timelapse capture files (mpeg 1) were showing artifacts a...
r7 - 10 Jan 2007 - 23:54 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2007x01x09x180516
Question Here I am again... As per my request for "how to install the v4l2 patch", I followed your instructions (am I right in thinking motion has been updated in...
r4 - 10 Jan 2007 - 21:46 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x16x232010
Question With camstream, everything is fine, with different size images etc. However with "motion", the threads finish as shown below. Is this a bug ? I am runni...
r6 - 09 Jan 2007 - 02:00 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x12x22x171343
Question I have installed motion from SVN today( 3.2.8 ). motion.conf is configured to log events to mysql. The problem is that after a few hours motion is still ...
r3 - 09 Jan 2007 - 01:52 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x12x19x062432
BUG: When I use options ffmpeg then the system breaks. After studying a problem I have come to conclusion, that the mistake is caused with a code in a file ffmpe...
r8 - 08 Jan 2007 - 20:39 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x07x192708
Question This may be a bssic question, but I've downloaded the v4l2 patch and I don't know how to install it ! Can anyone explain ??? Environment Motion ver...
r2 - 08 Jan 2007 - 20:34 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x10x21x040703
Feature Request: Description what about an cygwin port? Main.RobertoSpadim 21 Oct 2006 Follow up Comments A part of Motion use an API of Linux or FreeBSD ...
r3 - 07 Jan 2007 - 18:55 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x06x004923
Question I've compiled the svn version and applied the v4l2 patch everything seems to be OK, i've edited my motion.conf to change videodevice to v4l2:/dev/video0 ...
r3 - 07 Jan 2007 - 00:19 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2007x01x04x073944
Question Hi I am trying to install motion on my CentOS 4.4 based server (effectively RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4). Having read the preparation notes, I hav...
r2 - 04 Jan 2007 - 12:22 by AngelCarpintero
CropMarksPatch
Crop Marks Instead of a Box around motion Description of Patch Makes crop marks instead of a box around motion. You have the code, it's been submitted many times...
r3 - 04 Jan 2007 - 00:08 by SimonW
FeatureRequest2006x12x25x095210
Feature Request: Description Hi all. I have Motion installed on a very low power PC. It has 256MB Ram and a 800Mhz Via C3 processor (which work with passive coo...
r3 - 27 Dec 2006 - 22:51 by TorstenEdeler
SupportQuestion2006x12x21x151836
Question How do I monitor or log or view the logging of connections to the webserver. I need to manage connections ot this due to limited bandwidth. TIA, Sonya Pa...
r2 - 25 Dec 2006 - 02:11 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x12x20x152119
Question Hi, I'm setting up motion 3.2.7 on a Fedora Core 6 installation. Actual kernel is 2.6.19 (x86_64), not the FC6 default. Ffmpeg is is SVN r6835. Motion wa...
r5 - 24 Dec 2006 - 10:28 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x12x19x165951
Feature Request: Description I think it could be useful to introduce cron expressions to change the configuration of motion according to the time of the day. In...
r2 - 19 Dec 2006 - 18:02 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x12x17x231614
Question I am unable to start motion. I have installed ffmped and ffmped devel and all their relevent dependancies from rpm files. ffmpeg and ffmpeg devel rpms ...
FeatureRequest2006x12x03x081508
Feature Request: Description E.g. in FreeBSD one should be able to switch between multiple camera connectors on a single card. This would be very useful for vid...
r3 - 05 Dec 2006 - 18:05 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x11x05x183934
Question For some reason, I suddenly get a Segmentation fault when I start motion. it seems that it is when it starts the netcam module. If I remove all the netca...
r5 - 01 Dec 2006 - 16:51 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x11x29x182849
Question Hi, I wanna know if it's possible to run motion with a saved video as input, and how, where should i set the video path?? Environment Motion version:...
r2 - 30 Nov 2006 - 05:25 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x11x15x102522
Question I previously asked a question about 'getting all motion in one file' without using gap=0. I intend to make one file a day, and need the event numbers to ...
SupportQuestion2006x04x26x082823
Question hello, sry for my english im writing a simple program controling 2 stepper motors via lpt. how can i send coordinates from motion to my own program? Plea...
r4 - 22 Nov 2006 - 17:06 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x06x04x142045
Question Hi, Last I have installed a APC UPS on the USB port and when starting the Motion program I get an error, sync error in proc 3998: No space left on device...
r2 - 22 Nov 2006 - 06:44 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x25x031555
Question This is when I set the resoltuion to above 352x288. The card should be capable of more. I know that because tvtime runs fine at 640x480. Fact is.. thi...
r2 - 22 Nov 2006 - 06:43 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x03x09x065305
Question strange problems with timelaps feature (which worked, I don't know which changes caused the problems). At exactly 00:00 I have the following syslog entry...
r8 - 22 Nov 2006 - 06:39 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2005x09x22x003452
Feature Request: Description It would be really helpful if the event_nr would be unique, even between restarts of motion. at the moment, event_nr starts at 1 af...
r7 - 21 Nov 2006 - 14:27 by SimonW
BugReport2006x11x03x132615
BUG: Once the timelapse time starts over, the new compiled filename incidentially gets a double suffix like "timelaps.mpg.mpg". I have 4 cams, and it occurs only...
r4 - 18 Nov 2006 - 22:09 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x11x17x025432
Question Every time I try to run motion I get an error message I am using Slackware 11 with the 2.4.33 kernel. I installed a motion binary package from www.linuxp...
BugReport2005x08x07x182533
BUG: When generating msmpeg4 movies with motion the ffmpeg code produces this msmpeg4v2 @ 0xb44350 warning, clipping 1 dct coefficients to 127..127 msmpeg4v2 ...
r6 - 16 Nov 2006 - 17:08 by SimonW
SupportQuestion2006x11x09x155151
Question have a card PICO2000 with 4 video input BNC, it function on /dev/video0, how one make to activate the 4 input in the file of conf of motion? Environment...
r3 - 10 Nov 2006 - 08:55 by JorisMichel
SupportQuestion2006x07x25x200826
Question I have a Logitech Sphere webcam. I have installed motion (3.2.6 2) from .deb package, pwc (10.0.10 1) and libxmrrpc c3 (0.9.10 4). Webcam works, but pan...
SupportQuestion2006x10x19x195002
Question I have a Logitech Sphere and a Pro4000, connect via USB as /dev/video1 and /dev/video2 When i only use one of them via motion.conf, everything works fine...
BugReport2006x11x02x070516
BUG: While trying to run Motion on Genius VideoCam NB (sn9c102 chip) Motion suddenly quits rigth after start. The same Genius VideoCam NB works well with Sonic s...
r2 - 05 Nov 2006 - 11:52 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x10x22x091543
BUG: This is mainly not a motion related bug, but dl from the one and only mirror university Kent UK isn't working: timeout. Why aren't there any other mirrors c...
BugReport2006x01x12x120335
BUG: i now this is contrary or another but report recently made but when running motion in the forgound I got error messages from free() when I turned on debugg...
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x6
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 23 Mar 2006 Summary of changes since 3.2.5.1 Features * text_changes now shows a ' ' when motion detection ...
BugReport2006x01x09x175603
BUG: sql_mask is not initialisated correctly , so first event is not logged in mysql because sql_mask is always 0 at first event call. Test case Using last dail...
BugReport2005x10x08x150720
BUG: Having a mask file of i.e. 640*480 and changing the catpture size to any different size causes the according thread to segv when trying to load the image. ...
ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x7
Motion Release Release Notes Motion release 20 Oct 2006 Summary of changes since 3.2.6 Features * Removed the minimum_gap feature which was utterly use...
BugReport2006x02x07x135058
BUG: I have six network cameras (DCS 900) and a cron job that will pause or start certain cameras based upon time/day. There are certain periods of time when all...
BugReport2005x12x22x122649
BUG: The pan tilt command is broken: If you set the pan value to other than 0, the camera pans but tilt value is ignored. If you specify tilt before pan, ie ti...
BugReport2006x03x09x012244
BUG: hi, i use slackware 10.2 and when trying to compile with the make command i got this: Compiling Motion object files... gcc g O2 DWITHOUT_V4L DHAVE_MYSQ...
BugReport2006x04x11x122239
BUG: Filed by Kenneth Lavrsen for Dick Middleton I run a couple of network cameras which I switch off at night. Every 10s or so I get messages like this in sysl...
BugReport2006x01x31x000814
BUG: If you do a kill TERM on motion, it won't exit until it has reconnected to all cameras first. This is a logic error since you don't want to have to wait u...
BugReport2006x02x07x212816
BUG: i can't determine, if my problem is not related to a particular cam, but here it goes. if i turn the auto brightness on, it adjusts the brightness to the l...
BugReport2006x10x19x085948
BUG: I already install ver 3.2.6 on Debian, all the function for Http API is working, but when I press makemovie, it cannot start to capture the movie, how to sl...
BugReport2006x07x08x071646
BUG: The linuxthreads package is not usually installed on FreeBSD. There is no reason why it should be. FreeBSD 6.1 has two native implementations of POSIX threa...
BugReport2006x07x08x070417
BUG: On FreeBSD the compiler defines by default FreeBSD. Defining freebsd separately in configure is redundant and bad style. If you need to know the OS version,...
BugReport2006x07x10x111239
BUG: When connecting to control via http, thread 0 is called "All Threads", but when pausing detection on thread 0, it is still active on all the child threads. ...
AvoidOpenfiledescriptors
Avoid open filedescriptors in netcam Description of Patch In motion.c /***** MOTION LOOP RETRY INITIALIZING NETCAM SECTION *****/ netcam_cleanup is called if a...
SupportQuestion2006x06x19x174238
Question I recently installed motion v3.2.6 on a Fedora Core 4 system (kernel version 2.6.16 1.2111_FC4) and am having trouble creating a timelapse movie. I compi...
SupportQuestion2005x09x05x133031
Question I'm using the default file name settings for the various file captures. The captures for snapshot and motion detection files are being saved properly, b...
LoggingEventFix
Logging Event Fix Description of Patch This patch will improve upon a few ambiguous log messages which may be emitted by the Event handling code with regards to ...
FfmpegAvicodecLogging
Ffmpeg Avicodec Logging Description of Patch This patch will give a voice to ffmpeg's avicodec, etc libraries. Installation of Patch Download the patch file. If...
BugReport2006x04x07x164654
BUG: After an undetermined amount of time, roughly 1 hour up to 48 hours, one or more camera threads will suddenly stop functioning. The "webcam_port" will stop...
SlightlyImprovedThreadCreationLogging
Slightly Improved Thread Creation Logging Description of Patch This patch will make Motion's output a little bit more descriptive as it starts up. As the normal ...
BugReport2006x03x10x000151
BUG: Hey I have got a problem resulting in "Video signal lost Adding grey image" I have always noticed a single entry in my log now and then saying "Error read...
SupportQuestion2006x08x14x202914
Question What can be the reason for the unsteady ( not sure about the word, because my bad english ) images as described following? Considerations: * My first ...
r8 - 20 Oct 2006 - 19:32 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x04x09x090324
BUG: When creating a movie, "target_dir" and "movie_filename" are ignored, resulting in a mpeg file named: "/.avi" when running as root. Jpeg images follow the ...
r6 - 20 Oct 2006 - 19:19 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x10x19x140357
Question I have a webcam on an ADSL connection with an IP address that changes periodically. To avoid saturating the ADSL bandwidth when more than a couple peopl...
r3 - 20 Oct 2006 - 13:23 by ZibeliAton
FeatureRequest2006x06x06x123003
Feature Request: Description For better and easier handling of Motion with system init scripts, Motion should be able to write a PID file and setuid() to a conf...
r6 - 10 Oct 2006 - 08:46 by AngelCarpintero
BugReport2006x08x07x052014
BUG: I am testing out motion 3.2.6 and I have encountered the following errors. On changing the width and height settings from 352 and 288 respectively to 640 an...
r4 - 03 Oct 2006 - 00:47 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x23x201148
Question Motion http interface is perfectly working (including snapshot, modifying thread configuration,....) except makemovie. When a motion is detected an msmpg...
r3 - 02 Oct 2006 - 16:31 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x22x152747
Question All of the images that I attempt to view through motion come out all black. The text is put on them but the rest of the image is black. I'm using a Logit...
r3 - 02 Oct 2006 - 16:30 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x04x13x174144
Question Hi, first i want to say "very good job !!!!" second: i have created an html page called webcam.html (not original i know :o) ), and placed it in /etc/mot...
r3 - 23 Sep 2006 - 19:31 by TorbenJensen
BugReport2006x08x28x233510
BUG: Hello, I have a Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX, I have an Ubuntu 6.06. Motion will not start if I type it's name in a terminal, nothing has been recorded...
r2 - 06 Sep 2006 - 00:28 by AngelCarpintero
SupportQuestion2006x08x17x210726
Question I want to use motion 3.2.6 with ffmpeg to build video files. Therefor I downloaded the ffmpeg cvs 20060306 certified with motion 3.2.5.tar.gz. The instal...
r2 - 06 Sep 2006 - 00:06 by AngelCarpintero
FeatureRequest2006x08x22x070750
Feature Request: Description I've 3 cheap webcam, on a usb 2 hub. (Linux slackware 10.2). Ive used 3 motion threads conf. Each one works good. But if I use moti...
NEW - 22 Aug 2006 - 07:09 by VittorioPellegrineschi
RealTimeGenHtmlShellScript
RTgenhtml Introduction RTgenhtml generates a web page in real time. Detailed Description RTgenhtml is a bash script which is called by motion each time it saves...
r2 - 14 Aug 2006 - 03:01 by TroyBackus
SupportQuestion2006x08x06x183651
Question Hi, I got problems starting the motion program. I was wondering: is motion supported on V4L2? cat /dev/video0 does give alot of binary output on my termi...
XvidCodec
Xvid Codec Introduction Motion already has a encoder ( ffmpeg ) to create videos ( mpeg1 , mpeg4 , msmpeg4 ). Xvid is a GPL encoder alternative with similar te...
r13 - 04 Aug 2006 - 16:31 by ThomasB
SupportQuestion2006x07x26x194527
Question I have motion configured on four servers each configured with 4 cameras. All of the cameras are configured the same and the output_normal is set to bes...
r3 - 28 Jul 2006 - 00:01 by NickNiehoff
FeatureRequest2006x06x06x120725
Feature Request: Description Hi. It would be nice is there is future which captures a video if motion is detected. In most commercial CCTV Recorders you have on...
r2 - 24 Jul 2006 - 01:34 by EvilPete
FeatureRequest2006x07x21x085322
Feature Request: Description I'm using the Logitech 4000 webcam that has a digital zoom feature. My webcam is located a bit far from the surveillance area, so I...
BugReport2006x06x15x093312
BUG: I have problem with larger resolution with my TV @nywhere TV card. When I set resolution 320x240 everything is OK. But with resolution for example 640x480 i...
SupportQuestion2006x07x09x085553
Question What would be the simpliest way to pause/start motion detection with a mobile phone (Nokia 9300, Symbian 7.0 series 80)? One click to pause/start would b...
BugReport2006x07x04x152449
BUG: Camera (Logitech Communicate STX) is working with Camorama, but motion shows a black picture Paste in your error messages, config settings, terminal window ...
r5 - 17 Jul 2006 - 15:19 by KonradRiedel
FeatureRequest2006x07x16x092729
Feature Request: Description I would like to have option in motion.conf to disable the link of lastsnap.jpg. I need snapshoot every 300s for example. I would li...
WebcamTimeout
Timeout Webcam after 10 seconds nothing could be written Description of Patch If a webcamthread can not write for 10 seconds (caused by EAGAIN) drop the connecti...
NEW - 11 Jul 2006 - 15:27 by PeterHolik
FeatureRequest2006x07x06x213703
Feature Request: Description It would be great to have a direction parameter in the options. For example, "direction NS" to only trigger an event when the motio...
NEW - 06 Jul 2006 - 21:45 by ChristopheMonniez
SupportQuestion2006x06x29x123708
Question I have six network cameras with a lot of custom written scripts (bash, php, awk) which build various http display pages showing motion events and snapsho...
r6 - 03 Jul 2006 - 14:59 by GregSwift
FeatureRequest2006x05x23x081533
Feature Request: Description When surveilling a larger area, the image can often be divided into two or three major different areas of interest. A "gardenview" ...
MotionLoopOverview
Motion Loop Overview Kenneth needed a quick overview of the code in the motion.c motion_loop() (the infinite loop part which is the heart of Motion) Prepare for ...
FeatureRequest2006x06x30x162950
Feature Request: Description Motion only works with networks cameras with jpeg o mjpeg stream. The new generations of network cameras send the stream in MPEG4 f...
NEW - 30 Jun 2006 - 16:34 by JaviPardo
FeatureRequest2006x06x21x163202
Feature Request: Description Would like to be able to create time lapsed movies from a network URL which points to a .PNG graphic instead of a JPG. Main.TeamL...
r5 - 27 Jun 2006 - 11:15 by TeamLoser
SupportQuestion2006x06x19x000617
Question I have motion_3.2.6 2_i386 running under Debian 1:3.3.5 13 (Linux version 2.4.27 3 k7, unmodified) and using the latest versions of ffmpeg, myssql, and p...
FeatureRequest2006x06x17x154535
Feature Request: Description I would like to see a inverse motion detection feature. When looking for for instance wireless security camera's with a radio or ...
SupportQuestion2006x06x18x011017
Question The problem is just that when I try to start motion, I get "error calling vid_start": Could be the problem related to my config file? But what I changed ...
BugReport2006x05x31x145331
BUG: The streaming netcam feature used with a Raytalk RTAV700 produces errors. Its JPEG URL is: http://cameraip/cgi bin/video.jpg and it works. At startup it wo...
FeatureRequest2006x06x05x233029
Feature Request: Description I think it would be useful if not just images saved in snapshot mode (named according to snapshot_filename), but also normal, motio...
NEW - 06 Jun 2006 - 08:44 by MagnusHolmgren
SupportQuestion2006x06x02x215013
Question The mjpeg stream from the internal webserver can be viewed perfectly in Opera. However, viewing it in Firefox version 1.5.0.x causes Firefox to hang. Pre...
SupportQuestion2006x05x31x101440
Question Thanks for answering my question 2006x05x27x123932. /kabi was my cgi directory, but I forgot to set the script alias directive in httpd conf. The system ...
BugMetric
Motion Bug Metrics %SEARCH{"*" topic="BugReport20*" web="Motion" type="regex" nonoise="on" casesensitive="on" format="$percntCALC{$SET(val, $formfield...
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