############################################################ # Daemon ############################################################ # Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal (default: off) #daemon on # File to store the process ID, also called pid file. (default: not defined) process_id_file /var/run/motion/motion.pid ############################################################ # Basic Setup Mode ############################################################ # Start in Setup-Mode, daemon disabled. (default: off) setup_mode off ############################################################ # Capture device options: ############################################################ # Videodevice to be used for capturing (default /dev/video0) # for FreeBSD default is /dev/bktr0 videodevice /dev/null # Tuner device to be used for capturing using tuner as source (default /dev/tuner0) # This is ONLY used for FreeBSD. Leave it commented out for Linux ; tunerdevice /dev/tuner0 # The video input to be used (default: 8) # Should normally be set to 1 for video/TV cards, and 8 for USB cameras ; input 8 # The video norm to use (only for video capture and TV tuner cards) # Values: 0 (PAL), 1 (NTSC), 2 (SECAM), 3 (PAL NC no colour). Default: 0 (PAL) norm 1 # The frequency to set the tuner to (kHz) (only for TV tuner cards) (default: 0) ; frequency 0 # Rotate image this number of degrees. The rotation affects all saved images as # well as mpeg movies. Valid values: 0 (default = no rotation), 90, 180 and 270. rotate 0 # Image width (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 352 width 704 # Image height (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 288 height 480 # Maximum number of frames to be captured per second. # Valid range: 2-100. Default: 100 (almost no limit). framerate 6 # Minimum time in seconds between capturing picture frames from the camera. # Default: 0 = disabled - the capture rate is given by the camera framerate. # This option is used when you want to capture images at a rate lower than 2 per second. minimum_frame_time 0 # Let motion regulate the brightness of a video device (default: off) # Only recommended for cameras without auto brightness ; auto_brightness off # Set the initial brightness of a video device. # Valid range 0-255, default 0 = disabled brightness 0 # Set the contrast of a video device. # Valid range 0-255, default 0 = disabled contrast 0 # Set the saturation of a video device. # Valid range 0-255, default 0 = disabled saturation 0 # Set the hue of a video device (NTSC feature). # Valid range 0-255, default 0 = disabled hue 0 ############################################################ # Round Robin (multiple inputs on same video device name) ############################################################ # Number of frames to capture in each roundrobin step (default: 1) roundrobin_frames 0 # Number of frames to skip before each roundrobin step (default: 1) roundrobin_skip 0 # Try to filter out noise generated by roundrobin (default: 0) switchfilter 0 ############################################################ # Motion detection settings: ############################################################ # Enables motion to adjust its detection/noise level for very dark frames # Don't use this with noise_tune on. (default: off) night_compensate off # Despeckle motion image using (e)rode or (d)ilate or (l)abel (Default: not defined) # Recommended value is EedDl. Any combination (and number of) of E, e, d, and D is valid. # (l)abeling must only be used once and the 'l' must be the last letter. # Comment out to disable despeckle EedDl # Dynamically create a mask file during operation (default: 0) # Adjust speed of mask changes from 0 (off) to 10 (fast) smart_mask_speed 7 # Ignore sudden massive light intensity changes given as a percentage of the picture # area that changed intensity. Valid range: 0 - 100 , default: 0 = disabled lightswitch 0 # Picture frames must contain motion at least the specified number of frames # in a row before they are detected as true motion. At the default of 1, all # motion is detected. Valid range: 1 to thousands, recommended 1-10 minimum_motion_frames 2 # Specifies the number of pre-captured (buffered) pictures from before motion # was detected that will be output at motion detection (default: 0) # # You can have up to 1000s of pre-captured frames but naturally this # makes motion leave a larger footprint in the memory of the computer. More # important Motion is processing all the buffered images including saving # jpegs, encoding mpegs, writing to databases and executing external # programs after the first image is detected as Motion. Motion will not # grab another image until this is done. This means that even moderate # values for pre_capture combined with high framerates will mean that you # will miss quite many frames of Motion. It is therefore recommended to # use relative small values for pre_capture. Depending on your chosen # framerate and depending on the features enabled values from 1-10 are # sensible. If you wish to create smooth mpegs during events it is better # to use a large value for post_capture. pre_capture 2 # Number of frames to capture after motion is no longer detected (default: 0) post_capture 15 # Gap is the seconds of no motion detection that triggers the end of an event # An event is defined as a series of motion images taken within a short timeframe. # Recommended value is 60 seconds (Default). The value 0 is allowed and disables # events causing all Motion to be written to one single mpeg file and no pre_capture. gap 30 # Maximum length in seconds of an mpeg movie (common for ffmpeg and Berkeley types) # When value is exceeded a new mpeg file is created. (Default: 0 = infinite) ;max_mpeg_time 300 max_mpeg_time 180 # Number of frames per second to capture when not detecting # motion (saves CPU load) (Default: 0 = disabled) #low_cpu 2 # Always save images even if there was no motion (default: off) output_all off ############################################################ # Image File Output ############################################################ # Output 'normal' pictures when motion is detected (default: on) # Valid values: on, off, first, best # When set to 'first', only the first picture of an event is saved. # Picture with most motion of an event is saved when set to 'best'. # Can be used as preview shot for the corresponding movie. output_normal on # Output pictures with only the pixels moving object (green ghost images) (default: off) output_motion on # The quality (in percent) to be used by the jpeg compression (default: 75) quality 75 # Output ppm images instead of jpeg (default: off) ppm off ############################################################ # Film (mpeg) File Output - ffmpeg based ############################################################ # Use ffmpeg's libavcodec to encode mpeg movies in realtime (default: off) ffmpeg_cap_new on # Use ffmpeg to make movies with only the pixels moving # object (green ghost images) (default: off) ;ffmpeg_cap_motion off ffmpeg_cap_motion on # Use ffmpeg to encode a timelapse movie # Default value 0 = off - else save frame every Nth second ffmpeg_timelapse 60 # The file rollover mode of the timelapse video # Valid values: hourly, daily (default), weekly-sunday, weekly-monday, monthly, manual ffmpeg_timelapse_mode daily # Bitrate to be used by the ffmpeg encoder (default: 400000) # This option is ignored if ffmpeg_variable_bitrate is not 0 (disabled) ffmpeg_bps 500000 # Enables and defines variable bitrate for the ffmpeg encoder. # ffmpeg_bps is ignored if variable bitrate is enabled. # Valid values: 0 (default) = fixed bitrate defined by ffmpeg_bps, # or the range 2 - 31 where 2 means best quality and 31 is worst. ; 20 was ok - 2005/03/12 ; 25 was a bit pixelated - 2005/03/13 ; ffmpeg_variable_bitrate 22 # Codec to used by ffmpeg for the video compression. # Supported formats are: mpeg1 (default), mpeg4, and msmpeg4 # mpeg1 gives you files with extension .mpg # mpeg4 or msmpeg4 give you files with extension .avi # msmpeg4 is recommended for use with Windows Media Player because # it requires with no installation of codec on the Windows client. ffmpeg_video_codec msmpeg4 ;ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg1 ############################################################ # Snapshots (Traditional Periodic Webcam File Output) ############################################################ # Make automated snapshot every N seconds (default: 0 = disabled) ; snapshot_interval 3600 ############################################################ # Text Display # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date, # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second, %T = HH:MM:SS # %v = event, %q = frame number, \n = new line # You can put quotation marks around the text to allow # leading spaces ############################################################ # Locate and draw a box around the moving object. # Valid values: on, off and preview (default: off) # Set to 'preview' will only draw a box in preview_shot pictures. locate off # Draws the timestamp using same options as C function strftime(3) # Default: %Y-%m-%d\n%T = date in ISO format and time in 24 hour clock # Text is placed in lower right corner text_right "%Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q-%v" # Draw a user defined text on the images using same options as C function strftime(3) # Default: Not defined = no text # Text is placed in lower left corner ; text_left value # Draw the number of changed pixed on the images (default: off) # Will normally be set to off except when you setup and adjust the motion settings # Text is placed in upper right corner text_changes on ############################################################ # Target Directories and filenames For Images And Films # For the options snapshot_, jpeg_, mpeg_ and timelapse_filename # you can use conversion specifiers # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date, # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second, # %v = event, %q = frame number # Quotation marks round string are allowed. ############################################################ # File path for snapshots (jpeg or ppm) relative to target_dir # Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot # Default value is equivalent to legacy oldlayout option # For Motion 3.0 compatible mode choose: %Y/%m/%d/%H/%M/%S-snapshot # File extension .jpg or .ppm is automatically added so do not include this. # Note: A symbolic link called lastsnap.jpg created in the target_dir will always # point to the latest snapshot, unless snapshot_filename is exactly 'lastsnap' ;snapshot_filename %Y/%m/%d/%H/%M/%S-snapshot snapshot_filename %Y/%m/%d/jpg/%H/%H%M%S-snapshot # File path for motion triggered images (jpeg or ppm) relative to target_dir # Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q # Default value is equivalent to legacy oldlayout option # For Motion 3.0 compatible mode choose: %Y/%m/%d/%H/%M/%S-%q # File extension .jpg or .ppm is automatically added so do not include this # Set to 'preview' together with best-preview feature enables special naming # convention for preview shots. See motion guide for details ;jpeg_filename %Y/%m/%d/%H/%M/%S-%q jpeg_filename %Y/%m/%d/jpg/%H/%H%M%S-%q # File path for motion triggered ffmpeg films (mpeg) relative to target_dir # Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S # Default value is equivalent to legacy oldlayout option # For Motion 3.0 compatible mode choose: %Y/%m/%d/%H%M%S # File extension .mpg or .avi is automatically added so do not include this movie_filename %Y/%m/%d/%H%M%S # File path for timelapse mpegs relative to target_dir (ffmpeg only) # Default: %v-%Y%m%d-timelapse # Default value is equivalent to legacy oldlayout option # For Motion 3.0 compatible mode choose: %Y/%m/%d-timelapse # File extension .mpg or .avi is automatically added so do not include this timelapse_filename %Y/%m/%d-timelapse ############################################################ # Live Webcam Server ############################################################ # The mini-http server listens to this port for requests (default: 0 = disabled) ; ** Must set in each thread!! ** # Quality of the jpeg images produced (default: 30) ;webcam_quality 50 # Only output frames if motion is detected (default: off) webcam_motion off # Maximum framerate for webcam streams (default: 100) ; webcam_maxrate 2 # Restrict webcam connections to localhost only (default: on) ; webcam_localhost off # Limits the number of images per connection (default: 0 = unlimited) # Number can be defined by multiplying actual webcam rate by desired number of seconds # Actual webcam rate is the smallest of the numbers framerate and webcam_maxrate webcam_limit 0 ############################################################ # HTML Based Control ############################################################ # TCP/IP port for the http server to listen on (default: 0 = disabled) ; control_port 8080 # Restrict control connections to localhost only (default: on) ; control_localhost off # Output for http server , select off to choose raw text plain (default: on) ; html_output on ############################################################ # Tracking (Pan/Tilt) ############################################################ #Type of tracker (0=none (default), 1=stepper, 2=iomojo, 3=pwc) track_type 0 #Serial port of motor (default: none) ; track_port value #Motor number for x-axis (default: -1) track_motorx -1 #Maximum value on x-axis (default: 0) track_maxx 0 #ID of an iomojo camera if used (default: 0) track_iomojo_id 0 #Speed to set the motor to (default: 255) track_speed 255 #Number of steps to make (default: 40) track_stepsize 0 ############################################################ # External Commands, Warnings and Logging: ############################################################ # Do not sound beeps when detecting motion (default: off) # Note: Motion never beeps when running in daemon mode. quiet on # Command to be executed when an event starts. (default: none) # An event starts at first motion detected after a period of no motion defined by gap ; on_event_start value # Command to be executed when an event ends after a period of no motion # (default: none). The period of no motion is defined by option gap. ; on_event_end value # Command to be executed when a picture (.ppm|.jpg) is saved (default: none) # The filename of the picture is appended as an argument for the command. ; on_picture_save value # Command to be executed when a motion frame is detected (default: none) ; on_motion_detected value # Command to be executed when a movie file (.mpg|.avi) is created. (default: none) # Filename of movie is appended as an argument for the command. ; on_movie_start value # Command to be executed when a movie file (.mpg|.avi) is closed. (default: none) # Filename of movie is appended as an argument for the command. ; on_movie_end value ############################################################ # Debugging for Programmers - Ignore # Thread Config Files - One for each camera # If Only One Camera - Use default values in this file ############################################################ # Remember: If you have more than one camera you must have one # thread file for each camera. E.g. 2 cameras requires 3 files: # This motion.conf file AND thread1.conf and thread2.conf. # Only put the options that are unique to each camera in the # thread config files. # Cam 1 thread thread1.conf # Cam 2 thread thread2.conf # Cam 3 ;thread thread3.conf