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Today's Topics:
1. Re: motion detection not whole screen but just a specified
portion of the screen (Dougie Nisbet)
2. Re: motion detection not whole screen but just a specified
portion of the screen (Joerg Weber)
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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 21:27:10 +0100
From: Dougie Nisbet <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Motion-user] motion detection not whole screen but just
a specified portion of the screen
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Crikey. Good point. I've used mask files and always assumed they were
working. Now I'm not so sure. I gave up on two nest box monitoring
projects because of so many false positives. I've created them in GIMP
too. I'll bear this in mind the next time I create a mask file.
On 01/06/18 20:14, Kinney Baughman wrote:
> If you add a mask file, turn the setup feature on to make sure motion
> recognizes the file as a mask file.
>
> If it doesn't, it'll throw an error.
>
> That motion was *not* recognizing my mask file escaped me for longer
> than I want to admit.
>
> My advice is to take one of the jpg's issued by motion and use it as a
> base file from which to create the mask.? Follow the instructions in
> the guide.
>
> I made one from scratch using the exact same dimensions as the motion
> files I was capturing, edited in GIMP and motion didn't like it.
>
> I followed the same process with a motion generated file and I was fine.
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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:24:25 +0000
From: "Joerg Weber" <[email protected]>
To: "Motion discussion list" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] motion detection not whole screen but just
a specified portion of the screen
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It is turned on by specifying the mask file. If you turn on 'setup mode'
temporarily, you can verify that the mask is actually in use.
Brgds Joerg.
1. Juni 2018 22:11 Uhr, "mylin" schrieb:
>> turn the setup feature on to make sure motion recognizes the file as a mask
>> file
How do you turn the mask feature on?
Thanks.
Martin
On 18-06-01 03:14 PM, Kinney Baughman wrote: If you add a mask file, turn the
setup feature on to make sure motion recognizes the file as a mask file.
If it doesn't, it'll throw an error.
That motion was *not* recognizing my mask file escaped me for longer than I
want to admit.
My advice is to take one of the jpg's issued by motion and use it as a base
file from which to create the mask. Follow the instructions in the guide.
I made one from scratch using the exact same dimensions as the motion files I
was capturing, edited in GIMP and motion didn't like it.
I followed the same process with a motion generated file and I was fine.
YMMV.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM, mylin wrote:
So is this where and how I added it to the conf file?
# PGM file to use as a sensitivity mask.
# Full path name to. (Default: not defined)
; mask_file value
mask_file /home/martin/motion_mask/motion_mask.pgm
On 18-06-01 02:29 PM, mylin wrote:
Yup, I just found that same web link on how to do this.
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
(http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile)
Thank you.
On 18-06-01 01:20 PM, Terry Parker wrote: Create a mask file:
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
(http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile)
also area_detect is an option:
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionAreaDetect
(http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionAreaDetect)
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:37 AM, mylin wrote:Hello,
Normally motion detects anything that moves or changes anywhere that is viewing
on the cam.
Is there way to configure it so that only a specific area or size of the
viewing will detect motion?
Thanks.
Martin
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