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Today's Topics:
1. Problems viewing video display from networked system
(Peter Fletcher)
2. Trouble getting 2 USB ELP cameras going on rPi ( just 1 works
fine ) (Alan McKay)
3. Re: Trouble getting 2 USB ELP cameras going on rPi ( just 1
works fine ) (Alan McKay)
4. Re: Problems viewing video display from networked system
([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:38:55 -0600
From: Peter Fletcher <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Motion-user] Problems viewing video display from networked
system
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I am running motion 4.0 (this is the version installed by apt-get on my
pi) with a Pi camera on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ under the latest version of
Raspbian Stretch. I have two problems:
1) I can browse to and view the video display screen with no problems if
I run a browser on the Pi and use its localhost address and the correct
port number, but I cannot see it from other systems on my local network
- I get a 'site not found' error. I do also have Apache running on the
pi, and can browse to its default page from other networked systems with
no difficulty, so I don't think this is a network problem with
connecting to the pi. I do have stream_localhost set to off. Is there
another necessary setting that I am missing?
2) What I am seeing on the monitor page appears to be the standard debug
display (static image updated every second). Even if I stand right in
front of the camera and wave my arms about, I do not see a full motion
video. Is this correct? I currently have the saving of images and video
files on motion detection disabled (I don't want to fill my pi's SD),
but I thought that I should see detection working on the monitor page.
Any and all helpful thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.
--
Peter R. Fletcher <[email protected]>
Home Page - https://pfletch.fletchers-uk.com
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:08:16 -0500
From: Alan McKay <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Motion-user] Trouble getting 2 USB ELP cameras going on rPi
( just 1 works fine )
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I got 2 of these cameras since they were recommended on the motioneye
mailing list, and am trying to set them up on my rpi. I got the
lastest rasbian going as downloaded today.
I had one camera working just using /etc/motion/motion.conf and then
decided to get the 2nd one going. Both plugged in directly to the USB
ports. Linux sees them OK and /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 are both
there and have the same permissions.
I have /etc/motion/motion.conf set up to include
/etc/motion/camera1.conf and /etc/motion/camera2.conf.
In camera 2 the default "input" was 1 and the comments say for USB it
should be -1. I don't really understand what this refers to so am
switching it back and forth between both values with no luck.
When I have 1 set to -1 and 2 set to 1 (as defaults) then I can view
camera1 on port 8081, and on port 8082 I see the motion square with
the date in the top left corner, but on 8082 it is a blank square and
says "Unable to open video device" and then the date underneath.
lsof -i -P shows what I'd expect :
motion 1060 root 7u IPv4 15670 0t0 TCP *:8080 (LISTEN)
motion 1060 root 9u IPv4 15671 0t0 TCP *:8081 (LISTEN)
motion 1060 root 11u IPv4 15674 0t0 TCP *:8082 (LISTEN)
Then for camera2 I change input from 1 to -1 and kill motion and
restart it. Now neither camera works and I don't even get the grey
screen I just a connection refused on both 8081 and 8082. The odd
thing is that at first lsof shows that 8080 and 8081 are open, and
then after a bit of time it shows that 8080 and 8082 are open. Oh
wait, after even more time (a minute?) they both give me the grey
screen and "unable to open video device" and now all 3 ports are open
like above.
Out of curiousity I set both camera1 and camera2 to input 1 and
neither works and no grey screens, and lsof -i only shows 8080 open.
I've jacked up log level to 9 but can't find anything obvious that is
wrong. Have done a fair bit of googling with no luck.
root@rpi01:/etc/motion# grep -v ^# camera1.conf | grep -v ^$
camera_id = 1
videodevice /dev/video0
input -1
text_left CAMERA 1
target_dir /tmp/motion/cam1
picture_filename CAM1_%v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
stream_port 8081
root@rpi01:/etc/motion# grep -v ^# camera2.conf | grep -v ^$
camera_id = 2
videodevice /dev/video1
input 1
text_left CAMERA 2
target_dir /tmp/motion/cam2
picture_filename CAM2_%v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
stream_port 8082
root@rpi01:/etc/motion# grep -v ^# motion.conf | grep -v ^$ | grep -v ^\;
daemon on
process_id_file /var/run/motion/motion.pid
setup_mode off
logfile /var/log/motion/motion.log
log_level 9
log_type all
v4l2_palette 17
input -1
norm 0
frequency 0
power_line_frequency -1
rotate 0
width 1080
height 720
framerate 15
minimum_frame_time 0
netcam_keepalive off
netcam_tolerant_check off
rtsp_uses_tcp on
auto_brightness off
brightness 0
contrast 0
saturation 0
hue 0
roundrobin_frames 1
roundrobin_skip 1
switchfilter off
threshold 1500
threshold_tune off
noise_level 32
noise_tune on
despeckle_filter EedDl
smart_mask_speed 0
lightswitch 0
minimum_motion_frames 1
pre_capture 0
post_capture 0
event_gap 60
max_movie_time 0
emulate_motion off
output_pictures on
output_debug_pictures off
quality 75
picture_type jpeg
ffmpeg_output_movies on
ffmpeg_output_debug_movies off
ffmpeg_timelapse 0
ffmpeg_timelapse_mode daily
ffmpeg_bps 400000
ffmpeg_variable_bitrate 0
ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg4
ffmpeg_duplicate_frames true
use_extpipe off
snapshot_interval 0
locate_motion_mode on
locate_motion_style box
text_right %Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q
text_changes off
text_event %Y%m%d%H%M%S
text_double off
target_dir /var/lib/motion
snapshot_filename %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
picture_filename %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
movie_filename %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S
timelapse_filename %Y%m%d-timelapse
ipv6_enabled off
stream_port 8081
stream_quality 100
stream_motion off
stream_maxrate 1
stream_localhost off
stream_limit 0
stream_auth_method 0
webcontrol_port 8080
webcontrol_localhost off
webcontrol_html_output on
track_type 0
track_auto off
track_iomojo_id 0
track_step_angle_x 10
track_step_angle_y 10
track_move_wait 10
track_speed 255
track_stepsize 40
quiet on
camera /etc/motion/camera1.conf
camera /etc/motion/camera2.conf
--
"You should sit in nature for 20 minutes a day.
Unless you are busy, then you should sit for an hour"
- Zen Proverb
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:10:45 -0500
From: Alan McKay <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Trouble getting 2 USB ELP cameras going on
rPi ( just 1 works fine )
Message-ID:
<CAH8ZPG=nbh_8bpfcvhbgefyo5pk9xmumtfuv2pn2b3ez1yv...@mail.gmail.com>
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And of course seconds after sending one more google found this :
"SOLUTION
I wasn't thinking about the draw for the camera and was trying to just
have it powered through the usb on a raspberry pi (need a powered usb
hub). I am not sure however why the device file switches when there
is not enough power, so if you come across this an know please post a
reply."
Do you think this might be my problem as well?
I need a powered USB hub?
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:23:05 -0800
From: [email protected]
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Problems viewing video display from
networked system
Message-ID:
<CAGd+P+aBy5DKYQNbfwyc9-ZrJ25vWYCKUssx3CMR3-AmSn=b...@mail.gmail.com>
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Regarding #1, Do you have this setting set to off?
# Restrict control connections to localhost only (default: on)
control_localhost off
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 8:59 AM Peter Fletcher via Motion-user <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I am running motion 4.0 (this is the version installed by apt-get on my
> pi) with a Pi camera on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ under the latest version of
> Raspbian Stretch. I have two problems:
>
> 1) I can browse to and view the video display screen with no problems if
> I run a browser on the Pi and use its localhost address and the correct
> port number, but I cannot see it from other systems on my local network
> - I get a 'site not found' error. I do also have Apache running on the
> pi, and can browse to its default page from other networked systems with
> no difficulty, so I don't think this is a network problem with
> connecting to the pi. I do have stream_localhost set to off. Is there
> another necessary setting that I am missing?
>
> 2) What I am seeing on the monitor page appears to be the standard debug
> display (static image updated every second). Even if I stand right in
> front of the camera and wave my arms about, I do not see a full motion
> video. Is this correct? I currently have the saving of images and video
> files on motion detection disabled (I don't want to fill my pi's SD),
> but I thought that I should see detection working on the monitor page.
>
> Any and all helpful thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Peter R. Fletcher <[email protected]>
> Home Page - https://pfletch.fletchers-uk.com
>
>
>
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