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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Port 8080 only 6 cams shown (Steve)
2. Re: Port 8080 only 6 cams shown (Ronnie McMaster)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:21:43 -0700
From: Steve <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Port 8080 only 6 cams shown
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Thank you, MrDave! I looked at the motion.html file and realized that it
is generated within the Motion executable so I was trying to
understand/figure out how I could change it without building from source
after editing the code and that's not something I want to do.
Ronnie, thanks for you work on this and I, too, await your creation(s).
On 2/26/22 10:10, MrDave wrote:
> Ronnie.? I strongly disagree and I would challenge you that you can not
> write such HTML.? There is a fork button on github where you can put
> your changes.? If you can not make such changes, then you should not be
> making such statements.
>
> There is of course an easy readily available solution to the 6 camera
> problem without browser revisions but I think I'll wait to see what
> Ronnie creates.
>
> MrDave
>
>
> On 2/25/2022 11:26 PM, Ronnie McMaster wrote:
>> "Server" Motion is a server application. I use Manjaro. I am sure you
>> can install an older version from source or set it up on a device that
>> isn't a rolling release and likely using an older version.
>>
>> If you write an HTML correctly, then it will show all of the cams. It
>> isn't hard to do, but isn't within the realm of this mailing list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ronnie McMaster
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:08 PM Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Ronnie, I appreciate your response but I'm still at a loss on some
>> points:
>>
>> Why is there a limit of 6 in any version?
>>
>> "Server" has several meanings. Are you saying I should run an older
>> version of Motion on different hardware? Perhaps you mean a 2nd
>> instance
>> of Motion on the same hardware? And Rob said he's running an older
>> "server" which is different than an older version of Motion in my
>> mind.
>> I'll appreciate it if you'll clear this up.
>>
>> What do you mean by "create an HTML hosting"? HTML doesn't host
>> anything, it's a language.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/25/22 21:28, Ronnie McMaster wrote:
>> > If using Arch, then you're on version 4.4*, which as Rob said, only
>> > supports 6 cameras. Other LTS distros are running older
>> versions. If you
>> > have more than one server, then you can easily create an HTML
>> hosting as
>> > many cams as you want.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ronnie
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 7:53 PM Steve <[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> >? ? ?First of all, thanks much for filling me in, Rob.
>> >
>> >? ? ?That sounds like a dodge for an answer, if you ask me. If it
>> doesn't
>> >? ? ?display right on the latest Chromium (and it doesn't) then
>> that is a
>> >? ? ?server problem, IMO. Regardless, I'd sure consider it my
>> problem were I
>> >? ? ?on team Motion.
>> >
>> >? ? ?Any idea what browser settings "need" tweaking to fix it?
>> >
>> >? ? ?And you say, "I'm still using server 4.1" I assume you mean
>> the whole
>> >? ? ?Motion package is 4.1 on your system, right? I'm on Arch
>> Linux and the
>> >? ? ?way they package it there is no separate web server. Maybe
>> you built
>> >? ? ?Motion from source code?
>> >
>> >
>> >? ? ?On 2/25/22 19:12, rmbusy wrote:
>> >? ? ? > Version 4.1 and earlier will display more than 6 cameras
>> without
>> >? ? ? > making any changes, on any browser I've tried. With
>> version 4.2 and
>> >? ? ? > later, it only displays 6, unless you tweak settings in
>> every web
>> >? ? ? > browser you use (if they support tweaking).? I brought up
>> the issue
>> >? ? ? > when 4.2 came out, and was told it was the browsers problem.
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? > When I looked at the release notes, I saw they changed
>> the web
>> >? ? ?server
>> >? ? ? > between 4.1 and 4.2, which I attributed to the cause of
>> the change.
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? > Since I run 9 cameras, I'm still using server 4.1.
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? > --
>> >? ? ? > Rob.
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? > On 2/25/22 15:55, Steve wrote:
>> >? ? ? >> Hi, all.
>> >? ? ? >>
>> >? ? ? >> What is the trick to getting more than 6 cameras
>> displayed with the
>> >? ? ? >> default "All Cameras" display? I have searched the docs
>> and the web
>> >? ? ? >> and I've not found any way to limit the number nor
>> remove any limit
>> >? ? ? >> but no matter how many cams I have configured and
>> recording events
>> >? ? ? >> only 6 show on said page.
>> >? ? ? >>
>> >? ? ? >> TIA
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? >
>> >? ? ? >
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>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ? ? ?there will have been a
>> >? ? ?lot more said than done.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 12:08:51 -0700
From: Ronnie McMaster <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Port 8080 only 6 cams shown
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Wait, you're holding back on helping the OP because you can't create a
simple HTML file?
Thanks,
Ronnie
On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 10:11 AM MrDave <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ronnie. I strongly disagree and I would challenge you that you can not
> write such HTML. There is a fork button on github where you can put your
> changes. If you can not make such changes, then you should not be making
> such statements.
>
> There is of course an easy readily available solution to the 6 camera
> problem without browser revisions but I think I'll wait to see what Ronnie
> creates.
>
> MrDave
>
>
> On 2/25/2022 11:26 PM, Ronnie McMaster wrote:
>
> "Server" Motion is a server application. I use Manjaro. I am sure you can
> install an older version from source or set it up on a device that isn't a
> rolling release and likely using an older version.
>
> If you write an HTML correctly, then it will show all of the cams. It
> isn't hard to do, but isn't within the realm of this mailing list.
>
> Thanks,
> Ronnie McMaster
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:08 PM Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ronnie, I appreciate your response but I'm still at a loss on some points:
>>
>> Why is there a limit of 6 in any version?
>>
>> "Server" has several meanings. Are you saying I should run an older
>> version of Motion on different hardware? Perhaps you mean a 2nd instance
>> of Motion on the same hardware? And Rob said he's running an older
>> "server" which is different than an older version of Motion in my mind.
>> I'll appreciate it if you'll clear this up.
>>
>> What do you mean by "create an HTML hosting"? HTML doesn't host
>> anything, it's a language.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/25/22 21:28, Ronnie McMaster wrote:
>> > If using Arch, then you're on version 4.4*, which as Rob said, only
>> > supports 6 cameras. Other LTS distros are running older versions. If
>> you
>> > have more than one server, then you can easily create an HTML hosting
>> as
>> > many cams as you want.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ronnie
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 7:53 PM Steve <[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > First of all, thanks much for filling me in, Rob.
>> >
>> > That sounds like a dodge for an answer, if you ask me. If it doesn't
>> > display right on the latest Chromium (and it doesn't) then that is a
>> > server problem, IMO. Regardless, I'd sure consider it my problem
>> were I
>> > on team Motion.
>> >
>> > Any idea what browser settings "need" tweaking to fix it?
>> >
>> > And you say, "I'm still using server 4.1" I assume you mean the
>> whole
>> > Motion package is 4.1 on your system, right? I'm on Arch Linux and
>> the
>> > way they package it there is no separate web server. Maybe you built
>> > Motion from source code?
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/25/22 19:12, rmbusy wrote:
>> > > Version 4.1 and earlier will display more than 6 cameras without
>> > > making any changes, on any browser I've tried. With version 4.2
>> and
>> > > later, it only displays 6, unless you tweak settings in every web
>> > > browser you use (if they support tweaking). I brought up the
>> issue
>> > > when 4.2 came out, and was told it was the browsers problem.
>> > >
>> > > When I looked at the release notes, I saw they changed the web
>> > server
>> > > between 4.1 and 4.2, which I attributed to the cause of the
>> change.
>> > >
>> > > Since I run 9 cameras, I'm still using server 4.1.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Rob.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 2/25/22 15:55, Steve wrote:
>> > >> Hi, all.
>> > >>
>> > >> What is the trick to getting more than 6 cameras displayed with
>> the
>> > >> default "All Cameras" display? I have searched the docs and the
>> web
>> > >> and I've not found any way to limit the number nor remove any
>> limit
>> > >> but no matter how many cams I have configured and recording
>> events
>> > >> only 6 show on said page.
>> > >>
>> > >> TIA
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Motion-user mailing list
>> > > [email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>
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>> > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motion-user>
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>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> there will have been a
>> > lot more said than done.
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