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1. Re: Port 8080 only 6 cams shown (Ronnie McMaster)
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:35:31 -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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@Steve If they have a stream page, then this can be done in a custom HTML
separate from the Motion system. Motion still has a lot of limitations, but
I don't complain since it is free.
Thanks,
Ronnie
On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 12:50 PM Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ah, now I understand! I tried that initially with my Rpi Zero W cams but
> running Motion overloaded them so I resorted to feeding each with
> mjpeg-streamer to a central box running Motion. And 3 of my cams are
> Reolinks so there is no option to run Motion on them at all.
>
> Thanks, Ronnie!
>
> On 2/26/22 12:26, Ronnie McMaster wrote:
> > @Steve, I didn't edit the HTML file in Motion. I use a simple HTML file
> > on my system that is set as my home page in the browser. It is no
> > different than creating one with x number of pictures. The caveat that I
> > think you and Dave are missing is that each of my cameras is
> > connected to its own device running a Motion server.
> >
> > Here's an example of one line for one camera;
> > <img src="http://192.168.1.2:8081 <http://192.168.1.2:8081>"
> > height="270" width="480" border="0" alt="Offline" />
> >
> > Again, I built my HTML from scratch and use it as the default page when
> > opening my browsers and I do not make any changes to the Motion package,
> > nor browser configs to make them work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ronnie
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 10:37 AM Steve <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > 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]
> > <mailto:[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]>
> > >> > <mailto:[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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