[Motion-user] /dev/* for a Unibrain Fire-i camera

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Motion users,

I have a Unibrain Fire-i camera connected to a 
PC running Debian Lenny.  Provided "chmod 666 /dev/raw1394",
Coriander from the Debian package, with no 
adjustment to configuration, gives an image.

I have this line in /etc/motion/motion.conf.
	videodevice /dev/raw1394
Consequently these lines appear in /var/log/syslog.

May 10 10:59:38 joule kernel: [  230.780159] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
May 10 10:59:38 joule kernel: [  230.780172] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0814436102632a2b]
  ...
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] Motion 3.2.9 Started
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] Created process id file /var/run/motion/motion.pid. Process ID is 6494
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] Motion running as daemon process
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3355136 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3409664
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [1] Thread 1 started
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [1] Not a V4L2 device?
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [1] ioctl (VIDIOCGCAP): Invalid argument
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [1] Capture error calling vid_start
May 10 12:34:22 joule motion: [1] Removed process id file (pid file).

My interpretation is that /dev/raw1394 is not the 
device name expected by V4L.  

Incidentally, motion would not start with the stock pid file.
process_id_file /var/run/motion.pid
 
process_id_file /var/run/motion/motion.pid
appears to be appropriate.

Can anyone suggest how to fix the device name?

Thanks,         ... Peter E.


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