Re: [Motion-user] threads

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Could the issue be that you are not waiting for the machine to finish the
boot process before trying to launch motion?

Jeff G.

On 2/2/08, Sergio A.S. de Aguiar <ssa...@ss...> wrote:
>
> Sao Jose, february 2 - 2008
>
> My dear friend:
>
> My motion.con, thread1.conf and thread2.conf are below (If this e-mail
> is too big, I apologise - I removed as much as possible of the comments).
>
> There's no visible errors (I run motion at linux start as daemon).
> Another observation : I saw that there is no need to kill the process
> and restart motion. I just access the configuration web page (at port
> 8080) and the 2 threads are there. I just have to tell it to restart the
> thread of cam 2.
>
> Obs: I have 2 capture boards, bt-878-based, on 2 pci slots - one for
> cam1 and other for cam2 (I was experimenting problems due to the switch
> from cam1 to cam2, when using just one board that is a pico2000 clone,
> with 4 inputs).
> So, I am using one input for the pico2000 clone and the input of another
> generic bt-878 board.
>
> Just another question : does motion generate a log file? If so, where?
> If not, is this possible?
>
> Thanks a lot for your suport.
>
>
> Sergio
>
> motion.conf:
>
> daemon on
> process_id_file /var/run/motion.pid
> setup_mode off
> norm 1
> frequency 0
> rotate 0
> width 352
> height 288
> framerate 10 # was 2
> minimum_frame_time 0
> auto_brightness off
> brightness 0
> contrast 0
> saturation 0
> hue 0
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Round Robin (multiple inputs on same video device name)
> ############################################################
>
> roundrobin_frames 1
> roundrobin_skip 1
> switchfilter off
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Motion Detection Settings:
> ############################################################
>
> threshold 1500
> threshold_tune off
> noise_level 32
> noise_tune on
> night_compensate off
> despeckle EedDl
> smart_mask_speed 0
> lightswitch 0
> minimum_motion_frames 1
> pre_capture 0
> post_capture 0
> gap 60
> max_mpeg_time 600
> low_cpu 10 # was 2
> output_all off
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Image File Output
> ############################################################
>
> output_normal on
> output_motion off
> quality 75
> ppm off
>
>
> ############################################################
> # FFMPEG related options
> # Film (mpeg) file output, and deinterlacing of the video input
> # The options movie_filename and timelapse_filename are also used
> # by the ffmpeg feature
> ############################################################
>
> ffmpeg_cap_new on
> ffmpeg_cap_motion off
> ffmpeg_timelapse 1
> ffmpeg_timelapse_mode hourly
> ffmpeg_bps 500000
> ffmpeg_variable_bitrate 0
> ffmpeg_video_codec msmpeg4
> ffmpeg_deinterlace off
>
> ############################################################
> # Snapshots (Traditional Periodic Webcam File Output)
> ############################################################
>
> snapshot_interval 0
>
> ############################################################
> # Text Display
> # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date,
> # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second, %T = HH:MM:SS,
> # %v = event, %q = frame number, %t = thread (camera) number,
> # %D = changed pixels, %N = noise level, \n = new line,
> # %i and %J = width and height of motion area,
> # %K and %L = X and Y coordinates of motion center
> # %C = value defined by text_event - do not use with text_event!
> # You can put quotation marks around the text to allow
> # leading spaces
> ############################################################
>
> locate off
>
> text_right %d/%m/%Y\n%T
> text_changes off
> text_event %Y%m%d%H%M%S
> text_double off
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Target Directories and filenames For Images And Films
> # For the options snapshot_, jpeg_, mpeg_ and timelapse_filename
> # you can use conversion specifiers
> # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date,
> # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second,
> # %v = event, %q = frame number, %t = thread (camera) number,
> # %D = changed pixels, %N = noise level,
> # %i and %J = width and height of motion area,
> # %K and %L = X and Y coordinates of motion center
> # %C = value defined by text_event
> # Quotation marks round string are allowed.
> ############################################################
>
> snapshot_filename snapshot/%d%m%Y/%H/%Y%m%d_%H%M%S-%v-snapshot
> jpeg_filename jpeg/%d%m%Y/%H/%Y%m%d_%H%M%S-%v-%q
> movie_filename movie/%d%m%Y/%H/%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%v
> ffmpeg_filename movie/%d%m%Y/%H/%Y%m%d_%H%M%S-%v
> timelapse_filename time_lapse/%d%m%Y/%H/%Y%m%d-%H-timelapse
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Live Webcam Server
> ############################################################
>
> webcam_quality 50
> webcam_motion off
> webcam_maxrate 4 # was 1
> webcam_localhost off
> webcam_limit 0
>
>
> ############################################################
> # HTTP Based Control
> ############################################################
>
> control_port 8080
> control_localhost on # was off
> control_html_output on
>
> ############################################################
> # Tracking (Pan/Tilt)
> ############################################################
>
> track_type 0
> track_auto off
> ; track_port value
> track_motorx -1
> track_motory -1
> track_maxx 0
> track_maxy 0
> track_iomojo_id 0
> track_step_angle_x 10
> track_step_angle_y 10
> track_move_wait 10
> track_speed 255
> track_stepsize 40
>
>
> ############################################################
> # External Commands, Warnings and Logging:
> # You can use conversion specifiers for the on_xxxx commands
> # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date,
> # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second,
> # %v = event, %q = frame number, %t = thread (camera) number,
> # %D = changed pixels, %N = noise level,
> # %i and %J = width and height of motion area,
> # %K and %L = X and Y coordinates of motion center
> # %C = value defined by text_event
> # %f = filename with full path
> # %n = number indicating filetype
> # Both %f and %n are only defined for on_picture_save,
> # on_movie_start and on_movie_end
> # Quotation marks round string are allowed.
> ############################################################
>
> quiet on
> ; on_event_start value
> ; on_event_end value
> ; on_picture_save value
> ; on_motion_detected value
> ; on_movie_start value
> ; on_movie_end value
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Common Options For MySQL and PostgreSQL database features.
> # Options require the MySQL/PostgreSQL options to be active also.
> ############################################################
>
> sql_log_image off
> sql_log_snapshot off
> sql_log_mpeg off
> sql_log_timelapse off
>
> sql_query insert into security(camera, filename, frame, file_type,
> time_stamp, event_time_stamp) values('%t', '%f', '%q', '%n', '%Y-%m-%d
> %T', '%C')
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Database Options For MySQL
> ############################################################
>
> ; mysql_db value
> ; mysql_host value
> ; mysql_user value
> ; mysql_password value
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Database Options For PostgreSQL
> ############################################################
>
> ; pgsql_db value
> ; pgsql_host value
> ; pgsql_user value
> ; pgsql_password value
> ; pgsql_port 5432
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Video Loopback Device (vloopback project)
> ############################################################
>
> ; video_pipe value
> ; motion_video_pipe value
>
>
> ##############################################################
> # Thread config files - One for each camera.
> # Except if only one camera - You only need this config file.
> # If you have more than one camera you MUST define one thread
> # config file for each camera in addition to this config file.
> ##############################################################
>
> thread /etc/motion/thread1.conf
> thread /etc/motion/thread2.conf
> # thread /etc/motion/thread3.conf
> # thread /etc/motion/thread4.conf
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Now, the thread1.conf file:
>
> # /usr/local/etc/thread1.conf
> #
> videodevice /dev/video0
> input 1
> text_left CAMERA 1
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Target Directories and filenames For Images And Films
> # For the options snapshot_, jpeg_, mpeg_ and timelapse_filename
> # you can use conversion specifiers
> # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date,
> # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second,
> # %v = event, %q = frame number
> # %D = changed pixels, %N = noise level,
> # %i and %J = width and height of motion area,
> # %K and %L = X and Y coordinates of motion center
> # Quotation marks round string are allowed.
> ############################################################
>
> # Target base directory for pictures and films
> # Recommended to use absolute patch. (Default: current working directory)
> target_dir /mnt/hdc1/www/cameras/cam1
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Live Webcam Server
> ############################################################
>
> # The mini-http server listens to this port for requests (default: 0 =
> disabled)
> webcam_port 8081
>
>
>
> Now, the thread2.conf file:
>
>
> # /usr/local/etc/thread2.conf
> #
>
> videodevice /dev/video1
> input 1
> text_left CAMERA 2
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Target Directories and filenames For Images And Films
> # For the options snapshot_, jpeg_, mpeg_ and timelapse_filename
> # you can use conversion specifiers
> # %Y = year, %m = month, %d = date,
> # %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second,
> # %v = event, %q = frame number
> # %D = changed pixels, %N = noise level,
> # %i and %J = width and height of motion area,
> # %K and %L = X and Y coordinates of motion center
> # Quotation marks round string are allowed.
> ############################################################
>
> # Target base directory for pictures and films
> # Recommended to use absolute patch. (Default: current working directory)
> target_dir /mnt/hdc1/www/cameras/cam2
>
>
> ############################################################
> # Live Webcam Server
> ############################################################
>
> # The mini-http server listens to this port for requests (default: 0 =
> disabled)
> webcam_port 8082
>
>
>
>
>
>
> RV escreveu:
> > Are there any errors in messages?
> >
> > what do your three config files look like ?
> >
> >
> >
> >> Sao Jose, january 30 - 2008
> >>
> >> Hi to all:
> >>
> >> I am loving motion.
> >> I mounted a small server with a pentium II 266MHz and 2 capture boards
> >> (bt878 based).
> >> I configured one motion.conf and two thread configs (thread1.conf and
> >> thread2.conf).
> >> I also put motion to start automatically with the linux.
> >>
> >> The problem:
> >> When I was using only one thread, there was no start problem, but now I
> >> am using 2 threads, when I reboot the linux box, only one camera show
> up
> >> (port 8081), but camera 2 is not active (port 8082).
> >> If I access the control port (8080) the 2 threads are showed there.
> >> It works only after I kill the motion process and, then, restart
> motion.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> My system link is : www.ssaguiar.com/camera/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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