Re: [Motion-user] turning off cam between shots

[Angel C. <ac...@te...>]

El jue, 22-01-2009 a las 04:24 -0200, Fernando escribió:
> hello

Hi Fernando,

> I just need a picture grabbed each 15 seconds to check for motion
> I setted minimum_frame_time=15, but it seems motion keeps the webcam
> connected, although not gathering data from it (or maybe it is, for
> checking for motion, but not saving)
> I'm wondering if there's a way to do something like:
> 
> loop {
>   connect to webcam
>   capture image
>   disconnect from webcam
>   analyze image / save if motion detected
> }
> 
> the idea is to save some power (in fact I don't know if there're much
> overhead connecting/disconnecting to the webcam)

http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMinimumFrameTime

minimum_frame_time 15

> thanks,
> Fernando

Cheers,

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