Re: [Motion-user] Camera attached to Motion, yet not wanting it to record. Optimal workaround?

[Jason S. <jas...@gm...>]

But that would be all or nothing, no? I want all cameras to record except
one in specific.

Thanks!
-J

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Joerg WEBER <mo...@al...>wrote:

> Jason,
>
> if you're using the latest SVN code, you can run motion with a commandline
> switch to disable detection at startup: -m
>
>
> Brgds Joerg.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Jason Sauders wrote:
> I have a random indoor wireless camera that sometimes I plug in and leave
> on the fireplace mantle when we're away, mostly to use as a dog babysitter
> since we're at the point where we're starting to trust him a bit more out
> and about. My goal is to have all of my cameras attached to Motion since
> Motion, of course, does some awesome motion based recording. The only issue
> is, I don't want this camera doing any sort of recording. I just want it
> for viewing. I do however have a web page I whipped up (some of you may
> remember this discussion last week... I actually added some info to the FAQ
> page
> here<
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#How_do_I_see_more_than_one_camera_stream_at_a_time_63
> >...
> I use Method 2 with the HTML/CSS mix) which allows me to see multiple feeds
> in one page. By tying this camera into Motion, I can utilize Motion's web
> server functionality and just paste in the IP:Port's for each camera feed
> in the HTML/CSS file. I suppose I could put in each camera's individual
> mjpg stream URL, but it's just easier and much nicer to utilize Motion's
> web server functionality.
>
> But in that particular instance, I'm going against the grain with not
> wanting Motion to do recording. The only thing I can think of is
> incorporating a 100% solid black mask so nothing can ever trigger motion.
> But I got to wondering, is there a way to adjust the thread.conf file of
> that camera to enforce no recording whatsoever? Or is the mask the optimal
> solution?
>
> Thanks guys!
>
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