Re: [Motion-user] DV 1394, named pipe?

[Colin L. <cl...@go...>]

On 15 September 2012 01:07, xtophr99 <xto...@gm...> wrote:
> I am able to pipe dvgrab to vlc; how do I get that to motion in a reliable,
> high load fashion?

I am just off on a trip and have no time to do anything at the moment,
but if you search the list archives for vlc you should find previous
discussions on how to get vlc to generate a motion compatible stream.
If not then ask again in two weeks and I will find it.

Colin

>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Colin Law <cl...@go...> wrote:
>>
>> On 14 September 2012 19:11, xtophr99 <xto...@gm...> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've successfully used motion with an old Logitech USB camera (so I've
>> > got a
>> > good install), but would like to use a 1394 camera.
>> >
>> > I'm not aware of a way, with current kernels, to get a 1394 camera to
>> > work
>> > as a /dev/video device.
>> >
>> > I can capture video with dvgrab.
>> >
>> > I've piped the output of dvgrab to ffmpeg and then to an mjpeg file,
>> > which
>> > motion is able to access.  However, the file gets large quickly, hence
>> > the
>> > desire to use a pipe.
>> >
>> > When I direct the stdout of ffmpeg to the named pipe, it waits there;
>> > once
>> > motion tries to access the file it dies.
>>
>> Can you get the output of dvgrab into vlc?  If so you can use vlc to
>> generate an mpjpeg stream and avoid the use of a file.
>>
>> Colin
>>
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