From: Roland P. <rol...@ih...> - 2013-11-23 19:54:43
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I'm using Foscam IP cameras. Well, I have 2 cameras - a FI8905W and an FI9802W. Both are wifi, external, waterproof cameras. The FI8905W is by default an MJPEG camera and works perfectly :) The FI9802W is an H.264 camera by default but also provides an MJPEG stream after a bit of faffing around! My biggest problem is wifi signal from the FI9802W camera as it's too far away from my router and doesn't have direct line of sight etc. I've got a high gain yagi antenna and even put a netgear wifi extender in the mix, but mostly it doesn't connect :( I think I'll need to try some power line network adapters, or failing that, dig a trench and run an ethernet cable! Motion works perfectly! It's everything else I have problems with :) On 11/24/2013 07:35 AM, Grant wrote: >> I use gentoo (amd64) and motion build fine on my system. >> >> speedy ~ # emerge -pv motion >> >> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: >> >> Calculating dependencies... done! >> [ebuild R ] media-video/motion-3.2.12-r2 USE="ffmpeg -mysql >> -postgres -v4l" 0 kB >> >> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB >> speedy ~ # >> >> I don't use capture cards, just IP cams using MJPG. > Maybe that's my problem. I'm using USB cams (Logitech C905). Should > I switch to IP cams? Is there a camera that works particularly well > with motion? It would be great if the camera had threads for mounting > too. I'm comfortable with motion so I'd like to stick with it if > possible. > > What is the preferred method for live monitoring of streams? Am I > remembering correctly that the latest motion release does not support > authentication for its built-in streams? > > What are the gotchas getting motion running these days? Someone > mentioned ffmpeg and v4l (as opposed to v4l2) support in the kernel? > How are these gotten around? > > - Grant > > >>>> Not sure about the development but the soft is very useful as is and and a >>>> lot of people are using it! >>> Thanks to everyone for their replies. The problem I'm having is the >>> latest release doesn't work on my system. The latest from git did a >>> while back but Gentoo's live ebuild disappeared so I don't have any >>> way to update it since I try to only install software via portage. Is >>> there any chance of a new release? I spent a lot of time getting >>> motion just right and I'd like to stick with it if possible. It >>> doesn't work in its current state. >>> >>> - Grant >>> >>> >>>>> There hasn't been a motion release in quite a while. Is the project >>>>> dead? Is there a good alternative program? >>>>> >>>>> - Grant > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription > Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. > Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing > conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Motion-user mailing list > Mot...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motion-user > http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome > |