From: Sam <mot...@st...> - 2013-12-13 13:28:46
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Hello Joe Thanks. I have already bought 4 different IP cams (Linksys WVC54GCA , Edimax IC3010wg, Dlink DCS932L, Panasonic) and I was unhappy with their quality and other problems and I tought that with the Logitech I get better picture quality. What I am not clear about is do I use 1280x720 or will I get a better picture when using less? Also when using a still camera to take moving objects I have to set a high shutter speed. What is the equivalent for this with such a camera or is there no such thing? Best regards On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Joe Carter <joe...@gm...> wrote: > I'm afraid the blurring is likely to be camera struggling in "low" light. > Web cams are highly subject to this. > Options: > - use bright lights via PIR or similar (still pretty useless inside) > - use the Pi cam or even better the rPi NOIR version and provide IR > illumination. > The stock Pi cam is obviously useless is the dark and is mediocre in low > light - better than a web cam though > - Buy a cheap dedicated IP cam. You can run motion against a jpeg stream > then. > e.g. a CoolCam ~£30 off ebay (indoor only) > Of course a Pi becomes optional with that - though the built in motion on > those cams isn't great. > Sorry EasyCAPs don't work on the rPi (alas) > > Any other options involve something more powerful that a Pi. > > > > On 13 December 2013 10:31, Sam <mot...@st...> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> I have setup motion with a Logitech C270 and raspberry (raspbian) >> succesfully. >> I would like to use it as a security camera to show people coming and >> going. >> The problem I have is that the pictures/faces captured are quite >> blurred as the people are moving. >> I have tried to play with the pixels and the quality and the frames >> per second but I am a little lost with this task. >> (I also do not understand why motion only stores one frame per second >> also I have set the framerate to 30 like the camera supports). >> >> My basic configuration: >> >> < width 1280 >> < height 720 >> < framerate 5 >> < pre_capture 2 >> < post_capture 2 >> < max_mpeg_time 600 >> < webcam_quality 100 >> >> Best regards >> Sam >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT >> organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance >> affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your >> Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics >> Pro! >> >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&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 > |