[Motion-user] Motion no longer working with Axis 2100 network camera

[Dougie N. <do...@ka...>]

I'm not sure if this is an old camera that's end of life or a change in 
motion.

Camera: Axis 2100

OS: Debian Stretch

motion Version 4.2.2

This used to work but now it doesn't, and I'm not sure when it stopped 
working.

 From the logs:

    [1:ml1:garage1] [WRN] [NET] Above message repeats 1995 times
    [1:ml1:garage1] [WRN] [NET] netcam_next: called with no data in buffer
    [1:nc6:garage1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_read_first_header: Error sending
    'connect' request: Broken pipe
    [1:nc6:garage1] [ERR] [NET] Above message repeats 5000 times

And from my config file:

    # URL to use if you are using a network camera, size will be
    autodetected (incl http:// ftp:// mjpg:// rtsp:// mjpeg:// or file:///)
    # Must be a URL that returns single jpeg pictures or a raw mjpeg
    stream. A trailing slash may be required for some cameras.
    # Default: Not defined
    #netcam_url http://192.168.1.7/video.mjpg
    netcam_url http://192.168.1.6/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

My first thought was that the camera had stopped working, but I can 
connect to it and see the image using the URL above. I've had a bit of a 
search and tried different options, such as using mjpeg instead of http 
and checking that the authorisation works.

I've also just tried the default motion.conf file and changed just the 
netcam_url and added netcam_userpass as a rudimentary check in case I've 
accidentally added anything odd and it's much the same except for:

    [1:nc6] [NTC] [NET] netcam_read_html_jpeg: disconnecting netcam
    since keep-alive not set.
    [1:nc6] [NTC] [NET] netcam_read_first_header: Non-streaming camera
    (keep-alive not set)

I've tried adding netcam_keepalive with the options off, force, and on. 
With 'force' or 'on' I get:

    [1:ml1] [WRN] [NET] Above message repeats 4381 times
    [1:ml1] [WRN] [NET] netcam_next: called with no data in buffer
    [1:nc6] [ERR] [NET] netcam_read_first_header: Error sending
    'connect' request: Broken pipe

My hunch is that the camera is end of life. Anything else I can try?

Thanks

Dougie