Re: [Motion-user] What happened to the 'stream_preview_method' config option?

[rmbusy <rmb...@gm...>]

https://motion-project.github.io/motion_config.html#Configuration_OptionsAlpha


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Rob.


On 9/10/19 12:45 PM, Peter Fletcher via Motion-user wrote:
> I have recently started to set up motion on a Pi 3B+ running the 
> latest version of raspbian Buster. I used apt to install version 
> 4.1.1. Following the configuration instructions on the site, after 
> setting up the basic parameters and making sure that everything 
> worked, I tried to "Specify stream_preview_method 3" in the config 
> file, in order to look at motion detection. I had to write the option 
> in, since it wasn't in the default file, and when I ran motion, I got 
> an 'Unknown config option' error for it. Further research suggests 
> that this option may have existed in a previous incarnation of motion, 
> but has not been available for some time. Is there a new option which 
> provides the same sort of split view - showing detected motion as well 
> as the basic video stream? In any event, the configuration 
> instructions need to reflect the currently available (and unavailable) 
> options.
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