Re: [Motion-user] Grainy video only with motion

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Check the log at level 8.  It will report the parameters in use.

On 4/16/2023 8:58 AM, David Powell wrote:
>
> The 2560x1920 dimensions are for the high-res stream. I commented them 
> out when I switched to the low-res stream so I could remember the 
> values when I figure out where they should go. The 800x600 resolution 
> is the actual dimensions of the low-res stream coming from the 
> camera.  Could MotionPlus possibly be still using the commented ones?  
> I would think that, even if that were the case, the later values would 
> take precedence.  I can try removing them altogether.
>
> On 4/16/23 9:36 AM, MrDave wrote:
>>
>> Looks like something inconsistent possibly in the logs, config, 
>> MotionPlus and camera.  The config posted seems to request that the 
>> image be scaled down to 800x600
>>
>> * The full URL of the network camera stream.**
>> **netcam_url rtsp://xxxx:zzzzzzzz@10.10.6.23:554/12**
>> **
>> **#width 2560**
>> **#height 1920**
>> **width 800**
>> **height 600*
>>
>>
>> On 4/11/2023 7:12 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>
>>> I have a fairly expensive (~$250) network camera that I'm using with 
>>> MotionPlus.  The video directly from the camera is great.  However, 
>>> when I play back a video (.mp4) that was recorded by MotionPlus, 
>>> it's very grainy.  I don't know if I can attach a sample to this 
>>> email, but I'll try:
>>>
>>> (apparently images are not allowed, the whole post got binned)
>>>
>>> The associated .jpg image ("best") does not have this graininess 
>>> problem.  I'm sure it's caused by something I've configured 
>>> incorrectly, but I don't know what it is.
>>>
>>> The log shows this when MotionPlus starts:
>>>
>>> *[NTC][NET][14:nc14:gate] netcam_connect: Norm: Camera (gate) 
>>> connected**
>>> **[NTC][NET][14:nc14:gate] netcam_connect: Norm: Netcam capture FPS 
>>> is 15.**
>>> **[NTC][NET][14:nc14:gate] netcam_connect: Norm: Unable to determine 
>>> the camera source FPS.**
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: **
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: 
>>> ********************************************************
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: The network camera is sending 
>>> pictures at 0x0**
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: resolution but config is 
>>> 2560x1920. If possible change**
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: the netcam or config so that 
>>> the image height and**
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: width are the same to lower 
>>> the CPU usage.**
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: 
>>> ********************************************************
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] netcam_ntc: **
>>> **[NTC][NET][06:ml06:gate] mlp_check_szimg: Substream not 
>>> available.  Image sizes not modulo 16.**
>>> **[NTC][NET][15:nc15:gate] netcam_handler: High: Camera handler 
>>> thread [15] started**
>>> **[NTC][ALL][06:ml06:gate] mlp_ring_resize: Resizing buffer to 16 items*
>>>
>>> The low-res stream from the camera is 800x600, and I have it 
>>> configured as such.  The high-res stream is 2560x1920, which is the 
>>> value showing in the log excerpt above.  I don't see a way to 
>>> specify that in the configuration.  I don't know where MP is getting 
>>> the resolution to print in the log entry.
>>>
>>> I have several other cameras that MP is also using, and each one has 
>>> its own configuration file, with the common parameters in the main 
>>> configuration file. Only one other camera shows this graininess 
>>> problem, and it has a similar message in the log file. One other 
>>> camera has the log message but does not have the graininess. This 
>>> one is the only one that has the /*I*//*mage sizes not modulo 16*/ 
>>> entry, however (but the image size _/is/_ mod 16).
>>>
>>> Here is the configuration file for this camera:
>>>
>>> *# User defined name for the camera.**
>>> **device_name gate**
>>> **
>>> **# Target directory for pictures, snapshots and movies**
>>> **target_dir /var/www/html/cams/gate**
>>> **
>>> **# The full URL of the network camera stream.**
>>> **netcam_url rtsp://xxxx:zzzzzzzz@10.10.6.23:554/12**
>>> **
>>> **#width 2560**
>>> **#height 1920**
>>> **width 800**
>>> **height 600**
>>> **
>>> **# Optional high resolution URL for rtsp/rtmp cameras only.**
>>> **netcam_high_url rtsp://xxxxxx:zzzzzzzzz@10.10.6.23:554/21**
>>> **netcam_high_params capture_rate=pts**
>>> **
>>> **
>>> **# Maximum number of frames to be captured per second.**
>>> **framerate 15**
>>> **
>>> **# Frames per second for the webcontrol camera stream.**
>>> **stream_maxrate 3**
>>> **
>>> **# Text to be overlayed in the lower left corner of images**
>>> **text_left The Amazing GateCam!**
>>> **
>>> **# Threshold for number of changed pixels that triggers motion.**
>>> **threshold 1000**
>>> **
>>> **# Enable tuning of the threshold down if possible.**
>>> **threshold_tune on*
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what may be causing the graininess in the movies?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
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