[Motion-user] Some motion.conf file questions

[Dan <da...@rd...>]

Hi all,

My motion server behaves very strange. Let's take just some 
motion.conf file parameters:

# Gap is the seconds of no motion detection that triggers the end of 
an event
# An event is defined as a series of motion images taken within a 
short timeframe.
# Recommended value is 60 seconds (Default). The value 0 is allowed 
and disables
# events causing all Motion to be written to one single mpeg file and 
no pre_capture.
gap 20

This does not means that the minimum length of a recorded movie must 
be 20s?
I have the majority of the movies around 7-10 seconds.
Trying to increase the parameter tyo 60 does not make any difference.

The motion is not detected all the time, even for very low values 
like:
threshold 20
threshold_tune off
noise_level 10

Let's take another parameter:
# Ignore sudden massive light intensity changes given as a percentage 
of the picture
# area that changed intensity. Valid range: 0 - 100 , default: 0 = 
disabled
lightswitch 40

As I understand, big changes in the picture content (greather than 
40%) must not be detected as motion, but it is.
There is something else to configure?

Thanks a lot,
Dan