motion notes

http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome

configuration

Edit /etc/motion/motion.conf.

videodevice /dev/video1
width 1280
height 960
#width 1920
#height 1080
#width 2304
#height 1296
movie_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-%v
timelapse_filename %Y%m%d-timelapse
gap 10
pre_capture 1
post_capture 1
text_right %Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q
jpeg_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-%v-%q
snapshot_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
snapshot_interval 1
#snapshot_interval 60
framerate 30
# Threshold for number of pixels that triggers motion detection (default: 1500)
# 10% is a massive change.
# 1280*720=921600 pixels
# 92160 is 10% of 921600 pixels
#threshold 92160
#threshold 9216
threshold 921
# jpeg quality
quality 95
# Valid values: 0 (default = no rotation), 90, 180 and 270.
rotate 0

A different example:

width 640
height 480
#movie_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-%v
#timelapse_filename %Y%m%d-timelapse
gap 3
pre_capture 0
post_capture 0
text_right %Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q
jpeg_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-%v-%q
snapshot_filename %Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
snapshot_interval 0
#snapshot_interval 60
framerate 1
videodevice /dev/video1
# Threshold for number of pixels that triggers motion detection (default: 1500)
# 10% is a massive change.
# 640*480=307200
# 307200 * 0.05 = 15360
threshold 15360
# jpeg quality
quality 95
# Valid values: 0 (default = no rotation), 90, 180 and 270.
rotate 0