>From my yesterday's logs, here is what I was getting when the camera worked: Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [0] Motion 3.2.12 Started Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3482368 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3478784 Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [1] Thread 1 started Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [1] cap.driver: "uvcvideo" Oct 18 09:40:28 red motion: [1] cap.card: "UVC Camera (046d:0990)"
That "ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3482368 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3478784" appears to be missing now. I wonder whether something during today's upgrade? Thanks. On 10/20/2012 09:53 PM, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Today out of the blue, the 'motion' (ver 3.2.12-3.2) application on my > Debian Testing (kernel 3.2.0-3-amd64) box has stopped working. It > appears as if it cannot find the necessary av codec. > > It doesn't matter what video output format I choose (avi, flv, swf, > etc.), or if I run it with "sudo motion", the error is the same: > avcodec_open - could not open codec: Invalid argument > [1] ffopen_open error creating (new) file > [/usr/local/motionvideo/01-20121020213958.swf]: Invalid argument > > Can somebody suggest how to troubleshoot this one? > > The console has the following lines when I start up motion: > ---------------------------------------- > [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf > [0] Motion 3.2.12 Started > [0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3482368 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3478784 > [0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf > [1] Thread 1 started > [1] cap.driver: "uvcvideo" > [1] cap.card: "UVC Camera (046d:0990)" > [1] cap.bus_info: "usb-0000:00:12.2-2" > [1] cap.capabilities=0x04000001 > [1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE > [1] - STREAMING > [1] Config palette index 8 (YU12) doesn't work. > [1] Supported palettes: > [1] 0: MJPG (MJPEG) > [1] 1: YUYV (YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)) > [1] Selected palette YUYV > [0] motion-httpd/3.2.12 running, accepting connections > [0] motion-httpd: waiting for data on port TCP 8080 > [1] Test palette YUYV (640x480) > [1] Using palette YUYV (640x480) bytesperlines 1280 sizeimage 614400 > colorspace 00000008 > [1] found control 0x00980900, "Brightness", range 0,255 > [1] "Brightness", default 128, current 128 > [1] found control 0x00980901, "Contrast", range 0,255 > [1] "Contrast", default 32, current 32 > [1] found control 0x00980902, "Saturation", range 0,255 > [1] "Saturation", default 32, current 32 > [1] found control 0x00980913, "Gain", range 0,255 > [1] "Gain", default 0, current 0 > [1] mmap information: > [1] frames=4 > [1] 0 length=614400 > [1] 1 length=614400 > [1] 2 length=614400 > [1] 3 length=614400 > [1] Using V4L2 > [1] Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items > [1] Started stream webcam server in port 60080 > [1] avcodec_open - could not open codec: Invalid argument > [1] ffopen_open error creating (new) file > [/usr/local/motionvideo/01-20121020213958.swf]: Invalid argument > [1] File of type 1 saved to: /usr/local/motionvideo/01-20121020213958-01.jpg > [1] Thread exiting > [1] Calling vid_close() from motion_cleanup > [1] Closing video device /dev/video0 > [0] Motion thread 1 restart > [1] Thread 1 started > [1] cap.driver: "uvcvideo" > [1] cap.card: "UVC Camera (046d:0990)" > [1] cap.bus_info: "usb-0000:00:12.2-2" > [1] cap.capabilities=0x04000001 > [1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE > [1] - STREAMING > [1] Config palette index 8 (YU12) doesn't work. > [1] Supported palettes: > [1] 0: MJPG (MJPEG) > [1] 1: YUYV (YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)) > [1] Selected palette YUYV > [1] Test palette YUYV (640x480) > [1] Using palette YUYV (640x480) bytesperlines 1280 sizeimage 614400 > colorspace 00000008 > [1] found control 0x00980900, "Brightness", range 0,255 > [1] "Brightness", default 128, current 128 > [1] found control 0x00980901, "Contrast", range 0,255 > [1] "Contrast", default 32, current 32 > [1] found control 0x00980902, "Saturation", range 0,255 > [1] "Saturation", default 32, current 32 > [1] found control 0x00980913, "Gain", range 0,255 > [1] "Gain", default 0, current 0 > [1] mmap information: > [1] frames=4 > [1] 0 length=614400 > [1] 1 length=614400 > [1] 2 length=614400 > [1] 3 length=614400 > [1] Using V4L2 > [1] Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items > [1] Started stream webcam server in port 60080 > ^C^C[0] httpd - Finishing > [0] httpd Closing > [0] httpd thread exit > ^C[1] Thread exiting > [1] Calling vid_close() from motion_cleanup > [1] Closing video device /dev/video0 > [0] Motion terminating > ----------------------------------------------------- > -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
