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Today's Topics:
1. Re: output_normal (tosiara)
2. Re: Motion External Trigger (Chip Griffin)
3. Re: Motion External Trigger (Dave Fournier)
4. Re: Motion External Trigger (Chip Griffin)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:00:50 +0300
From: tosiara <tosi...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] output_normal
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
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Probably, this is the way - motion saves picture at the end of the event.
As a workaround, you can write a script that saves a snapshot on event
start. Like, "curl -s http://localhost:8080/0/action/snapshot
<http://localhost:8000/0/action/snapshot> > /dev/null"
Snapshots are saved immediately
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Vasco DaGama <vascoma...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> in the motion.conf, "output_normal first" doesnt save a jpg until the
> event has ended.
>
>
> how can i get the first jpg to be saved immediately, similar to how
> "output_normal on" does?
>
>
> thanks.
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 07:39:01 -0400
From: Chip Griffin <n1...@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion External Trigger
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Gotta say that my frustration with this whole motion thing is reaching a whole
new level.
I finally got around to trying the suggested run as a user (which is useful
only in troubleshooting because it really ought to run as a daemon as
designed). First thing I?ve discovered is that it apparently does not use the
/etc/motion/motion.conf file. So I force fed it the path with the -c switch.
That didn?t work. Several tries and I learned it had to be run with sudo to
read that file. So I copied that file to the users directory, changed user, and
fed it that conf file. That worked but now it balked at the log file which had
a similar permission issue. I did the same solution (user directory).
Twenty tries later I had it working. Exactly as intended. So it works as a
user. But that doesn?t solve the problem. Certainly I could use cron to run
this as a user after a restart and direct all output to a file. But that isn?t
how this was meant to work. It was meant to work as a daemon. And clearly
people have used it in that way. So why won?t it work? Let?s solve that problem
not create an inelegant work around.
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 22:08, Mike Wilson <knobby2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am almost certain this is a user permission issue. If you run the command
> as the motion user does it work? I don't think the motion user has access to
> your x session.
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Chip
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 07:29:30 -0700
From: Dave Fournier <xdavefourn...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion External Trigger
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
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You can change the user for a service with the --chuid option.
edit the motion file in /etc/init.d (This may be obsolete for newer
version of Linux.)
This runs the service as user dave
if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid dave ; then
log_end_msg 0
On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Chip Griffin <n1...@mac.com> wrote:
> Gotta say that my frustration with this whole motion thing is reaching a
> whole new level.
>
> I finally got around to trying the suggested run as a user (which is
> useful only in troubleshooting because it really ought to run as a daemon
> as designed). First thing I?ve discovered is that it apparently does not
> use the /etc/motion/motion.conf file. So I force fed it the path with the
> -c switch. That didn?t work. Several tries and I learned it had to be run
> with sudo to read that file. So I copied that file to the users directory,
> changed user, and fed it that conf file. That worked but now it balked at
> the log file which had a similar permission issue. I did the same solution
> (user directory).
>
> Twenty tries later I had it working. Exactly as intended. So it works as a
> user. But that doesn?t solve the problem. Certainly I could use cron to run
> this as a user after a restart and direct all output to a file. But that
> isn?t how this was meant to work. It was meant to work as a daemon. And
> clearly people have used it in that way. So why won?t it work? Let?s solve
> that problem not create an inelegant work around.
>
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 22:08, Mike Wilson <knobby2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am almost certain this is a user permission issue. If you run the
> command as the motion user does it work? I don't think the motion user has
> access to your x session.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Chip
>
>
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:26:24 -0400
From: Chip Griffin <n1...@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion External Trigger
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That option is still in the init.d/motion file but changing it doesn?t work. I
can?t get it to work as a daemon still. It took me a bit, but I have got it
working using the @reboot crontab option. It?s badly inelegant, but it is
working. The problem is that I don?t have an easy way to get it running in the
background aside from rebooting the machine, something I want to do
infrequently. And I have no way to force it to do a reload of options. Both of
those are available with daemon mode. But in the meantime it?s working.
> On Jun 19, 2016, at 10:29, Dave Fournier <xdavefourn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can change the user for a service with the --chuid option.
> edit the motion file in /etc/init.d (This may be obsolete for newer
> version of Linux.)
>
> This runs the service as user dave
>
> if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid dave ; then
> log_end_msg 0
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Chip
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consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow,
J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning
reports. http://sdm.link/zohomanageengine
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