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1. Re: Motion loses connection to webcam when it is dark (tosiara)
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:15:41 +0300
From: tosiara <tosi...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion loses connection to webcam when it
is dark
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
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When you turn light off your camera drops fps to the minimum available - 5
fps?. But you already use this frame rate in config. Still worth trying to
use single camera with single thread and see if that works
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Zan Thorn <zanth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When the lights are on, both streams work great at 720p. It's only when
> the lights turn off, and the room goes entirely dark, that either camera
> has issues so I don't think it is a performance problem. The CPU usage is
> pretty low at 50% or less and the memory usages is fine too at ~300MB used
> out of the 1GB available.
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:59 AM, tosiara <tosi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm just curious is it powerful enough to handle two USB cameras with
>> 720p resolution?
>> Can you try to lower resolution and disconnect each camera to see if
>> correlates
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Zan Thorn <zanth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I am doing two 720p streams. One camera is a logitech c510 and the
>>> other is a c920 that is 1080p capable but have both set for 720p in the
>>> configuration file. This is on a raspberry pi 2b.
>>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2016 2:40 AM, "tosiara" <tosi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you running two USB 720p web cams on a Rpi?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Zan Thorn <zanth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am using motion Version 3.2.12+git20140228 running on Raspbian
>>>>> GNU/Linux 8 (jessie). Motion is working great with my two USB web cams
>>>>> during the daytime when there is a lot of light but once it's dark, the
>>>>> cameras seem to disconnect. I am not using any motion detection, just the
>>>>> web stream and snapshots.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my motion.conf and the two thread conf files:
>>>>> https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6af2c79a75971c08e0c4cc48e9a035b3
>>>>>
>>>>> The lights turn off at 20:00 in this instance. Please let me know if
>>>>> my configuration is wrong or something else is going on. Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> [0] [ERR] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:00:34] main: Thread 1 - Watchdog timeout,
>>>>> trying to do a graceful restart
>>>>> [0] [ERR] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:00:35] main: Thread 2 - Watchdog timeout,
>>>>> trying to do a graceful restart
>>>>> [0] [ERR] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:34] main: Thread 1 - Watchdog timeout,
>>>>> did NOT restart graceful,killing it!
>>>>> [0] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:34] stream_stop: Closing motion-stream
>>>>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>>>>> [0] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:34] stream_stop: Closed motion-stream
>>>>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>>>>> [0] [INF] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:34] motion_cleanup: Calling vid_close()
>>>>> from motion_cleanup
>>>>> [0] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:34] vid_close: Closing video device
>>>>> /dev/video1
>>>>> [1] [ERR] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:34] v4l2_next: VIDIOC_DQBUF:
>>>>> [2] [INF] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:34] motion_loop: Lightswitch detected
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:34] motion_loop: Thread exiting
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:34] stream_stop: Closing motion-stream
>>>>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:34] stream_stop: Closed motion-stream
>>>>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>>>>> [2] [INF] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:34] motion_cleanup: Calling vid_close()
>>>>> from motion_cleanup
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:34] vid_close: Closing video device
>>>>> /dev/video0
>>>>> [0] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] main: Motion thread 1 restart
>>>>> [0] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] main: Motion thread 2 restart
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] motion_init: Thread 1 started ,
>>>>> motion detection Enabled
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] vid_v4lx_start: Using videodevice
>>>>> /dev/video1 and input -1
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability:
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> cap.driver: "uvcvideo"
>>>>> cap.card: "HD Pro Webcam C920"
>>>>> cap.bus_info: "usb-3f980000.usb-1.4"
>>>>> cap.capabilities=0x84200001
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability: - VIDEO_CAPTURE
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability: - STREAMING
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: name = "Camera
>>>>> 1", type 0x00000002, status 00000000
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: - CAMERA
>>>>> [1] [WRN] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: Device doesn't
>>>>> support VIDIOC_G_STD
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] motion_init: Thread 2 started ,
>>>>> motion detection Enabled
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_do_set_pix_format: Testing
>>>>> palette YUYV (1280x720)
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_do_set_pix_format: Using
>>>>> palette YUYV (1280x720) bytesperlines 2560 sizeimage 1843200 colorspace
>>>>> 00000008
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980900, "Brightness", range 0,255
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Brightness",
>>>>> default -8193, current 128
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980901, "Contrast", range 0,255
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Contrast",
>>>>> default 57343, current 128
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980902, "Saturation", range 0,255
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Saturation",
>>>>> default 57343, current 128
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980913, "Gain", range 0,255
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Gain", default
>>>>> 57343, current 0
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] vid_v4lx_start: Using V4L2
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] vid_v4lx_start: Using videodevice
>>>>> /dev/video0 and input -1
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability:
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> cap.driver: "uvcvideo"
>>>>> cap.card: "UVC Camera (046d:081d)"
>>>>> cap.bus_info: "usb-3f980000.usb-1.2"
>>>>> cap.capabilities=0x84200001
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability: - VIDEO_CAPTURE
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_get_capability: - STREAMING
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: name = "Camera
>>>>> 1", type 0x00000002, status 00000000
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: - CAMERA
>>>>> [2] [WRN] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_select_input: Device doesn't
>>>>> support VIDIOC_G_STD
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] image_ring_resize: Resizing
>>>>> pre_capture buffer to 1 items
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_do_set_pix_format: Testing
>>>>> palette YUYV (1280x720)
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_do_set_pix_format: Using
>>>>> palette YUYV (1280x720) bytesperlines 2560 sizeimage 1843200 colorspace
>>>>> 00000008
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980900, "Brightness", range 0,255
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Brightness",
>>>>> default -8193, current 128
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980901, "Contrast", range 0,255
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Contrast",
>>>>> default 57343, current 32
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980902, "Saturation", range 0,255
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Saturation",
>>>>> default 57343, current 34
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: found control
>>>>> 0x00980913, "Gain", range 0,255
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] v4l2_scan_controls: "Gain", default
>>>>> 57343, current 64
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [VID] [Sep 21 20:01:35] vid_v4lx_start: Using V4L2
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:35] image_ring_resize: Resizing
>>>>> pre_capture buffer to 1 items
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [DBL] [Sep 21 20:01:36] motion_init: Database backend
>>>>> postgresql
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:36] http_bindsock: motion-stream testing
>>>>> : IPV4 addr: 0.0.0.0 port: 3001
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:36] http_bindsock: motion-stream Bound :
>>>>> IPV4 addr: 0.0.0.0 port: 3001
>>>>> [1] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:36] motion_init: Started motion-stream
>>>>> server in port 3001 auth Disabled
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [DBL] [Sep 21 20:01:50] motion_init: Database backend
>>>>> postgresql
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:50] http_bindsock: motion-stream testing
>>>>> : IPV4 addr: 0.0.0.0 port: 3002
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [STR] [Sep 21 20:01:50] http_bindsock: motion-stream Bound :
>>>>> IPV4 addr: 0.0.0.0 port: 3002
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:50] motion_init: Started motion-stream
>>>>> server in port 3002 auth Disabled
>>>>> [2] [NTC] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:01:50] image_ring_resize: Resizing
>>>>> pre_capture buffer to 5 items
>>>>> [0] [ERR] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:02:05] main: Thread 1 - Watchdog timeout,
>>>>> trying to do a graceful restart
>>>>> [0] [ERR] [ALL] [Sep 21 20:03:05] main: Thread 1 - Watchdog timeout,
>>>>> did NOT restart graceful,killing it!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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