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Today's Topics:
1. Re: motion detection not whole screen but just a specified
portion of the screen (Kinney Baughman)
2. Re: motion detection not whole screen but just a specified
portion of the screen (mylin)
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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:14:25 -0400
From: Kinney Baughman <baughma...@gmail.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] motion detection not whole screen but just
a specified portion of the screen
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If you add a mask file, turn the setup feature on to make sure motion
recognizes the file as a mask file.
If it doesn't, it'll throw an error.
That motion was *not* recognizing my mask file escaped me for longer than I
want to admit.
My advice is to take one of the jpg's issued by motion and use it as a base
file from which to create the mask. Follow the instructions in the guide.
I made one from scratch using the exact same dimensions as the motion files
I was capturing, edited in GIMP and motion didn't like it.
I followed the same process with a motion generated file and I was fine.
YMMV.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM, mylin <my...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> So is this where and how I added it to the conf file?
>
> # PGM file to use as a sensitivity mask.
> # Full path name to. (Default: not defined)
> ; mask_file value
> mask_file /home/martin/motion_mask/motion_mask.pgm
>
>
>
> On 18-06-01 02:29 PM, mylin wrote:
>
> Yup, I just found that same web link on how to do this.
>
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On 18-06-01 01:20 PM, Terry Parker wrote:
>
> Create a mask file:
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
>
> also area_detect is an option:
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionAreaDetect
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:37 AM, mylin <my...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Normally motion detects anything that moves or changes anywhere that is
>> viewing on the cam.
>>
>> Is there way to configure it so that only a specific area or size of the
>> viewing will detect motion?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Martin
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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 16:08:34 -0400
From: mylin <my...@ix.netcom.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] motion detection not whole screen but just
a specified portion of the screen
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>> turn the setup feature on to make sure motion recognizes the file as
a mask file
How do you turn the mask feature on?
Thanks.
Martin
On 18-06-01 03:14 PM, Kinney Baughman wrote:
> If you add a mask file, turn the setup feature on to make sure motion
> recognizes the file as a mask file.
>
> If it doesn't, it'll throw an error.
>
> That motion was *not* recognizing my mask file escaped me for longer
> than I want to admit.
>
> My advice is to take one of the jpg's issued by motion and use it as a
> base file from which to create the mask.? Follow the instructions in
> the guide.
>
> I made one from scratch using the exact same dimensions as the motion
> files I was capturing, edited in GIMP and motion didn't like it.
>
> I followed the same process with a motion generated file and I was fine.
>
> YMMV.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM, mylin <my...@ix.netcom.com
> <mailto:my...@ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
>
> So is this where and how I added it to the conf file?
>
> # PGM file to use as a sensitivity mask.
> # Full path name to. (Default: not defined)
> ; mask_file value
> ?mask_file /home/martin/motion_mask/motion_mask.pgm
>
>
>
> On 18-06-01 02:29 PM, mylin wrote:
>> Yup, I just found that same web link on how to do this.
>>
>> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
>> <http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> On 18-06-01 01:20 PM, Terry Parker wrote:
>>> Create a mask file:
>>> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile
>>> <http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionMaskFile>
>>>
>>> also area_detect is an option:
>>> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionAreaDetect
>>> <http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigOptionAreaDetect>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:37 AM, mylin <my...@ix.netcom.com
>>> <mailto:my...@ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Normally motion detects anything that moves or changes
>>> anywhere that is viewing on the cam.
>>>
>>> Is there way to configure it so that only a specific area or
>>> size of the viewing will detect motion?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Martin
>>>
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