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1. Re: pictures not saving (Tim Brown)
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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:28:24 -0500
From: Tim Brown <gik...@gmail.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] pictures not saving
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I am running the same mysql on the same host (nixos) that I ran the old 3.*
motion on. The new motion monitors the cams fine, and now is saving
images. Just not writing to the database.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:52 PM John D. Gwinner <j...@gwinner.org> wrote:
> Where did you get 4.2.1 from?
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> What exact database are you using?
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> I found (I think it?s listed as a bug on github) that if you download
> source and build it, on an RPi you probably don?t have database support.
> There?s no errors; SQL statements just do ... nothing.
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> My workaround was to create a Ubunto VM, download MySQL from Oracle, and
> run the configure stuff; then take the generated include and config files
> and copy them over to the Pi, then build the pi app.
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> Now I have the latest and greatest and MySQL support.
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> The exact same sql statements that worked with ?apt-get motion? now work
> with the newest motion.
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> This may not be your issue, but I thought it might help if it were!
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> == John ==
>
> *From:* Tim Brown <gik...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 15, 2019 2:59 AM
> *To:* Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Motion-user] pictures not saving
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> The typo was it! I removed "value" and files are saving.
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> Thank you!
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> Not saving to the database yet though.
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> Conf for mysql:
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> 95 #setup_mode off
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> 96 sql_log_snapshot on
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> 97 sql_log_picture on
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> 98 sql_log_movie off
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> 99 database_type mysql
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> 100 database_dbname security
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> 101 database_host localhost
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> 102 database_port 3306
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> 103 database_user xxxx
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> 104 database_password xxxx
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> 105
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> 106 sql_query insert into security(camera, filename, frame, file_type,
> time_stamp, text_event) values('%t', '%f', '%q', '%n', '% Y-%m-%d
> %T', '%C')
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> sql_query is the same as before. No records appearing yet. I must have
> missed a step?
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> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:29 AM tosiara <tosi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> You have a typo:
> target_dir value /cams/nmotion
>
> Remove "value"
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> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:22 AM Tim Brown <gik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > target_dir is set, filename is set and these settings are there:
> > camera_name FrontDoor
> > threshold 50000
> > target_dir value /cams/nmotion
> > picture_output on
> > picture_output_motion off
> > picture_type jpeg
> > picture_filename front/FrontDoor_%t-%v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S
> >
> > The output shows:
> > [1:ml1:FrontDoor] [NTC] [EVT] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved to:
> value /cams/nmotion/front/FrontDoor_101-01-20190214181340.jpg
> > [1:ml1:FrontDoor] [NTC] [EVT] Above message repeats 28 times
> >
> > But, no files show up.
> >
> > I have used the 3x version for years with good success, just trying to
> get this new one going.
> > The version is 4.2.1.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > --
> > ? Tim Brown
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