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1. Re: Camera stops and needs a reset (craig bowser)
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:01:23 -0500
From: craig bowser <reswo...@gmail.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Camera stops and needs a reset
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FYI... received email. Looking into it. (sorry for the delayed response)
Craig L Bowser
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On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 1:16 PM John Vaccaro <jvacc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could it be the camera? The log seems to indicate the video stream stops
> and this triggers motion's shutdown. Can you swap cameras with the working
> system and the problem system and see if the random shutdowns move to the
> other system.
>
> Is the camera and or Pi's power supply stable? Brownouts maybe affecting
> either or both components.
>
> Does a motion daemon restart postpone the crash ? If so a cronjob to
> restart the camera at an appropriate time may help.
>
> Regards....
>
> John Vaccaro
> ----------------------
> You are the product of four billion years of evolutionary success. Act
> like it!
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 8:14 PM craig bowser <reswo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I've got a raspberry pi 3 running motion. It's in a waterproof case
>> watching the front door. Most of the time it works just fine, but every
>> once in a while the camera just stops.
>> simply restarting the service gets things going again, but not sure what
>> is happening.
>>
>> The set up is the same as the one I have in the garage and that one has
>> no problems and never stops.
>>
>> Here is a sample from the log of the one that stops:
>>
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:47:41] motion_detected: Motion detected -
>> starting event 64
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:48:40] preview_save: different filename or
>> picture only!
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:48:40] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/64-20210116164741-00.jpg
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:48:40] motion_loop: End of event 64
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:53:40] event_new_video Source FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 16:53:40] ffmpeg_open Selected Output FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 16:53:40] ffmpeg_avcodec_log: Using
>> AVStream.codec to pass codec parameters to muxers is deprecated, use
>> AVStream.codecpar instead.
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:53:40] event_newfile: File of type 8 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/65-20210116165339.avi
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:53:40] motion_detected: Motion detected -
>> starting event 65
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:54:39] preview_save: different filename or
>> picture only!
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:54:39] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/65-20210116165339-01.jpg
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:54:39] motion_loop: End of event 65
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:55:32] event_new_video Source FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 16:55:32] ffmpeg_open Selected Output FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 16:55:32] ffmpeg_avcodec_log: Using
>> AVStream.codec to pass codec parameters to muxers is deprecated, use
>> AVStream.codecpar instead.
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:55:32] event_newfile: File of type 8 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/66-20210116165531.avi
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:55:32] motion_detected: Motion detected -
>> starting event 66
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:56:31] preview_save: different filename or
>> picture only!
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 16:56:31] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/66-20210116165532-00.jpg
>>
>> *[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 16:56:31] motion_loop: End of event
>> 66[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:57] motion_loop: End of event 67*
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:57] httpd_run: motion-httpd -
>> Finishing
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:57] httpd_run: motion-httpd
>> Closing
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:57] motion_web_control:
>> motion-httpd thread exit
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:57] motion_loop: Thread exiting
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:57] stream_stop: Closing motion-stream
>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:57] stream_stop: Closed motion-stream
>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] [Jan 16 19:54:57] vid_close: Closing video device
>> /dev/video0
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:58] main: Threads finished
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] main: Motion terminating
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] motion_remove_pid: Closing
>> logfile (/var/log/motion/motion.log).
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] motion_startup: Using log type
>> (ALL) log level (NTC)
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 19:54:59] ffmpeg_init: ffmpeg libavcodec
>> version 57.48.101 libavformat version 57.41.100
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] main: Camera 0 is from
>> /etc/motion/motion.conf
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] main: Camera 0 is device:
>> /dev/video0 input -1
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] main: Stream port 8081
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] main: Waiting for threads to
>> finish, pid: 31236
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 19:54:59] motion_init: Camera 0 started:
>> motion detection Enabled
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:59] http_bindsock: listening on
>> 127.0.0.1 port 8080
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] [Jan 16 19:54:59] vid_v4lx_start: Using videodevice
>> /dev/video0 and input -1
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 19:54:59] httpd_run: Started
>> motion-httpd server on port 8080 (auth Disabled)
>> ...... <restart sequence continues as normal>
>>
>> and from ealier
>>
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:52:06] motion_detected: Motion detected -
>> starting event 52
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:53:06] preview_save: different filename or
>> picture only!
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 09:53:06] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/52-20210116095206-01.jpg
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:53:06] motion_loop: End of event 52
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 09:53:56] event_new_video Source FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 09:53:56] ffmpeg_open Selected Output FPS 2
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 09:53:56] ffmpeg_avcodec_log: Using
>> AVStream.codec to pass codec parameters to muxers is deprecated, use
>> AVStream.codecpar instead.
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 09:53:56] event_newfile: File of type 8 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/53-20210116095356.avi
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:53:56] motion_detected: Motion detected -
>> starting event 53
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:54:56] preview_save: different filename or
>> picture only!
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] [Jan 16 09:54:56] event_newfile: File of type 1 saved
>> to: /media/cctv/Camera1-FrontDoor/53-20210116095356-01.jpg
>>
>> *[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 09:54:56] motion_loop: End of event
>> 53[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:20] motion_loop: End of event 54*
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:21] httpd_run: motion-httpd -
>> Finishing
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:21] httpd_run: motion-httpd
>> Closing
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:21] motion_web_control:
>> motion-httpd thread exit
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:21] motion_loop: Thread exiting
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:21] stream_stop: Closing motion-stream
>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:21] stream_stop: Closed motion-stream
>> listen socket & active motion-stream sockets
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] [Jan 16 10:59:21] vid_close: Closing video device
>> /dev/video0
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:21] main: Threads finished
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:22] main: Motion terminating
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:22] motion_remove_pid: Closing
>> logfile (/var/log/motion/motion.log).
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] motion_startup: Using log type
>> (ALL) log level (NTC)
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ENC] [Jan 16 10:59:23] ffmpeg_init: ffmpeg libavcodec
>> version 57.48.101 libavformat version 57.41.100
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] main: Camera 0 is from
>> /etc/motion/motion.conf
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] main: Camera 0 is device:
>> /dev/video0 input -1
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] main: Stream port 8081
>> [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] main: Waiting for threads to
>> finish, pid: 28603
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] [Jan 16 10:59:23] motion_init: Camera 0 started:
>> motion detection Enabled
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:23] http_bindsock: listening on
>> 127.0.0.1 port 8080
>> [1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] [Jan 16 10:59:23] vid_v4lx_start: Using videodevice
>> /dev/video0 and input -1
>> [0:web_control] [NTC] [STR] [Jan 16 10:59:23] httpd_run: Started
>> motion-httpd server on port 8080 (auth Disabled)
>>
>>
>> For some reason, when it stops, there are two End of Event entries
>> without a Starting event. Are there any other troubleshooting tips to
>> figure out why this is happening?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Craig L Bowser
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