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1. Re: outdoor camera UK (David Powell)
2. Re: Duplicate SQL entries for every event (David Powell)
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:03:30 -0500
From: David Powell <da...@depowell.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] outdoor camera UK
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Any camera that utilizes mjpeg, rtsp, or rtmp streams will work with
Motion.? I personally like the Reolink ones the best.
David
On 7/29/21 11:40 AM, George Savage wrote:
> Although I have one camera (Reolink) working with motion I would like
> another camera to check the wildlife in the back garden. Is there a
> list of cameras that work with motion - every one I can find appears
> to need a mobile app.
>
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:35:43 -0500
From: David Powell <da...@depowell.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Duplicate SQL entries for every event
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It's the %v replaceable parameter in the insert statement. Motion
generates it internally.
dp
On July 29, 2021 11:26:25 AM Shawn Ashe <dracutfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is the event_number a counter,or based on time/etc?
>
>
> Could be the events are going off to fast and you are getting duplicate
> event numbers.
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 12:15 PM David Powell <da...@depowell.com> wrote:
>
> Oh, I understand your question better now. The event number is generated by
> Motion automatically.
>
> David
>
> On July 29, 2021 11:11:01 AM David Powell <da...@depowell.com> wrote:
>>
>> My understanding is that event_number is there for this very purpose - to
>> make each event unique. I can't imagine another reason to have it.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On July 29, 2021 10:46:33 AM motionl...@frontdesign.com wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Also; "The primary key for the events table is
>>> server_number,event_number,event_date, and camera_number."
>>>
>>> So, can the server_number, event_number, event_date and camera_number be
>>> the same twice?I'm guessing server_number for sure, camera_number too.
>>> Event date? Yeah possible if it's two events in tight enough sequence and
>>> sloppy enough datetime datatype.
>>> event_number? ... doesn't sound likely but... what do i know - how does
>>> that get generated?
>>>
>>> Why not use an auto_intrement for primary key and have a composite index on
>>> those other columns instead?
>>>
>>> //Lars
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2021-07-29 16:59, John L. Poole wrote:
>>>> The error message you shared, e.g. trigger of a primary key constraint,
>>>> suggests an error in program design. If you have a table with unique
>>>> constraints, e.g. every entry must be unique, you don't try to insert the
>>>> same record twice.
>>>> I recommend you file a bug so everything is documented well and then the
>>>> developers can determine why they are attempting to insert something
>>>> already present, or at least testing for presence before attempting to
>>>> insert a record that may already exist.
>>>> On 7/29/2021 7:27 AM, David Powell wrote:
>>>>> This is the whole SQL section of motion.conf:
>>>>> ############################################################
>>>>> # Database and SQL Configuration parameters
>>>>> ############################################################
>>>>>
>>>>> # The type of database being used if any.
>>>>> database_type mysql
>>>>>
>>>>> # Database name to use. For sqlite3, the full path and name.
>>>>> database_dbname cameras
>>>>>
>>>>> # The host on which the database is located
>>>>> database_host localhost
>>>>>
>>>>> # Port used by the database.
>>>>> database_port 3306
>>>>>
>>>>> # User account name for database.
>>>>> database_user <redacted>
>>>>>
>>>>> # User password for database.
>>>>> database_password <redacted>
>>>>>
>>>>> # Database wait for unlock time
>>>>> database_busy_timeout 5
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating motion triggered image file
>>>>> sql_log_picture off
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating a snapshot image file
>>>>> sql_log_snapshot off
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating motion triggered movie file
>>>>> sql_log_movie on
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log to the database when creating timelapse movie file
>>>>> sql_log_timelapse off
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query at event start. See motion_guide.html
>>>>> ; sql_query_start value
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query at event stop. See motion_guide.html
>>>>> sql_query_stop INSERT INTO events
>>>>> (server_number,camera_number,event_number,event_date,video_length,filename)
>>>>>
>>>>> VALUES (1,%t,%v,{ts '%C'},null,'%f');
>>>>>
>>>>> # SQL query string that is sent to the database. See motion_guide.html
>>>>> ; sql_query
>>>>>
>>>>> I had the query in sql_query but I moved it to sql_query_stop. That
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> help.
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/29/21 8:17 AM, Damian via Motion-user wrote:
>>>>>>> The SQL statement in motion.conf is
>>>>>>> INSERT INTO events
>>>>>>> (server_number,camera_number,event_number,event_date,video_length,filename)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> VALUES (1,%t,%v,{ts '%C'},null,'%f');
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The records /are/ there in the database, and I run a custom program to
>>>>>>> extract them for displaying the snapshots and movies in a web page
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which sql_log_* statements are enabled?
>>>>>>
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