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1. Re: Newbie (chuck elliot)
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:20:05 +0100
From: chuck elliot <c.ell...@pobox.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Newbie
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motion is available to Fedora users from the rpmfusion repo.
'current version is 4.3.2 for F34.
'no worries ;o)
On 8/24/21 3:51 AM, MrDave wrote:
> No worries, I have no toes on the mailing list.
>
> I've never used Fedora but I thought it uses RPMs which would mean
> that you should be able to go to RPM fusion and get the latest
> version.? If you want to build your own from source, it is pretty
> simple.? Building instructions for various distros (excluding Fedora)
> is at this link along with the instructions.
>
> https://motion-project.github.io/motion_build.html#Preparation_For_Building
>
>
> So you should be able to just get those same dependencies on Fedora
> and then follow the usual autoreconf/ config/make install process.
>
> With respect to viewing recordings via the web interface, as was
> indicated below this isn't built in.? I believe a different
> application called "MotionEye" has that functionality.? MotionEye
> wraps around the Motion application and implements various scripts and
> interfaces to make Motion more friendly to those that don't work with
> config files.? It is in python 2.7 and can be found by searching
> github.? (For specific questions on that interface application, you'll
> be better off posing questions to their issue list since many here do
> not use it and instead use Motion directly)
>
>
> MrDave
>
> On 8/23/2021 6:53 PM, Barry Martin wrote:
>>
>> Steve:
>>
>> I an an end-user like yourself and have had minimal issues installing
>> Motion on Raspbian -- I know: isn't Fedora but similar.? Most if not
>> all of the issues were because I don't have the technical background
>> being a casual hobbyist and misunderstood a few items.? And I found
>> using Motion directly I had a lot better control and much less
>> hiccups than when using a similarly-named utility.
>>
>>
>>> What I do want to find out that is not going to be covered in the
>>> videos is about installing this on Fedora. And what kinds of things
>>> I may have to watch out for to make all the various cameras work.
>>
>> The 'big trick' is there is a main configuration file called
>> motion.conf.? Each camera has it's own config file: camera1.conf,
>> camera2.conf, etc.? motion.conf will control Camera1; I find it
>> easier to be consistent and always have specific camera
>> configurations in their own file.
>>
>>
>>> It looks like you have a web browser interface which is perfect.
>>
>> It does! Be sure to have each camera have it's own port: 8080, 8081,
>> etc.? You can 'reuse' the port numbers with a different IP address.?
>> I also found some of my Raspberry Pi's were outputting an 8081 and
>> others a 8081/1 according to the browser (Firefox). I also use
>> CCTV-Viewer to put the multiple streams on one monitor.
>>
>>
>>> Does your software also have the ability to view recordings from the
>>> web browser? Stupid question I know but I didn't notice it anywhere.
>>> I I'm sure I will find more questions when I get a chance to install
>>> this in a test environment this week.
>>
>> Motion will livestream - I've used Firefox, Chromium, and CCTV_Viewer
>> simultaneously while testing.? At the same time motion-triggered
>> videos are sent to my storage server in the basement.? The latter is
>> not able to be live-viewed, of course, but are available generally in
>> less than a minute.
>>
>> Hope that helps and I didn't accidentally step on any of the
>> developers' toes replying.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
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