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Today's Topics:
1. Re: keep alive missing (tosiara)
2. Re: Wrong Video Duration since upgrade to motion 4.5 (MrDave)
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:14:43 +0200
From: tosiara <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], Motion discussion list
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Subject: Re: [Motion-user] keep alive missing
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> Connection to tcp://192.168.1.71:81 failed: Connection timed out
that indicates some issues with the camera - ffmpeg is not able to connect
to it. Maybe replacing the camera is good idea
On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 4:12 PM Richard Bown <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 06:49 -0700, MrDave wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for the info, I've ordered a TP-link tapo cam to use in its place ,
> which will be happier I hope
>
> FFmpeg is now used as the default for processing network cameras since it
> is more flexible and has greater support for all of the possible cameras
> and protocols in the world. Users can specify any FFmpeg parameters via
> the netcam_params
>
> Some relevant ffmpeg options for this situation could be:
>
> reconnect_on_network_error = 1
> reconnect_at_eof=1
> reconnect=1
> multiple_requests=1
> reconnect_streamed=1
>
> Specify them like
>
> netcam_params
> reconnect_on_network_error=1,reconnect_at_eof=1,reconnect=1,multiple_requests=1,reconnect_streamed=1
>
> I'd note that these options became the default for http cameras in version
> 4.5.0. So if any of them are not desired in that version the user must
> turn them off by specifying 0 instead of 1. Version 4.5.0 also suppresses
> some of the excess messages that may be produced from reconnecting using
> the options.
>
> These and other camera options are included in the FFmpeg protocols
> documentation page.
>
> To avoid using FFmpeg and instead use the legacy tcp methods, specify the
> camera url prefix as mjpeg instead of http.
>
> On 12/14/2022 3:39 AM, tosiara wrote:
>
> How does your netcam_url look like?
> Try different protocols, like http://, mjpeg://, mjpg:// - does any of
> them work?
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 12:30 PM Richard Bown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, I have a Tenvis 391W ip cam , had it for ages, and with earlier
> versions it was working, however, with 4.4 motion disables the cam as
> its says in the logs no keep alive signal from the cam.
> Is there a config setting that will cause motion to ignore this please,
> I can send a section of the log if need be. I know the camera is
> functional as I can monitor it on its direct ip-address, but after
> about 20 mins motion just greys it out.
> Thanks
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> Best wishes /73
> Richard Bown
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:27:21 -0700
From: MrDave <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Wrong Video Duration since upgrade to
motion 4.5
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Just a FYI that I am unable to reproduce this issue.? All durations are
reported correctly.
On 12/14/2022 12:11 AM, Arvid Ihnen via Motion-user wrote:
> HI,
> ? thanks for your replies.
>
> @Tony: Not sure what the viewing of the video has to do with the
> generation?
>
> @MrDave: Here is the (hopefully) relevant part of the configuration:
> minimum_frame_time 0
> movie_max_time 0
> movie_output on
> movie_bps 400000
> movie_quality 60
> movie_codec mp4
> timelapse_codec mpg
> movie_duplicate_frames off
> movie_extpipe_use off
> framerate 25
> width 1920
> height ?1080
>
> As far as understood, it is encoded.
>
> Best Regards
> ? ? Stefan
>
>> Am 14.12.2022 um 00:55 schrieb MrDave <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Is this? via the passthrough option or encoded?
>>
>>
>> On 12/13/2022 4:46 PM, Tony wrote:
>>> My suggestion is to observe the output of "top"? for excessive cpu
>>> usage while viewing the mp4
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2022 14:58, Arvid Ihnen via Motion-user
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> ? I just upgraded my docker based motion system from 4.3.1 to
>>> 4.5.0. Since then some of the videos shows a wrong duration.
>>> Attached is an example of the mediainfo output of a captured
>>> video, which is in reality about 50 seconds long:
>>>
>>> General
>>> Complete name ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 20221213150454.mp4
>>> Format ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : MPEG-4
>>> Format profile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Base Media
>>> Codec ID ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
>>> File size ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 9.02 MiB
>>> Duration ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 42 min 16 s
>>> Overall bit rate ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 29.8 kb/s
>>> Writing application ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Lavf57.83.100
>>>
>>> Video
>>> ID ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 1
>>> Format ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : AVC
>>> Format/Info ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Advanced Video Codec
>>> Format profile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Baseline@L4
>>> Format settings ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 1 Ref Frames
>>> Format settings, CABAC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : No
>>> Format settings, Reference frames? ? ? ? : 1 frame
>>> Format settings, GOP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : M=1, N=12
>>> Codec ID ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : avc1
>>> Codec ID/Info ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Advanced Video Coding
>>> Duration ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 42 min 16 s
>>> Bit rate ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 11.9 Mb/s
>>> Width ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 1 920 pixels
>>> Height ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 1 080 pixels
>>> Display aspect ratio ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 16:9
>>> Frame rate ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 25.000 FPS
>>> Color space ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : YUV
>>> Chroma subsampling ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 4:2:0
>>> Bit depth ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 8 bits
>>> Scan type ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : Progressive
>>> Bits/(Pixel*Frame) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 0.230
>>> Stream size ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : 9.02 MiB (100%)
>>> Writing library ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : x264 core 152 r2854 e9a5903
>>> Encoding settings ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : cabac=0 / ref=1 /
>>> deblock=0:0:0 / analyse=0:0 / me=dia / subme=0 / psy=1 /
>>> psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 /
>>> trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 /
>>> chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=4 / lookahead_threads=4 /
>>> sliced_threads=1 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 /
>>> bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 /
>>> keyint=12 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf
>>> / mbtree=0 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 /
>>> qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=0
>>> Codec configuration box ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : avcC
>>>
>>> I did not change any configuration parameter from 4.3.1 to
>>> 4.5.0. When playing the video (almost) the last frame is
>>> displayed for the remaining time. Any idea?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help!
>>>
>>>
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