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1. Re: syntax help starting more than one instance of motion (rmbusy)
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 13:24:38 -0800
From: rmbusy <rmbusy+mot...@gmail.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] syntax help starting more than one instance
of motion
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Interesting looking platform.? Are you using the GPU for decoding?? If
not, you should look into that.
--
Rob.
On 1/9/23 12:42, Richard Bown wrote:
>
> I'm using an Hardkernel Odroid N2+
> thats running two instances of motion, Homeassitant and owncloud ?as a
> NAS , and it seems happy, its muticore and pretty fast
>
> motion use peaks at 280% , but it is multi core
>
> hope that helps
>
> Richard
> On Mon, 2023-01-09 at 11:53 -0800, rmbusy wrote:
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> ? I've seen the same issue, where 8 or more cams running under Motion
>> pretty much consumes a quad core machine.? I've noticed the CPU usage
>> has gone up with versions newer than 4.0 too, with the same exact
>> camera setup.? What is your HW platform (CPU type and speed)?? I
>> recently purchased a new laptop to use as my motion machine, trying
>> to throw more CPU at the problem.? I haven't got it set up yet though.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rob.
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/23 07:36, Richard Bown wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I found that 9~ 10 cams slowed motion down as the cpu usage was
>>> high, also by splitting them I can split the indoor cameras away
>>> from the outdoor cams
>>> which means If I'm in the the indoor cams can all be shut down and
>>> started when I'm out, ?thats done with another application
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2023-01-09 at 09:07 -0600, Roger Heflin wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is the use case for 2 instances of motion?
>>>>
>>>> For the 2nd instance you would need to duplicate the systemd files
>>>> and change the names to be motion2.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 8:39 AM Barry Martin
>>>> <barry3mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Richard!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> running systemctl restart motion doesn't like the above , thats why the
>>>>>> hashes are there. Does anyone know what the correct syntax would be
>>>>>> please
>>>>>
>>>>> I have found sometimes the restart command doesn't work right.?
>>>>> What I've done is replaced with two lines:
>>>>>
>>>>> ??? systemctl stop motion
>>>>>
>>>>> ??? systemctl start motion
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Occasionally I'll also throw a 'sleep 1' or 'sleep5' command
>>>>> between the two to be sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Barry
>>>>>
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