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1. Re: Repurposing Android phones as cameras (jmb)
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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:23:44 -0500
From: jmb <[email protected]>
To: tosiara <[email protected]>, Motion discussion list
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Repurposing Android phones as cameras
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hello Tosiara,
Thank you very much for so patiently and persistently tracking down the
cause and suggesting a solution to the problem!? I used the 1st variant
( netcam_url mjpeg://lg-230:8080/video ) you suggested in the
/etc/motion/conf.d/camera1.conf file and now it works!? Open source
software which I have been using for 2 decades is such a wonderful
ecosystem to be using; because of various dedicated and selfless
contributors - you being one of them...
I truncated all the intermediate email exchanges we had so others
(should they encounter the same problem) can find the simple fix you
suggested below.? Wishing you and all other FOSS contributors a happy
new year.
Many thanks,
JMB
On 12/26/25 09:29, tosiara wrote:
> Try to change netcam_url to one of the following and see if that
> changes anything:
>
> netcam_url mjpeg://lg-230:8080/video
> or
> netcam_url mjpg://lg-230:8080/video
>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have been using motion software for more than 2 decades. Wonderful
>>>>>>>> software that I have found it to be.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am currently using:
>>>>>>>> Version 4.7.1(C)2000-24 J.Vreeken/F.Heusden/K.Lavrsen/Project
>>>>>>>> team
>>>>>>>> ... where motion is running on a server at 192.168.1.100 under Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> 24.04 and acquiring its video from older (repurposed) Android phones.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> am trying to make it work with the following older Android phones (as
>>>>>>>> IP
>>>>>>>> cameras) that are running Pavel Klebovich's IPWebCam app.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I am finding:
>>>>>>>> a) Android 5.1.1 MotoE2 -WORKS
>>>>>>>> with ONVIF support enabled in IPWebCam
>>>>>>>> Brave-browser http://192.168.1.2XX:8080/video (video works)
>>>>>>>> Motion (streams the video perfectly) from
>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.100:8081/2XX/stream
>>>>>>>> b) Android 4.0.4 Kyocera -WORKS
>>>>>>>> with ONVIF support enabled in IPWebCam
>>>>>>>> Brave-browser http://192.168.1.2YY:8081/video (video works)
>>>>>>>> Motion (streams the video perfectly) from
>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.100:8081/2YY/stream
>>>>>>>> c) Android 2.2.2 LG -FAILS
>>>>>>>> ONVIF support NOT available in IPWebCam
>>>>>>>> Brave-browser http://192.168.1.2ZZ:8081/video (video works)
>>>>>>>> Motion reports: "Unable to open video device, since ..." from
>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.100:8081/2ZZ/stream
>>>>>>>> It is the oldest Android 2.2.2 LG phone that's not working with motion.
>>>>>>>> Incidentally is is also the most reliable one for running IPWebCam !!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> QUESTIONS:
>>>>>>>> Could it be because ONVIF is unavailable in IPWebCam version of the
>>>>>>>> oldest OS -Android 2.2.2? I realize the differences could be the
>>>>>>>> versions of IPWebCam apps between the 3 Android OSes. But my question
>>>>>>>> is whether I can somehow overcome the limitations of the oldest Android
>>>>>>>> OS and or IPWebCam app available for it? Are there any motion software
>>>>>>>> configuration settings I could tweak?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SIDE NOTE:
>>>>>>>> Am also running motion on various generations of RPi quite reliably!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> REQUEST:
>>>>>>>> Any help would be much appreciated, for keeping older hardware useful
>>>>>>>> and less destined to the landfills. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JMB
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