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Motion monitors the video signal from one or more cameras (video4linux interface) and is able to detect if a significant part of the picture has changed. Features: interval snapshots, live streaming webcam, mpeg generation, database interface, OSD etc.
For the latest releases and deb packages go to the Motion home page
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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)Follow motion
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It is a very nice program for motion detection. Simple to install in the basic version, it has a large number of features which can be a bit more complicated to understand all settings, but if you are happy with the basics, it is quite simple. There is also a good help available online. For the help, I would only suggest to add a line that the camera solution sometimes is limited by the computer/ the bandwidth and not by the camera itself or motion. This is an important message for BeagleBone/RaspberryPi applications. It drove me a bit nuts that the motion worked with 320x280 pixels but not with higher resolutions while on my laptop I could go much higher with the same camera and motion.
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Excellent project but how to know the URL of the image on a PI camera where motion is installed ?. This information is mandatory when adding a camera in Domoticz.
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Best motion detecting video software out there. These guys could easily charge for this, and I would pay. But it's FREE! Woohoo! Beats ZoneMinder, hands down, in simplicity, customizability, and System resource usage (not a hog).
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Motion is a great piece of software. We've written a tutorial on how to build a surveillance camera with a Raspberry Pi and motion: www.codeproject.com/Articles/665518/Raspberry-Pi-as-low-cost-HD-surveillance-camera
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Great software for Raspberry pi and Ubuntu. 2 questions: Can I switch off the LED from attached webcam? configuration of IP cam, I cannot unchoose Video0. when preview it gives always webcam preview also when ip is selected. what I have to do?