On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:14:18 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > I have an external IP camera which serves video at > http://192.168.1.20/mjpeg.cgi. Actually I have 5 of them with different > IPs, but that's beside the point... :-) > > I want to use the program "motion" for motion detection. However it > requires input from a device node such as /dev/video0. > > How can I create such a device node so that it corresponds to my IP > camera?
I would first check if yoru device is supported by "motion" and given that your are using a network camera, this may help: How do I use my Network Camera with motion? http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#How_do_I_use_my_Network_Camera_with_motion_63 Motion Guide - Basic Features http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuideBasicFeatures#Network_Cameras Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.22.16.44...@gmail.com
