Thank you! So how do I specify multiple cameras in the same conf file? Never mind, with what you told me I can look it up in the docs.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:41:14 +1000 Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/09/11 01:14, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > Hi! > > > > 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? > > > > Just uncomment netcam_url string and assign it a value in ~/motion.conf > It's a great program - though masking can be a little fiddly. Enable the > web interface and you'll find the documentation is more accessible > through it. > You can also edit through the browser interface - default is > http://localhost:8080 - there's a thread for each camera (I run several) > NOTE: you can change the http options in motion.conf so that http is > available externally (don't forget uncomment the password option). > You'll also need to be in the motion group. > > Cheers > > -- > "As if growing wasn't hard enough - I had a genius for an older brother. > I'd say "I don't have to do anything!" and he'd say > "Yeah you do - take up space, displace matter".... > I'd go "Oh yeah?" > even as a kid I was king of the comebacks" > — Bill Hicks > > > -- > 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/4e7bd5aa.9080...@gmail.com > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/20110923084215.88cfa62b4c8ce76327364...@gmail.com
