----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Ferguson" <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> > On 26/09/14 00:12, Rob Owens wrote: > > One thing that may be a factor in my case is that my test webcam is > > very slow. I am only getting one picture every 2 or 3 seconds when > > motion is detected. I have framerate set to 2 fps. Maybe motion is > > aware that my pics are too far apart in time and is deciding not to > > combine them into a movie. > > Any clues in the logs? 'top' may help find any bottlenecks. Note that > an older box will have problems with high frequency high resolution > images - especially with USB < 3. A work around that problem might be > any or all of:- > ;reduce frequency of images > ;reduce image resolution > ;offload image processing to hardware > > What sort of motion are you wanting to detect at 2 fps? A break-in by > Speedy Gonzales? ;p > Be careful or your motion directory will quickly fill with a huge amount > of pictures. I don't use the movie output version - though I've used it > in the past. I found it an unnecessary use of resources - it's trivial > to construct a movie from the relevant still images at a later date - > just ensure that you email those images off-site immediately after a > motion event is detected (if you're using motion for security purposes). > > > It may be relevant that while I do have the deb-multimedia.org > repository enabled on the Debian (Wheezy) systems that run motion, it's > pinned to give preference to debian repositories:- > $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/multimedia.pref > Package: * > Pin: origin *.deb-multimedia.org > Pin-Priority: 200
2 fps was the default. I've just been testing basic functionality so far. syslog shows ffmpeg errors. I have ffmpeg installed from deb-multimedia.org, and I'm guessing there's a difference in command options or something. I'll change that and report back. Thanks for the help. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2012508463.4408525.1411746733746.javamail.zim...@ptd.net
