endolith/readme.md

Grr this took hours to figure out. I was trying to install MJPG-streamer and running VLC command lines and all this crap but nothing worked.

First install motion:

~> sudo apt-get install motion

Then create a config file:

~> mkdir ~/.motion
~> nano ~/.motion/motion.conf

In it, the bare minimum to run a web server and view it on other computers:

webcam_port 8081
webcam_localhost off

Then run motion:

~> motion

Now you can view the webcam at http://hostname:8081 If it doesn't work, try rebooting between steps or something.

Isn't that easy? >:(

See also: How to run webcam software only when I am not home

Barry-IA · 2022-10-22T12:36:17Z

***@***.**** commented on this gist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How can I change to /dev/video1?

A couple of ways, which can be confusing. The command line is "videodevice /dev/video1" (without the quotes). If this is placed in motion.conf then it will affect all cameras attached to that Motion computer. I prefer to place the command in camera1.conf (or whatever name is appropriate). If you have one camera then either motion.conf or camera1.conf -- doesn't matter, but if multiple cameras then definitely in the camera/n/.conf. When using a camera/n/.conf you also need to uncomment the line in motion.conf. (In my system it's in the last few lines.) Barry

skwzrd · 2023-06-06T21:04:49Z

After messing about with VLC, go2rtc, and webcamd for days, motion simply just works with MINIMAL fuss.

Here is my motion.conf file:

stream_quality 98
stream_maxrate 5
stream_port 1984
stream_localhost off
output_pictures off
framerate 30
ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg
width 640
height 480
auto_brightness off
contrast 0
saturation 0

Here is my NGINX server

server {
    server_name DOMAIN;
    root /var/www/html;

    auth_basic "Admin"; # password protected domain
    auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1984/;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Prefix /;
    }


    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot

}

cjritola · 2025-03-27T16:17:13Z

Installing motion requested half a gigabyte worth of dependencies to be installed on my embedded system.

endolith · 2025-03-27T16:57:43Z

@cjritola I'm sure there are other better solutions

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Barry-IA commented Oct 22, 2022 via email

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endolith commented Mar 27, 2025

Uh oh!