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Howtos — Motion

This document describes the procedure on how to install and configure motion detector system.

OS used: Linux (Fedora 9); tools used: motion, libjpeg, ffmpeg, and ffmpeg-devel.

Prepare Motion

Please note that this procedure requires some packages, namely: gcc, glibc-devel, glibc-headers, kernel-headers, gcc-c++, libstdc++-devel, and pcre-devel.

• Get and install libjpeg-devel:
  [1] Download the package at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages, and install it by executing:
  # rpm -ivh libjpeg-devel; or
  
  [2] If Fedora 9 DVD is present, install the package by executing these:
  # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
  # rpm -ivh /mnt/Packages/libjpeg-devel-x.x.x.rpm; or
  
  [3] If internet is availble, do the easy way by executing this:
  # yum install libjpeg-devel.
• Download motion at http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/DownloadFiles, and install it by executing:
  $ ./configure --prefix \
          --exec-prefix=/usr \
          --sysconfdir=/etc
  $ make
  # make install

Configure Motion

• Open and modify /etc/motion.conf with these values:
  daemon on
  videodevice /dev/video0
  target_dir /var/www/html/motion
  jpeg_filename %t-cns
• Copy motion.init-RH.in to /etc/rc.d/init.d/motion, and execute these:
  # /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 motion off
  # /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 motion on
• Plug-in the USB-based web camera to any available USB port, and restart the server.
• Enjoy.