README.org in electric_eye-0.1.1 vs README.org in electric_eye-0.1.3

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@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ I started with VLC doing the recording up to 0.1.0 where I changed over to using ffmpeg instead. ** Requirements -- ffmpeg - recording & motion detection -- ruby +- ffmpeg 3.x - recording & motion detection + We are using 3.x for it's reconnect features. +- ruby 1.9.3 or above - Linux (Tested on Debian 7, Xubuntu 14.04) ** Installation Under linux install vlc xvfb & ruby @@ -64,10 +65,14 @@ : reception001.mjpeg : motion-reception001.mjpeg The default is going to be 10 minute blocks, this can be overridden with the duration variable above in minutes. +** Rebooting cameras + +Some people reboot their cameras everynight. This does not work well with electric eye at the moment. As a work around you have to stop and start electric eye in your crontab. + ** Usage First make sure you add your cameras : electric_eye -a Reception <url> @@ -178,9 +183,12 @@ - [X] Add a feature to clean up old recordings using a "period" setting (ffmpeg handles this) EG: 60 day period which could be set in the config file how many days you want to keep Then just call 'electric_eye --remove-recordings' within crontab This would iterate over all my cameras and remove old recordings to keep a rolling set of days. + +- [ ] Adjust motion detection to date format + : <yyyymmdd>-<hhmm>-<camera name>.mpeg - [ ] Allow motion detection to be turned on/off (default: off) - [ ] Threshold should be per camera or have inside & outside thresholds There is a large difference in movement between indoor office cameras