README.org in electric_eye-0.1.1 vs README.org in electric_eye-0.1.3
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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
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: 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
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+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.
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** Usage
First make sure you add your cameras
: electric_eye -a Reception <url>
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- [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.
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+- [ ] 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