from what I understand motion tries to detect "fake" motion so if these cameras are in an area where wind moves trees alot then motion will try to ignore that and record only what it considers real motion.

It doesn't do that detection stuff very good for me and my outside camera rarely records actual motion. I've played with the settings quite a bit to increase the sensebility with some improvements.

From what I understand there will be better intel video support with 1004; but my expierence with intel video in 0810 was not good. The md installs and ui1 works good; but ui2 does not and no hardward excelleration means most videos look crappy.

Maybe with 1004 X will better support the newer intel drivers, but for now I would agree with other posters that ION is the best way to go (even if intel is better supported in 1004 I'd still go with ION); it'll be worth the money

ok, I'll check it out.  Thanks for the reply.

Well, I only have one web orbiter setup; and when I start up roamingorb on the ipod it connects and displays the interface.  That should mean the port/address is correct, right?

I'm not sure if I set something up incorrectly (I was a little tired) but i tried setting up roaming orbiter lastnight and everything looked great... I got the orbiter connected and I could see that main screen; but I couldn't actually click on anything... I would tough the screen and the loading logo would show for a second then it would disappear but nothing else wold happen... I did notice that sometimes when I'd touch the screen the floorplan would show up or the change room menu... but then I couldn't click on anything...

am I missing some setting?  I was almost like the screen wasn't calibrated...

am I correct in assuming that padOrbiter V2 is not for the webDts... right?

I usually have mine tethered, but sometimes when watching a movie I leave it unplugged and it lasts the whole movie... so I would say mine lasts anywhere from 30-120 mins...

a recent update to xine fixed every single problem I had playing back mkvs

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11497.0

just wanted to let anyone know who has had similar problems.

Thanks phenigma

I've had a lot of problems playing different kinds of mkv files ...

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11161.0

and this fixed every single problem, thanks phenigma

not sure if I'm the only one but the link did not exactly work... I took me to the upload site; but after waiting the 60 seconds to download; I got "Page cannot be displayed".  I really want to apply this to see if it fixes some playback issues I have, but I can't download it...

DCErouter.log says this when I try to view a camera from orbiter or webadmin (motion is running and recording are being stored correctly and cameras a viewable thought the ports created by motion :8000-8002:

08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667            Received Message from 0 (unknown / ) to 60 (Generic Analog Camera / Backyard), type 1 id 84 Command:Get Video Frame, retry none, parameters: <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 19(Data): 0 <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 20(Format): jpg <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 23(Disable Aspect Lock): 0 <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 31(): 0 <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 60(Width): 100 <0x38e90b90>
08      03/05/11 0:08:35.667              Parameter 61(Height): 100 <0x38e90b90>
05      03/05/11 0:08:35.764            Socket::ReceiveData 0x8ac8f58 failed, bytes left 0 start: 512620000 1: 0 1b: 0 2: 0 2b: 0 m_Socket: 10 Incoming_Conn Socket 10 127.0.0.1 <0x38e90b90>
05      03/05/11 0:08:35.765            Socket::ReceiveString2 ReceiveData failed m_Socket: -1 Incoming_Conn Socket 10 127.0.0.1 <0x38e90b90>
05      03/05/11 0:08:35.765            TCPIP: Closing connection to -1003 (Router Dev #0) 0x8ac8f58 m_Socket: -1 <0x38e90b90>
05      03/05/11 0:08:35.765            Router::RemoveAndDeleteSocket 0x8ac8f58 -1003 <0x38e90b90>
07      03/05/11 0:08:36.121            Event #75 has no handlers <0xa388db90>

I did some more investigating and found this in the motion log file:

========== NEW LOG SECTION ==========
1   02/20/11 00:03:27   57 (spawning-device)   Starting... 1
1   02/20/11 00:03:27   57 (spawning-device)   Found /usr/pluto/bin/Motion_Wrapper
05   02/20/11 0:03:28.864      Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:29.864      Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:30.864      Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:31.864      Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:32.864      Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Creating child 59 <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom event handler for.  It will not fire events. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom handler for.  This is normal for IR. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Creating child 60 <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom event handler for.  It will not fire events. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom handler for.  This is normal for IR. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Creating child 104 <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom event handler for.  It will not fire events. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:03:42.044      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 66 that this has no custom handler for.  This is normal for IR. <0xb70fa6c0>
05   02/20/11 0:05:24.934      Could not take snapshot, fail sending SIGALRM signal... <0xb58f6b90>
05   02/20/11 0:05:25.176      Could not take snapshot, fail sending SIGALRM signal... <0xb58f6b90>



it would seem the three analog cameras don't have a "custom event handler" I'm not sure what that means.... but I did follow these directions very carefully: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Monitor_surveillance_cameras

any suggestions?

any news on this?

well, I'm not exactly sure what its suppose to say in the scenario editor in webadmin but i have to select "Edit scenario using wizard:  Advanced Wizard" and that indicates PK_screen: 15 and PK_device: <correct camera device id>

so i guess its ok, and again in the web admin "securty - cameras" it lists the cameras but then just show a broken link (file) where the camera image should be...

but in /home/cameras/<deviceid>/2011/2/11/<recording, snapshots, etc>  i have the correct data...

is this a bug, known issue, or I misconfigured something?

I don't know if I missed something, but I reinstalled the core using the latest snapshot this weekend and worked fairly well (I will update the wiki and check the tickets as Saturday night).  I'm having a small issue I didn't have before and thate security camera setup... 

Motion records perfectly and has all the folders setup correct (had to fix the permissions inside /home/cameras/) but it is saving the latest shots, recordings, timelapse, etc.  These are analog cameras using a bluecherry capture card. 

So, everythings cool; but when I click on the device using the padorbiter or any on-screen orbiter (including webadmin).  I don't get a picture.  according to syslog motion seems to start up fine; I can even see a picture if I access "http://dcerouter:<motion created port>"

Is this this a known issue with the lastest snapshot or am I missing something...