Motion Release 3.2.10 - Release Notes

Summary of changes since 3.2.9

• Added the pre_capture buffer redesign to throttle load and enhance pre_capture feature. http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/PreCaptureRedesign (Dag Erlandsson).
• Added preview center feature. http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/PreviewCenter (Dag Erlandsson).
• Removed low_cpu feature, as it is not really compatible with pre_capture and a lot of other features rely on the pre_capture buffer behind the scenes. (Joerg Weber)
• Removed night_compensate feature. This functionality is covered by noise_tune. (Joerg Weber)
• Implemented a new reference frame algorithm to improve object recognition and location. (Joerg Weber)
• Improved smartmask feature: real moving objects don't trigger the mask anymore. (Joerg Weber)
• Added area_detect feature. New config options: area_detect, on_area_detected. (Joerg Weber)
• Added help in http control http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/FeatureRequest2007x11x19x181541 (Angel Carpintero)
• Added Choose V4L2 palette http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/FeatureRequest2007x11x19x032318 (Angel Carpintero)
• Improved http control ( 'back' link, select box, show current values when are going to be changed ). (Angel Carpintero)
• Improved thread handling, single threads can be stopped/restarted (Dag Erlandsson)
• Watchdog, restart hang threads (Dag Erlandsson)
• Added ON_CAMERA_LOST event (Dag Erlandsson)
• Motion start if a camera isn't there at start, retries to connect if lost (Dag Erlandsson)
• Netcam Keepalive and HTTP/1.1 http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/FeatureRequest2007x01x22x231542 (Simon Walls)
• Added mov , Quicktime file format (Andrew Hamilton).
• Added to configure.in --with-pwcbsd to allow compile motion in freebsd with webcam support instead of bktr (Angel Carpintero)

• Fixed a problem with locate and fixed mask overlay (Dag Erlandsson).
• Preview pictures get the timestamp of moment they were captured (Dag Erlandsson).
• Fixed http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2007x10x23x093651 (Angel Carpintero)
• Fix process_id_file when is passed from command line (Angel Carpintero)
• Fix http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2007x10x27x150419 (Angel Carpintero)
• Fix http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2007x11x25x102808 (Angel Carpintero)
• Avoid random errors , initialising some structs for V4L1 http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2007x11x26x010755 (Jason Sharpee & Angel Carpintero)
• Fix motion segfaul because ffmpeg API change http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SupportQuestion2007x12x29x175530 (Angel Carpintero)
• Little fix in ffmpeg.c comparing version of LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD, since ffmpeg svn -r4486 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD and LIBAVCODEC_BUILD uses LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT ((49<<16)+(0<<8)+0) and LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT ((49<<16)+(0<<8)+0) (Angel Carpintero)
• Fix choose v4l2 palette , http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2008x01x21x043812 (Onakra)
• Get current directory to allow write motion.conf properly http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2008x02x25x013419 (John Bray)
• Fix broken PostgreSQL detection for custom location, http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2008x02x25x025134 ( Angel Carpintero )
• Fixed stepper when is used track_auto on ( Angel Carpintero ).
• Better debug in netcam for "Error reading image header" http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2008x02x27x092849 (Simon Walls)

Known Problems

• See the http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReports for open bugs.
• The pwc-ioctl.h is for pwc version 9.0.1, 10.0.X. If you still use the pwc 8 series then you need to use the headerfile pwc-ioctl.h-pwc8.0 (copy the pwc-ioctl.h-pwc8.0 over pwc-ioctl.h). This is relevant for USB cameras using Philips chips.
• webhttpd security, attached a patch at bottom of this page. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484572

Download

• From Sourceforge: 3.2.10
• See http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/DownloadFiles for an overview of binary packages for RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu etc.

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