Motion Release 3.2.5 (3.2.5.1) - Release Notes

Motion release 3.2.5 (3.2.5.1) - 07 Mar 2005

Summary of changes since 3.2.4

3.2.5.1 is the exact same code as 3.2.5 but with manpage and Motion Guide updated to include the important change: ffmpeg_filename option has changed name to movie_filename.

Features

• ffmpeg_filename has changed name to movie_filename to prepare for alternative movie encoding to the current ffmpeg based implementation and ffmpeg_filename will then be a bad name (Kenneth Lavrsen)
• Added Tilt support to stepper track. (Angel Carpintero)

Bugfixes

• Fixed misc problems in FreeBSD. (Angel Carpintero)
  • Update README.FreeBSD
  • Fix problems with tuner_device and frequency, now by default is not defined to allow use any input without problem.
  • Replace strndup() by memcpy() in netcam.c
  • Merged configure.in.freebsd with configure.in (configure.in.freebsd deleted)
  • Remove a warning when used --without-bktr
  • Remove cpu optimization (is broken)
• Fixed memory leak in ffmpeg code. (Andrew Hamilton)
• Fixed http control of pan and tilt (Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2005x12x22x122649
• Fixed netcamera bug related to seperating frames in an mjpeg stream. (Peter Holik). From mailing list 23 Dec 2005.
• Fix related to connecting to the netcam (William Black) From mailing list 23 Dec 2005.
• Changed CHANGELOG to same bullet format as used by TWiki to make it easier to write release notes (Kenneth Lavrsen)
• Changed CREDITS to same bullet format as CHANGELOG (Kenneth Lavrsen)
• Fixed sql_mask not initialisated correctly (Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2006x01x09x175603
• Fixed the management of strings from http remote control , setting to NULL when they are set to "blank" and fixes a problem with despeckle , that didn't allow to remove labeling action from http remote control. (Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/FixStringsAndDisableLabeling
• Fix many typos in comments ( i ran aspell against the code ). Also there's a fix to free cnt->eventtime_tm when motion exits. (Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/FixTypoInComments
• Fix the problem that happens in FreeBSD and Debian Sarge because version of ffmpeg is LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD < 4629. ( Pete Shipley and Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2006x01x12x120335
• Updated motion.spec. Changing D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 by D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 to fix problem related to building with ffmpeg. (Angel Carpintero)
• Implemented fix for missed snapshots with slow network cameras (Kenneth Lavrsen) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2006x02x07x162149
• Added some constants in video.c function v4l_picture_controls() which can help people hack an optimal set of values for controlling auto brighness for their particular camera. For now I am do not want to add all of these to the already too large number of motion config options. Maybe based on feedback we can permanently change the constants and add an additional auto brightness option. Or maybe a combined option that sets more constant based on an algoritm. (Kenneth Lavrsen) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2006x02x07x212816
• Fixed a syntax error in picture.c get_pgm() which caused the program to seg fault when a mask file size did not match the picture size. Now the program correctly gives an error message and continues without the mask. (Kenneth Lavrsen). http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2005x10x08x150720
• CPU VIA Ezra C3 autodetection support added. (James Van Vleet) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/VIAEzraC3Patch
• Fixed mysql configure auto-detection for x64 systems. ( Angel Carpintero) http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SupportQuestion2006x03x02x152208

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.

Download

• From Sourceforge: 3.2.5 (3.2.5.1)
• See http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/DownloadFiles for an overview of binary packages for RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu etc.

GPG Signature

Kenneth Lavrsen's public key can be found on keyservers or on this non-wiki webpage.

http://www.lavrsen.dk/publickey.htm

3.2.5.1

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Bug Reports

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A comment:

It could be me that is blind, but i can't see where the config keyword ffmpwg_filename has changed to movie_filename and missing that change gave me some trouble i must say. :/

-- TheOtherBug - 07 Mar 2006

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Thanks TheOtherBug. My face turned red when I read your message. I had forgotten to add it both to change log, man page and motion guide.

I have been busy all night and made a quick panel 3.2.5.1. Thanks for reporting the bug.

-- KennethLavrsen - 07 Mar 2006

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Yeah i could see you have been busy those days and i found out of the change by looking in the the motion-dist.conf.

I think you might want to make a minor correction on top of the SnapShot page too http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionSnapshotReleases ?

-- TheOtherBug - 14 Mar 2006

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-- KennethLavrsen - 06 Mar 2006