Have motion run only at certain times.

Question

How can i get motion to only record during certain hours? I only want it to run from 10:00 PM to 8:00 pm. I tried searching but no luck.

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Environment

Motion version:	3.2.11.1
ffmpeg version:	libavutil version: 49.0.0 libavcodec version: 51.7.0 libavformat version: 50.3.0
Libraries:	ffmpeg, mysql, postgresql
Server OS:	Ubuntu 9

-- CityEats - 21 Aug 2009

Answer

- Quick and dirty solution : in your crontab file, (crontab -e) insert these 2 lines :

00 22 * * * /usr/local/bin/motion

00 20 * * * /usr/local/bin/stop_motion.sh

(you solely requested : I only want it to run from 10:00 PM to 8:00 pm, aka 22 hours per day...)

- stop_motion.sh is a shell script with these content :

#!/bin/bash

killall motion

killall motion

killall motion

-- FlorinAnton - 21 Aug 2009

stop_motion.sh is a shell script and should therefore be in the bin directory not the etc.

You will need to set the permissions on stop_motion.sh by using the following

chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/stop_motion.sh

-- SpencerMarshall - 29 Apr 2010