Configuration

Basic Setup

MotionPlus is able to process images from many different types of cameras. The following is brief overview of the process to set up the MotionPlus software.
• Determine the type of camera
  • v4l2 devices
  • Composite capture cards
  • Network/IP cameras
  • The PI camera
  • Static movie files.
• Specify the camera in the configuration files.
• Start MotionPlus from a terminal via the command line
• Review the messages to ensure camera was found and press cntrl-c to exit
• Specify a target_dir in the configuration file.
• Enable the web control in the configuration file
• Specify a webcontrol_port
• Optionally turn off webcontrol_localhost if you want to view the webcontrol from a different computer
• Specify which parameters to show on the webcontrol via webcontrol_parms
• Optionally specify a stream_preview_method
The above should allow users to get MotionPlus running and being able to view images via the web page. The next steps refine and finish a basic setup.
• Refine how the image is captured with the image processing parameters
• Specify the motion detection parameters
• Execute scripts, Save pictures or movies.
The most difficult step in the above process will be the motion detection settings and specifying them to minimize the false positives. To assist this process, MotionPlus provides the stream_preview_method which allows users to see side by side images of where the motion is occurring next to the regular image.
• Specify stream_preview_method
• Specify webcontrol_parms
• Start MotionPlus and in a web browser navigate to the webcontrol port
• Try adjusting the threshold, noise_level, despeckle_filter and smart_mask_speed
• Make sure to write configuration to file in order to save any changes.
MotionPlus also includes a setup_mode which provides more values reported on the motion images and in the log to assist the setup.
Video4linux devices must be installed per the requirements of the camera. Test the device using a different application such as ffplay to ensure the device is working properly.
USB cameras take a lot of bandwidth. A USB camera connected to a USB2 port or hub consumes virtually all the bandwidth that the port can handle. Do not expect that multiple USB cameras can be used at the same time on the same USB2 hub due to this hardware limitation.
Network cameras are set up via the netcam_url parameter. MotionPlus uses the ffmpeg libraries to process network cameras. Generally, if the network camera functions using ffmpeg, it will work in MotionPlus. Cameras sold as a package using proprietary software will not generally work with MotionPlus.
The URL connection string to enter is specific to the camera and is usually provided by the manufacturer or can be found by doing a internet search. The connection string used by MotionPlus is the same that would be used by ffplay.
Raspberry Pi cameras can be set up different ways. In older distros, the MMAL camera options may be available while new releases only support use of the camera via the v4l2 modules.
Static files can also be processed by MotionPlus in one of two ways. The first method is by using the netcam_url option and using a prefix of file:\\. With this method, MotionPlus will process the file at the speed specified by framerate. This allows the user to either speed up or slow down the video processing to suit the particular need.
The second option for processing a static file requires a bit of additional setup and uses a v4l2loopback device. To set this up, first install the loopback software as described in the Output - Pipe Options section of this guide to create a /dev/videoX device and then use software such as ffmpeg to stream the static file into the v4l2 device. e.g. ffmpeg -re -i mymovie.mp4 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 Then in a separate terminal, start Motion with it set to use the /dev/video0 device as input. This method can can also be used to reformat the content to a different format. The following outputs the original movie into a gray pixel format. ffmpeg -re -i mymovie.mp4 -f v4l2 -pix_fmt gray /dev/video0 This can be helpful as a interim process where ffmpeg supports a particular input but that format is not yet supported by MotionPlus.

Command Line Options

motionplus [ -hbnsm ] [ -c config file path ] [ -d level ] [ -k level ] [ -p pid_file ] [ -l log_file ]
• -c : Full path and filename of config file.
• -h : Show help screen
• -b : Run in daemon mode
• -n : Run in non-daemon mode
• -s : Run in setup mode. Also forces non-daemon mode.
• -d : Run with message log level 1 - 9
• -k : Run with message log type 1 - 9
• -l : Full path and file name for log file
• -p : Full path and file name for the process id file
• -m : Start in pause mode

The Configuration Files

MotionPlus can be invoked with command line option -c pathname to specify a specific configuration file. If the -c option is not specified, MotionPlus will search for the configuration file called 'motionplus.conf' in the following order:
1. Current directory where MotionPlus was invoked
2. The directory called '.motionplus' in the current users home directory
3. The directory defined by --sysconfdir=DIR during the configure step of installation. If this was not defined, it will default to /etc/motion
The motionplus.conf file specifies parameters for the entire MotionPlus application. Each camera is set up in separate files with the parameters that are unique to that camera.
MotionPlus reads the configuration parameters in sequence and if the same parameter exists more than one place the last one read is used.
The specification of the camera files should be on the last rows of the motionplus.conf file. Specifications in the motionplus.conf file that occur after the camera configuration line are ignored.
Nearly all config options can be unique for a specific camera and placed in a camera config file. Some options however must be specified in the motionplus.conf file such as: webcontrol_* , daemon, and camera.
If MotionPlus is built without specific features such as MariaDB, opencv, etc it will ignore the options that belong to those features.
Deprecated Parameters
As MotionPlus matures, new configuration parameters and different names for the parameters will occur. When a configuration parameter has a new name or additional functionality, MotionPlus will try to interpret the value specified for the old parameter and translate it to the new parameter. These translations will be reported in the log as MotionPlus is started. To eliminate these warnings, use the write configuration option from the webcontrol.
Parameters in distributed configuration files
Since MotionPlus includes over 150 parameters, only a limited subset of the configuration parameters are included in the sample files. To list all options, use the webcontrol interface to write out the configuration file.

Signals

A signal can be sent from the command line by typing e.g. kill -s SIGHUP pid, where the last parameter is the process ID for MotionPlus.

Signal	Description
SIGHUP	The config file will be reread.
SIGTERM	If needed MotionPlus will create an movie file of the last event and exit
SIGUSR1	MotionPlus will create an movie file of the current event.

Useful Tips

Persistent v4l2 devices

Since the exact device number is set by the kernel upon boot, when there is more than one video device it is possible that the particular cameras that were assigned to /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 may switch. In order to set up MotionPlus so that a particular camera is always assigned the same way, users can set up a symbolic link using udev rules. To do this a unique attribute must be identified for each camera. The camera attributes can be viewed by using the command udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/video0) while the camera is attached. Usually a serial number can be used. ("Usually" because some cameras have been observed to have the same serial number for different cameras)
Once a unique attribute has been identified for each camera, edit or create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-local.rules.
Assuming that the unique attribute for the camera was name and was ATTR{name}=="Philips SPC 900NC webcam" you would add the following line to the 99-local.rules file: KERNEL=="video[0-9]*", ATTR{name}=="Philips\ SPC\ 900NC*", SYMLINK+="video-webcam0"
Once the change has been made and saved, reboot the computer and there should now be a "sticky" device called /dev/video-webcam0

Configuration Options-Listed Alphabetically

These are the options that can be used in the config file.
Some configuration options are only used if MotionPlus is built on a system that has the matching software installed (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc).

Version x.x	Version x.x	Version x.x	Current Version
			area_detect
			camera
			camera_dir
			camera_id
			camera_name
			camera_tmo
			daemon
			database_busy_timeout
			database_dbname
			database_host
			database_password
			database_port
			database_type
			database_user
			despeckle_filter
			emulate_motion
			event_gap
			flip_axis
			framerate
			height
			lightswitch_frames
			lightswitch_percent
			locate_motion_mode
			locate_motion_style
			log_file
			log_level
			log_type
			mask_file
			mask_privacy
			minimum_frame_time
			minimum_motion_frames
			mmalcam_name
			mmalcam_params
			movie_bps
			movie_container
			movie_extpipe
			movie_extpipe_use
			movie_filename
			movie_max_time
			movie_output
			movie_output_motion
			movie_passthrough
			movie_quality
			movie_retain
			native_language
			netcam_high_params
			netcam_high_url
			netcam_params
			netcam_url
			netcam_userpass
			noise_level
			noise_tune
			on_area_detected
			on_camera_found
			on_camera_lost
			on_event_end
			on_event_start
			on_motion_detected
			on_movie_end
			on_movie_start
			on_picture_save
			on_secondary_detect
			picture_exif
			picture_output
			picture_output_motion
			picture_filename
			picture_type
			picture_quality
			pid_file
			post_capture
			pre_capture
			ptz_auto_track
			ptz_move_track
			ptz_pan_left
			ptz_pan_right
			ptz_tilt_down
			ptz_tilt_up
			ptz_wait
			ptz_zoom_in
			ptz_zoom_out
			rotate
			secondary_interval
			secondary_method
			secondary_params
			setup_mode
			smart_mask_speed
			snapshot_filename
			snapshot_interval
			sql_event_end
			sql_event_start
			sql_movie_end
			sql_movie_start
			sql_pic_save
			static_object_time
			stream_grey
			stream_maxrate
			stream_motion
			stream_preview_method
			stream_preview_newline
			stream_preview_ptz
			stream_preview_scale
			stream_quality
			stream_scan_scale
			stream_scan_time
			target_dir
			text_changes
			text_event
			text_left
			text_right
			text_scale
			threshold
			threshold_maximum
			threshold_ratio
			threshold_ratio_change
			threshold_sdevx
			threshold_sdevxy
			threshold_sdevy
			threshold_tune
			timelapse_container
			timelapse_filename
			timelapse_fps
			timelapse_interval
			timelapse_mode
			v4l2_device
			v4l2_params
			video_pipe
			video_pipe_motion
			watchdog_kill
			watchdog_tmo
			webcontrol_auth_method
			webcontrol_authentication
			webcontrol_cert
			webcontrol_headers
			webcontrol_html
			webcontrol_interface
			webcontrol_ipv6
			webcontrol_key
			webcontrol_localhost
			webcontrol_parms
			webcontrol_port
			webcontrol_base_path
			webcontrol_tls
			webcontrol_actions
			width

Configuration Options-Listed by Topic

These are the options that can be used in the config file.
Some configuration options are only used if MotionPlus is built on a system that has the matching software libraries installed (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, FFMPEG, etc).
System Processing-General Info

daemon	setup_mode	pid_file	log_file
log_level	log_type	native_language	target_dir
camera_name	camera_id	camera	camera_dir
camera_tmo	watchdog_tmo	watchdog_kill

Devices-General Info

v4l2_device	v4l2_params	mmalcam_name	mmalcam_params
netcam_url	netcam_params	netcam_high_url	netcam_high_params
netcam_proxy

Image Processing-General Info

width	height	framerate	minimum_frame_time
rotate	flip_axis	locate_motion_mode	locate_motion_style
text_left	text_right	text_changes	text_scale
text_event

Motion Detection-General Info

emulate_motion	threshold	threshold_maximum	threshold_tune
threshold_sdevx	threshold_sdevy	threshold_sdevxy	threshold_tune
threshold_ratio_change	secondary_interval	secondary_method	secondary_params
noise_level	noise_tune	despeckle_filter	area_detect
mask_file	mask_privacy	smart_mask_speed	lightswitch_percent
lightswitch_frames	minimum_motion_frames	event_gap	pre_capture
post_capture	static_object_time

Script Execution-General Info

on_event_start	on_event_end	on_picture_save	on_motion_detected
on_area_detected	on_movie_start	on_movie_end	on_camera_lost
on_camera_found	on_secondary_detect

Pictures-General Info

picture_output	picture_output_motion	picture_type	picture_quality
picture_exif	picture_filename	snapshot_interval	snapshot_filename

Movies-General Info

movie_output	movie_output_motion	movie_max_time	movie_bps
movie_quality	movie_container	movie_retain	movie_passthrough
movie_filename	movie_extpipe_use	movie_extpipe	timelapse_filename
timelapse_interval	timelapse_mode	timelapse_container	timelapse_fps

Pipes-General Info

video_pipe

video_pipe_motion

Webcontrol-General Info

webcontrol_port	webcontrol_ipv6	webcontrol_localhost	webcontrol_parms
webcontrol_interface	webcontrol_auth_method	webcontrol_authentication	webcontrol_tls
webcontrol_cert	webcontrol_key	webcontrol_headers	webcontrol_actions
webcontrol_html	webcontrol_base_path

Live Stream-General Info

stream_preview_scale	stream_preview_newline	stream_preview_method	stream_preview_ptz
stream_quality	stream_grey	stream_maxrate	stream_motion
stream_scan_time	stream_scan_scale

Database-General Info

database_type	database_dbname	database_host	database_port
database_user	database_password	database_busy_timeout	sql_event_end
sql_event_start	sql_movie_end	sql_movie_start	sql_pic_save

Tracking-General Info

ptz_auto_track	ptz_wait	ptz_move_track	ptz_pan_left
ptz_pan_right	ptz_tilt_up	ptz_tilt_down	ptz_zoom_in
ptz_zoom_out

Configuration Options-Detail Descriptions

The following section provides detailed descriptions of each of the configuration options.

Conversion Specifiers

%Y	year	%m	month	%d	day
%H	hour	%M	minute	%S	second
%T	HH:MM:SS	%v	event	%q	frame number
%t	camera id number	%D	changed pixels	%N	noise level
%w	width of the image	%h	height of the image	%i	width of motion area
%J	height of motion area	%K	X coordinates of motion center	%L	Y coordinates of motion center
%C	value defined by text_event	%f	filename with full path	%n	number indicating filetype
%o	threshold	%Q	Number of labels from despeckle	%{dbeventid}	See sql_query_start
%$	camera name	%{fps}	current frames per second	%{host}	name of computer running Motion
%{ver}	The version of Motion

The use of quotation marks around string is permitted. In addition to the above, the conversion specifiers include the same options as for the C function strftime (3).

System Processing

daemon

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
When MotionPlus is started, immediately go to daemon mode and release the terminal. Specify this parameter as off when running MotionPlus as a service under systemctl.

setup_mode

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
When this option is turned on, MotionPlus starts in setup mode so that the parameters can be set more easily. In setup mode MotionPlus will write to the log many messages about the images being processed and will also show the motion images via the web interface.

pid_file

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name where the pid (process id) will be saved.

log_file

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and filename for the log file that will be used to save the messages from MotionPlus. If this option is not defined, the stderr and syslog is used. Note that MotionPlus can generate a LOT of messages and as a result, this option should be considered.

log_level

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 9
• Default: 6
This option specifies the level of verbosity of the messages sent from MotionPlus. At a level of 8(DBG), there are a LOT of messages. At a level of 1(EMR) virtually no messages will be output. The following are the abbreviations used in the log that correspond to the various levels:
EMR, ALR, CRT, ERR, WRN, NTC, INF, DBG, ALL.
When reporting any issues or errors associated with the MotionPlus application, use the INF level.

log_type

• Type: Discreet Strings
• Range / Valid values: See Below
• Default: ALL
Different components of MotionPlus use different log types. This option allows the user to only show the messages from particular components. The choices for this option are: COR, STR, ENC, NET, DBL, EVT, TRK, VID, ALL

native_language

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: on
Enable native language for MotionPlus webcontrol and log messages.
MotionPlus will use the locale variable LANGUAGE for determining the webcontrol and log messages. If messages or the webcontrol still display in English, then the messages / words have not yet been translated.
Please consider helping the developers by submitting pull requests to add new translations and correcting any inaccurate translations.
When this option is specified as 'off', the webcontrol and log messages will be provided in English.

target_dir

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined = current directory
The full path for the target directory for pictures, snapshots, movies, etc. to be saved. The default is the current directory.
The filename options for pictures, snapshots, movies, etc. are all relative to this target_dir parameter.

camera_name

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
This option specifies a camera name to be used in the format specifiers and web interface.

camera_id

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 32000
• Default: The sequence that the camera file is read
This is the user defined numeric id for the camera. If one is not specified or if the user specified values include duplicates, MotionPlus will create unique ids. Note that the identifier of zero is reserved for the MotionPlus application and may be used when interacting via the web interface.

camera

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name for the camera file that specifies the parameters that are specific to the individual camera. The camera line should be specified in the motionplus.conf file LAST. MotionPlus will use all the lines above in the motionplus.conf file as the defaults. Options specified after the camera line will be ignored.

camera_dir

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
This option specifies a directory to contain the individual camera configuration files. Any files ending in '.conf' in this directory will be read as a camera config file.

camera_tmo

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The approximate number of seconds that must elapse before the camera is deemed to be lost.

watchdog_tmo

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The approximate number of seconds that must elapse before a camera is deemed to be unresponsive and MotionPlus triggers a watchdog timeout and begins to try to force the camera to shut down.

watchdog_kill

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The approximate number of seconds that must elapse before a camera is deemed to be unresponsive and MotionPlus triggers a watchdog kill and begins to try to kill the camera processes.

Devices

v4l2_device

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: /dev/video0
The v4l2 device to be used for capturing.

v4l2_params

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Comma separated list of configuration parameters (aka controls) for the v4l2 device.
The controls that are available for a particular device are unique to that device. In order to assist the user in the setup and specification of these parameters, MotionPlus will report in the log all the available controls for the device when the log_level is specified as 7 or higher. In the log it will list an ID number as well as a configuration name. Either of these can be used for the v4l2_params specifications. If the name includes embedded spaces or commas, then the name must be enclosed in quotes.
In addition to the parameters/controls specified by the device, MotionPlus also includes the following parameters that can also be specified.

palette

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 20
• Default: 17

The palette option is specified in the v4l2_params option and allows the user to specify the preferred palette for MotionPlus to use. If the video device does not support this preferred format, MotionPlus will loop through the available palettes to try to find one that is supported by both MotionPlus and the device.

MotionPlus will report the supported palettes of the device when MotionPlus starts and the log_level is specified as NTC or higher.

The default of 17 is highly preferred over all other formats since this the native format that Motion uses internally.

The following are each of the palette options. For the MotionPlus configuration, specify the numeric value.

V4l2 Option	FOURCC	v4l2_palette option
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C10X	S910	0
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR16	BYR2	1
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8	BA81	2
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA561	S561	3
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG8	GBRG	4
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8	GRBG	5
V4L2_PIX_FMT_PAC207	P207	6
V4L2_PIX_FMT_PJPG	PJPG	7
V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG	MJPG	8
V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPEG	JPEG	9
V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB24	RGB3	10
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA501	S501	11
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA505	S505	12
V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA508	S508	13
V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY	UYVY	14
V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV	YUYV	15
V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV422P	422P	16
V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420	YU12	17
V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10	Y10	18
V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y12	Y12	19
V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY	GREY	20

input

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: -1, 0 - ?
• Default: -1

The input option is specified to indicate the input channel to use for the device. For USB cameras, the input option is the default of -1. For other devices such as capture cards, the input option is device dependent but usually starts with zero. Using an external application such as VLC may allow for easier determination of the various inputs associated with the device.

norm

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 (PAL), 1 (NTSC), 2 (SECAM), 3 (PAL NC no color)
• Default: 0 (PAL)

The norm option is to specify the television norm for the device.

frequency

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 999999
• Default: 0 (Not set)

The frequency option specifies the frequency to use for the device.

The following is a sample output from the log and examples of how to specify the parameters
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ---------Controls---------
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: V4L2 ID Name and Range
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963776 Brightness, 0 to 127
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963777 Contrast, 0 to 63
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963778 Saturation, -100 to 100
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963788 White Balance, Automatic, 0 to 4
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 0 Indoor (Incandescant Lighting)
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 1 Outdoor (Sunlight) Mode
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 2 Indoor (Fluorescent Lighting) M
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 3 Manual Mode
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 4 Auto Mode
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963790 Red Balance, 0 to 255
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963791 Blue Balance, 0 to 255
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963792 Gamma, 0 to 31
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963793 Exposure, 0 to 255
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963794 Gain, Automatic, 0 to 1
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963795 Gain, 0 to 63
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963804 Backlight Compensation, 0 to 1
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963807 Color Effects, 0 to 1
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 0 None
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: menu item: Value 1 Black & White
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963809 Band-Stop Filter, 0 to 1
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025216 Auto contour, 0 to 1
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025217 Contour, 0 to 63
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025218 Dynamic Noise Reduction, 0 to 3
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025219 Auto White Balance Speed, 1 to 32
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025220 Auto White Balance Delay, 0 to 63
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025221 Save User Settings, 0 to 0
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025222 Restore User Settings, 0 to 0
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10025223 Restore Factory Settings, 0 to 0
• [1:ml1:c1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: --------------------------

Example 1: Set the gain to manual, then the gain to 50 and the brightness to 30

v4l2_params "Gain, Automatic"=1,ID09963795=50, brightness=30

a equally valid alternative method for specifying this example would be

v4l2_params ID09963794=1,ID09963795=50, ID09963776=30

or another way of specifying it could be

v4l2_params ID09963794=1,"Gain"=50, "brightness"=30

Example 2: Set the saturation to 50 and the contrast to 100

v4l2_params saturation=50,contrast=100

As can be seen in these examples, the specification can use either the control ID or the name of the control. If the control name has embedded blanks or commas, then it must be enclosed in quotes. Special care should be taken when using the name. As shown above, there is a comma that separates the name of the control versus the valid range of values. That comma is NOT part of the control name and only delimits the end of the name for the MotionPlus log.

mmalcam_name

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Name of camera to use if you are using a camera accessed through OpenMax/MMAL. The standard Raspberry Pi camera device name is "vc.ril.camera" without the quotes.
MotionPlus will ignore this option when the MMAL support is not included. In these situations, users will need to set up the camera as a v4l2 device.

mmalcam_params

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The control parameters to the Pi camera. The options that are available via the raspistill / raspivid applications are the options to be specified for this option.
Some frequently used options are:
• Horizontal Flip: -hf
• Vertical Flip: -vf
• Rotation: -rot

netcam_url

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
URL associated with the network camera.

netcam_params

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
MotionPlus uses the ffmpeg libraries to process network cameras. This option is the comma separated list of the ffmpeg options for the camera. In addition to the ffmpeg options, MotionPlus includes the following additional options.

capture_rate

The number of frames per second to capture from the camera. This option should be slightly higher than the FPS that the camera is sending image. Users can also specify the capture_rate as pts. When using pts as the capture_rate MotionPlus will sync the timing of the capture to match between the clock and the presentation time stamps sent from the camera.

netcam_high_url

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The network camera high resolution URL.
Typically, this option is used with the movie_passthrough so minimal processing can occur. The netcam_url will specify the low resolution images which will be decoded and processed and the movies are saved directly from the data provided from the netcam_high_url.
Since this bypasses decoding the stream, the images will be saved without any privacy masks or MotionPlus overlays.

netcam_high_params

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
This option is the same as the netcam_params except that it applies to the high resolution url processing specified by the netcam_high_url.

netcam_userpass

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The Username and password for the network camera specified as username:password.

Image Processing

width

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: Device Dependent
• Default: 640
The width in pixels of the image. The valid range is camera dependent and it must be a multiple of 8. For network cameras, the image will be scaled to the width specified by this parameter.

height

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: Device Dependent
• Default: 480
The height in pixels of the image. The valid range is camera dependent and it must be a multiple of 8. For network cameras, the image will be scaled to the height specified by this parameter.

framerate

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 2 - 100
• Default: 15
The number of frames to be processed per second for motion detection.

minimum_frame_time

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 2147483647
• Default: 0

rotate

• Type: Discrete Integers
• Range / Valid values: 0, 90, 180, 270
• Default: 0 (not rotated)
Rotate image the given number of degrees. Specify for the width and heigth the dimensions prior to rotation.

flip_axis

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: none, v, h
• Default: none (no change)
Flip the image according to specified axis. This option may be needed when the camera is pointed towards a mirror or provides a mirrored image.

locate_motion_mode

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: on, off, preview
• Default: off
Locate and draw a box around the moving object. When the option is specified as 'preview', MotionPlus only draw a box on the saved preview jpeg image and not on movies.

locate_motion_style

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: box, redbox, cross, redcross
• Default: box
Set the look and style of the locate box if enabled.

text_left

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
User defined text overlaid on each in the lower left corner. Use A-Z, a-z, 0-9, " / ( ) @ ~ # < > \ , . : - + _ \n and the Conversion Specifiers.

text_right

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %Y-%m-%d\\n%T
User defined text overlaid on each in the lower right corner. Use A-Z, a-z, 0-9, " / ( ) @ ~ # < > \ , . : - + _ \n and the Conversion Specifiers.

text_changes

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Show the number of pixels that changed in the upper right corner of the pictures.

text_scale

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 10
• Default: 1
The scale apply to the text drawn over the images. If the text can not be scaled to requested value due to the size of the image, the scale value will be reduced.

text_event

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %Y%m%d%H%M%S
This option defines the conversion specifier %C

Motion Detection

emulate_motion

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on off
• Default: off
Always save images even if there was no motion

threshold

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 2147483647
• Default: 1500
Minimum number of changed pixels that triggers an event.

threshold_maximum

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0, 1 to unlimited
• Default: 0 (off)
Maximum number of changed pixels that triggers an event. If the number of changed pixels is over the threshold maximum, no event is triggered. A value of zero disables threshold_maximum.

threshold_tune

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Continuously adjust the threshold for triggering an event.

threshold_sdevx

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The maximum standard deviation of the changed pixels in the x (width) axis.

threshold_sdevy

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The maximum standard deviation of the changed pixels in the y (height) axis.

threshold_sdevxy

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The maximum standard deviation of the changed pixels in the x (width) and y(height) axis.

threshold_ratio

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The maximum ratio comparing the pixels that went white to black and vice versa.

threshold_ratio_change

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The minimum change in the ratio to trigger a event.

secondary_interval

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The interval of framerate images to process using the secondary method. This is measured as fractions of the framerate. e.g. A interval of 2 with a frame rate of 30 means secondary processing will be at 15 fps. But if instead the framerate is 10, the secondary processing will be at 5 fps.

secondary_method

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The secondary method to use.

secondary_params

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The parameters that are specific to the secondary method requested.

noise_level

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 255
• Default: 32
The minimum amount of change in a single pixel before it is counted towards the threshold value.

noise_tune

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: on
Continuously adjust the noise_level parameter.

despeckle_filter

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Combinations of E,e,D,d and l
• Default: Not defined
Despeckle the image using combinations of (E/e)rode or (D/d)ilate. And ending with optional (l)abeling. A way of tuning (by removing or enhancing) noise in the motion image. Options for the despeckle feature are any of 'e', 'E', 'd' or 'D'. This can be combined by a trailing 'l' (letter l) which enables the labeling feature.
The 'e' option removes diamonds, 'E' removes squares and alternating eE will remove circles. Each e/E you add will shrink the noise by a pixel all the way around. So 'despeckle Ee' will remove circles of radius 2. However, this will also shrink the detection by 2 and will affect the threshold. So to remove noise and then restore the detected motion to its original size try 'despeckle EedD'. After the despeckle feature is done you can let the labeling feature search for areas of connected pixels and "label" each area. The program will now trigger motion based on the number of changed pixels in the largest area. In other words, the largest labeled area has to be above the threshold to trigger a motion detected. The value EedDl is a good starting point. The possible combinations are endless and it requires many experiments to find the best combination. Just remember that the labeling feature only works as intended if it runs after the despeckle feature. Ie. the letter 'l' must be the last letter and only one 'l'.

area_detect

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Detect motion in predefined areas (1 - 9) and when Motion is detected in the area, execute the script. This option is only to execute the on_area_detect script.
Areas are numbered like
• 1 2 3
• 4 5 6
• 7 8 9

mask_file

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and filename for the masking pgm file. If needed, the mask will be resized to match the width and height of the image. The mask file permits certain areas of the image to be completely or partially excluded from the motion detection process. A image from the camera is obtained and areas in the image are manually colored to black, partially black or white. The areas in black will be ignored, the areas in white will have detection continue and the shades of gray between define varying levels of detection. The resulting image is then saved as a pgm binary format file and specified in this parameter. Note that the mask is applied after the rotate or flip_axis has been applied so the mask should be based upon an image saved using those options.

mask_privacy

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and filename for the privacy masking pgm file. This file works like the mask_file described above except that instead of masking for motion detection, this option will remove the indicated sections from the image.

smart_mask_speed

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 10
• Default: 0 (disabled)
The smartmask is intended to be a dynamic, self-learning mask to decrease sensitivity in areas with frequent motion. The speed specified by this parameter is how quickly the mask gets adjusted.
Fast means here that the mask is built quick, but it is also not staying very long with no more motion. Slow means that it takes a while until the mask is built but it also stays longer.

lightswitch_percent

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 100
• Default: 0 (disabled)
The minimum change in the portion of the image that will trigger a lightswitch condition whereby the next number of frames specified by lightswitch_frames will be ignored. This option is similar to threshold maximum but this option permits exclusion of a specified number of frames after the large change.

lightswitch_frames

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 1000
• Default: 5
The number of frames to ignore when the lightswitch condition is triggered (see above).

minimum_motion_frames

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 1000s
• Default: 1
The number of frames that must contain motion in order to trigger an event.

event_gap

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 2147483647
• Default: 60
The seconds of no motion detection that triggers the end of an event.

pre_capture

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 100s
• Default: 0 (disabled)
Specifies the number of pre-captured (buffered) pictures from before motion was detected that will be output at motion detection.

post_capture

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 2147483647
• Default: 0 (disabled)
Specifies the number of frames to be captured after an event has ended.

static_object_time

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Number of seconds before a new object is accepted into the reference image.

Script Execution

MotionPlus can execute external commands based on the motion detection and related events. They are described in the sections below.
Security Warning!
Do not enable updates to these parameters via the webcontrol_params when the webcontrol is exposed. Also make sure that MotionPlus is not running as a super user and is instead running under a "harmless" user.

on_event_start

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed at the start of an event. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_event_end

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed at the end of an event. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_picture_save

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when a picture is saved. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_motion_detected

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when motion is detected. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_area_detected

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when motion is detected in the area specifed. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_movie_start

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed at the creation of a movie. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_movie_end

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when a movie ends. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_camera_lost

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when the camera it no longer detected. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_camera_found

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when the cameras that was previously lost is now active again. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

on_secondary_detect

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
The full path and file name of the program/script to be executed when secondary detection suceeds. Conversion Specifiers can be specified in this option to pass into the program/script.

Output - Picture Options

MotionPlus can output different types of pictures. A normal picture as well as a "motion" or debug type of picture. The debug picture indicates the changed pixels as well as the various masks that may be applied to the image.

picture_output

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: on, off, first, best
• Default: off
Specify whether to save normal images.
The option of 'first' saves only the first motion detected picture per event. The option of "best" saves the picture with most changed pixels during the event.
When the netcam_highres option is selected along with the movie_passthrough the output pictures will be provided in normal resolution not high resolution.

picture_output_motion

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Output the motion pictures with the pixels that change as a graytone image.
If labelling is enabled via the despeckele option, you see the largest area in blue and areas in red are those determined by the smartmask option.

picture_type

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: jpeg, webp, ppm
• Default: jpeg
This option specifies the type of picture file to output.

picture_quality

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 100
• Default: 75
The image quality for the jpeg or webp images in percent. The value of 1 is worst and 100 is best.

picture_exif

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Use this option to specify the text to include in a JPEG EXIF comment The EXIF timestamp is included independent of this text.
You can use Conversion Specifiers in this option.

picture_filename

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
This option indicates the file name and optionally the path for the pictures relative to target_dir. The appropiate file extension will be added based upon the picture_type.
Conversion Specifiers can be included in this option.

snapshot_interval

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 2147483647
• Default: 0 (disabled)
Specifies the number of seconds between each snapshot

snapshot_filename

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
This option indicates the file name and optionally the path for the snapshots relative to target_dir. The file extension is automatically added.
A symbolic link called lastsnap.jpg is created in the target_dir and will always point to the latest snapshot, unless snapshot_filename is exactly 'lastsnap'
Conversion Specifiers can be used in this option.

Output - Movie Options

movie_output

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: on
Encode movies of the motion events.

movie_output_motion

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Encode movies that show the motion type of pictures that show the pixels that changed. If labeling is enabled via the despeckle option, the largest area will be in blue. The smartmask if enabled will be shown in red. The filename will be the same as normal movies except with an 'm' appended to the filename.

movie_max_time

• Type: Integer
• Default: 120
The maximum length of a movie in seconds. Set this to zero for unlimited length.

movie_bps

• Type: Integer
• Default: 400000
Bitrate to use in encoding of movies. A higher value means better quality and larger files. This option is ignored if movie_quality is not 0 (disabled).

movie_quality

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 100
• Default: 60
A value of 0 disables this option while values 1 - 100 change the quality of the movie. The value of 1 means worst quality and 100 is the best quality. High values of this option (e.g. 100) may cause difficulty with some players.

movie_container

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: flv, ogg, vp8, mp4, mkv, hevc
• Default: mkv
Container/Codec to be used for the video.
Certain containers can handle different codecs than the defaults indicated above. For example, the mkv container can handle virtually any codec. MotionPlus can optionally take an additional specification with this parameter. By specifying the container (mkv) and then appending a colon and the ffmpeg codec name. This permits options such as encoding the h265 codec into a mkv container instead of mp4 by specifying the option as mkv:libx265

movie_retain

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Retain movie only if the secondary detection occurred.

movie_passthrough

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
When using a RTSP, RTMP, mjpeg and some V4l2 cameras, create movie files with the packets obtained directly from the camera.
For v4l2 cameras to use the movie_passthrough, they must be specified using the netcam_url parameter and the v4l2 prefix. Only webcams that provide mjpeg (v4l2_palette option 8) or H264 (v4l2_palette option 21) will work with the movie_passthrough.
When using only the single netcam_url this option will reduce the processing required when encoding the movie file. Decoding of the image will still occur on the image in order to process the motion detection.
When using both the netcam_url and the netcam_highres what will occur is that normal resolution stream will be captured and decoded, when motion is detected, the high resolution images will be captured and processed into the movie file without going through the decode/encode processing.
This option should reduce CPU usage but does increase memory requirements.
No image processing is performed so text overlays, privacy masks etc will not be on the resulting video. The resulting movie may also include a few extra frames at the start that would not exist if the movie was created without the passthrough option.
Since this option bypasses the decoding of the high resolution images to reduce CPU, when images are saved via the picture_output option, the pictures provided will be from the normal resolution stream.

movie_filename

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S
This option indicates the file name and optionally the path for the movies relative to target_dir. The file extension based upon the codec is automatically added.
Conversion Specifiers can be used in this option.

movie_extpipe_use

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
This option specifies whether to send the output to a pipe for external encoding into a movie.

movie_extpipe

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
This option specifies the program name and options for the program that will receive and process the images.
Samples:
movie_extpipe mencoder -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=%w:h=%h:i420 -ovc x264 -x264encopts bframes=4:frameref=1:subq=1:scenecut=-1:nob_adapt:threads=1:keyint=1000:8x8dct:vbv_bufsize=4000:crf=24:partitions=i8x8,i4x4:vbv_maxrate=800:no-chroma-me -vf denoise3d=16:12:48:4,pp=lb -of avi -o %f.avi - -fps %fps
movie_extpipe x264 - --input-res %wx%h --fps %fps --bitrate 2000 --preset ultrafast --quiet -o %f.mp4
movie_extpipe mencoder -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=%w:h=%h:fps=%fps -ovc x264 -x264encopts preset=ultrafast -of lavf -o %f.mp4 - -fps %fps
movie_extpipe ffmpeg -y -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -video_size %wx%h -framerate %fps -i pipe:0 -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -f mp4 %f.mp4

timelapse_interval

• Type: Integer
• Default: 0 (disabled)
Create a timelapse video saving a picture frame at the interval in seconds set by this parameter.

timelapse_mode

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: hourly, daily, weekly-sunday, weekly-monday, monthly, manual
• Default: daily
The file rollover mode of the timelapse video. Note that it is important to use Conversion Specifiers in timelapse_filename that ensure that the filename is unique upon rollover. If the filename does not change MotionPlus will append the timelapse pictures to the existing file.
The value 'Manual' means that MotionPlus does not automatically rollover to a new filename.
The value 'hourly' rolls over on the full hour. Value 'daily' which is the default rolls over at midnight. There are two weekly options because depending on where you come from a week may either start on Sunday or Monday. And 'monthly' naturally rolls over on the 1st of the month.

timelapse_fps

• Type: Integer
• Default: 30
The frame per second rate to use in the playback of the timelapse video.

timelapse_container

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: mpg, mpeg4
• Default: mpg
Container/Codec to be used by timelapse video.
• mpg - Creates mpg file with mpeg-2 encoding. If MotionPlus is shutdown and restarted, new pictures will be appended to any previously created file with name indicated for timelapse.
• mpeg4 - Creates avi file with the default encoding. If MotionPlus is shutdown and restarted, new pictures will create a new file with the name indicated for timelapse.

timelapse_filename

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: %Y%m%d-timelapse
This option indicates the file name and optionally the path for the timelapse movies relative to target_dir. The file extension is automatically added based upon the codec.
Conversion Specifiers can be used in this option.

Output - Pipe Options

MotionPlus provides two pipe variations. The first option is a v4l2loopback device with normal images. Using this pipe option, the video that is captured from the v4l2 device is piped into a new v4l2 device using the v4l2loopback software. This piping is desired when the user wishes to use the video device at the same time as MotionPlus is using the same device. By default, only one application can have a device open at one time. Unlike a physical device, the videoloopback devices take both input and output. The module simply takes anything that comes on its input and send it out at the output.
When you install the video loopback device it will create a new device for example /dev/video1 while the actual webcam device would be /dev/video0. You can then tell MotionPlus to open the physical device (/dev/video0) and "pipe" the video signal to the /dev/video1. You will then be able to open the /dev/video1 device with external videoplayers.
Installing
The video loopback device can be added installed via apt in many distributions. The package tested with MotionPlus is v4l2loopback-dkms. Once the package is installed, you just need to run sudo modprobe v4l2loopback. This will add a new video device that you can use for the loopback. As needed, review the documentation of the v4l2loopback project for additional details on set up..
To activate the vloopback device in MotionPlus set the 'video_pipe' option in the motionplus.conf file to the device name associated with the one created by v4l2loopback.
You can also view the special motion pictures where you see the changed pixels by setting the option 'video_pipe_motion' in motionplus.conf. When setting the video_pipe and/or video_pipe_motion options specify the input device as e.g. /dev/video1.
De-activating should be done with this command
sudo modprobe -r v4l2loopback
The second option for pipe is the same as the above except motion images are sent to the loopback device.

video_pipe

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The video4linux video loopback device for normal images. The device would be specified in the format like /dev/video1

video_pipe_motion

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The video4linux video loopback device for motion images. The device would be specified in the format like /dev/video1

Web Control

webcontrol_port

• Type: Integer
• Default: 0 (disabled)
The port number for the web based control of MotionPlus. This option must be placed in the motionplus.conf file and not in a camera config file.

webcontrol_ipv6

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Listen for connections from IPv6 and IPV4.

webcontrol_localhost

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: on
Restrict the webcontrol of MotionPlus to the localhost. This option must be placed in motionplus.conf and not in a camera config file.

webcontrol_base_path

• Type: String
• Valid values: Valid url path
• Default:
Change the base path for the web UI. This option must be placed in motionplus.conf and not in a camera config file.

webcontrol_parms

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 3
• Default: 0
Set the type of parameters that can be accessed via the webcontrol page.
• 0: None - No configuration parameters or actions will be available.
• 1: Limited- A limited list of parameters will be available.
• 2: Advanced - The advanced list of parameters will be available. These typically require MotionPlus to be restarted to become effective.
• 3: Restricted - User IDs, passwords and "on_" commands.
The default for this parameter is 0 (none) to enhance the security of the web interface. The setting of the webcontrol_parms is not included on the web interface and this parameter must be specified via the configuration file.
Once MotionPlus has been configured, it is advised to complete the setup by setting this value to zero.

webcontrol_interface

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: `default`, `user`
• Default: 0
The type of webcontrol interface to provide.
• The value of `default` provides a traditional web page interface using html/css.
• The value of `user` means the html will be provided by file specified in webcontrol_html
This option must be placed in motionplus.conf and not in a camera config file.

webcontrol_auth_method

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: `none`, `basic`, `digest'
• Default: 0
Authentication method to use for the webcontrol port

webcontrol_authentication

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The username and password specified as username:password

webcontrol_tls

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Enable SSL/TLS for the webcontrol port.

webcontrol_cert

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Full path to the certification file for SSL/TLS support. Only used when webcontrol_tls is enabled.

webcontrol_key

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
Full path to the key file for SSL/TLS support. Only used when webcontrol_tls is enabled.

webcontrol_headers

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: * or a valid URI
• Default: Not defined
Comma separated list of headers for the webcontrol. Use Access-Control-Allow-Origin header value to specify the CORS header.

webcontrol_actions

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default: Not defined
Comma separated list of the actions to allow and show on the web control page. The following parameters are recognized.
• pause: Applies for both Pause and Unpause actions
• event: Applies for both Start Event and End Event actions
• snapshot
• camera_add
• camera_delete
• ptz: Applies for all PTZ commands
• stop
• restart
• config_write
• config: Applies for any and all configuration parameters
Specify each of these using "on"/"off" to permit or deny respectively. The specification in this parameter will override the default that is associated with webcontrol_parms.

webcontrol_html

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values:
• Default: Not defined
The full path and file name for a user specified html page to use as the webcontrol.

Live Stream

stream_preview_scale

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 to 100s
• Default: 25
The percentage to scale the stream image when it is placed on the webcontrol page. Numbers greater than 100 are permitted.

stream_preview_newline

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Insert a new line indicator prior to the image on the webcontrol web page.

stream_preview_method

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: `mjpg`, `static`
• Default: 0
This option determines the method used for displaying images on the webcontrol page.

stream_preview_ptz

• Type:
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default:
Include the PTZ buttons on the webcontrol page.

stream_quality

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 100
• Default: 50
Quality setting in percent for the images transferred to live stream.

stream_grey

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Send the live stream in grey rather than color.

stream_maxrate

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 1 - 100
• Default: 1
The fps of the webcontrol camera stream.

stream_motion

• Type: boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
Limit the FPS to 1 when there is no motion being detected and increase it to the stream_maxrate when there is motion.

stream_scan_time

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Time in seconds to display image when in scan mode.

stream_scan_scale

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Percentage scaling factor to apply on the image when in scan mode.

Database

database_type

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: mariadb, postgresql, sqlite3
• Default: Not defined
The database type.

database_dbname

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The name of the database. For Sqlite3, the full path and name to the database.

database_host

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: localhost
The host on which the database is located

database_port

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 65535
• Default: 0
The port number that is used for the database. Typical values are: MariaDB=3306 and postgresql=5432

database_user

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The user account name for database

database_password

• Type: String
• Range / Valid values: Max 4095 characters
• Default: Not defined
The user password for database

database_busy_timeout

• Type: Integer
• Range / Valid values: 0 - 1000's
• Default: 0
If the database is busy when the request is issued, this parameter indicates the time to wait before issuing a timeout message.

sql_event_end

• Type: string
• Range / Valid values: string
• Default:
SQL query to execute at the end of the event.

sql_event_start

• Type: string
• Range / Valid values: string
• Default:
SQL query to execute at the start of the event.

sql_movie_end

• Type: string
• Range / Valid values: string
• Default:
SQL query to execute at the end of the movie.

sql_movie_start

• Type: string
• Range / Valid values: string
• Default:
SQL query to execute at the start of the movie.

sql_pic_save

• Type: string
• Range / Valid values: string
• Default:
SQL query to execute when a picture has been saved.
You can use Conversion Specifiers within the query.

Tracking

ptz_auto_track

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Enable automatic tracking.

ptz_wait

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Time in seconds to wait after a PTZ scripts is called before resuming motion detection.

ptz_move_track

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to execute for auto tracking.

ptz_pan_left

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to pan the camera left.

ptz_pan_right

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to pan the camera right.

ptz_tilt_up

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to tilt the camera up.

ptz_tilt_down

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to tilt the camera down.

ptz_zoom_in

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to zoom the camera in .

ptz_zoom_out

• Type:
• Range / Valid values:
• Default:
Full path and file name for script to zoom the camera out.