CloudACM – Page 28 – Autonomous Computational Machines

FFMpeg motion detection

August 6, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

FFMpeg motion detection offers a way to create videos that are smaller and shorter becuase it only captures changed scenes. This post discussed the topic, https://superuser.com/questions/984841/ffmpeg-remove-parts-without-motion. Here is the command I used based off of this conversation. ffmpeg -i “http://viewr1:viewr1@192.168.6.184/mjpeg/stream.cgi?chn=0” -vf “select=gt(scene\,0.004),setpts=N/(25*TB)” IPCam4_Motion.mp4 The one thing I noticed was the timestamp in the video is being detected as a scene change, this introduces a higher noise floor. I found that my lowest scene value to be .004. This site, http://www.bogotobogo.com/FFMpeg/ffmpeg_thumbnails_select_scene_iframe.php…

DVR Video from Images Captured from IP Cameras

July 28, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

Working with thousands of image files captured from IP Cameras can be problematic. I’ve experienced issues with Caja hanging when simply browsing the folders that contain the captured images. To work around this, I compile video with FFMpeg from the image stock into a separate folder. First I’ll create a file list using this command ls /home/local/Videos/Security/IPCam3_20180726*.jpg > /home/local/Scripts/IPCam3_20180726.txt The results will then need to be processed so FFMpeg can use the file as a reference. Before – Not ready…

Security Monitoring with IP Cameras

July 25, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

Security Monitoring with IP Cameras The market offers many choices when it comes to IP cameras. Most people who purchase these devices typically use the bundled software or hardware. This can be convenient but has it limitations. Many of the manufacturers do not support other brands of devices. In this post I’ll be covering how to gather imaging and video directly from IP cameras without the need for the vendors software or hardware solution. The camera I’ll be demonstrating in…