Recording 1920x1080@30fps on a RPi 4

[CaptainTyphoo]

I would like to use motion for motion detection while capturing the output of a USB camera (1920x1080 @ 30fps) on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.

• Did you read the guide? Yes
• What is the base version number of Motion being used? 4.5.x
• What was the install method? Installed via package tool
• What is base architecture? aarch64
• What is the distro being used? Raspberry Pi OS
• Disto version number 11
• Camera type(s) being used? v4l2 USB camera

I have seen a similar discussion at #1440 and tried to follow the proposals there (movie_passthrough, post_capture) but I'm still stuck at around 15fps and I need to reach at least 25fps.

This picture shows the output of htop while a movie is being captured which indicates a CPU bottleneck:

Is it possible to configure motion such that it will only analyze e.g. every 10th frame but still captures all frames to a file?

Configuration

/etc/motioneye/motion.conf

# @enabled on
# @admin_username admin
# @admin_password 
# @normal_username user
# @normal_password 
# @lang en


setup_mode off
webcontrol_port 7999
webcontrol_interface 1
webcontrol_localhost on
webcontrol_parms 2
log_level 7

camera camera-1.conf

/etc/motioneye/camera-1.conf

# @enabled on
# @id 1
# @storage_device custom-path
# @network_server 
# @network_share_name 
# @network_smb_ver 1.0
# @network_username 
# @network_password 
# @upload_enabled off
# @upload_picture on
# @upload_movie on
# @upload_service ftp
# @upload_server 
# @upload_port 
# @upload_method post
# @upload_location 
# @upload_subfolders on
# @upload_username 
# @upload_password 
# @upload_endpoint_url 
# @upload_access_key 
# @upload_secret_key 
# @upload_bucket 
# @clean_cloud_enabled off
# @webcam_resolution 100
# @webcam_server_resize off
# @motion_detection on
# @preserve_pictures 0
# @manual_snapshots on
# @preserve_movies 0
# @manual_record off
# @working_schedule 
# @working_schedule_type outside
# @lang en


width 1920
height 1080
camera_name Camera1
auto_brightness off
framerate 30
rotate 0
mask_privacy 
target_dir /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1
stream_localhost on
stream_port 9081
stream_maxrate 30
stream_quality 85
stream_motion off
stream_auth_method 0
text_left 
text_right 
text_scale 1
text_changes off
locate_motion_mode off
locate_motion_style redbox
threshold 5995
threshold_maximum 0
threshold_tune off
noise_tune on
noise_level 31
lightswitch_percent 0
despeckle_filter 
minimum_motion_frames 20
smart_mask_speed 0
mask_file 
movie_output_motion off
picture_output_motion off
pre_capture 1
post_capture 60
picture_output off
picture_filename 
emulate_motion off
event_gap 30
snapshot_interval 0
snapshot_filename 
picture_quality 85
movie_filename %Y-%m-%d/%H-%M-%S
movie_max_time 20
movie_output on
movie_passthrough on
movie_codec mkv
on_event_start /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" start %t
on_event_end /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" stop %t
on_movie_end /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" movie_end %t %f
on_picture_save /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" picture_save %t %f
stream_authentication user:
netcam_url v4l2:///dev/video0
netcam_params capture_rate=30,input_format=mjpeg,decoder=mjpeg

Log

Jan 04 17:06:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started motionEye Server.
Jan 04 17:06:21 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]: configure_logging cmd motioneye: False
Jan 04 17:06:21 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]: configure logging to file: None
Jan 04 17:06:21 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: hello! this is motionEye server 0.43.0
Jan 04 17:06:21 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: using motion version 4.5.1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: using ffmpeg version 4.3.5-0+deb11u1+rpt2
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: listing config dir /etc/motioneye...
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: found camera with id 1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: reading camera config from /etc/motioneye/camera-1.conf...
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: loading additional config structure for camera, without separators
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: Using selector: EpollSelector
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: starting motion
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: starting motion binary "/usr/bin/motion"
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motioneye/motion.conf
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] config_camera: Processing camera config file camera-1.conf
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to syslog
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 4.5.1 Started
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using default log type (ALL)
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using log type (ALL) log level (ALL)
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] conf_output_parms: Writing configuration parameters from all files (2):
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] Thread 0 - Config file: /etc/motioneye/motion.conf
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] daemon                    off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] setup_mode                off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pid_file
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_file
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_level                 9
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_type                  ALL
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] quiet                     on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] native_language           on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] watchdog_tmo              30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] watchdog_kill             10
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_name
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_id                 0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] target_dir
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_device              /dev/video0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] auto_brightness           0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] tuner_device
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_frames         1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_skip           1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_switchfilter   off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_url
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_high_url
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_high_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_userpass
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mmalcam_name
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mmalcam_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] width                     640
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] height                    480
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] framerate                 15
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] minimum_frame_time        0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] rotate                    0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] flip_axis                 none
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] locate_motion_mode        off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] locate_motion_style       box
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_left
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_right                %Y-%m-%d\n%T
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_changes              off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_scale                1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_event                %Y%m%d%H%M%S
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] emulate_motion            off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pause                     off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold                 1500
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold_maximum         0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold_tune            off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] noise_level               32
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] noise_tune                on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] despeckle_filter
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] area_detect
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mask_file
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mask_privacy
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] smart_mask_speed          0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] lightswitch_percent       0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] lightswitch_frames        5
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] minimum_motion_frames     1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] event_gap                 60
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pre_capture               0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] post_capture              0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_start
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_end
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_picture_save
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_area_detected
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_motion_detected
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_movie_start
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_movie_end
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_camera_lost
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_camera_found
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_output            off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_output_motion     off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_type              jpeg
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_quality           75
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_exif
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_filename          %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] snapshot_interval         0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] snapshot_filename         %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_output              on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_output_motion       off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_max_time            120
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_bps                 400000
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_quality             60
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_codec               mkv
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_duplicate_frames    off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_passthrough         off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_filename            %v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_extpipe_use         off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_extpipe
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_interval        0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_mode            daily
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_fps             30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_codec           mpg
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_filename        %Y%m%d-timelapse
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_pipe
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_pipe_motion
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_port           7999
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_ipv6           off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_localhost      on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_parms          2
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_interface      1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_auth_method    0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_authentication
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_tls            off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_cert
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_key
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_header_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_minutes   5
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_attempts  5
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_max_ips   25
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_port               0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_localhost          on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_auth_method        0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_authentication
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_tls                off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_header_params
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_scale      25
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_newline    off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_method     0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_quality            50
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_grey               off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_motion             off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_maxrate            1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_limit              0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_type
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_dbname
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_host             localhost
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_port             0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_user
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_password
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_busy_timeout     0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_picture           off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_snapshot          off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_movie             off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_timelapse         off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query_start
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query_stop
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_type                0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_auto                off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_port
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motorx              0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motorx_reverse      off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motory              0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motory_reverse      off
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_maxx                0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_minx                0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_maxy                0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_miny                0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_homex               128
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_homey               128
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_iomojo_id           0
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_step_angle_x        10
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_step_angle_y        10
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_move_wait           10
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_speed               255
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_stepsize            40
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_generic_move
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_dir
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] Thread 1 - Config file: camera-1.conf
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_level                 7
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_name               Camera1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] target_dir                /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_url                <redacted>
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_params             capture_rate=30,input_format=mjpeg,decoder=mjpeg
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] width                     1920
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] height                    1080
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] framerate                 30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] locate_motion_style       redbox
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold                 5995
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] noise_level               31
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] minimum_motion_frames     20
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] event_gap                 30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pre_capture               1
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] post_capture              60
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_start            /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" start %t
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_end              /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" stop %t
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_picture_save           /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" picture_save %t %f
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_movie_end              /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" movie_end %t %f
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_quality           85
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_max_time            20
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_passthrough         on
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_filename            %Y-%m-%d/%H-%M-%S
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_port               9081
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_authentication     <redacted>
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_quality            85
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_maxrate            30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: v4l2   : available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: bktr   : not available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: webp   : available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: mmal   : not available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: ffmpeg : available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: mysql  : not available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: MariaDB: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: sqlite3: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: pgsql  : available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: nls    : available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_strm: Starting camera 1 stream on port 9081
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_basic: Basic authentication: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_digest: Digest authentication: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_ipv6: IPV6: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_tls: SSL/TLS: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_strm_ntc: Started camera 1 stream on port 9081
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_ctrl: Starting webcontrol on port 7999
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_basic: Basic authentication: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_digest: Digest authentication: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_ipv6: IPV6: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_tls: SSL/TLS: available
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_ctrl: Started webcontrol on port 7999
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ENC] ffmpeg_global_init: ffmpeg libavcodec version 58.91.100 libavformat version 58.45.100
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] dbse_global_init: Initializing database
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] translate_init: Language: English
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_start_thread: Camera ID: 1 is from camera-1.conf
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_start_thread: Camera ID: 1 Camera Name: Camera1 Service: v4l2:
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] main: Waiting for threads to finish, pid: 1253
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ALL] motion_init: Camera 1 started: motion detection Enabled
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [VID] vid_start: Opening Netcam RTSP
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_parse: Parsing: capture_rate=30,input_format=mjpeg,decoder=mjpeg
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >capture_rate< >30<
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >input_format< >mjpeg<
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >decoder< >mjpeg<
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_parms: Setting up norm stream.
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] util_check_passthrough: pass-through enabled.
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_path: Setting up v4l2 via netcam
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_options: norm: Setting input_format video4linux2
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >framerate< >30<
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >video_size< >1920x1080<
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_options: norm: option: input_format = mjpeg
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_options: norm: option: framerate = 30
Jan 04 17:06:22 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_options: norm: option: video_size = 1920x1080
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: norm: Opened camera(Camera1)
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_hwdecoders: norm: HW Devices:
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_hwdecoders: norm: vdpau (not implemented)
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_hwdecoders: norm: vaapi (available)
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_hwdecoders: norm: drm (not implemented)
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_hwdecoders: norm: opencl (not implemented)
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_init_swdecoder: norm: Initializing decoder
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_init_swdecoder: norm: Using decoder mjpeg
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:av0:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_codec: norm: Decoder opened
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_copy_stream: Stream copied for pass-through
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [NET] netcam_check_buffsize: expanding buffer from [0/0] to [0/4149248] bytes.
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [ENC] Above message repeats 1 times
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [ENC] ffmpeg_avcodec_log: deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [NET] netcam_check_buffsize: expanding buffer from [4147200/4149248] to [4147200/7258112] bytes.
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc:
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc: ******************************************************
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc: The image sent is being
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc: trancoded to YUV420P.  If possible change netcam
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc: picture format to YUV420P to possibly lower CPU usage.
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc: ******************************************************
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_ntc:
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [NET] netcam_check_buffsize: expanding buffer from [3110400/4149248] to [3110400/7258112] bytes.
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] motion_init: Substream not available.  Image sizes not modulo 16.
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_handler: norm: Camera handler thread [2] started
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ALL] image_ring_resize: Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items
Jan 04 17:06:23 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_set_options: norm: Setting input_format video4linux2
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: norm: Opened camera(Camera1)
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: cleanup started
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: wsswitch started
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: loading tasks from "/etc/motioneye/tasks.pickle"...
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: tasks started
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: mjpg customer garbage collector has started
Jan 04 17:06:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:     INFO: server started
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:av2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_init_swdecoder: norm: Initializing decoder
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:av2:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_init_swdecoder: norm: Using decoder mjpeg
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:av2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_codec: norm: Decoder opened
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_copy_stream: Stream copied for pass-through
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [ENC] ffmpeg_avcodec_log: deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [NTC] [NET] netcam_rtsp_connect: norm: Camera (Camera1) connected
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_connect: norm: Netcam capture_rate is 30.
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [2:nc2:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_connect: norm: Camera source is 30 FPS
Jan 04 17:06:25 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 36
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ALL] image_ring_resize: Resizing pre_capture buffer to 21 items
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 40
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 42
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 44
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 46
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 48
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 50
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 52
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 54
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 56
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 58
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 60
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 62
Jan 04 17:06:26 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] netcam_rtsp_pktarray_resize: norm: Resized packet array to 64
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ALL] motion_detected: Motion detected - starting event 1.
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [EVT] exec_command: Executing external command '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" start 1'
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [EVT] event_ffmpeg_newfile: Source FPS 28
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] util_check_passthrough: pass-through enabled.
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ENC] ffmpeg_passthru_codec: pass-through mode enabled.  Changing to MP4 container.
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [ENC] ffmpeg_passthru_codec: Pass-through stream opened
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [EVT] event_newfile: Writing movie to file: /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: received relayed event start for motion camera id 1 (camera id 1)
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: marking motion detected for camera with id 1
Jan 04 17:06:49 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: 200 POST /_relay_event/?_username=admin&event=start&motion_camera_id=1&_signature=1287370d05023c55b8f0c0edf2fce3cf95209b8b (127.0.0.1) 4.21ms
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [EVT] exec_command: Executing external command '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/motioneye/scripts/relayevent.sh "/etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf" movie_end 1 /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4'
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [DBG] [EVT] event_closefile: Saved movie to file: /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [EVT] event_ffmpeg_newfile: Source FPS 28
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [NET] util_check_passthrough: pass-through enabled.
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [ENC] ffmpeg_passthru_codec: pass-through mode enabled.  Changing to MP4 container.
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [INF] [ENC] ffmpeg_passthru_codec: Pass-through stream opened
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi motion[1253]: [1:ml1:Camera1] [NTC] [EVT] event_newfile: Writing movie to file: /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-07-08.mp4
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: received relayed event movie_end for motion camera id 1 (camera id 1)
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: adding task "make_movie_preview(/var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4)" in 5 seconds
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: saving tasks to "/etc/motioneye/tasks.pickle"...
Jan 04 17:07:08 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: 200 POST /_relay_event/?_username=admin&event=movie_end&motion_camera_id=1&_signature=c8f1d9e5f2f9a33a99430017342501d51c43b3f6 (127.0.0.1) 5.77ms
Jan 04 17:07:14 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: executing task "make_movie_preview(/var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4)"
Jan 04 17:07:14 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: saving tasks to "/etc/motioneye/tasks.pickle"...
Jan 04 17:07:14 raspberrypi meyectl[1260]:    DEBUG: creating movie preview for /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4 with an offset of 4 seconds...
Jan 04 17:07:14 raspberrypi meyectl[1260]:    DEBUG: running command "ffmpeg -i /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4 -f mjpeg -vframes 1 -ss 4 -y /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1/2023-01-04/17-06-48.mp4.thumb"
Jan 04 17:07:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1243]:    DEBUG: running cleanup process...
Jan 04 17:07:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1312]:    DEBUG: cleaning up pictures...
Jan 04 17:07:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1312]:    DEBUG: cleaning up movies...
Jan 04 17:07:24 raspberrypi meyectl[1312]:    DEBUG: cleanup done

Captured movie:

$ ffprobe 17-06-48.mp4
ffprobe version 4.3.5-0+deb11u1+rpt2 Copyright (c) 2007-2022 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1+rpt2 --toolchain=hardened --incdir=/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-mmal --enable-neon --enable-v4l2-request --enable-libudev --enable-epoxy --enable-sand --libdir=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu --arch=arm64 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-vout-drm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '17-06-48.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.45.100
  Duration: 00:00:22.63, start: 0.035000, bitrate: 27715 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: mjpeg (Baseline) (mp4v / 0x7634706D), yuvj422p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1920x1080, 27714 kb/s, 16.66 fps, 16.67 tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler

[Mr-Dave]

This is the general misconception that the motion detection causes the high cpu. This is not an accurate assumption. CPU usage is primarily driven by the decoding of the image. The NC thread is decoding the image....

[CaptainTyphoo]

Thanks for clearing that up! Let me rephrase my question: Is it possible to decode only e.g. every 10th frame but still capture all frames to a file?

[tosiara]

Motion uses 3 fps for motion detection, but decodes every frame. There is no way to limit decoding frame rate