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Ramuk at 18:42, 11 August 2007

Ramuk — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:42:27 GMT

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	Every days at 20:00 (08:00PM), it'll check for files older than 30 days in /mnt/motion and delete them !		Every days at 20:00 (08:00PM), it'll check for files older than 30 days in /mnt/motion and delete them !

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Ramuk — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:31:24 GMT

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Sylver — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:30:48 GMT

Contest sekuro-box moved to Sekuro-box

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Sylver — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:30:03 GMT

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	00 20 * * * find /mnt/webcam -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;		00 20 * * * find /mnt/webcam -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
	Every days at 20:00 (08:00PM), it'll check for files older than 30 days in /mnt/motion and delete them !		Every days at 20:00 (08:00PM), it'll check for files older than 30 days in /mnt/motion and delete them !
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Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:18:34 GMT

Cron job to clean old files

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	=== Cron job to clean old files ===		=== Cron job to clean old files ===
-	If you let motion fills your hard disk with pictures/videos, i'll fast have the disk full problem !	+	If you let motion fills your hard disk with pictures/videos, you'll fast have the disk full problem !
	To prevent that, we will set up a cron job to clean files older than 30 days (you can change that value for your needs) !		To prevent that, we will set up a cron job to clean files older than 30 days (you can change that value for your needs) !
	First, install cron :		First, install cron :

Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:39:29 GMT

The easy way

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	== The easy way ==		== The easy way ==
-	For the guys who do not want to compile/install/configure things, i've done a complete disk image (for the Kuro-box HG only) that you'll just have to put in your kurobox, you can download it here (it's based on the debian image with some custom modifications explained in this article) :<br />	+	For the guys who do not want to compile/install/configure things, i've done a complete disk image (I've built it for the Kuro-box HG only, people with standard Kuro-box will have to follow the [http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Contest_sekuro-box#The_hard_way hard way] steps to build their own image) that you'll just have to put in your kurobox, you can download it here (it's based on the debian image with some custom modifications explained in this article) :<br />
	[http://www.kurobox.com/sylver/contest/06-07-01_sekuro-box/sekuro-box_1.0.tar.gz Sekuro-box image v1.0]<br />		[http://www.kurobox.com/sylver/contest/06-07-01_sekuro-box/sekuro-box_1.0.tar.gz Sekuro-box image v1.0]<br />
	''Note that this image is compatible with "standard" boot and with U-boot !''		''Note that this image is compatible with "standard" boot and with U-boot !''

Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:37:17 GMT

Compile the kernel with video4linux support

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	export ARCH=ppc		export ARCH=ppc
	make menuconfig		make menuconfig
-	Device Drivers > Multimedia Devices > Video For Linux and press "m" to build it as a module (you can press "y" to build it in the kernel)	+	Device Drivers > Multimedia Devices > Video For Linux
		+	and press "m" to build it as a module (you can press "y" to build it in the kernel)
	* now compile the kernel		* now compile the kernel
	make oldconfig		make oldconfig

Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:32:52 GMT

The hard way

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	make oldconfig		make oldconfig
	make vmlinux (or "make uImage" if running U-boot)		make vmlinux (or "make uImage" if running U-boot)
-	objcopy -O binary vmlinux /boot/vmlinux.bin (or "cp uImage /boot" is running U-boot)	+	objcopy -O binary vmlinux /boot/vmlinux.bin (or "cp arch/ppc/boot/images/uImage /boot" if running U-boot)
	cp System.map /boot && cp .config /boot (could be usefull to rebuild your kernel later)		cp System.map /boot && cp .config /boot (could be usefull to rebuild your kernel later)
	make modules		make modules
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	* Motion installation :		* Motion installation :
	apt-get install motion		apt-get install motion
		+	* Create the folder where to store captures :
		+	mkdir /mnt/webcam
	==== Motion configuration ====		==== Motion configuration ====
	You'll need to configure motion to fit your needs !		You'll need to configure motion to fit your needs !

Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:46:17 GMT

Motion configuration

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	If you want motion to create a video from the captured picture, set this : (warning, it's using a lot of CPU and therefore cause motion instability)		If you want motion to create a video from the captured picture, set this : (warning, it's using a lot of CPU and therefore cause motion instability)
	ffmpeg_cap_new on		ffmpeg_cap_new on
-	Choose the compression ~~algo~~ :	+	Choose the compression method :
	ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg4		ffmpeg_video_codec mpeg4
	or		or

Sylver — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:44:44 GMT

Requirements

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	* Reading this guide		* Reading this guide

-	For this project, I bought a Creative Webcam for Notebook (about 50€) as it's a tiny webcam and it is reported as providing a quite good quality picture under linux, but there is cheaper webcams available (you ~~way~~ already have one by the way, i was one of the latest person on earth without a webcam).	+	For this project, I bought a Creative Webcam for Notebook (about 50€) as it's a tiny webcam and it is reported as providing a quite good quality picture under linux, but there is cheaper webcams available (you may already have one by the way, i was one of the latest person on earth without a webcam).<br />
	http://images.creative.com/iss//images/inline/products/webcam_notebook/fe_1.jpg		http://images.creative.com/iss//images/inline/products/webcam_notebook/fe_1.jpg