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Recommended MotionEye Settings (version 4.3.2 at the time of writing) capturing a large area with walking people with an ESP32-CAM (OV2640)
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ESPHome camera settings: | |
resolution: 640x480 #Not more needed in my usecase | |
max_framerate: 10 fps | |
idle_framerate: 0.1 fps | |
jpeg_quality: 10 | |
agc_gain_ceiling: 128x | |
aec_mode: auto | |
aec2: true | |
ESPHome create a webserver for streaming: | |
esp32_camera_web_server: | |
- port: 8080 | |
mode: stream | |
- port: 8081 | |
mode: snapshot | |
Connect the MotionEye to the ESPCam via IP plus port 8080 "Network Camera" | |
Motion Detection Settings: | |
Go under "Video Device" and set the "Extra Motion Options" to "despeckle edeEedDed". Do not touch the "despecle filter" button in the motion detection afterwards. | |
Go under "Motion Detection" and set: | |
- Auto Tuning Treshold: off | |
- Threshold to 0.1% | |
- Maximum Change Threshold: 1000 px | |
- Auto Noise Detection: off | |
- Noise Level: 0% | |
- Light Switch Detection: 0% | |
- Motion Gap: 5 sec | |
- Captured Before: 10 frames | |
- Captured After: 10 frames | |
- Minimum Motion Frames: 1 frame | |
- Mask: on | |
- Mask type: editable | |
Then edit the mask and select all areas where no "important" motion is expected. Save the mask and save the settings. | |
Go to "Movies" and set: | |
Movie Passthrough: yes (no reencoding, just save the stream from the camera on disk) | |
Recording Mode: "Motion Triggered" | |
Maximum Movie Length: 0 seconds (disable limit) | |
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