Motion Activated Security Camera With Audio Automatically Backed Up To VPS
This will be achieved using the great softwares motion and ffmpeg.
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Create ~/.motion/motion.conf (at least the camera resolution and USERNAME in paths should be edited and possibly the sensitivy of the motion detection)
# Rename this distribution example file to motion.conf # # This config file was generated by motion 4.4.0 # Documentation: /usr/share/doc/motion/motion_guide.html # # This file contains only the basic configuration options to get a # system working. There are many more options available. Please # consult the documentation for the complete list of all options. # ############################################################ # System control configuration parameters ############################################################ # Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal. daemon off # Start in Setup-Mode, daemon disabled. setup_mode off # File to store the process ID. ; pid_file value # File to write logs messages into. If not defined stderr and syslog is used. ; log_file value # Level of log messages [1..9] (EMG, ALR, CRT, ERR, WRN, NTC, INF, DBG, ALL). log_level 6 # Target directory for pictures, snapshots and movies target_dir /home/USERNAME/motion # Video device (e.g. /dev/video0) to be used for capturing. video_device /dev/video0 # Parameters to control video device. See motion_guide.html ; vid_control_params value # The full URL of the network camera stream. ; netcam_url value # Name of mmal camera (e.g. vc.ril.camera for pi camera). ; mmalcam_name value # Camera control parameters (see raspivid/raspistill tool documentation) ; mmalcam_control_params value ############################################################ # Image Processing configuration parameters ############################################################ # Image width in pixels. width 1920 # Image height in pixels. height 1080 # Maximum number of frames to be captured per second. framerate 15 # Text to be overlayed in the lower left corner of images text_left CAMERA1 # Text to be overlayed in the lower right corner of images. text_right %Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q ############################################################ # Motion detection configuration parameters ############################################################ # Always save pictures and movies even if there was no motion. emulate_motion off # Threshold for number of changed pixels that triggers motion. threshold 11000 # Noise threshold for the motion detection. noise_level 32 # Despeckle the image using (E/e)rode or (D/d)ilate or (l)abel. despeckle_filter EedDl # Number of images that must contain motion to trigger an event. minimum_motion_frames 1 # Gap in seconds of no motion detected that triggers the end of an event. event_gap 1 # The number of pre-captured (buffered) pictures from before motion. pre_capture 0 # Number of frames to capture after motion is no longer detected. post_capture 20 ############################################################ # Script execution configuration parameters ############################################################ # save microphone straight to vps: ffmpeg -nostdin -f alsa -i pulse -c:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -b:a 128k -ac 1 -f mp3 - | ssh -C vps "cat - > /var/www/cams/output-$(date '+%s').mp3" on_event_start ffmpeg -nostdin -f alsa -i pulse -c:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -b:a 128k -ac 1 -f mp3 /home/USERNAME/motion/%Y%m%d%H%M%S.mp3 & # merge video and audio : ffmpeg -i 20220105202755.mkv -i 20220105202755.mp3 -c:v copy -c:a aac output.mkv # on_event_end pkill -f ffmpeg ; /usr/bin/rsync -av --delete --progress /home/USERNAME/motion/ vps:/var/www/motion/ #USE SCRIPT BELOW INSTEAD on_event_end /home/USERNAME/.motion/event_end.sh # Command to be executed when a movie file is closed. ; on_movie_end value ############################################################ # Picture output configuration parameters: ############################################################ # Output pictures when motion is detected picture_output off # File name(without extension) for pictures relative to target directory picture_filename %Y%m%d%_H%M%S-%q ############################################################ # Movie output configuration parameters ############################################################ # Create movies of motion events. movie_output on # Maximum length of movie in seconds. movie_max_time 60 # The encoding quality of the movie. (0=use bitrate. 1=worst quality, 100=best) movie_quality 0 # Container/Codec to used for the movie. See motion_guide.html movie_codec mkv # File name(without extension) for movies relative to target directory movie_filename %Y%m%d%_H%M%S ############################################################ # Webcontrol configuration parameters ############################################################ # Port number used for the webcontrol. webcontrol_port 8080 # Restrict webcontrol connections to the localhost. webcontrol_localhost on # Type of configuration options to allow via the webcontrol. webcontrol_parms 0 ############################################################ # Live stream configuration parameters ############################################################ # The port number for the live stream. stream_port 8081 # Restrict stream connections to the localhost. stream_localhost on ############################################################## # Camera config files - One for each camera. ############################################################## ; camera /usr/etc/motion/camera1.conf ; camera /usr/etc/motion/camera2.conf ; camera /usr/etc/motion/camera3.conf ; camera /usr/etc/motion/camera4.conf ############################################################## # Directory to read '.conf' files for cameras. ############################################################## ; camera_dir /usr/etc/motion/conf.d -
Create ~/.motion/event_end.sh and make it executable
#!/bin/bash echo "Killing ffmpeg... (stop audio recording)" pkill -2 ffmpeg echo "Copying files to VPS..." /usr/bin/rsync -av --delete --progress /home/USERNAME/motion/ vps:/var/www/motion/