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Motion for Debian
-----------------

A minimal config file is installed as /etc/motion/motion.conf
by default. Much more verbose example config files are located
in /usr/share/doc/motion/examples.

NOTE: Any non-root user can copy /etc/motion/motion.conf to
~/.motion/motion.conf and override system-wide settings (it
may, for example, be necessary for a non-root user to change
the parameter 'target_dir' to point to a place where the user
has write permissions).

Config file options, among many other things, are described in 
/usr/share/doc/motion/motion_guide.html.

/usr/share/doc/motion/xmlrpc-api.html describes the XML-RPC API 
implemented in the Motion program which enables users to change 
configuration settings and initiate actions while Motion is
running.

Motion now has support for ffmpeg, since ffmpeg has been
allowed into Debian!

But please notice that since the version of ffmpeg in Debian
is newer than 0.4.8, I get this warning when I build motion
with the new ffmpeg support:

	**************************************************
	Your version of FFmpeg is newer than version 0.4.8
	Newer versions of ffmpeg do not support MPEG1 with
	non-standard framerate. MPEG1 will be disabled for
	normal video output. You can still use mpeg4 and
	and mpeg4ms which are both better in terms of size
	and quality. MPEG1 is always used for timelapse.
	Please read the Motion Guide for more information.
	Note that this is not an error message!
	**************************************************

So remember to use mpeg4 or msmpeg4, not mpeg1.

 -- Frederik Dannemare <frederik@dannemare.net>  Fri,  3 Nov 2006