Hummingbird_Watcher

These are the configuration files used with motion to capture usb webcam footage.

I'm currently using a raspberry pi with a Logitech USB Webcam.

Setup and Configuration

First you need to install the motion software

$ sudo apt-get install motion

After the software installs you need to edit the configuration file. This is the motion.conf file

$ sudo nano  /etc/motion/motion.conf

Using the configuration file in this repo pictures and video will be saved to /home/pi/themotion.

To start the server use the command below

$ sudo service motion start

A web server will start streaming on port 8081.

Use the command below to enable motion on system startup

$ sudo systemctl enable motion

Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2017 Josh Sisto MIT License