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The motion port to *BSD is still in very beta state, but has been tested with network cameras support successfully. This version has been tested with TV Card ( Miro PCTV pro ), but should work by any framegrabber supported by bktr driver.

• How configure your capture card *

1-. Load the bktr modules
type as root :

kldload bktr_mem.ko
kldload bktr.ko

You can setup this in your /boot/loader.conf adding :

bktr_mem_load="YES"
bktr_load="YES"

2-. Configure your card settings ( tuner type , format and card ).

Type as root :

sysctl hw.bt848.card=1 ( Miro pctv )
sysctl hw.bt848.tuner=10 ( PHILIPS_FR1216_PAL ) sysctl hw.bt848.format=0 ( PAL )

or add to /etc/sysctl.conf adding :

hw.bt848.card=1
hw.bt848.tuner=10
hw.bt848.format=0

• To compile motion in FreeBSD ( should work in OpenBSD and NetBSD ) :

autoconf
./configure
of
CC=gcc34 ./configure ( to override the default gcc version) gmake
gmake install

( ./configure --without-bktr , to work only with network cameras ).

Tested in FreeBSD 4.9/4.1x/5.x/6.0 .

Packages needed (dependencies for 6.0):

• autoconf-2.59_2
• gcc-3.4.6_20051206
• m4-1.4.4
• linuxthreads-2.2.3_19
• jpeg-6b_4 or above
• gmake-3.80_2 ( GNU Make )
• ffmpeg-0.4.9.p1_5 ( mpeg1/4 video encoders ).
• mysql-server , mysql-client ( database backend support ).
• postgresql-devel , postgresql ( database backend support ).
• kernel with bktr support ( GENERIC kernel has by default support ).
  • TODO *

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    • Improve the capture method ( double buffer , async capture ).
    • Detect pixelformat , palettes format , etc ...
    • Implement tuner capture ( now only video / svideo capture implemented ).
    • Code clean up.
    • And many others ...

Any question / fix / suggestion please send it to motion mailing list.

Angel Carpintero
ack@telefonica.net