Video Surveillance With Motion

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To DIY a home security camera is comparatively simple by using a low-cost embedded board with Linux installed. There are ONLY 3 steps in total.

STEP1: Install MOTION from Repository

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$ sudo apt install motion

STEP 2: start_motion_daemon=yes

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$ sudo vim /etc/default/motion

Change start_motion_daemon from no to yes.

STEP 3: stream_localhost off

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$ sudo vim /etc/motion/motion.conf

Change stream_localhost on to stream_localhost off.

STEP 4: Restart Motion Service

Run the following command:

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$ sudo /etc/init.d/motion restart

STEP 5: Run Motion

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$ sudo motion

STEP 6: Video Surveillance Remotely

Open up Chrome and type in the IP address:8081 to show the captured video at 1FPS. In my case, 192.168.0.86:8081, and the video effect is as:

Motion Video Surveillance