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<h1><a name="Motion_Guide_One_Large_Document"></a><a name="_Motion_Guide_One_Large_Document"></a>  Motion Guide - One Large Document. </h1>
This version of the Guide is made for inclusion in the Motion download package for off line reading.
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If you read this document from the distribution package of Motion or from some not up to date mirror you should know that the URL for the always up to date version is <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuide" target="_top">http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuide</a>. If you are already on the new TWiki based Motion site clicking the link just mentioned will lead you to the index page for the Motion Guide documents.
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This topic consists of the following subtopics:
<a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionOverview" class="twikiLink">MotionOverview</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/KnownProblems" class="twikiLink">KnownProblems</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/InstallOverview" class="twikiLink">InstallOverview</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/PrepareInstall" class="twikiLink">PrepareInstall</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigureScript" class="twikiLink">ConfigureScript</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MakeInstall" class="twikiLink">MakeInstall</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/UpgradingFromOlderVersion" class="twikiLink">UpgradingFromOlderVersion</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/RunningMotionConfigFiles" class="twikiLink">RunningMotionConfigFiles</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/CommandLineOptions" class="twikiLink">CommandLineOptions</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigFileOptions" class="twikiLink">ConfigFileOptions</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SignalsKill" class="twikiLink">SignalsKill</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ErrorLogging" class="twikiLink">ErrorLogging</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/CaptureDeviceOptions" class="twikiLink">CaptureDeviceOptions</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionDetectionSettings" class="twikiLink">MotionDetectionSettings</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ImageFileOutput" class="twikiLink">ImageFileOutput</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/TuningMotion" class="twikiLink">TuningMotion</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/MpegFilmsFFmpeg" class="twikiLink">MpegFilmsFFmpeg</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SnapshotsWebCam" class="twikiLink">SnapshotsWebCam</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/TextFeatures" class="twikiLink">TextFeatures</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/AdvancedFilenames" class="twikiLink">AdvancedFilenames</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ConversionSpecifiers" class="twikiLink">ConversionSpecifiers</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebcamServer" class="twikiLink">WebcamServer</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/RemoteControlHttp" class="twikiLink">RemoteControlHttp</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/ExternalCommands" class="twikiLink">ExternalCommands</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/TrackingControl" class="twikiLink">TrackingControl</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/UsingDatabases" class="twikiLink">UsingDatabases</a>, <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/LoopbackDevice" class="twikiLink">LoopbackDevice</a>.
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<div class="twikiToc"> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Motion_Guide_Installation"> Motion Guide - Installation</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Motion_Overview"> Motion Overview</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#What_is_Motion"> What is Motion?</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#How_do_I_get_Motion_and_what_doe"> How do I get Motion and what does it cost?</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Maintenance_and_Support"> Maintenance and Support</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Which_version_to_download_and_us"> Which version to download and use?</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#What_features_does_Motion_have"> What features does Motion have?</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#FreeBSD"> FreeBSD</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#MacOSX"> MacOSX</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Documentation"> Documentation</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Supported_Hardware"> Supported Hardware</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Known_Problems"> Known Problems</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#How_do_I_install_Motion"> How do I install Motion?</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Preparation_For_Install"> Preparation For Install</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Configure_Script"> Configure Script</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Make"> Make</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Make_Install"> Make Install</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Un_install"> Un-install</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Additional_Make_Options"> Additional Make Options</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Upgrading_From_Older_Version"> Upgrading From Older Version</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Running_Motion"> Running Motion</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Important_Definitions"> Important Definitions</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#The_Config_Files"> The Config Files</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Command_Line_Options"> Command Line Options</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Config_File_Options"> Config File Options</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Options_in_Alphabetical_Order"> Options in Alphabetical Order.</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Signals_sent_with_e_g_kill_comma"> Signals (sent with e.g. kill command)</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Error_Logging"> Error Logging</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Motion_Guide_Basic_Features"> Motion Guide - Basic Features</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#Capture_Device_Options_The_Basic"> Capture Device Options - The Basic Setup</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#video4linux_V4L_devices"> video4linux (V4L) devices</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#auto_brightness"> auto_brightness</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#brightness"> brightness</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#contrast"> contrast</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#framerate"> framerate</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#frequency"> frequency</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#height"> height </a>
</li> <li> <a href="#hue"> hue</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#input"> input </a>
</li> <li> <a href="#minimum_frame_time"> minimum_frame_time</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#norm"> norm</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#rotate"> rotate</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#saturation"> saturation</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#tunerdevice"> tunerdevice</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#videodevice"> videodevice</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#width"> width</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Network_Cameras"> Network Cameras</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#netcam_proxy"> netcam_proxy</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#netcam_url"> netcam_url</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#netcam_userpass"> netcam_userpass</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Round_Robin_feature"> Round Robin feature</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#roundrobin_frames"> roundrobin_frames</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#roundrobin_skip"> roundrobin_skip</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#switchfilter"> switchfilter</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Motion_Detection_Settings"> Motion Detection Settings</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#despeckle"> despeckle</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#gap"> gap</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#lightswitch"> lightswitch </a>
</li> <li> <a href="#low_cpu"> low_cpu</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#mask_file"> mask_file</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#max_mpeg_time"> max_mpeg_time</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#minimum_gap"> minimum_gap</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#minimum_motion_frames"> minimum_motion_frames</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#night_compensate"> night_compensate</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#noise_level"> noise_level</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#noise_tune"> noise_tune</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#output_all"> output_all</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#post_capture"> post_capture</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#pre_capture"> pre_capture</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#smart_mask_speed"> smart_mask_speed</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#threshold"> threshold</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#threshold_tune"> threshold_tune</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Image_File_Output"> Image File Output</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#output_motion"> output_motion</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#output_normal"> output_normal</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ppm"> ppm</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#quality"> quality</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Tuning_Motion"> Tuning Motion</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#Generating_MPEG_films_with_ffmpe"> Generating MPEG films with ffmpeg</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#ffmpeg_bps"> ffmpeg_bps</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_cap_motion"> ffmpeg_cap_motion</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_cap_new"> ffmpeg_cap_new</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_deinterlace"> ffmpeg_deinterlace</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_timelapse"> ffmpeg_timelapse</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_timelapse_mode"> ffmpeg_timelapse_mode</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_variable_bitrate"> ffmpeg_variable_bitrate</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#ffmpeg_video_codec"> ffmpeg_video_codec</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Snapshots_The_Traditional_Period"> Snapshots - The Traditional Periodic Web Camera</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#snapshot_interval"> snapshot_interval</a>
</li></ul> 
</li> <li> <a href="#Text_Features"> Text Features</a> <ul>
<li> <a href="#locate"> locate</a>
</li> <li> <a href="#text_changes"> text_changes</a>