v2.0

updated documentation and cleaned up the code. preparing to release to
master.

README.md

@@ -44,76 +44,39 @@ web_root = /var/www/html
 # warning: this will overwrite any existing index.html files so be sure
 # to choose a directory that doesn't have an existing website.
 #
-buff_dir = /tmp
-# this application records small clips of the footage from the camera and
-# then stores them into this directory. any clips with motion detected in
-# them are moved to web_root; if no motion is detected, they are deleted.
-# it is highly recommend to use a ramdisk tempfs for this since this
-# directory is used for large amounts of writes.
-#
 cam_name = cam-1
 # this is the optional camera name parameter to identify the camera. this
-# name will be used to form the directory structure in the web_root as
+# name will also be used to as the base directory in web_root. if not
-# well as buff_dir. if not defined, the name of the config file will be
+# defined, the name of the config file will be used.
-# used.
 #
 pix_thresh = 150
 # this value tells the application how far different the pixels need to be
 # before the pixels are actually considered different. think of this as
 # pixel diff sensitivity, the higher the value the lesser the sensitivity.
-#
+# maximum is 255.
-frame_gap = 20
-# this value is used to tell the application how far in between frames to
-# check the pixel diffs for motion. the lower the value, the more frames
-# will be checked, however with that comes higher cpu usage.
 #
 img_thresh = 80000
-# this indicates how many pixels need to be different in between frame_gap
+# this indicates how many pixels need to be different in between frames
 # before it is considered motion. any video clips found with frames
-# exceeding this value will be moved from buff_dir to web_root.
+# exceeding this value will be copied from live footage to event footage.
 #
-clip_len = 20
+max_events = 40
-# this parameter indicate the amount of seconds to record in each video
+# this indicates the maximum amount of motion event video clips to keep
-# clip from the camera that will be stored and then processed in buff_dir.
+# before deleting the oldest clip.
 #
-num_of_clips = 3
+sch_sec = 60
-# this will tell the application how many video clips should be recorded
+# this is the amount of seconds to wait in between running post_cmd.
-# to buff_dir from the camera before the recording loop pauses to do some
-# house keeping. by house keeping, it will wait until all motion detection
-# threads are finished, reload the config file and then call the post_cmd
-# if no motion was detected in any of the video clips.
 #
 post_cmd = move_the_ptz_camera.py
-# this an optional command to run after num_of_clips is met. one great use
+# this an optional command to run with sch_sec. one great use for this
-# for this is to move a ptz camera to the next position of it's patrol
+# is to move a ptz camera to the next position of it's patrol pattern.
-# pattern. note: the call to this command will be delayed if motion was
+# note: the call to this command will be delayed if motion was detected.
-# detected.
-#
-max_days = 15
-# this defines the maximum amount of days worth of video clips that is
-# allowed to be stored in the web_root. whenever this limit is met, the
-# oldest day and all of it's associated video clips will be deleted.
-#
-max_clips = 30
-# this is the maximum amount of video clips that is allowed to be stored
-# in web_root per day. whenever this limit is met, the oldest clip is
-# deleted.
 #
 max_log_size = 50000
 # this is the maximum byte size of all log files that can be stored in
 # web_root. whenever this limit is met, the log file will be deleted and
 # then eventually recreated blank.
 #
-vid_container = mp4
-# this is the video file format to use for recording footage from the
-# camera. the format support depends entirely on the under laying ffmpeg
-# installation.
-#
-vid_codec = copy
-# this is the video codec to use when pulling footage from the camera
-# via ffmpeg. the default is "copy" meaning it will just match the codec
-# from the camera itself without trans-coding.
-#
 web_text = #dee5ee
 # this can be used to customize the color of the text in the web
 # interface. it can be defined as any color understood by html5 standard.

src/common.cpp

@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ bool rdConf(const string &filePath, shared_t *share)
                 rdLine("post_cmd = ",         line, &share->postCmd);
                 rdLine("pix_thresh = ",       line, &share->pixThresh);
                 rdLine("img_thresh = ",       line, &share->imgThresh);
-                rdLine("max_days = ",         line, &share->maxDays);
                 rdLine("max_events = ",       line, &share->maxEvents);
                 rdLine("max_log_size = ",     line, &share->maxLogSize);
             }
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ bool rdConf(shared_t *share)
     share->retCode    = 0;
     share->pixThresh  = 50;
     share->imgThresh  = 800;
-    share->maxDays    = 15;
     share->maxEvents  = 40;
     share->maxLogSize = 50000;
     share->skipCmd    = false;

src/common.h

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -24,10 +23,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <thread>
 #include <filesystem>
-#include <mutex>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <map>
 
 #include <opencv4/opencv2/opencv.hpp>
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
 using namespace std::chrono;
 
-#define APP_VER      "2.0.t13"
+#define APP_VER      "2.0"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"
 #define DET_LOG_NAME "det_log_lines.html"
@@ -67,14 +63,11 @@ struct shared_t
     string             webTxt;
     string             webFont;
     string             webRoot;
-    mutex              detMutex;
     bool               skipCmd;
     int                procTime;
     int                schSec;
-    int                frameGap;
     int                pixThresh;
     int                imgThresh;
-    int                maxDays;
     int                maxEvents;
     int                maxLogSize;
     int                retCode;

src/mo_detect.cpp

@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ bool moDetect(const string &buffFile, Mat &vidThumb, shared_t *share)
             {
                 capture.retrieve(next);
 
-                lock_guard<mutex> guard(share->detMutex);
-
                 if (!next.empty())
                 {
                     if (imgDiff(prev, next, score, share))