v2.2

Updated the documentation, current iteration of the code is deemed
stable. Releasing to main.

README.md

@@ -60,15 +60,26 @@ img_thresh = 80000
 # before it is considered motion. any video clips found with frames
 # exceeding this value will be copied from live footage to event footage.
 #
+frame_gap = 10
+# this is the amount of frames in between the comparison frames to check
+# for pixel differences. the higher the value, the lower the cpu over 
+# head, however it does lower motion detection accuracy.
+#
 max_events = 40
 # this indicates the maximum amount of motion event video clips to keep
 # before deleting the oldest clip.
 #
-sch_sec = 60
-# this is the amount of seconds to wait in between running post_cmd.
+max_event_secs = 10
+# this is the maximum amount of secs of video footage that can be 
+# recorded in a motion event.
+#
+post_secs = 60
+# this is the amount of seconds to wait before running the command 
+# defined in post_cmd. the command will not run if motion was detected 
+# in the space before post_secs elapsed.
 #
 post_cmd = move_the_ptz_camera.py
-# this an optional command to run with sch_sec. one great use for this
+# this an optional command to run with post_secs. one great use for this
 # is to move a ptz camera to the next position of it's patrol pattern.
 # note: the call to this command will be delayed if motion was detected.
 #

src/common.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
 using namespace std::chrono;
 
-#define APP_VER      "2.1.t3"
+#define APP_VER      "2.2"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"
 #define DET_LOG_NAME "det_log_lines.html"

src/main.cpp

@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ void eventLoop(shared_t *share)
                 if (wrOutVod(event, share))
                 {
                     genHTMLvod(event.evName);
-
-                    if (exists("events"))
-                    {
-                        imwrite(string("events/" + event.evName + ".jpg").c_str(), event.thumbnail);
-                    }
+                    imwrite(string("events/" + event.evName + ".jpg").c_str(), event.thumbnail);
                 }
             }
             catch (filesystem_error &ex)
@@ -116,15 +112,18 @@ void upkeep(shared_t *share)
     }
 }
 
+void rmLive()
+{
+    if (exists("live"))
+    {
+        remove_all("live");
+    }
+}
+
 void recLoop(shared_t *share)
 {
     while (share->retCode == 0)
     {
-        if (exists("live"))
-        {
-            remove_all("live");
-        }
-
         auto cmd = "ffmpeg -hide_banner -rtsp_transport tcp -timeout 3000000 -i " +
                    share->recordUrl +
                    " -strftime 1" +
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
                    " stream.m3u8";
 
         recLog("ffmpeg_run: " + cmd, share);
+        rmLive();
 
         auto retCode = system(cmd.c_str());