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.

setup.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ apt install -y libswscale-dev
 apt install -y libgstreamer1.0-dev
 apt install -y x264
 apt install -y libx264-dev
+apt install -y libilmbase-dev
 apt install -y libopencv-dev
 apt install -y apache2
 add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

src/common.cpp

@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@ bool createDirTree(const string &full_path)
     return ret;
 }
 
+void cleanupEmptyDirs(const string &path)
+{
+    if (exists(path))
+    {
+        for (auto &entry : directory_iterator(path))
+        {
+            if (entry.is_directory())
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    remove(entry.path());
+                }
+                catch (filesystem_error const &ex)
+                {
+                    // non-empty dir assumed when filesystem_error is raised.
+                    cleanupEmptyDirs(path + "/" + entry.path().filename().string());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 vector<string> lsFilesInDir(const string &path, const string &ext)
 {
     vector<string> names;
@@ -97,31 +119,32 @@ vector<string> lsDirsInDir(const string &path)
     return names;
 }
 
-void enforceMaxDays(const string &dirPath, shared_t *share)
+void cleanupStream(const string &plsPath)
 {
-    auto names = lsDirsInDir(dirPath);
+    ifstream fileIn(plsPath);
 
-    while (names.size() > (share->maxDays - 1))
+    for (string line; getline(fileIn, line); )
     {
-        remove_all(string(cleanDir(dirPath) + "/" + names[0]).c_str());
+        if (line.starts_with("VIDEO_TS/"))
-
+        {
-        names.erase(names.begin());
+            remove(line);
+        }
     }
 }
 
-void enforceMaxClips(const string &dirPath, shared_t *share)
+void enforceMaxEvents(shared_t *share)
 {
-    auto names = lsFilesInDir(dirPath, "." + share->vidExt);
+    auto names = lsFilesInDir("events", ".mp4");
 
-    while (names.size() > share->maxClips)
+    while (names.size() > share->maxEvents)
     {
-        // removes the video file extension.
+        // removes the video file extension (.mp4).
-        auto nameOnly = names[0].substr(0, names[0].size() - (share->vidExt.size() + 1));
+        auto nameOnly = "events/" + names[0].substr(0, names[0].size() - 4);
-        auto imgFile  = cleanDir(dirPath) + "/" + nameOnly + ".jpg";
+        auto mp4File  = nameOnly + string(".mp4");
-        auto webFile  = cleanDir(dirPath) + "/" + nameOnly + ".html";
+        auto imgFile  = nameOnly + string(".jpg");
-
+        auto webFile  = nameOnly + string(".html");
-        remove(cleanDir(dirPath) + "/" + names[0]);
 
+        if (exists(mp4File)) remove(mp4File);
         if (exists(imgFile)) remove(imgFile);
         if (exists(webFile)) remove(webFile);
 
@@ -129,6 +152,7 @@ void enforceMaxClips(const string &dirPath, shared_t *share)
     }
 }
 
+
 string genTimeStr(const char *fmt)
 {
     time_t rawtime;
@@ -175,7 +199,7 @@ bool rdConf(const string &filePath, shared_t *share)
     {
         share->retCode = ENOENT;
 
-        cout << "wrn: config file: " << filePath << " does not exists or lack read permissions." << endl;
+        cerr << "err: config file: " << filePath << " does not exists or lack read permissions." << endl;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -193,18 +217,12 @@ bool rdConf(const string &filePath, shared_t *share)
                 rdLine("web_text = ",         line, &share->webTxt);
                 rdLine("web_bg = ",           line, &share->webBg);
                 rdLine("web_font = ",         line, &share->webFont);
+                rdLine("sch_sec = ",          line, &share->schSec);
                 rdLine("post_cmd = ",         line, &share->postCmd);
-                rdLine("clip_len = ",         line, &share->clipLen);
-                rdLine("num_of_clips = ",     line, &share->numOfClips);
-                rdLine("buff_dir = ",         line, &share->buffDir);
-                rdLine("frame_gap = ",        line, &share->frameGap);
                 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_clips = ",        line, &share->maxClips);
                 rdLine("max_log_size = ",     line, &share->maxLogSize);
-                rdLine("vid_container = ",    line, &share->vidExt);
-                rdLine("vid_codec = ",        line, &share->vidCodec);
             }
 
         } while(!line.empty());
@@ -217,69 +235,43 @@ bool rdConf(shared_t *share)
 {
     share->recordUrl.clear();
     share->postCmd.clear();
-    share->buffDir.clear();
     share->camName.clear();
-    share->recLogPath.clear();
-    share->detLogPath.clear();
-    share->recLogFile.close();
-    share->detLogFile.close();
 
     share->retCode    = 0;
-    share->frameGap   = 20;
+    share->pixThresh  = 50;
-    share->pixThresh  = 150;
+    share->imgThresh  = 800;
-    share->imgThresh  = 80000;
+    share->maxEvents  = 40;
-    share->clipLen    = 20;
-    share->numOfClips = 3;
-    share->maxDays    = 15;
-    share->maxClips   = 90;
     share->maxLogSize = 50000;
-    share->webRoot    = "/var/www/html";
-    share->buffDir    = "/tmp";
-    share->vidExt     = "mp4";
-    share->vidCodec   = "copy";
     share->skipCmd    = false;
+    share->schSec     = 60;
+    share->webRoot    = "/var/www/html";
     share->webBg      = "#485564";
     share->webTxt     = "#dee5ee";
     share->webFont    = "courier";
 
-    auto ret = false;
+    if (rdConf(share->conf, share))
-
-    for (auto &&confPath: share->conf)
-    {
-        if (rdConf(confPath, share)) ret = true;
-    }
-
-    if (ret)
     {
         if (share->camName.empty())
         {
-            share->camName = path(share->conf.back()).filename();
+            share->camName = path(share->conf).filename();
         }
 
-        share->outDir     = cleanDir(share->webRoot) + "/" + share->camName;
+        share->outDir = cleanDir(share->webRoot) + "/" + share->camName;
-        share->buffDir    = cleanDir(share->buffDir) + "/" + share->camName;
-        share->recLogPath = share->outDir + "/rec_log_lines.html";
-        share->detLogPath = share->outDir + "/det_log_lines.html";
 
-        if (share->init)
+        error_code ec;
-        {
-            if (exists(share->buffDir))
-            {
-                remove_all(share->buffDir);
-            }
 
-            share->init = false;
-        }
-
-        createDirTree(cleanDir(share->buffDir));
         createDirTree(share->outDir);
-    }
+        current_path(share->outDir, ec);
-    else
+
-    {
+        share->retCode = ec.value();
-        cerr << "err: none of the expected config files could be read." << endl;
+
+        if (share->retCode != 0)
+        {
+            cerr << "err: " << ec.message() << endl;
+        }
     }
 
-    return ret;
+    return share->retCode == 0;
 }
 
 string parseForParam(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv, bool argOnly, int &offs)
@@ -318,32 +310,48 @@ string parseForParam(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv, bool argOnly)
     return parseForParam(arg, argc, argv, argOnly, notUsed);
 }
 
-vector<string> parseForList(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv)
+string genEventPath(const string &tsPath)
 {
-    auto   offs = 0;
+    if (tsPath.size() > 14)
-    auto   ret  = vector<string>();
-    string param;
-
-    do
     {
-        param = parseForParam(arg, argc, argv, false, offs);
+        // removes 'VIDEO_TS/live/' from the front of the string.
+        auto ret = tsPath.substr(14);
 
-        if (!param.empty())
+        return "VIDEO_TS/events/" + ret;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return string();
+    }
+}
+
+string genVidNameFromLive(const string &tsPath)
+{
+    if (tsPath.size() > 17)
+    {
+        // removes 'VIDEO_TS/live/' from the front of the string.
+        auto ret = tsPath.substr(14);
+        auto ind = tsPath.find('/');
+        // removes '.ts' from the end of the string.
+        ret = ret.substr(0, ret.size() - 3);
+
+        while (ind != string::npos)
         {
-            ret.push_back(param);
+            // remove all '/'
+            ret.erase(ind, 1);
+
+            ind = ret.find('/');
         }
+
+        return ret;
     }
-    while (!param.empty());
+    else
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-void waitForDetThreads(shared_t *share)
-{
-    for (auto &&thr : share->detThreads)
     {
-        thr.join();
+        return string();
     }
-
+}
-    share->detThreads.clear();
+
+uint64_t genEpoch()
+{
+    return duration_cast<seconds>(system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
 }

src/common.h

@@ -16,17 +16,15 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #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>
 #include <opencv4/opencv2/videoio.hpp>
@@ -34,42 +32,49 @@
 using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
+using namespace std::chrono;
 
-#define APP_VER  "1.6"
+#define APP_VER      "2.0"
-#define APP_NAME "Motion Watch"
+#define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
+#define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"
+#define DET_LOG_NAME "det_log_lines.html"
+#define UPK_LOG_NAME "upk_log_lines.html"
+
+struct pls_t
+{
+    string         evName;
+    vector<string> srcPaths;
+    uint64_t       createTime;
+    Mat            thumbnail;
+};
 
 struct shared_t
 {
-    vector<thread> detThreads;
+    map<string, pls_t> recList;
-    vector<string> conf;
+    string             conf;
-    ofstream       recLogFile;
+    string             recLog;
-    ofstream       detLogFile;
+    string             detLog;
-    string         recLogPath;
+    string             upkLog;
-    string         detLogPath;
+    string             recordUrl;
-    string         recordUrl;
+    string             outDir;
-    string         outDir;
+    string             postCmd;
-    string         postCmd;
+    string             camName;
-    string         buffDir;
+    string             webBg;
-    string         vidExt;
+    string             webTxt;
-    string         vidCodec;
+    string             webFont;
-    string         camName;
+    string             webRoot;
-    string         webBg;
+    bool               skipCmd;
-    string         webTxt;
+    int                procTime;
-    string         webFont;
+    int                schSec;
-    string         webRoot;
+    int                pixThresh;
-    bool           init;
+    int                imgThresh;
-    bool           skipCmd;
+    int                maxEvents;
-    int            clipLen;
+    int                maxLogSize;
-    int            frameGap;
+    int                retCode;
-    int            pixThresh;
-    int            imgThresh;
-    int            numOfClips;
-    int            maxDays;
-    int            maxClips;
-    int            maxLogSize;
-    int            retCode;
 };
 
+string         genVidNameFromLive(const string &tsPath);
+string         genEventPath(const string &tsPath);
 string         genDstFile(const string &dirOut, const char *fmt, const string &ext);
 string         genTimeStr(const char *fmt);
 string         cleanDir(const string &path);
@@ -77,15 +82,14 @@ string         parseForParam(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv, bool argO
 string         parseForParam(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv, bool argOnly);
 bool           createDir(const string &dir);
 bool           createDirTree(const string &full_path);
-void           enforceMaxDays(const string &dirPath, shared_t *share);
-void           enforceMaxClips(const string &dirPath, shared_t *share);
 void           rdLine(const string &param, const string &line, string *value);
 void           rdLine(const string &param, const string &line, int *value);
-void           statOut(shared_t *share);
+void           cleanupEmptyDirs(const string &path);
-void           waitForDetThreads(shared_t *share);
+void           cleanupStream(const string &plsPath);
+void           enforceMaxEvents(shared_t *share);
 bool           rdConf(shared_t *share);
-vector<string> parseForList(const string &arg, int argc, char** argv);
 vector<string> lsFilesInDir(const string &path, const string &ext = string());
 vector<string> lsDirsInDir(const string &path);
+uint64_t       genEpoch();
 
 #endif // COMMON_H

src/logger.cpp

@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@
 
 void recLog(const string &line, shared_t *share)
 {
-    share->recLogFile << genTimeStr("[%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S] ") << line << "<br>" << endl;
+    share->recLog += genTimeStr("[%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S] ") + line + "<br>\n";
 }
 
 void detLog(const string &line, shared_t *share)
 {
-    share->detLogFile << genTimeStr("[%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S] ") << line << "<br>" << endl;
+    share->detLog += genTimeStr("[%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S] ") + line + "<br>\n";
+}
+
+void upkLog(const string &line, shared_t *share)
+{
+    share->upkLog += genTimeStr("[%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S] ") + line + "<br>\n";
 }
 
 void enforceMaxLogSize(const string &filePath, shared_t *share)
@@ -33,76 +38,85 @@ void enforceMaxLogSize(const string &filePath, shared_t *share)
     }
 }
 
-void initLogFile(const string &filePath, ofstream &fileObj)
+void dumpLogs(const string &fileName, const string &lines)
 {
-    if (!fileObj.is_open())
+    if (!lines.empty())
     {
-        if (!exists(filePath))
+        ofstream outFile;
+
+        if (exists(fileName))
         {
-            system(string("touch " + filePath).c_str());
+            outFile.open(fileName.c_str(), ofstream::app);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            outFile.open(fileName.c_str());
         }
 
-        fileObj.open(filePath.c_str(), ofstream::app | ofstream::out);
+        outFile << lines;
+
+        outFile.close();
     }
 }
 
 void initLogFrontPage(const string &filePath, const string &logLinesFile)
 {
-    string htmlText = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
+    if (!exists(filePath))
+    {
+        string htmlText = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
 
-    htmlText += "<html>\n";
+        htmlText += "<html>\n";
-    htmlText += "<script>\n";
+        htmlText += "<script>\n";
-    htmlText += "function includeHTML() {\n";
+        htmlText += "function includeHTML() {\n";
-    htmlText += "  var z, i, elmnt, file, xhttp;\n";
+        htmlText += "  var z, i, elmnt, file, xhttp;\n";
-    htmlText += "  z = document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\");\n";
+        htmlText += "  z = document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\");\n";
-    htmlText += "  for (i = 0; i < z.length; i++) {\n";
+        htmlText += "  for (i = 0; i < z.length; i++) {\n";
-    htmlText += "    elmnt = z[i];\n";
+        htmlText += "    elmnt = z[i];\n";
-    htmlText += "    file = elmnt.getAttribute(\"include-html\");\n";
+        htmlText += "    file = elmnt.getAttribute(\"include-html\");\n";
-    htmlText += "    if (file) {\n";
+        htmlText += "    if (file) {\n";
-    htmlText += "      xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\n";
+        htmlText += "      xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\n";
-    htmlText += "      xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\n";
+        htmlText += "      xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\n";
-    htmlText += "        if (this.readyState == 4) {\n";
+        htmlText += "        if (this.readyState == 4) {\n";
-    htmlText += "          if (this.status == 200) {elmnt.innerHTML = this.responseText;}\n";
+        htmlText += "          if (this.status == 200) {elmnt.innerHTML = this.responseText;}\n";
-    htmlText += "          if (this.status == 404) {elmnt.innerHTML = \"Page not found.\";}\n";
+        htmlText += "          if (this.status == 404) {elmnt.innerHTML = \"Page not found.\";}\n";
-    htmlText += "          elmnt.removeAttribute(\"include-html\");\n";
+        htmlText += "          elmnt.removeAttribute(\"include-html\");\n";
-    htmlText += "          includeHTML();\n";
+        htmlText += "          includeHTML();\n";
-    htmlText += "        }\n";
+        htmlText += "        }\n";
-    htmlText += "      }\n";
+        htmlText += "      }\n";
-    htmlText += "      xhttp.open(\"GET\", file, true);\n";
+        htmlText += "      xhttp.open(\"GET\", file, true);\n";
-    htmlText += "      xhttp.send();\n";
+        htmlText += "      xhttp.send();\n";
-    htmlText += "      return;\n";
+        htmlText += "      return;\n";
-    htmlText += "    }\n";
+        htmlText += "    }\n";
-    htmlText += "  }\n";
+        htmlText += "  }\n";
-    htmlText += "};\n";
+        htmlText += "};\n";
-    htmlText += "</script>\n";
+        htmlText += "</script>\n";
-    htmlText += "<head>\n";
+        htmlText += "<head>\n";
-    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Cache-Control\" content=\"no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate\" />\n";
+        htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Cache-Control\" content=\"no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate\" />\n";
-    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Pragma\" content=\"no-cache\" />\n";
+        htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Pragma\" content=\"no-cache\" />\n";
-    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Expires\" content=\"0\" />\n";
+        htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Expires\" content=\"0\" />\n";
-    htmlText += "<link rel='stylesheet' href='/theme.css'>\n";
+        htmlText += "<link rel='stylesheet' href='/theme.css'>\n";
-    htmlText += "</head>\n";
+        htmlText += "</head>\n";
-    htmlText += "<body>\n";
+        htmlText += "<body>\n";
-    htmlText += "<p>\n";
+        htmlText += "<p>\n";
-    htmlText += "<div include-html='" + logLinesFile + "'></div>\n";
+        htmlText += "<div include-html='" + logLinesFile + "'></div>\n";
-    htmlText += "<script>\n";
+        htmlText += "<script>\n";
-    htmlText += "includeHTML();\n";
+        htmlText += "includeHTML();\n";
-    htmlText += "</script>\n";
+        htmlText += "</script>\n";
-    htmlText += "</p>\n";
+        htmlText += "</p>\n";
-    htmlText += "</body>\n";
+        htmlText += "</body>\n";
-    htmlText += "</html>\n";
+        htmlText += "</html>\n";
 
-    ofstream outFile(filePath);
+        ofstream outFile(filePath);
 
-    outFile << htmlText;
+        outFile << htmlText;
 
-    outFile.close();
+        outFile.close();
+    }
 }
 
 void initLogFrontPages(shared_t *share)
 {
-    auto recLogFilePath = share->outDir + "/recording_log.html";
+    initLogFrontPage("logs/recording_log.html", REC_LOG_NAME);
-    auto detLogFilePath = share->outDir + "/detection_log.html";
+    initLogFrontPage("logs/detection_log.html", DET_LOG_NAME);
-
+    initLogFrontPage("logs/upkeep_log.html",    UPK_LOG_NAME);
-    initLogFrontPage(recLogFilePath, path(share->recLogPath).filename().string());
-    initLogFrontPage(detLogFilePath, path(share->detLogPath).filename().string());
 }

src/logger.h

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 void recLog(const string &line, shared_t *share);
 void detLog(const string &line, shared_t *share);
+void upkLog(const string &line, shared_t *share);
+void dumpLogs(const string &fileName, const string &lines);
 void enforceMaxLogSize(const string &filePath, shared_t *share);
-void initLogFile(const string &filePath, ofstream &fileObj);
 void initLogFrontPages(shared_t *share);
 
 #endif // lOGGER_H

src/main.cpp

@@ -12,40 +12,84 @@
 
 #include "mo_detect.h"
 #include "logger.h"
+#include "web.h"
 
-void detectMoInFile(const string &bufPath, shared_t *share)
+void detectMo(shared_t *share)
 {
-    detLog("detect_mo_in_file() -- start", share);
+    while (share->retCode == 0)
-
-    Mat thumbNail;
-
-    if (moDetect(bufPath, thumbNail, share))
     {
-        share->skipCmd = true;
+        sleep(2);
-
+        detectMoInStream("stream.m3u8", share);
-        wrOut(bufPath, thumbNail, share);
     }
-    else if (exists(bufPath))
-    {
-        remove(bufPath);
-    }
-
-    detLog("detect_mo_in_file() -- finished", share);
 }
 
-void recLoop(shared_t *share)
+void eventLoop(shared_t *share)
 {
-    while (rdConf(share))
+    while (share->retCode == 0)
     {
-        recLog("rec_loop() -- start", share);
+        while (!share->recList.empty())
+        {
+            auto it       = share->recList.begin();
+            auto evName   = it->first;
+            auto event    = it->second;
+            auto timeDiff = genEpoch() - event.createTime;
 
-        enforceMaxLogSize(share->recLogPath, share);
+            // wait at least 62 seconds before processing the event in
-        enforceMaxLogSize(share->detLogPath, share);
+            // queue.
+            if ((timeDiff > 0) && (timeDiff > 62))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    createDirTree("events");
+                    wrOutVod(event, share);
+                    genHTMLvod(evName);
 
-        initLogFile(share->recLogPath, share->recLogFile);
+                    if (!exists("events/" + evName + ".jpg"))
-        initLogFile(share->detLogPath, share->detLogFile);
+                    {
+                        imwrite(string("events/" + evName + ".jpg").c_str(), event.thumbnail);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (filesystem_error &ex)
+                {
+                    recLog(string("err: ") + ex.what(), share);
+                }
+
+                share->recList.erase(it);
+            }
+
+            sleep(5);
+        }
+
+        sleep(5);
+    }
+}
+
+void upkeep(shared_t *share)
+{
+    while (share->retCode == 0)
+    {
+        createDirTree("live");
+        createDirTree("events");
+        createDirTree("logs");
+
+        enforceMaxLogSize(string("logs/") + REC_LOG_NAME, share);
+        enforceMaxLogSize(string("logs/") + DET_LOG_NAME, share);
+        enforceMaxLogSize(string("logs/") + UPK_LOG_NAME, share);
+
+        dumpLogs(string("logs/") + REC_LOG_NAME, share->recLog);
+        dumpLogs(string("logs/") + DET_LOG_NAME, share->detLog);
+        dumpLogs(string("logs/") + UPK_LOG_NAME, share->upkLog);
+
+        share->recLog.clear();
+        share->detLog.clear();
+        share->upkLog.clear();
 
         initLogFrontPages(share);
+        enforceMaxEvents(share);
+
+        genHTMLul(".", share->camName, share);
+
+        upkLog("camera specific webroot page updated: " + share->outDir + "/index.html", share);
 
         if (!exists("/tmp/mow-lock"))
         {
@@ -55,76 +99,48 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
             genHTMLul(share->webRoot, string(APP_NAME) + " " + string(APP_VER), share);
 
             remove("/tmp/mow-lock");
-            recLog("webroot page updated: " + cleanDir(share->webRoot) + "/index.html", share);
+            upkLog("webroot page updated: " + cleanDir(share->webRoot) + "/index.html", share);
         }
         else
         {
-            recLog("skipping update of the webroot page, it is busy.", share);
+            upkLog("skipping update of the webroot page, it is busy.", share);
         }
 
-        genHTMLul(share->outDir, share->camName, share);
+        sleep(60);
+    }
+}
 
-        recLog("camera specific webroot page updated: " + share->outDir + "/index.html", share);
+void recLoop(shared_t *share)
-
+{
-        for (auto i = 0; i < share->numOfClips; ++i)
+    while (share->retCode == 0)
+    {
+        if (exists("live"))
         {
-            auto bufPath = cleanDir(share->buffDir) + "/" + to_string(i) + "." + share->vidExt;
+            remove_all("live");
-            auto cmd     = "timeout -k 1 " + to_string(share->clipLen + 2) + " ";
-
-            cmd += "ffmpeg -hide_banner -i " + share->recordUrl + " -y -vcodec " + share->vidCodec + " -movflags faststart -t " + to_string(share->clipLen) + " " + bufPath;
-
-            recLog("ffmpeg_run: " + cmd, share);
-
-            auto retCode = system(cmd.c_str());
-
-            recLog("ffmpeg_retcode: " + to_string(retCode), share);
-
-            if (retCode == 0)
-            {
-                recLog("detect_mo_in_file() -- started in a seperate thread.", share);
-
-                share->detThreads.push_back(thread(detectMoInFile, bufPath, share));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                recLog("ffmpeg returned non zero, indicating failure. please check stderr output.", share);
-
-                if (exists(bufPath))
-                {
-                    remove(bufPath);
-                }
-
-                sleep(share->clipLen);
-            }
         }
 
-        waitForDetThreads(share);
+        auto cmd = "ffmpeg -hide_banner -rtsp_transport tcp -timeout 3000000 -i " +
+                   share->recordUrl +
+                   " -strftime 1" +
+                   " -strftime_mkdir 1" +
+                   " -hls_segment_filename 'live/%Y-%j-%H-%M-%S.ts'" +
+                   " -hls_flags delete_segments" +
+                   " -y -vcodec copy" +
+                   " -f hls -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 400" +
+                   " stream.m3u8";
 
-        if (!share->skipCmd)
+        recLog("ffmpeg_run: " + cmd, share);
+
+        auto retCode = system(cmd.c_str());
+
+        recLog("ffmpeg_retcode: " + to_string(retCode), share);
+
+        if (retCode != 0)
         {
-            recLog("no motion detected", share);
+            recLog("err: ffmpeg returned non zero, indicating failure. please check stderr output.", share);
-
-            if (share->postCmd.empty())
-            {
-                recLog("post command not defined, skipping.", share);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                recLog("running post command: " + share->postCmd, share);
-                system(share->postCmd.c_str());
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            recLog("motion detected, skipping the post command.", share);
         }
 
-        recLog("rec_loop() -- finished", share);
+        sleep(10);
-
-        if (share->retCode != 0)
-        {
-            break;
-        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -132,19 +148,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     struct shared_t sharedRes;
 
-    sharedRes.conf = parseForList("-c", argc, argv);
+    sharedRes.conf = parseForParam("-c", argc, argv, false);
 
     if (parseForParam("-h", argc, argv, true) == "true")
     {
         cout << "Motion Watch " << APP_VER << endl << endl;
         cout << "Usage: mow <argument>" << endl << endl;
         cout << "-h : display usage information about this application." << endl;
-        cout << "-c : path to a config file." << endl;
+        cout << "-c : path to the config file." << endl;
         cout << "-v : display the current version." << endl << endl;
-        cout << "note: multiple -c config files can be passed, reading from left" << endl;
-        cout << "      to right. any conflicting values between the files will" << endl;
-        cout << "      have the latest value from the latest file overwrite the" << endl;
-        cout << "      the earliest." << endl;
     }
     else if (parseForParam("-v", argc, argv, true) == "true")
     {
@@ -156,11 +168,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        sharedRes.retCode = 0;
+        sharedRes.retCode  = 0;
-        sharedRes.skipCmd = false;
+        sharedRes.procTime = 0;
-        sharedRes.init    = true;
+        sharedRes.skipCmd  = false;
 
-        recLoop(&sharedRes);
+        rdConf(&sharedRes);
+
+        auto thr1 = thread(recLoop, &sharedRes);
+        auto thr2 = thread(upkeep, &sharedRes);
+        auto thr3 = thread(detectMo, &sharedRes);
+        auto thr4 = thread(eventLoop, &sharedRes);
+
+        thr1.join();
+        thr2.join();
+        thr3.join();
+        thr4.join();
 
         return sharedRes.retCode;
     }

src/mo_detect.cpp

@@ -12,131 +12,155 @@
 
 #include "mo_detect.h"
 
-bool imgDiff(const Mat &prev, const Mat &next, shared_t *share)
+void detectMoInStream(const string &streamFile, shared_t *share)
 {
-    auto ret = false;
+    if (share->procTime >= share->schSec)
-
-    detLog("img_diff() -- start()", share);
-
-    if (prev.empty()) detLog("prev_frame is empty -- Borken frame from the camera assumed.", share);
-    if (next.empty()) detLog("next_frame is empty -- EOF assumed.", share);
-
-    if (!prev.empty() && !next.empty())
     {
-        Mat diff;
+        if (!share->skipCmd)
+        {
+            detLog("no motion detected, running post command: " + share->postCmd, share);
+            system(share->postCmd.c_str());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            share->skipCmd  = false;
+            share->procTime = 0;
 
-        absdiff(prev, next, diff);
+            detLog("motion detected, skipping the post command.", share);
-        threshold(diff, diff, share->pixThresh, 255, THRESH_BINARY);
+        }
-
-        auto diffScore = countNonZero(diff);
-
-        detLog("diff_score: " + to_string(diffScore), share);
-
-        ret = diffScore >= share->imgThresh;
     }
 
-    detLog("img_diff() -- finished()", share);
+    ifstream fileIn(streamFile);
+    string   tsPath;
+    Mat      thumbnail;
 
-    return ret;
+    for (string line; getline(fileIn, line); )
+    {
+        if (line.starts_with("live/"))
+        {
+            tsPath = line;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!tsPath.empty())
+    {
+        if (moDetect(tsPath, thumbnail, share))
+        {
+            auto eventName = genTimeStr("%Y-%j-%H-%M");
+
+            if (share->recList.find(eventName) != share->recList.end())
+            {
+                share->recList[eventName].srcPaths.push_back(tsPath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                pls_t event;
+
+                event.srcPaths.push_back(tsPath);
+
+                event.createTime = genEpoch();
+                event.thumbnail  = thumbnail.clone();
+                event.evName     = eventName;
+
+                share->recList.insert(pair{eventName, event});
+            }
+
+            share->skipCmd = true;
+        }
+
+        share->procTime += 10;
+    }
 }
 
-Mat frameFF(VideoCapture *cap, int gap)
+bool imgDiff(const Mat &prev, const Mat &next, int &score, shared_t *share)
 {
-    Mat ret;
+    Mat prevGray;
+    Mat nextGray;
 
-    if (gap == 0) gap = 1;
+    cvtColor(prev, prevGray, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
+    cvtColor(next, nextGray, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < gap; ++i)
+    Mat diff;
-    {
-        cap->grab();
-    }
 
-    cap->retrieve(ret);
+    absdiff(prevGray, nextGray, diff);
+    threshold(diff, diff, share->pixThresh, 255, THRESH_BINARY);
 
-    if (!ret.empty())
+    score = countNonZero(diff);
-    {
-        cvtColor(ret, ret, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
-    }
 
-    return ret;
+    detLog("diff_score: " + to_string(score) + " tresh: " + to_string(share->imgThresh), share);
-}
 
-void wrOut(const string &buffFile, const Mat &vidThumb, shared_t *share)
+    return score >= share->imgThresh;
-{
-    detLog("wr_out() -- start()", share);
-    detLog("buff_file: " + buffFile, share);
-
-    auto dayStr = genTimeStr("%Y-%m-%d");
-    auto timStr = genTimeStr("%H%M%S");
-    auto outDir = cleanDir(share->outDir) + "/" + dayStr;
-
-    if (!exists(outDir))
-    {
-        enforceMaxDays(share->outDir, share);
-    }
-
-    auto vidOut = genDstFile(outDir, timStr.c_str(), "." + share->vidExt);
-    auto imgOut = genDstFile(outDir, timStr.c_str(), ".jpg");
-
-    detLog("write_out_vid: " + vidOut, share);
-    detLog("write_out_img: " + imgOut, share);
-
-    enforceMaxClips(outDir, share);
-
-    copy_file(buffFile.c_str(), vidOut.c_str());
-    remove(buffFile.c_str());
-
-    imwrite(imgOut.c_str(), vidThumb);
-
-    genHTMLvid(vidOut, share);
-    genHTMLul(outDir, share->camName + ": " + dayStr, share);
-    genHTMLul(share->outDir, share->camName, share);
-
-    detLog("wr_out() -- finished()", share);
 }
 
 bool moDetect(const string &buffFile, Mat &vidThumb, shared_t *share)
 {
-    detLog("mo_detect() -- start()", share);
+    auto maxScore = 0;
-    detLog("buff_file: " + buffFile, share);
+    auto score    = 0;
 
-    auto mod = false;
+    detLog("stream_clip: " + buffFile, share);
 
     VideoCapture capture(buffFile.c_str(), CAP_FFMPEG);
 
     if (capture.isOpened())
     {
-        Mat  prev;
+        Mat prev;
-        Mat  next;
+        Mat next;
-        auto frameCount = capture.get(CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT);
-        auto frameGaps  = frameCount / share->frameGap;
 
-        detLog("frame_count: " + to_string(frameCount), share);
+        detLog("capture open successful.", share);
-        detLog("frame_gaps: "  + to_string(frameGaps), share);
 
-        for (auto i = 0; i < frameGaps; i++)
+        while (capture.grab())
         {
-            if (prev.empty()) prev = frameFF(&capture, 1);
+            if (prev.empty())
-            else              prev = next.clone();
-
-            next = frameFF(&capture, share->frameGap);
-
-            if (imgDiff(prev, next, share))
             {
-                resize(next, vidThumb, Size(720, 480), INTER_LINEAR);
+                capture.retrieve(prev);
-
-                mod = true; break;
             }
+            else
+            {
+                capture.retrieve(next);
+
+                if (!next.empty())
+                {
+                    if (imgDiff(prev, next, score, share))
+                    {
+                        if (score > maxScore)
+                        {
+                            maxScore = score;
+
+                            resize(next, vidThumb, Size(720, 480), INTER_LINEAR);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                prev.release();
+                next.release();
+            }
+
+            sleep(1);
         }
     }
     else
     {
-        detLog("failed to open the buff file for reading. check permissions and/or opencv's video-io support (gstreamer/ffmpeg).", share);
+        detLog("capture open failure, check debug output.", share);
     }
 
     capture.release();
 
-    detLog("mo_detect() -- finished()", share);
+    return maxScore > 0;
-
+}
-    return mod;
+
+void wrOutVod(const pls_t &event, shared_t *share)
+{
+    auto concat = event.evName + ".tmp";
+
+    ofstream file(concat.c_str());
+
+    for (auto i = 0; i < event.srcPaths.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        file << "file '" << event.srcPaths[i] << "''" << endl;
+    }
+
+    file.close();
+
+    system(string("ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i " + concat + " -c copy events/" + event.evName + ".mp4").c_str());
+    remove(concat);
 }

src/mo_detect.h

@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 //    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 #include "common.h"
-#include "web.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 
-bool imgDiff(const Mat &prev, const Mat &next, shared_t *share);
+bool imgDiff(const Mat &prev, const Mat &next, int &score, shared_t *share);
 bool moDetect(const string &buffFile, Mat &vidThumb, shared_t *share);
-void wrOut(const string &buffFile, const Mat &vidThumb, shared_t *share);
+void detectMoInStream(const string &streamFile, shared_t *share);
-Mat  frameFF(VideoCapture *cap, int gap);
+void wrOutVod(const pls_t &pls, shared_t *share);
 
 #endif // MO_DETECT_H

src/web.cpp

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 void genHTMLul(const string &outputDir, const string &title, shared_t *share)
 {
     vector<string> logNames;
-    vector<string> regNames = lsFilesInDir(outputDir);
+    vector<string> eveNames;
-    vector<string> dirNames = lsDirsInDir(outputDir);
+    vector<string> dirNames;
 
     string htmlText = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
 
@@ -31,8 +31,43 @@ void genHTMLul(const string &outputDir, const string &title, shared_t *share)
     htmlText += "<body>\n";
     htmlText += "<h3>" + title + "</h3>\n";
 
-    if (!dirNames.empty())
+    if (exists(outputDir + "/live"))
     {
+        eveNames = lsFilesInDir(outputDir + "/events", ".html");
+        logNames = lsFilesInDir(outputDir + "/logs", "_log.html");
+
+        htmlText += "<h4>Logs</h4>\n";
+        htmlText += "<ul>\n";
+
+        for (auto &&logName : logNames)
+        {
+            // name.substr(0, name.size() - 9) removes _log.html
+            auto name = logName.substr(0, logName.size() - 9);
+
+            htmlText += "  <li><a href='logs/" + logName + "'>" + name + "</a></li>\n";
+        }
+
+        htmlText += "</ul>\n";
+        htmlText += "<h4>Live</h4>\n";
+        htmlText += "<ul>\n";
+        htmlText += "  <li><a href='stream.html'>" + share->camName + ":live" + "</a></li>\n";
+        htmlText += "</ul>\n";
+        htmlText += "<h4>Motion Events</h4>\n";
+
+        genHTMLstream("stream");
+
+        for (auto &&eveName : eveNames)
+        {
+            // regName.substr(0, regName.size() - 5) removes .html
+            auto name = eveName.substr(0, eveName.size() - 5);
+
+            htmlText += "<a href='events/" + eveName + "'><img src='events/" + name + ".jpg" + "' style='width:25%;height:25%;'</a>\n";
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        dirNames = lsDirsInDir(outputDir);
+
         htmlText += "<ul>\n";
 
         for (auto &&dirName : dirNames)
@@ -43,38 +78,6 @@ void genHTMLul(const string &outputDir, const string &title, shared_t *share)
         htmlText += "</ul>\n";
     }
 
-    for (auto &&regName : regNames)
-    {
-        if (regName.ends_with("_log.html"))
-        {
-            logNames.push_back(regName);
-        }
-        else if (regName.ends_with(".html")              &&
-                !regName.ends_with("index.html")         &&
-                !regName.ends_with("rec_log_lines.html") &&
-                !regName.ends_with("det_log_lines.html"))
-        {
-            // regName.substr(0, regName.size() - 5) removes .html
-            auto name = regName.substr(0, regName.size() - 5);
-
-            htmlText += "<a href='" + regName + "'><img src='" + name + ".jpg" + "' style='width:25%;height:25%;'</a>\n";
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!logNames.empty())
-    {
-        htmlText += "<h4>Logs</h4>\n";
-        htmlText += "<ul>\n";
-
-        for (auto &&name : logNames)
-        {
-            // name.substr(0, name.size() - 9) removes _log.html
-            htmlText += "  <li><a href='" + name + "'>" + name.substr(0, name.size() - 9) + "</a></li>\n";
-        }
-
-        htmlText += "</ul>\n";
-    }
-
     htmlText += "</body>\n";
     htmlText += "</html>";
 
@@ -85,11 +88,55 @@ void genHTMLul(const string &outputDir, const string &title, shared_t *share)
     file.close();
 }
 
-void genHTMLvid(const string &outputVid, shared_t *share)
+void genHTMLstream(const string &name)
+{
+    string htmlText = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
+
+    htmlText += "<html>\n";
+    htmlText += "<head>\n";
+    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Cache-Control\" content=\"no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate\" />\n";
+    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Pragma\" content=\"no-cache\" />\n";
+    htmlText += "<meta http-equiv=\"Expires\" content=\"0\" />\n";
+    htmlText += "<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\" />\n";
+    htmlText += "<link rel='stylesheet' href='/theme.css'>\n";
+    htmlText += "</head>\n";
+    htmlText += "<body>\n";
+    htmlText += "  <script src=\"https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@1\">\n";
+    htmlText += "  </script>\n";
+    htmlText += "  <video width=100% height=100% id=\"video\" controls>\n";
+    htmlText += "  </video>\n";
+    htmlText += "  <script>\n";
+    htmlText += "    var video = document.getElementById('video');\n";
+    htmlText += "    if (Hls.isSupported()) {\n";
+    htmlText += "      var hls = new Hls({\n";
+    htmlText += "        debug: true,\n";
+    htmlText += "      });\n";
+    htmlText += "      hls.loadSource('" + name + ".m3u8');\n";
+    htmlText += "      hls.attachMedia(video);\n";
+    htmlText += "      hls.on(Hls.Events.MEDIA_ATTACHED, function () {\n";
+    htmlText += "        video.muted = true;\n";
+    htmlText += "        video.play();\n";
+    htmlText += "      });\n";
+    htmlText += "    }\n";
+    htmlText += "    else if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {\n";
+    htmlText += "      video.src = '" + name + ".m3u8';\n";
+    htmlText += "      video.addEventListener('canplay', function () {\n";
+    htmlText += "        video.play();\n";
+    htmlText += "      });\n";
+    htmlText += "    }\n";
+    htmlText += "  </script>\n";
+    htmlText += "</body>\n";
+    htmlText += "</html>";
+
+    ofstream file(string(name + ".html").c_str());
+
+    file << htmlText << endl;
+
+    file.close();
+}
+
+void genHTMLvod(const string &name)
 {
-    auto   vidName  = path(outputVid).filename().string();
-    auto   filePath = path(outputVid).parent_path().string();
-    auto   fileName = vidName.substr(0, vidName.size() - (share->vidExt.size() + 1));
     string htmlText = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
 
     htmlText += "<html>\n";
@@ -102,12 +149,12 @@ void genHTMLvid(const string &outputVid, shared_t *share)
     htmlText += "</head>\n";
     htmlText += "<body>\n";
     htmlText += "<video width=100% height=100% controls autoplay>\n";
-    htmlText += "  <source src='" + vidName + "' type='video/" + share->vidExt + "'>\n";
+    htmlText += "  <source src='" + name + ".mp4' type='video/mp4'>\n";
     htmlText += "</video>\n";
     htmlText += "</body>\n";
     htmlText += "</html>";
 
-    ofstream file(string(filePath + "/" + fileName + ".html").c_str());
+    ofstream file(string("events/" + name + ".html").c_str());
 
     file << htmlText << endl;
 

src/web.h

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #include "common.h"
 
 void genHTMLul(const string &outputDir, const string &title, shared_t *share);
-void genHTMLvid(const string &outputVid, shared_t *share);
+void genHTMLstream(const string &name);
+void genHTMLvod(const string &name);
 void genCSS(shared_t *share);
 
 #endif // WEB_H