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Post #1
mbarriles
11 Apr 2015, 16:23

I followed THIS tutorial and with some changes in the settings, might record videos with my cheap ip cameras using a modified version of motion with ffmpeg support, which is available for download at the site. But motion uses all resources of my outdated router (TL-WR1043ND). So i bought a Raspberry Pi 2 (BRCM2709) and compile a OpenWRT version for it (under BRCM2708), since there is not a version ready for download. The Raspberry Pi 2 is running OpenWRT well, including using zram. But i can not in any way compile a version of motion with ffmpeg support for this architecture. I followed the steps of the Wiki to build a single package and compiled motion, but without support for ffmpeg. In the makefile tried replacing the --without-ffmpeg to --with-ffmpeg and the ipk generated has not support for ffmpeg. Also tried to remove that line (--without-ffmpeg), but no success. In both trials also includes a dependency of ffmpeg (+ffmpeg). How do i compile motion with ffmpeg support for this architecture (BRCM2709)? Appreciate any help from the members of this wonderful forum!

(Last edited by mbarriles on 11 Apr 2015, 16:27)

Post #2
zloop
13 Apr 2015, 14:04

try to replace the OpenWrt Makefile for motion with this one:

#
# Copyright (C) 2008-2015 OpenWrt.org
#
# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
# See /LICENSE for more information.
#

include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk

PKG_NAME:=motion
PKG_VERSION=3.4.0-20141018-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
PKG_RELEASE:=2

PKG_MAINTAINER:=Roger D <rogerdammit@gmail.com>
PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING

PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Mr-Dave/motion.git
PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=9479d910f2149b5558788bb86f97f26522794212

PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR).tar.gz
PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1

include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk

define Package/motion/Default
  SECTION:=multimedia
  CATEGORY:=Multimedia
  DEPENDS:=+libjpeg +libpthread
  URL:=http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
endef

define Package/motion
$(call Package/motion/Default)
  TITLE:=webcam motion sensing and logging
  VARIANT:=normal
endef

define Package/motion-ffmpeg
$(call Package/motion/Default)
  TITLE:=(+ffmpeg)
  DEPENDS+=+libffmpeg-full
  VARIANT:=ffmpeg
endef

define Package/motion/conffiles
  /etc/motion.conf
endef

CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
    --without-optimizecpu \
    --without-jpeg-mmx \
    --without-sdl \
    --without-mysql \
    --without-pgsql \
    --without-sqlite3

ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),normal)
  CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--without-ffmpeg
endif
ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),ffmpeg)
  CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ffmpeg=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
endif

define Package/motion/install
    $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
    $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/motion-dist.conf $(1)/etc/motion.conf
    $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
    $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/motion $(1)/usr/bin/
endef

define Package/motion-ffmpeg/install
    $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
    $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/motion-dist.conf $(1)/etc/motion.conf
    $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
    $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/motion $(1)/usr/bin/
endef

$(eval $(call BuildPackage,motion))
$(eval $(call BuildPackage,motion-ffmpeg))

it offers a package with ffmpeg support and one without in menuconfig.
Compile tested on brcm2708 and omap.

Post #3
mbarriles
13 Apr 2015, 20:02

Thanks for the reply! I try to compile with this makefile, but returned a error: Makefile 82 missing separator.

Post #4
zloop
13 Apr 2015, 22:02

I replicated that error - its because copy/paste and tab -> whitespace conversion
in the code section here

- replace the whitespaces (beginning of line) after CONFIGURE_ARGS and in the install sections with tabs
- use the makefile at http://paste.debian.net/166606/

Post #5
mbarriles
15 Apr 2015, 05:10

Wow! Very very very thank you zloop!!! Motion is running recording videos from my two cheap ip cams (like Foscam FI8918W). I hope one day have enough knowledge about OpenWRT/linux, just like you, to help others here in the forum. For now i'm still in its infancy.

Post #7
roger_
5 Nov 2015, 21:40
zloop wrote:

I replicated that error - its because copy/paste and tab -> whitespace conversion
in the code section here

- replace the whitespaces (beginning of line) after CONFIGURE_ARGS and in the install sections with tabs
- use the makefile at http://paste.debian.net/166606/

zloop:

Care to send a pull request to https://github.com/openwrt/packages ?

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