IP/Web Camera Plugin (2 Viewers)

[charli181]

I played with zoneminder a bit and wrote a simple java script to send a udp broadcast out over the network when motion was detected. This broadcast was received on the client side via a plugin which then brought up the vlc stream.

That was a couple of years ago and have lost all the code since then, but it is another way to do it.

 

[fripsy]

Just found some source code to do motion detection on a live source, this code can be adapted to be used in a plugin and popup a PiP in MP.
If someone is interested, I could try and build something you can test with.

Bear in mind that I don't have a lot of spare time the next weeks, so it could take a while to get something usefull.

In case anyone is interested, please don't hesitate to come up with ideas, options, features, etc.

Cheers.

PS. The reason I am willing to look into this is that I'm planning to install a camera in the near future, so it would come in handy for myself also.

 

[kleiner8]

Just found some source code to do motion detection on a live source, this code can be adapted to be used in a plugin and popup a PiP in MP.
If someone is interested, I could try and build something you can test with.

Bear in mind that I don't have a lot of spare time the next weeks, so it could take a while to get something usefull.

In case anyone is interested, please don't hesitate to come up with ideas, options, features, etc.

Cheers.

PS. The reason I am willing to look into this is that I'm planning to install a camera in the near future, so it would come in handy for myself also.

Hi fripsy,

yes, im interested in that you program a plugin. I have 2 IP cameras (front door and Carport). If i can test something i'll give my best to support you.

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[fripsy]

Ok, I'll go ahead with this then.

Features I'd like to implement:
- multiple camera support
- JPEG + MJPEG support
- option to record on motion

I wonder what the possible actions should be if the PiP is showing... perhaps to be able to cancel a recording if it's a false alarm.
Switch to fullscreen...
That's about all I can think of right now...

 

[Quarter]

Ok, I'll go ahead with this then.

Features I'd like to implement:
- multiple camera support
- JPEG + MJPEG support
- option to record on motion

I wonder what the possible actions should be if the PiP is showing... perhaps to be able to cancel a recording if it's a false alarm.
Switch to fullscreen...
That's about all I can think of right now...

I did make a start on this, you can have the code if you want. I was up to the motion senser part.

 

[IceFluffy]

Very interested in testing!

 

[TommySharp]

This has been brought up as a request before and I remember as it's something I'd really like.... Motion at the front door and a little Picture in Picture box shows up letting me see who's there....

However as far as I know Picture in Picture is not possible in MP 1.x although it will be something that will be possible with MP 2.x

Correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I remember....

 

[fripsy]

This has been brought up as a request before and I remember as it's something I'd really like.... Motion at the front door and a little Picture in Picture box shows up letting me see who's there....

However as far as I know Picture in Picture is not possible in MP 1.x although it will be something that will be possible with MP 2.x

Correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I remember....

Indeed, PiP is not possible in MP1.x using the internal video, but there is a way around by using WMP, VLC, DirectX... It is not easy to do but it is possible.
As I mentioned before, I started working on a "live" PiP a while ago, where you can watch 2 live tv channels at the same time, 1 fullscreen, the other PiP.
Displaying the PiP was the easy part, the logic to tune a second channel was more complicated. The only thing I'm worrying about is using the remote control once the PiP is displayed. That's how far I got before leaving on my trip.

So the only thing I need to do is to try to remember how I got the PiP working, as I don't have that source code with me... and then figure out how to link the actions to the remote control...

Cheers.

 

[kleiner8]

@ fripsy

Thanks in advance for your engagement. Hopefully we will have a plugin in future to watch our IP cams. May be on MP 2.x

Greetings

kleiner

 

[fripsy]

I don't intend to wait for MP 2.x, I'm already coding the configuration screen...
Sadly I don't have a lot of spare time for the moment...