Motion and MotionPlus are highly configurable programs that monitor video signals from many types of cameras and depending
upon how they are configured, perform actions when movement is detected.
Motion is the original software dating back to 2000 while MotionPlus is a new application. MotionPlus was added as a
new application in order to allow for removal of older functionality rarely used while also adding new functionalities.
The applications include the ablity to:
- Create videos or save pictures of the activity
- Passthrough recording from many IP cameras
- View live stream of cameras
- Invoke scripts when activities occur
- Log activity into multiple types of databases
- Fully customizable masks for privacy or motion detection
- Full tls(https) support with authentication for webcontrol and streams
Use with many types of devices
- Network cameras via RTSP, RTMP and HTTP
- PI cameras
- V4L2 webcams
- Video capture cards
- Existing movie files
