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Version 20170710 with hwaccel for rpi

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@jasaw jasaw released this 09 Aug 19:05
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Based on ccrisan's version 20170710, but with hwaccel for Raspberry Pi. More information about hwaccel here motioneye-project#365.
This is completely untested and highly experimental. Use at your own risk.

Minimum hardware requirements: 512MB RAM
If you have the 256MB RAM Raspberry Pi, please use the previous pre-release.

To get the optimum movie quality, tune the following:

  • resolution
  • fps

Pi Zero W recommended configuration:

  • GPU memory: 96M
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720
  • Frame rate: 20 fps
  • Movie format: H.264 (mp4 or mkv)
  • Pre-capture: maximum of 20 frames (higher pre-cap uses more RAM)
  • Minimum motion frames: 15 frames (higher value uses more RAM)
  • No web browser connection as it consumes too much CPU.

Pi2 and Pi3 are able to run at higher resolution, but need 128M of GPU memory. Use gpu_stat script to check available GPU memory.

Known issues / limitations:

  • Raspberry Pi with 256MB RAM is no longer supported due to its limited memory.
  • Wifi stops working after first boot when connecting to certain access points. Workaround here: motioneye-project#1012
  • Fails to create movie previews.
  • Movie quality in configuration does nothing.

Changes:

  • Log files are stored in RAM to reduce microSD card wear.