Implement libcamerify support for motion binary

motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ listen 0.0.0.0
 # the TCP port to listen on
 port 8765
 
+# path to libcamerify for backwards compatability when using libcamera
+# This should only be used on Raspberry Pi with Bullseye or newer when you can not use the legacy camera libraries like raspicam.
+# If you have Raspberry Pi Camera v3 or newer you probably have to use this or some other workaround like a local IP-camera.
+# Libcamerify enables a way to access a libcamera-camera using the legacy APIs and will probably not support all if any camera parameters.
+# Libcamerify can be installed with "sudo apt install libcamera-tools".
+# Warning: needs Motion release newer than release 4.5.1. As of 2023-05-23 Motion needs to be compiled manually. See https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/issues/1644
+#libcamerify /usr/bin/libcamerify
+
 # path to the motion binary to use (automatically detected if commented)
 #motion_binary /usr/bin/motion
 

motioneye/motionctl.py

@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ def find_motion():
 
     return _motion_binary_cache
 
+def find_libcamerify():
+    if settings.LIBCAMERIFY:
+        if os.path.exists(settings.LIBCAMERIFY):
+            logging.debug(f'Found {settings.LIBCAMERIFY}')
+            return settings.LIBCAMERIFY
+
+        else:
+            binary = utils.call_subprocess(['which', 'libcamerify'])
+            if os.path.exists(binary):
+                logging.debug(f'Found {binary}')
+                return binary
+
+    return None
 
 def start(deferred=False):
     from motioneye import config, mjpgclient
@@ -100,6 +113,10 @@ def start(deferred=False):
     motion_pid_path = os.path.join(settings.RUN_PATH, 'motion.pid')
 
     args = [program, '-n', '-c', motion_config_path, '-d']
+    libcamerify = find_libcamerify()
+    if libcamerify:
+        logging.debug('Using libcamera wrapper libcamerify')
+        args.insert(0, libcamerify)
 
     if settings.LOG_LEVEL <= logging.DEBUG:
         args.append('9')

motioneye/settings.py

@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
 # the TCP port to listen on
 PORT = 8765
 
+# path to libcamerify for backwards compatibility when using libcamera
+# This should only be used on Raspberry Pi with Bullseye or newer when you cannot use the legacy camera libraries like raspicam.
+# If you have Raspberry Pi Camera v3 or newer you probably have to use this or some other workaround like a local IP-camera.
+# Libcamerify enables a way to access a libcamera-camera using the legacy APIs and will probably not support all if any camera parameters.
+# Libcamerify can be installed with "sudo apt install libcamera-tools".
+# Warning: needs Motion release newer than release 4.5.1. As of 2023-05-23 Motion needs to be compiled manually. See https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/issues/1644
+LIBCAMERIFY = None
+
 # path to the motion binary to use (automatically detected by default)
 MOTION_BINARY = None