motioneye

According to the contribution graph (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/graphs/contributors) it was started in 2013 when Python 3.3 was already released. So what where the reaosons the project started in Python 2 in the first place?

Yes there are, this[2] WIP PR is by the maintainer himself. It will be a while till the port is complete. [2] https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/pull/1572

There is a python3 branch, some issues around the topic and a PR [1] preparing for a transition. [1]: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/pull/1978

Just upgraded motioneye[1] Python 2 yesterday via pip, have been porting other smaller Python 2 projects to Python 3 for personal use for a while now. But there are still large projects like motioneye where Python 3 port is WIP or not planned all. [1]https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye

FWIW I've setup Raspberry Pi W cameras [0] as security and garage door opener (w/relay on GPIO) cameras for friends/family, using MotionEye [1] as the interface. I just use a cheap VPS like Vultr [2] to terminate persistent ssh tunnels from the cameras and run a self-signed https gateway into them. It's under $5/mo for the cheapest VPS option. It's a bit of work to get it set up, but nothing crazy hard if you know your way around something resembling a LAMP stack and ssh tunnels. There's no third parties integrated so you control the data and have a lot fewer privacy/safety concerns in general. If there's no wifi available, at&t offers mobile hotspot prepay service for as low as $25/mo. [0] https://www.adafruit.com/product/3414 [1] https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye [2] https://www.vultr.com/

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3414 + https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye

I've been trying to solve this problem for a while Motion is great for one or two cameras, but changes take a while and viewing the output is hard. However I really like motioneye: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki it works well on a pi and is basically a nice gui for motion (with the ability to paint motion masks in the browser, which is a very nice touch) the only down side is that video viewing isn't supported directly in the browser, but that might change if someone is willing to help out.

There are a few projects out there [0][1] that make it fairly simple to set up a motion detection capable solution with a simple USB webcam. I'm currently waiting on a cheap infrared camera from China ($4!) for use with my Pi, but I've done testing with an older Logitech HD camera and have had excellent results. [0] Motion: http://lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome [1] MotionEye: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye