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Hi,

I need to detect motion in a loooong video (12 or 24 hours depending on the day) : people or small animals crossing a room.

So far, I've used the Motion Detection Filter of VLC to view motion on screen (rectangles appear when motion is detected). Now I would like to improve and automatize that. I would like VLC to view the entire video for me and write a log every time the Motion Detection Filter detects something (or even better, cut the video at the good place, but I am certainly dreaming).

Is this possible ?

Second question : if yes, is it possible to specify a specific area in the video to search motion, cause the filter detects motion in the upper edge of the video, where infos about time and frame rate are displayed (so there is ALWAYS motion is this area )

TIA for your answers,

Arnaud

1. VLC can playback up to 32x. I doubt the motion detection would work when streaming (as fast as possible). But it could be possible to modify for log.
2. Not without important modifications.

Allright, so it's possible to log this kind of event (I'll run VLC at normal speed during the night, so the motion detection should work fine), this is a good point !

Question now is how can I set the log ? Could you give me some tips ?

where is the answer?