Image from USB camera too bright in fullHD, whilst ok at 640x480 #1653

okybaca · 2023-03-17T08:27:00Z

okybaca
Mar 17, 2023

Did you read the guide?

Yes

What is the base version number of Motion being used?

4.5.x

What was the install method?

Built from source code

What is base architecture?

x86

What is the distro being used?

Debian

Disto version number

Debian 4.19.269-1 (2022-12-20)

Camera type(s) being used?

v4l2 USB camera

Describe the issue/problem and steps to reproduce

I'm trying to take snapshots (as source material for timelapse video) using my USB webcam

( idVendor           0x1bcf Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
  idProduct          0x2284 )

Image is overexposed, automatic exposure doesn't work in full resolution (1920x1080). When I set the resolution to 640x480 in Motion, image is exposed right, with the same motion settings.

I use:
video_params palette=15,"Brightness"=100,"Exposure, Auto"=3
in config, but tried many possible variants with auto_brightness.

Other people describe the same problem here, using Rpi Cam module, so I believe it's a Motion bug.

Relevant Motion log output (at log_level 8)

[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /home/okybaca/.motion/motion.conf
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to syslog
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 4.5.1+git20230125-ab0a463 Started
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using default log type (ALL)
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using log type (ALL) log level (DBG)
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] conf_output_parms: Writing configuration parameters from all files (1):
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] Thread 0 - Config file: /home/okybaca/.motion/motion.conf
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] daemon                    off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] setup_mode                off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pid_file                  
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_file                  
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_level                 8
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] log_type                  ALL
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] quiet                     on
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] native_language           on
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] watchdog_tmo              30
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] watchdog_kill             10
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_name               
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_id                 0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] target_dir                
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_device              /dev/video0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_params              palette=15,"Brightness"=100,"Exposure, Auto"=3
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] auto_brightness           0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] tuner_device              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_frames         1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_skip           1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] roundrobin_switchfilter   off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_url                
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_params             
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_high_url           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_high_params        
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] netcam_userpass           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mmalcam_name              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mmalcam_params            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] width                     1920
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] height                    1080
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] framerate                 1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] minimum_frame_time        0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] rotate                    0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] flip_axis                 none
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] locate_motion_mode        off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] locate_motion_style       box
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_left                 CAMERA1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_right                %Y-%m-%d\n%T-%q
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_changes              off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_scale                1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] text_event                %Y%m%d%H%M%S
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] emulate_motion            off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pause                     off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold                 1500
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold_maximum         0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] threshold_tune            off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] noise_level               32
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] noise_tune                on
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] despeckle_filter          EedDl
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] area_detect               
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mask_file                 
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] mask_privacy              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] smart_mask_speed          0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] lightswitch_percent       0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] lightswitch_frames        5
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] minimum_motion_frames     1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] event_gap                 60
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] pre_capture               3
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] post_capture              0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_start            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_event_end              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_picture_save           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_area_detected          
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_motion_detected        
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_movie_start            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_movie_end              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_camera_lost            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] on_camera_found           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_output            off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_output_motion     off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_type              jpeg
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_quality           100
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_exif              
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] picture_filename          %Y%m%d%H%M%S-%q
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] snapshot_interval         20
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] snapshot_filename         cam1-%Y%m%d%H%M%S-snapshot
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_output              off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_output_motion       off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_max_time            60
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_bps                 400000
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_quality             45
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_codec               mkv
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_duplicate_frames    off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_passthrough         off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_filename            %t-%v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_extpipe_use         off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] movie_extpipe             
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_interval        0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_mode            daily
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_fps             30
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_codec           mpg
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] timelapse_filename        %Y%m%d-timelapse
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_pipe                
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] video_pipe_motion         
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_port           8080
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_ipv6           off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_localhost      on
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_parms          1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_interface      0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_auth_method    0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_authentication 
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_tls            off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_cert           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_key            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_header_params  
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_minutes   5
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_attempts  5
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] webcontrol_lock_max_ips   25
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_port               8081
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_localhost          on
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_auth_method        0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_authentication     
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_tls                off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_header_params      
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_scale      25
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_newline    off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_preview_method     0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_quality            50
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_grey               off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_motion             off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_maxrate            1
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] stream_limit              0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_type             
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_dbname           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_host             localhost
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_port             0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_user             
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_password         
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] database_busy_timeout     0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_picture           off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_snapshot          off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_movie             off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_log_timelapse         off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query_start           
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query_stop            
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] sql_query                 
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_type                0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_auto                off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_port                
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motorx              0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motorx_reverse      off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motory              0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_motory_reverse      off
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_maxx                0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_minx                0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_maxy                0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_miny                0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_homex               128
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_homey               128
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_iomojo_id           0
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_step_angle_x        10
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_step_angle_y        10
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_move_wait           10
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_speed               255
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_stepsize            40
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] track_generic_move        
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera                    
[0:motion] [INF] [ALL] camera_dir                
[0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: v4l2   : available
[0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: bktr   : not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: webp   : not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: mmal   : not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [ALL] motion_ntc: ffmpeg : available
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: mysql  : not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: MariaDB: not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: sqlite3: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: pgsql  : not available
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] motion_ntc: nls    : available
[0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_strm: Starting all camera streams on port 8081
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_basic: Basic authentication: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_digest: Digest authentication: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_ipv6: IPV6: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_tls: SSL/TLS: available
[0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_strm_ntc: Started camera 0 stream on port 8081
[0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_ctrl: Starting webcontrol on port 8080
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_basic: Basic authentication: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_digest: Digest authentication: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_ipv6: IPV6: available
[0:motion] [DBG] [STR] webu_mhd_features_tls: SSL/TLS: available
[0:motion] [NTC] [STR] webu_start_ctrl: Started webcontrol on port 8080
[0:motion] [NTC] [ENC] ffmpeg_global_init: ffmpeg libavcodec version 58.35.100 libavformat version 58.20.100
[0:motion] [DBG] [DBL] dbse_global_init: Initializing database
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] translate_init: Language: English
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_start_thread: Camera ID: 0 is from /home/okybaca/.motion/motion.conf
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_start_thread: Camera ID: 0 Camera Name: (null) Device: /dev/video0
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] main: Waiting for threads to finish, pid: 30866
[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] motion_init: Camera 0 started: motion detection Enabled
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] vid_start: Opening V4L2 device
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_parse: Parsing: palette=15,"Brightness"=100,"Exposure, Auto"=3
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >Brightness< >100<
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >Exposure, Auto< >3<
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >palette< >15<
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >input< >-1<
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >norm< >0<
[1:ml1] [DBG] [ALL] util_parms_add: Parsed: >frequency< >0<
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_device_open: Using videodevice /dev/video0 and input -1
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: ------------------------
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: cap.driver: "uvcvideo"
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: cap.card: "Full HD webcam: Full HD webcam"
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: cap.bus_info: "usb-0000:00:14.0-2"
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: cap.capabilities=0x84A00001
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: ------------------------
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: - VIDEO_CAPTURE
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_device_capability: - STREAMING
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_input_select: Name = "Camera 1", type 0x00000002, status 00000000
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_input_select: Name = "Camera 1"- CAMERA
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_norm_select: Device does not support specifying PAL/NTSC norm
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_pixfmt_try: Testing palette YUYV (1920x1080)
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_pixfmt_stride: Checking image size 1920x1080 with stride 3840
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_pixfmt_set: Using palette YUYV (1920x1080)
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_fps_set: Trying to set fps to 1
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_fps_set: Device set fps to 5
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ---------Controls---------
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   V4L2 ID   Name and Range
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963776 Brightness, 0 to 255
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963777 Contrast, 0 to 95
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963778 Saturation, 0 to 100
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963779 Hue, -2000 to 2000
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963788 White Balance Temperature, Auto, 0 to 1
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963792 Gamma, 100 to 300
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963795 Gain, 16 to 255
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963800 Power Line Frequency, 0 to 2
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   menu item: Value 0 Disabled
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   menu item: Value 1 50 Hz
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   menu item: Value 2 60 Hz
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963802 White Balance Temperature, 2800 to 6500
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963803 Sharpness, 0 to 70
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID09963804 Backlight Compensation, 8 to 200
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10094849 Exposure, Auto, 0 to 3
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   menu item: Value 1 Manual Mode
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list:   menu item: Value 3 Aperture Priority Mode
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: ID10094850 Exposure (Absolute), 3 to 8192
[1:ml1] [INF] [VID] v4l2_ctrls_list: --------------------------
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_mmap_request: mmap information: frames=4
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_mmap_query: 0 length=4147200 Address (5b125000) offset 0
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_mmap_query: 1 length=4147200 Address (5ad30000) offset 4149248
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_mmap_query: 2 length=4147200 Address (5a93b000) offset 8298496
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_mmap_query: 3 length=4147200 Address (5a546000) offset 12447744
[1:ml1] [NTC] [NET] motion_init: Substream not available.  Image sizes not modulo 16.
[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] image_ring_resize: Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items
[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] image_ring_resize: Resizing pre_capture buffer to 4 items
[1:ml1] [NTC] [EVT] event_newfile: Writing image to file: ./cam1-20230317090640-snapshot.jpg
^C[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] sig_handler: Received signal 2.
[1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] motion_loop: Thread exiting
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] vid_close: Cleaning up V4L2 device
[1:ml1] [NTC] [VID] v4l2_cleanup: Closing video device /dev/video0
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_close: close
[1:ml1] [DBG] [VID] v4l2_device_cleanup: vid_source
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] main: Threads finished
[0:motion] [NTC] [ALL] main: Motion terminating

Mr-Dave · 2023-03-17T13:36:54Z

Mr-Dave
Mar 17, 2023
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Does the image appear normal after the camera has been running for a while (i.e. Not in timelapse only mode)?

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okybaca Mar 21, 2023
Author

No, it doesn't.
But same results using both v4l2ucp and guvcview, so I suppose now it's a v4l error...

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Image from USB camera too bright in fullHD, whilst ok at 640x480 #1653

okybaca Mar 17, 2023

Did you read the guide?

What is the base version number of Motion being used?

What was the install method?

What is base architecture?

What is the distro being used?

Disto version number

Camera type(s) being used?

Describe the issue/problem and steps to reproduce

Relevant Motion log output (at log_level 8)

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