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    UNSOLVED Pi camera use for turning on mirror

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      reallykeene last edited by

      I have read multiple forums about motion detector and facial recognition for turning on the magic mirror. Is there one that is plug and play, or has a good walkthrough? I’m having difficulties with python and the motion software.

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        sdetweil @reallykeene last edited by

        @reallykeene i use a logitech webcam for my camera… and I use the motion project for interfacing to the camera

        https://motion-project.github.io/

        sudo apt-get install motion

        i didn’t want to try to interface a module to lots of different camera… motion handles that.
        I didn’t want to deal with coding for all the different options I might needs (sensitivity, lightswitch flash. …

        you name it… motion handles it…

        i don’t know how it interfaces with face reco, but it can capture images, and forward those on for matching

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          sdetweil last edited by

          i wrote my own module as I use TV and it can’t turn off, and I wanted webcam…

          https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-SleepWake

          uses the motion module discussed above…

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            reallykeene @sdetweil last edited by

            @sdetweil ok I now have motion working. Tested with vlc. But I’m unable to get your module to work. What screen shots might you need to help?
            I changed the time to 1min but the screen will not hide.

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              sdetweil @reallykeene last edited by

              @reallykeene did u set the motion config to trigger my script?

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                sdetweil @reallykeene last edited by sdetweil

                @reallykeene also, if u look in /var/log/motion.log to see motion events

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