Viewing MJPEG raspberry pi motion stream

There is a difference between the stream that is created as a file on the Pi when motion is detected and the actual stream via a browser.  The browser is showing you streamed jpegs.  I have this working in Firefox but in IE it only justs tries to download the jpeg files.

You may also take a look at this.  http://sirlagz.net/2013/01/07/how-to-stream-a-webcam-from-the-raspberry-pi-part-3/

For me in my firefox browser, it just shows the 1st image, it doesnt refresh stream every few seconds.

Which version of firefox did you use to get the live stream working properly ???

Firefox version is 21.0.

Are you on the latest version if wheezy with all updates?

Post your motion.conf file and I will compare it to mine.

yes i"m on the latest version, just updates it 5 weeks back

The values of the parameters in motion.conf

daemon off -> daemon on

process_id_file -> /home/raspbian/motion/motion.pid

width 320 -> 640  //Width of the camera feed

height 240 -> 480  //Height of the camera feed

framerate 15

max_mpeg_time 12000 //Larger the value, smaller the video file

ffmpeg_cap_new off  //Set to OFF as video is not recorded

webcam_quality 75

webcam_motion off -> on //Changed  to 'on' so only 1 frame per second is broadcast to the web cam server until actual motion is detected)

webcam_localhost on -> off (change this to 'off' so you can view the webcam stream remotely)

webcam_maxrate 1 (the maximum number of frames per second the web cam server will show in your browser, try 10 for starters)

webcam_localhost on -> off  //Changed to 'off' so that webcam stream can be viewed remotely

webcam_maxrate 10   // The maximum number of frames per second the web cam server will show in your browser

Which webcam_maxrate setting are you using?

the one under live webcam server.

In the config you pasted above you have 2 of the same setting.  One set at 1 and one set at 10.

yes , I have used both of same setting.

Is this causing problems ??

What is your settings for these ???

So, is your browser refershing the stream automatically every few seconds ???

You can download my motion.conf file here https://www.dropbox.com/s/n6p97e419tnbn46/motion.conf.

It refreshes the stream automatically in firefox.

I also downloaded an app for ipad/iphone called CameraView ($.99) This works great to view the stream video.

I did some more research and found that IE basically has no compatibility for MJPEG.  Other browsers do suport it but have issues with it.  Maybe you should look into turning the Pi into a web server and then using the webserver and either HTML or Java script to render the video as discussed in the links below.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5269376/cross-browser-solution-for-displaying-mjpeg-stream

http://forums.asp.net/t/1853365.aspx/1

Final thought.  Make sure you are using motion version 3.2.9 as previous versions had issues with streaming in FireFox (http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Firefox_shows_a_still_image_44_that_never_stops_loading_44_if_I_press_F5_it_starts_refreshing.)

Thank you very much!!