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1. On the Application Launcher, click LXTerminal.
2. Type the following command and then press Enter:
motion
When you want to stop Motion, press Ctrl + C.
To configure Motion to start automatically:
1. On the Application Launcher, click LXTerminal.
2. Type the following command and then press Enter:
nano /etc/motion.conf
3. Change the setting daemon to on.
4. Press Ctrl + O, and then press Enter.
5. Press Ctrl + X.
6. Type the following command and then press Enter:
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
7. Before the line that reads exit 0, add the following
text on its own line:
motion
8. Press Ctrl + O, and then press Enter.
9. Press Ctrl + X.
10. To restart the Pi, type the following command and
then press Enter:
sudo shutdown -r now
Viewing the Live Stream from Devices on your Network
To view the video from a device on your local network, ensure
Motion is running and then open a web browser on the device.
You need to know the IP address of the Raspberry Pi. For more
information, see Finding the IP Address on page41.
Type http:// followed by the IP address of your Pi, then a colon
and the port number (stream_port in motion.conf) into the
address bar of the web browser. Then press Enter.