Cameras by hostname

[TLaren]

I setup MotionEye on a Thin Client. I first entered the cameras via IP address. Everything worked OK. I have a need to have this setup portable so I added DNS for all cameras. I have written software to update the DNS at Cloud Flare for any cameras on the local network. When I re-enter the cameras with a Hostname, all cameras show the same image. The same image of the first Hostname camera entered. I can verify that the DNS is correct by pinging the cameras from the Motion EYE server. I can also browse to the cameras via Hostname from a local PC that I use to configure MotionEye.

I have DNS'd the following

    nvr.domain.tld   192.168.15.10
    cam1.domain.tld  192.168.15.15
    cam2.domain.tld  192.168.15.16
    cam3.domain.tld  192.168.15.17
    cam4.domain.tld  192.168.15.18

Is there some setting I need to set to allow Hostnames? Should it work, does it work?

• Ubuntu Server 24.04.3 LTS
• Motion 4.7.1
• CPU AMD GX-415GA, Quad Core 1.5Ghz
• RAM 16G
• SSD 1TB
• Cameras Amcrest Network Cameras

[MichaIng]

motionEye just uses the host's DNS resolver, no magic or anything needed for this to work.

You removed and re-added the network cameras via motionEye web UI? Check whether the host resolves those domains as expected:

getent hosts cam{1,2,3,4}.domain.tld