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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon motioneye-project

motionEyeOS 20190911 Color/Whitebalance Issue

Open davidaames opened this issue 6 years ago • 10 comments

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motionEyeOS Version

I am running motionEyeOS version 20190911

Board Model

I am using the following board/model: Raspberry PI 3B+

Camera

I am using the following type of camera: MMAL

My camera model is: One of those Chinese 5MP Nightvision cameras with 2 IR lights on the side.

After updating to 20190911 my nightvision camera, which is placed outside displays everything in a red hue. I observed it struggling to color balance today for about a minute, twitching from regular colors to the red hue, and staying on it.

davidaames avatar Oct 24 '19 11:10 davidaames

If you're using motion detection (default install), you must add mmalcam_control_params -awb greyworld to "Extra Motion Options". If you're using the "Fast Network Camera" (FNC) mode, then the Greyworld option is available in "Automatic White Balance".

popoviciri avatar Oct 27 '19 08:10 popoviciri

Thanks popoviciri, I was wondering why everything was red. I have applied the command and all good now.

AndyMAu avatar Oct 30 '19 08:10 AndyMAu

@AndyMAu Are you happy to close this issue?

jasaw avatar Oct 30 '19 10:10 jasaw

Thanks for your input. Would be awesome to include options like this in the GUI for future releases.

davidaames avatar Oct 30 '19 10:10 davidaames

@ccrisan What do you think of exposing mmal controls on the web interface, similar to FNC type controls?

jasaw avatar Oct 30 '19 10:10 jasaw

@jasaw I'm not sure what that implies. Is there a command that lists them and allows tweaking them?

ccrisan avatar Nov 01 '19 07:11 ccrisan

It's just exposing whatever options that mmalcam_control_params supports, but I think it's more trouble than it's worth. Maybe the best solution is to document all mmalcam_control_params options in the wiki.

jasaw avatar Nov 01 '19 08:11 jasaw

@AndyMAu Are you happy to close this issue?

I was merely commenting about the issue. My only other question is why has this never been a problem before for me with previous releases?

AndyMAu avatar Nov 07 '19 07:11 AndyMAu

Where can I access "Extra Motion Options"? I'm running motioneyeos on a Rasberry pi 0 W. For the life of me I cannot find it.

I have the pink tint issue as well.

Dr-Ari-Gami avatar May 29 '20 03:05 Dr-Ari-Gami

I'm sure this he's figured it out, but for future answer-seekers, it's under the "Video Device" section, below the "Frame Rate" slider

Solarbotics avatar Aug 27 '23 00:08 Solarbotics