Implement libcamerify support for motion binary

motioneye/motionctl.py

@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ def find_motion():
 
     return _motion_binary_cache
 
+def find_libcamerify():
+
+    if settings.LIBCAMERIFY:
+
+        if os.path.exists(settings.LIBCAMERIFY):
+            logging.debug(f'Found {settings.LIBCAMERIFY}')
+            return settings.LIBCAMERIFY
+
+        else:
+            binary = utils.call_subprocess(['which', 'libcamerify'])
+            if os.path.exists(binary):
+                logging.debug(f'Found {binary}')
+                return binary
+
+    return None, None
 
 def start(deferred=False):
     from motioneye import config, mjpgclient
@@ -99,7 +114,18 @@ def start(deferred=False):
     motion_log_path = os.path.join(settings.LOG_PATH, 'motion.log')
     motion_pid_path = os.path.join(settings.RUN_PATH, 'motion.pid')
 
-    args = [program, '-n', '-c', motion_config_path, '-d']
+    args = []
+
+    libcamerify = find_libcamerify()
+    if libcamerify:
+        args.append(libcamerify)
+        logging.debug('Using libcam wrapper libcamerify')
+
+    args.append(program)
+    args.append('-n')
+    args.append('-c')
+    args.append(motion_config_path)
+    args.append('-d')
 
     if settings.LOG_LEVEL <= logging.DEBUG:
         args.append('9')

motioneye/settings.py

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 # the TCP port to listen on
 PORT = 8765
 
+# Path to libcamerify if libcamera compatability layer/wrapper should be used (default no)
+LIBCAMERIFY = None
+
 # path to the motion binary to use (automatically detected by default)
 MOTION_BINARY = None