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iCam Support / Re: Motion Detection - CPU

« on: November 07, 2012, 03:05:56 PM »

I'm okay with the increased CPU requirement of motion detection.  Using your suggestions, I could minimize it to some degree.  (I'm running a Late-2011 MacBook Pro 2.5 GHz quad-core i7 w/16GB ram).  I think the fundamental question I have is that when "Send Notifications" and "Record Motion" are both unchecked, what's the point of iCamSource actually performing motion detection?  I understand that iCamSource performs motion detection whenever "Enable Motion Detection" is checked so I guess I'm questioning why that is the case (and to make sure I'm not missing something) and wondering if it wouldn't make better sense for the program to behave differently.

Right now, I'm not recording or notifying, so there's no need for my CPU to be under the load that it is. It's under that load because iCamSource is performing motion detection (for no purpose).   But I'd really like to leave iCamSource up and running and let the scheduler handle starting/stopping recording and notification (and by extension, motion detection).  Presently, in order to alleviate the CPU utilization,  I have to stop iCamSource when I sit down to work and start it up again when I leave.  Just doesn't seem right.... it seems like a mistake.

Anyway, if I have to, I can always enable auto-start and rely on the OS to launch/kill iCamSource on a schedule.

Thanks for taking the time to help.

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iCam Support / Motion Detection - CPU

« on: November 06, 2012, 04:11:18 PM »

I understand that motion detection increases CPU utilization.  I've just bought iCam and I would like to have iCamSource running all the time and schedule the recording and notification of motion events.  I've got this working satisfactorily. On the motion detection tab, I have "Enable Motion Detection" checked  and I've left "Send Notifications" and "Record Motion" unchecked (because I'm using the scheduler).  My expectation was that having those last two items unchecked would, in effect, suppress the actual motion detection (and lower CPU utilization) as it serves no purpose to detect the motion if no action is going to be taken.

As it stands, when I come home and need to use my computer, I have to either disable motion detection or stop iCamSource to alleviate the high CPU utilization.  Then, when I leave in the morning, I have to re-enable motion detection or re-start iCamSource.  Am I missing something or is it by design that I'm going to have to manually interact with iCamSource all the time?

Thanks!