RTSP Motion Detector with Timestamp and Frame Logging

This Python script connects to an RTSP camera stream, detects motion via pixel difference analysis, overlays timestamps on frames, and saves them on motion detection or regular intervals.

Features

• 🟡 Overlay timestamps with a visual background strip
• 📹 Real-time RTSP stream display
• 📦 Saves frames on:
  • Motion detection
  • Regular time intervals (based on frame count and FPS)
• ⚙️ Simple motion detection using pixel difference count

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or higher
• An RTSP camera or local RTSP stream URL

Installation

1. Clone the repo or download the script.
2. Install required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Update the script:

rtsp_link = r'rtsp://localhost:8554/stream'  # Replace with your RTSP link

Usage

Run the script:

python motion_capture.py

Output

• Motion frames: motion_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg
• Regular frames: regular_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg

Screenshot

Notes

• Motion detection sensitivity is adjustable via:

return count > 1000  # Lower = more sensitive

• Change save_interval to adjust regular snapshot frequency (in seconds).