"motion" model not loading.

[ryann0097]

Hope you are doing well. Today we tested a new deployment approach. Instead of installing the system inside a VM, we deployed it using Docker directly on a physical machine to speed up our debugging proccess.
The installation process was quick and completed without major issues. However, we are currently facing errors related to the "motion" detection model.
Please find below the relevant log excerpts:

[2026-02-19 16:03:12] [WARN] [<my-camera>] Failed to load detection model: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:12] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:13] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:13] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:13] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
[2026-02-19 16:03:14] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:14] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:14] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
[2026-02-19 16:03:15] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:15] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:15] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
[2026-02-19 16:03:16] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:16] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:16] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Running periodic service check (32 max streams)
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Service check for stream <my-camera>: enabled=1, record=0, streaming_enabled=1
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Stream <my-camera> is registered with go2rtc, WebRTC URL: http://<my-ip>:1984/go2rtc/webrtc/<my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Using go2rtc native HLS for stream <my-camera> (no ffmpeg HLS thread needed)
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Preloading stream with URL: http://<my-ip>:1984/go2rtc/api/preload?src=<my-camera>&video&audio
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
16:03:17.842 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: codecs not matched: video:H264 => audio:ANY" stream=<my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Successfully preloaded stream in go2rtc: <my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Preloaded stream <my-camera> to keep go2rtc producer active for HLS/detection
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] go2rtc native HLS ready for stream <my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Ensuring detection-based recording is active for stream: <my-camera> (annotation_only=false)
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Unified detection already running for stream <my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:17] [INFO] Successfully started detection-based recording for stream: <my-camera>
[2026-02-19 16:03:18] [INFO] Handling GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request
[2026-02-19 16:03:18] [INFO] Found 0 detections in database for stream <my-camera> (start=0, end=0)
[2026-02-19 16:03:18] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/detection/results/<my-camera> request, returned 0 detections
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Handling GET /api/auth/verify request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Authentication successful with session token for user: <my-user>
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Handling GET /api/settings request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/settings request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Handling GET /api/settings request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/settings request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Handling GET /api/auth/verify request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Authentication successful with session token for user: <my-user>
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Handling GET /api/streams request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/streams request
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Adding start_time filter to paginated query: <start-timestamp>
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Adding end_time filter to paginated query: <end-timestamp>
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Adding start_time filter to paginated query: <start-timestamp>
[2026-02-19 16:03:19] [INFO] Adding end_time filter to paginated query: <end-timestamp>
[2026-02-19 16:03:22] [INFO] [<my-camera>] Running detection (interval=10s, elapsed=10s, model=motion)
[2026-02-19 16:03:22] [WARN] [<my-camera>] Failed to load detection model: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:22] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [INFO] [<my-camera>] Heartbeat: state=BUFFERING, packets=909, detections=0, last_check=10s ago
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [INFO] Handling GET /api/health request
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [INFO] Successfully handled GET /api/health request
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [INFO] [<my-camera>] Running detection (interval=10s, elapsed=10s, model=motion)
[2026-02-19 16:03:32] [WARN] [<my-camera>] Failed to load detection model: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:42] [INFO] [<my-camera>] Running detection (interval=10s, elapsed=10s, model=motion)
[2026-02-19 16:03:42] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: motion
[2026-02-19 16:03:42] [WARN] [<my-camera>] Failed to load detection model: motion

From the logs, it appears that the system is unable to locate or load the "motion" model file, resulting in zero detections being recorded.

[DevlTz]

[2026-02-20 16:13:13] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: /var/lib/lightnvr/data/models/motion
[mp4 @ 0x7f1ae817e940] Starting second pass: moving the moov atom to the beginning of the file
[mp4 @ 0x7f1aa005ee00] Starting second pass: moving the moov atom to the beginning of the file
[2026-02-20 16:13:23] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: /var/lib/lightnvr/data/models/motion
[2026-02-20 16:13:33] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: /var/lib/lightnvr/data/models/motion
[2026-02-20 16:13:43] [ERROR] MODEL FILE NOT FOUND: /var/lib/lightnvr/data/models/motion

Same here.

[matteius]

Taking a look now.

[matteius]

I believe this is now fixed, try 0.26.0

[matteius]

This is confirmed fixed on 0.28.3