Updated to the below and it worked, thanks for the pointer.

Looking for some linux advice (I know enough about linux to be dangerous). I am using ssh to access the pi from my macbook, what I am wanting to do is grab a file from the pi and move it to my mac. Below is what I would trying but I am getting a 10.0.1.27 port22: connection refused error: scp pi@10....

Ok thank you. That makes sense that it just records until no more motion. I got this all setup I just haven't actually had much time to play around with it yet. Hopefully tonight.

I am looking to have this record a 15 second video after motion is detected and snap a picture. What are the main config options I should be concerned with modifying to achieve this? Thanks

@dozencrows Started with a fresh OS and it seemed to work fine now. Just need to read up on motion, thrilled to have this working. So everytime I want to start motion, I do it with your config file?

My first attempt I had the following error: /dev/video0 not found. I have reformatted and will be again attempting tomorrow to make it work. Is there anything I need to double check beforehand that may prevent this issue from reoccurring? When I issue the command to take a picture it works. Thanks.