Index: motion.h
===================================================================
--- motion.h	(revision 292)
+++ motion.h	(working copy)
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@
 	time_t eventtime;
 	time_t connectionlosttime;		/* timestamp from connection lost */
 
+	int first_header_error_minute;		/* minute when first_header error occurred, so we only log one error per minute */
+
 	int lastrate;
 	unsigned short int moved;
 	unsigned short int pause;
Index: netcam.c
===================================================================
--- netcam.c	(revision 292)
+++ netcam.c	(working copy)
@@ -1565,7 +1565,21 @@
 						           "Error in header (%d)", retval);
 					}
 					/* need to have a dynamic delay here */
-					continue;
+					/* If this error has already occurred in this minute, do not repeat to avoid log-flooding */
+					if (netcam->cnt->first_header_error_minute != netcam->cnt->currenttime_tm->tm_min )
+						{
+						/* Record the minute when the error occurred */
+						netcam->cnt->first_header_error_minute = netcam->cnt->currenttime_tm->tm_min;
+						/* And let it happen this time */
+						continue;
+					}
+					else {
+					/* Second or subsequent error in this minute - ignore it */
+					/* We achieve this by sleeping for 1 minute, since we're in the While loop */
+					/* and there's nothing else to do. */
+					SLEEP (60,0);
+					netcam->cnt->first_header_error_minute = -1; /* And turn off the flag until next time */
+					};
 				}
 			} else {	/* Streaming */
 				if (netcam_read_next_header(netcam) < 0) {