Totally reset the camera to defaults and started from scratch.
I log into it and can see the camera picture.
when I enter the same details into motioneye OS it accepts the settings and displays no red text errors.
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /data/etc/motion.conf
[1994670696:motion] [ALR] [ALL] conf_cmdparse: Deprecated config option "thread" since after version 3.4.1:
[1994670696:motion] [ALR] [ALL] conf_cmdparse: The "thread" option has been replaced by the "camera" option.
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] config_camera: Processing camera config file thread-1.conf
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 4.1.1 Started
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to syslog
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using default log type (ALL)
[1994670696:motion] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Using log type (ALL) log level (WRN)
[1:ml1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: Normal resolution: Unable to open camera((null)): Server returned 404 Not Found
[1:ml1] [ERR] [VID] vid_start: Netcam RTSP failed to open
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] motion_init: Could not fetch initial image from camera
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] motion_init: Motion continues using width and height from config file(s)
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] mlp_retry: Retrying until successful connection with camera
[1:ml1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: Normal resolution: Unable to open camera((null)): Server returned 404 Not Found
[1:ml1] [ERR] [VID] vid_start: Netcam RTSP failed to open
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] mlp_retry: Retrying until successful connection with camera
[1:ml1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: Normal resolution: Unable to open camera((null)): Server returned 404 Not Found
[1:ml1] [ERR] [VID] vid_start: Netcam RTSP failed to open
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] mlp_retry: Retrying until successful connection with camera
[1:ml1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: Normal resolution: Unable to open camera((null)): Server returned 404 Not Found
[1:ml1] [ERR] [VID] vid_start: Netcam RTSP failed to open
[1:ml1] [WRN] [ALL] mlp_retry: Retrying until successful connection with camera
[1:ml1] [ERR] [NET] netcam_rtsp_open_context: Normal resolution: Unable to open camera((null)): Server returned 404 Not Found
[1:ml1] [ERR] [VID] vid_start: Netcam RTSP failed to open