I've been looking through the documentation tonight but can't find this answer. I'd like to see if there's a way to set a significantly lower frame rate for a particular camera in SS for *viewing* purposes. For recording TL, I know I can set it to grab a frame every __ seconds, but I want to slow down the frame rate for viewing.
Scenario: I am [temporarily] setting up a Foscam 8910W in a vacant house that's been broken into a lot lately. I'll be borrowing [with permission] the next door neighbor's wifi for this camera as this is the only available internet option there. The neighbor will allow me to access their router so I can configure port forwarding, giving me remote access to the camera from my SS installation at a different location across town.
I've monitored a camera at a different location before, but it's always trying to grab the highest possible frame rate from the camera for remote viewing. In this case, to be kind to the neighbor's bandwidth, I only really want/need to have SS refresh the view with one frame every few seconds or so. I don't need SS to deal with motion detection, since the 8910W sufficiently handles that through its own firmware, to send email to me when motion is detected [which I have working perfectly via gmail].
I just want SS to poll the camera at a VERY low low frame rate over the internet for time lapse purposes without pummeling the networks on both ends with an unnecessary 5-10FPS all day stream [for example]. This would even help in Remote Patrol as I only really want to view this [one frame every 3-5 seconds] rate in that app as well, just for this one camera. My other cameras at my home get a great frame rate for real time viewing and I'm very satisfied with the whole SS system overall.
Well, looks like I found a solution [that was quick. haha].
I changed the device type to Manual [instead of Foscam], then used this command in the Request box:
/video.cgi?rate=17
It slowed the viewing frame rate enough for it to likely use way less bandwidth, just what I need in this situation.
Even viewing with Remote Patrol [via my SS server] is a better solution than trying to view the camera directly via its own remote IP address, again - for this situation.
can be a value between 0 and 23, and each value corresponds to: 0:maximum 1:20 fps 3:15 fps 6:10 fps 11:5 fps 12:4 fps 13:3 fps 14:2 fps 15:1 fps 17:1 fp/2s 19:1 fp/3s 21:1 fp/4s 23:1 fp/5s
Thanks and you're welcome. The camera is working perfectly with me recording it across town. The homeowner has their own login to my SS server, with a narrowed permissions scope for viewing live and archived footage for just their own cam. They love it.