Multiple Storage locations possible?

Galt

Hi folks

I stream continuous recordings for a set of cameras to a SSD JBOD. I would like to store snapshots of motion to my NAS for later processing by googles cameratrapai in which i catalog and count animals and dump these counts to an excel file with location, date and time stamp.

Any ideas?

Ben

If I'm understanding correctly, you want two different locations for the same camera: one for movies and the other for images? That's not a built-in feature: all files for a particular camera will be saved to the one location that has been set for that camera.

One solution here would be to create an AppleScript called ProcessCapturedFile that moves the files to the right place. Use Script Editor to create the script, and save it to ~/SecuritySpy (i.e. the SecuritySpy folder within your Home folder). Upon completion of any file, SecuritySpy will invoke this script. The following should do it, which you can copy-paste into Script Editor:

property dstPath : "/Path/To/Dst"

on run args
	set cameraNum to item 1 of args
	set cameraName to item 2 of args
	set filePath to item 3 of args
	
	if filePath ends with ".jpg" then
		do shell script "mv " & quoted form of filePath & " " & quoted form of dstPath
	end if
end run

The items cameraNum and cameraName are unused here but I've left them in, in case you want to use them for something.

Galt

ok that might work, thanks Ben. To be clear the snapshot cameras are different than the continuous recording cameras. The continuous cameras monitor the house. the snapshot camera is a game camera out in the pasture that ill use to count wildlife.

Ben

In that case it's even easier - you don't have to use a script - simply set each camera to record to the required destination using the camera-specific storage location setting under Settings > Cameras > Setup.

Galt

should have read the manual, sorry 😅