Trigger Action when Continuous Capture Starts/Stops

jkaudio
jkaudio
in SecuritySpy

Is is possible to trigger an action whenever continuous capture is started or stopped for a camera?

We would like to be able to run a script or shell command whenever we start or stop recording for a particular camera. I can see trigger options for motion or object detection, but nothing for when we turn continuous capture on or off.

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  • Ben
    Ben

    This isn't a built-in feature, but it's possible to start/stop continuous capture from an AppleScript:

    tell app "SecuritySpy"
set schedule "Armed 24/7" camera number 1 mode ContinuousCapture
end tell

    Or shell script:

    curl "http://USER:PASS@ADDRESS:PORT/setSchedule?cameraNum=1&schedule=1&mode=C"

    So perhaps you can create two scripts that you invoke to start and stop recording, which also contain the extra functionality that you want?

  • jkaudio
    jkaudio

    Thanks, Ben. That's helpful to know what our options are.

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