YI Outdoor Snapshot schedule

[DEMs86]

Hello! Is it possible to make snapshots by preconfigured scheme? For example, twice in a minute. And save this picture with timestamp in filename on SD card. It's very helpful feature for making timelapse of some activity in frame. (for me it's a process of building).

I'm trying to do this by CRON but don't know how to add date and tine to file name 0 0/5 8-17 * * ? /home/yi-hack/www/cgi-bin/snapshot.sh For example, everyday, each five minutes from 8 to 17 hours.

[reef-actor]

Perhaps you could periodically download the snapshot (http://[ip-address]/cgi-bin/snapshot.sh?res=high&watermark=yes) using this ancient tool. It seems to have the options you need (sequential file naming, configurable period and time range).

[DEMs86]

Thanks! Very good tool! And it's working! But i have one another problem with snapshot, it works only in low resolution. When i try to using "res=high" option snapshot in not opening or open only once in 10 trying. May be some one know what;s the problem of this?

[DEMs86]

/tmp/sd/yi-hack-v5 # imggrabber -m yi_outdoor -r high --debug
Debug on
Starting program
Resolution high
1652614471139 - mapping file /tmp/view, size 1586752, to b6cfc000
1652614471140 - closing the file /tmp/view
1652614471140 - found latest frame: id 106, frame_counter 50233
1652614471141 - processing frame 106
1652614471163 - processing frame 106
1652614471187 - processing frame 106
1652614471204 - processing frame 106
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1652614471243 - processing frame 107
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1652614471385 - processing frame 109
1652614471403 - processing frame 110
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1652614471444 - processing frame 111
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1652614472014 - processing frame 122
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1652614472054 - processing frame 123
1652614472073 - processing frame 123
1652614472093 - processing frame 124
1652614472094 - writing frame: frame_offset 741852, frame_ptr b6dba81c, frame_length 37
1652614472114 - processing frame 125
1652614472115 - writing frame: frame_offset 741896, frame_ptr b6dba848, frame_length 8
1652614472135 - processing frame 126
1652614472135 - writing frame: frame_offset 741908, frame_ptr b6dba854, frame_length 127078
7411223767353936 - frame found, exit loop
Decoding h264 frame
Starting decode
Decode frame
Writing yuv buffer
Killed
/tmp/sd/yi-hack-v5 #

[DEMs86]

@alienatedsec may be you can help with this problem?

[WalkingDot]

For example, everyday, each five minutes from 8 to 17 hours.

these cron options should work: */5 8-17 * * * imggrabber -m yi_outdoor -r low > /tmp/sd/$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M").jpg