planned new feature, what do you think?

[Adr6000]

I have used record feature and it works excellent. The only issue I have is that it automatically creates a new folder for every minute of recorded image/s. If you want it to record say one image every two minutes, it will place one image in one folder every two minutes. I would end up with hundreds of folders containing one image each. The record feature is a great addition to an already great app. Thanks.

[N4Spd]

a future release will hide all of this.

the idea is embed a web server and create a playback HTML5 web interface.
the interface will hopefully easily allow you to find and playback clips.

you can then make this web interface available online just like a dvr.

as a BONUS, the web interface will provide a standard way to get the current snapshot of ALL cameras supported by my app.
this will make a simple way to embed the snapshot in your web pages regardless of which camera you have.

thx rob

I have used record feature and it works excellent. The only issue I have is that it automatically creates a new folder for every minute of recorded image/s. If you want it to record say one image every two minutes, it will place one image in one folder every two minutes. I would end up with hundreds of folders containing one image each. The record feature is a great addition to an already great app. Thanks.

[scoutx]

Great work, this is great.

Any chance you'd consider adding a trigger to start recording (and maybe pop a notification) based on a detected change? I know motion detection is not an easy thing, but this to me would be the killer addition. I am looking forward to what I can do with this in addition to Tasker to maybe do my own motion detection.

Thanks!

[N4Spd]

per day on/off time will come in a future release. motion detection will come too (will come much later since I've got lots of stuff of to do still). thx rob

Great work, this is great.

Any chance you'd consider adding a trigger to start recording (and maybe pop a notification) based on a detected change? I know motion detection is not an easy thing, but this to me would be the killer addition. I am looking forward to what I can do with this in addition to Tasker to maybe do my own motion detection.

Thanks!

[asande]

I've been playing around with the record mode a bit and it seems to be working well on my Coby tablet... Initially, I was a little concerned about the "individual image files" created (as I'm recording as fast as my camera will stream the data, I get a bunch of images in each "minute's" folder) - but once they've been all combined in to the same directory, I was able to easily convert them into a real video stream using the Img2Avi application.

Img2Avi is written by the author of the VisionGS webcam capture software that I use to manage several of my webcams on PCs - and will convert a series of still images into a video file. More information can be found at http://workshop.visiongs.de/img2avi - the application's help page (download link is at the bottom). While VisionGS is a commercial application, img2avi is a free software tool that works great for turning individual images into video clips.

Again, thanks for the great new feature, Rob... It'll come in very handy this summer at the gold mine when I want to do "unplanned recordings" of one or more of the mine web cams. Hopefully you don't mind me posting the above links - but img2avi is a great addition to your record mode.

Al

[N4Spd]

awesome. thanks for the tips! rob

I've been playing around with the record mode a bit and it seems to be working well on my Coby tablet... Initially, I was a little concerned about the "individual image files" created (as I'm recording as fast as my camera will stream the data, I get a bunch of images in each "minute's" folder) - but once they've been all combined in to the same directory, I was able to easily convert them into a real video stream using the Img2Avi application.

Img2Avi is written by the author of the VisionGS webcam capture software that I use to manage several of my webcams on PCs - and will convert a series of still images into a video file. More information can be found at http://workshop.visiongs.de/img2avi - the application's help page (download link is at the bottom). While VisionGS is a commercial application, img2avi is a free software tool that works great for turning individual images into video clips.

Again, thanks for the great new feature, Rob... It'll come in very handy this summer at the gold mine when I want to do "unplanned recordings" of one or more of the mine web cams. Hopefully you don't mind me posting the above links - but img2avi is a great addition to your record mode.

Al

[N4Spd]

Record Mode road map:

Now that recording is actually taking place in the app, here's what I have planned for future releases regarding Record Mode:

- on/off schedules per camera
- record mode icon in status bar
- embed web server for HTML5 playback interface so you can access it from anywhere, just like a networked dvr.
- provide live API for all cameras in record mode, turning app into a simple "universal" translator for all supported cameras into one interface for integration with websites or other systems.
- motion detection option on the record mode device to save space, also allowing for efficient alerting of the phone client (all the work is done on the record device at home, phone just gets alerts, saving power and network bandwidth).

It will take some time as I'm working on 4 different platforms now but it will be done. Thanks for your patience.

Rob

[N4Spd]

In the latest version, you swipe the image to quickly change camera being display in Record Mode.
Also, you can click on the image to do into Matrix View.

I hung an old archos 5 on the wall to act as the recorder in and display in Matrix View.