Eric K <[email protected]> writes:

> Based on first hand experience, can people recommend various IP cameras 
> (ideally an Ethernet or wifi camera) with a focus towards ease of grabbing 
> a single frame from a Linux command line?
> I'd like to be able to grab single frames to use in the weewx webpage.
>
> I've tested am Ethernet-connected camera that puts out an rtsp stream.  I 
> successfully used an ffmpeg command line to start the stream, wait 10 
> seconds and then grab a frame.  Sometimes 10 seconds isn't enough and I 
> have to try 12-15 seconds.
> *ffmpeg -loglevel info -rtsp_transport tcp -i 
> "rtsp://192.168.7.51/rtsp-stream" -ss 00:00:10 -r 1 -vframes 1 -y 
> /home/weewx/Pictures/image.jpg*
> It works, but I don't think rtsp is the ideal transport method for grabbing 
> a single frame, because you have to wait about 10+ seconds for the stream 
> to fully form a valid image.

Long ago I played with a dlink camera and as was able to figure out a
URL that would get a single frame.   You might log into the https
interface and look at the html on the live view page.  Also check out
the zoneminder wikis and similar for the access  methods.

I would not be surprised if you can find into for your camera on the web
someplace.

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