This maybe a daft question but I only came across Sighthound this afternoon but is there any way apart from sending myself an email to get a still photo of the video event?
Cheers,
Goose
Access to email stills
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Devin - Posts: 719
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Re: Access to email stills
Hi Goose,
At this time there isn't any other way to sending or exporting an image of an event. However, we do have several responses other than sending email notifications:
* Export clip to an FTP server
* Export clip to a local folder (can be synced with cloud service)
* Send a mobile notification
* Send an IFTTT trigger
* Run the command
* Play a sound
More details on the Rule Editor can be found in this article: https://www.sighthound.com/support/rule-editor
Regards,
-Devin
At this time there isn't any other way to sending or exporting an image of an event. However, we do have several responses other than sending email notifications:
* Export clip to an FTP server
* Export clip to a local folder (can be synced with cloud service)
* Send a mobile notification
* Send an IFTTT trigger
* Run the command
* Play a sound
More details on the Rule Editor can be found in this article: https://www.sighthound.com/support/rule-editor
Regards,
-Devin
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Goose - Posts: 5
- Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:05 pm
Re: Access to email stills
Devin,
Thanks for the response. I am after a picture rather than a video though so email is the only channel that has those correct? I can deal with it by setting up a local mail server and having a cron job that extracts the images and saves them to the file system. Before I went to that trouble I just wanted to be sure I hadn't missed something.
Assuming email is the only way to get a still can I ask you to think about a couple of feature requests? First, could the .jpg attached to the email have the same file name structure as the clip that is recorded? Calling them all the name of the camera whichever rule fires makes more work for me (though I'll have to do it before you implement it anyway!) Second, how about an option to save still?
The whole point of this is to get the stills on a web site so all activity can be easily browsed and then use the clips to look at a specific event. I'll PM you with a url that shows what I mean.
Great software though and I'll be going unlimited at the end of my trial.
Cheers,
Goose
Thanks for the response. I am after a picture rather than a video though so email is the only channel that has those correct? I can deal with it by setting up a local mail server and having a cron job that extracts the images and saves them to the file system. Before I went to that trouble I just wanted to be sure I hadn't missed something.
Assuming email is the only way to get a still can I ask you to think about a couple of feature requests? First, could the .jpg attached to the email have the same file name structure as the clip that is recorded? Calling them all the name of the camera whichever rule fires makes more work for me (though I'll have to do it before you implement it anyway!) Second, how about an option to save still?
The whole point of this is to get the stills on a web site so all activity can be easily browsed and then use the clips to look at a specific event. I'll PM you with a url that shows what I mean.
Great software though and I'll be going unlimited at the end of my trial.
Cheers,
Goose
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Devin - Posts: 719
- Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:48 pm
Re: Access to email stills
Hi Goose,
Yes, the email response is the only method of receiving a still image of an event. You mentioned that you were a new user so I'm unsure if you're aware of our remote access feature. With remote access you can view a list of clips for each or all of your rules with thumbnails of the event. This works using web browsers on a computer or mobile device as well as with our free mobile app. For more details please see these two articles:
Enabling remote access: https://www.sighthound.com/support/how- ... ote-access
Mobile Access: https://www.sighthound.com/support/mobi ... id-and-ios
I'll forward your requests for consideration in future updates.
Regards,
-Devin
Yes, the email response is the only method of receiving a still image of an event. You mentioned that you were a new user so I'm unsure if you're aware of our remote access feature. With remote access you can view a list of clips for each or all of your rules with thumbnails of the event. This works using web browsers on a computer or mobile device as well as with our free mobile app. For more details please see these two articles:
Enabling remote access: https://www.sighthound.com/support/how- ... ote-access
Mobile Access: https://www.sighthound.com/support/mobi ... id-and-ios
I'll forward your requests for consideration in future updates.
Regards,
-Devin