Navigating events - expectations

[john-]

Update: I see now I have 10 continuous recording limit but have almost 40gb in segments directory. I am going to increase that config and then see if that addresses my question.

I am seeing a couple things I do not understand with regards to event clips and navigating the UI. This will focus on one of those things.

I am using Viseron (3.0.0 - 9865c8c) and trying to understand when I should expect to see a recording when I click on an event.

If I click on the event with timestamp 07:49:22 AM the video plays on the left.

However, for the event with timestamp 06:37:29 AM when I click on the event there is a screenshot only. No video plays. This is the case for some of the events but not all: No video plays just a screenshot appears on the left.

There is an event_clip for the one at 06:37:29 AM and it plays with vlc:

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  5295702 Mar 28 06:37 06:37:29.mp4

I don't think the event_clips are used for videos selected on the EVENTS navigator but thought I would mention it.

config.yaml:

ffmpeg:
  camera:
    camera_1:  # This value has to be unique across all cameras
      name: backyard_1
      host: !secret camera_1_host
      port: 554
      path: /axis-media/media.amp
      username: !secret camera_1_username
      password: !secret camera_1_password
      #stream_format: mjpeg
      fps: 16
      recorder:
        idle_timeout: 1
        codec: h264
        create_event_clip: true

mog2:
  motion_detector:
    cameras:
      camera_1:
        trigger_event_recording: true
        threshold: 6
        area: 0.02
        fps: 1
        mask:
          - coordinates:
         - coordinates:
             [coordinates snipped for brevity]

codeprojectai:
  host: penter.slotcar.prv
  port: 32168
  object_detector:
    cameras:
      camera_1:
        fps: 1
        scan_on_motion_only: false
        labels:
          - label: person
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true
          - label: cat
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true
          - label: bird
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true
          - label: dog
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true

          - label: car
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true
          - label: squirrel
            confidence: 0.4
            trigger_event_recording: true
    custom_model: slotcar
    #custom_model: ipcam-combined

nvr:
  camera_1:

webserver:

storage:
  recorder:
    tiers:
      - path: /
        events:
          max_age:
            days: 14
        continuous:
          max_size:
            gb: 10

mqtt:
  broker: !secret mqtt_broker
  port: 1883
  #username: !secret mqtt_user
  #password: !secret mqtt_pass
  home_assistant:

[roflcoopter]

However, for the event with timestamp 06:37:29 AM when I click on the event there is a screenshot only. No video plays. This is the case for some of the events but not all: No video plays just a screenshot appears on the left.

If there are no recordings for the event that you click on, the snapshot will be shown instead. It looks a little strange tho because your config is to save events for 14 days.
If you go to the Timeline tab instead of the Events tab, do you see a blue bar next to the timestamp? The blue bar indicates that there are segments stored for the time period.

Will make some improvements to the docs regarding when the snapshots are shown instead of recordings, and also what all the pretty colors on the Timeline tab really means 😄

I don't think the event_clips are used for videos selected on the EVENTS navigator but thought I would mention it.

That is correct, the event clips are not used by Viseron at all

[john-]

Thanks for the input.

It looks like I had 14 days set but too small a value for the max_size for continuous recordings. I increase the max_size value and can now go to a prior day event and see a video (not a screenshot) as I expect.

If I experience the issue in the future I will provide answer to the question you asked about what is in the timeline.

[roflcoopter]

That makes sense, thanks for replying