Motioneye: Sequential filenames

[unicornrobot]

Is it possible to create sequential filenames in the still image settings?
I've tried :
folder name/filename_%03d
Which i'd hoped would create a 3 digit incremental filename, but it doesn't.
I need the files to be in a single folder for importing into a video editing software for timelapse.
Sorry if this is documented/asked before, I couldn't find the info . Many thanks.

[sethtipton]

I'd also like to know how to do this.

[sethtipton]

Here's a list of available variables, although it doesn't include a sequence number. Look for "Conversion Specifiers"
https://motion-project.github.io/motion_config.html#OptTopic_Image_Processing

If you're on a mac, I found this helpful
https://tidbits.com/2018/06/28/macos-hidden-treasures-batch-rename-items-in-the-finder/

[lucianaohira]

Hey, hi!
In the field "Image File Name", we just wrote %v for saving the still images at a number sequence like 01.jpg, 02.jpg and so on.

[starbasessd]

You can point at the tool tip for file name (blue question mark) to get available filename variables.

[lucianaohira]

question

OMG!!!! I was clicking at the blue question mark instead of just pointing... how newbie... Thanks @starbasessd !!!

[unicornrobot]

Hey, hi!
In the field "Image File Name", we just wrote %v for saving the still images at a number sequence like 01.jpg, 02.jpg and so on.

Thanks. But this overwrites the image, not creates a new one.

[starbasessd]

@unicornrobot if you use something like
%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-%v
or
%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-%q
you will get individual filenames with the unique endings.

[unicornrobot]

thanks again @starbasessd but this approach does still not create sequential images with unique endings. they always end in "01.jpg" using %v and always "00.jpg" using %q
What am I missing here?!

[starbasessd]

Are you using motion triggered or intervals? If intervals, it doesn't keep
track of the %v or %q numbers.
I don't know if this might help:
https://motion-project.github.io/motion_config.html#conversion_specifiers
The one you could test would be:
%{dbeventid}

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 7:22 AM unicornrobot [e-mail]
wrote:

thanks again @starbasessd https://github.com/starbasessd but this
approach does still not create sequential images with unique endings. they
always end in "01.jpg" using %v and always "00.jpg" using %q
What am I missing here?!

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[unicornrobot]

I'm using intervals. I understand now that intervals does not keep track of events(%v) or frames(%q)
I do find it odd that there isnt an easy way to capture a simple 001..002..003..etc sequence though.
I've looked at %{dbeventid} but it doesnt seem to be able to generate sequential numbers.
Thanks for your help.

[starbasessd]

You could probably do something like this (but I'm not a programer)
variable: image_number
check for new file
rename file to image_number
increment image_number
jump back to check for new file
I could probably do something like that in python or bash, and run it as a
crontab job (depending on the interval)
Might be something to try if you want to learn python or bash. I do a few
of my own python scripts and bash scripts...

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I'm using intervals. I understand now that intervals does not keep track
of events(%v) or frames(%q)
I do find it odd that there isnt an easy way to capture a simple
001..002..003..etc sequence though.
I've looked at %{dbeventid} but it doesnt seem to be able to generate
sequential numbers.
Thanks for your help.

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