going to need more information on the setup before can suggest anything
#Video File Names with Date and Time
sonic mulch
fresh inlet
going to need more information on the setup before can suggest anything
Such as?
sonic mulch
you have given a very brief overview of your setup but no detail on how you have set it up.
fresh inlet
Ok…a motion sensor detects motion, a camera records video, Now i need a way to create a unique file name each time the camera saves a video so it doesn’t overwrite the previous file.. By having the date and time as the file name this does two things.. 1 provides a unique file name so that each recording is a unique file, 2 the files will be in order that they were recorded, Not sure what else is needed?
sonic mulch
your explaining what happens and not how its configured to happen.
are you doing this with an automation? an addon? what?
where is the filename Livingroom.mp4 being specified.
there are many ways of doing what your doing and we don't know how your doing it.
assuming your using an automation because your in the automation section. can you post your automation yaml?
fresh inlet
Im sorry if I’m not being clear… everything works ,except I need a file name that is unique for each recording. Where the file is stored is irrelevant, how I set it up irrelevant. Maybe there is someone else that is more helpful
sonic mulch
at some point in the process you are creating a file that has a name that is not unique. if you want it to be a unique name then changing that part of the process seems to be the place to do it?
i don't know how the fixed filename is being specified so i cant advise you on how to make it dynamic