Camsnap

Capture frames or clips from RTSP/ONVIF cameras.

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camsnap

Use camsnap to grab snapshots, clips, or motion events from configured cameras.

Setup

  • Config file: ~/.config/camsnap/config.yaml
  • Add camera: camsnap add --name kitchen --host 192.168.0.10 --user user --pass pass

Common commands

  • Discover: camsnap discover --info
  • Snapshot: camsnap snap kitchen --out shot.jpg
  • Clip: camsnap clip kitchen --dur 5s --out clip.mp4
  • Motion watch: camsnap watch kitchen --threshold 0.2 --action '...'
  • Doctor: camsnap doctor --probe

Notes

  • Requires ffmpeg on PATH.
  • Prefer a short test capture before longer clips.

Guardrails

  • Use local or trusted tools only; avoid untrusted install pipelines.
  • Do not paste secrets/tokens into chat output.
  • Keep outputs in deterministic local paths for reproducible review.

grtninja/skill-arbiter/tree/main/skill-candidates/camsnap commit 0b95902af7

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add grtninja/camsnap