cwwilson08 / foggycam

📹 A tool to capture Nest video streams locally

📹 foggycam

(Icon derivative from the work of Steven Kuiper)

📹 A tool to capture Nest video streams locally, without having to pay for Nest Aware. The current release is tested on macOS. Windows and Linux adaptations coming soon (minor tweaks required).

NOTE: Worth noting that we don't yet support audio recording, due to the fact that only the visual stream is captured.

How To Configure

Make sure you rename _config.json to config.json and specify the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
username	Nest account username.
password	Nest account password.
path	Absolute path to local folder where content needs to be stored. Default is the script path.
frame_rate	Frame rate for the generated video. Default is 24.
threshold	Number of images that need to be combined in a video in a single buffer. Default is 200.
width	Image width for the capture image. Default is 1280.
clear_images	Determines whether images are removed after video is produced. Default is false.
produce_video	Determines whether a video is generated after a threshold of captured images is hit. Default is false.
upload_to_azure	Determines whether the final video will be uploaded to Azure Storage. Default is false.
az_account_name	Name of the Azure Storage account.
az_sas_token	SAS token for the Azure Storage account. Should have write, list and read permissions.

If you want to capture video, you will need to download ffmpeg and place it in the tools folder, in the script root directory.

Alternatively, if you are on Linux, install ffmpeg:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

On a Mac, run:

brew install ffmpeg

How To Start

Run python start.py after you configured the settings above. Exit by pressing Ctrl+C.

Disclaimer

I do not make any claims regarding the stability of the application, or its applicability for your own purposes. Use at your own risk. Code is licensed under the MIT License.

DO NOT USE in critical security/surveillance scenarios.