Specifying Camera doesn't work

[AnthonyTTaylor]

Was trying to download all footage from one camera named "Garage"
When passing in the --cameras flag with "Garage" the script runs, prints out the list of cameras and then terminates.
No files downloaded.

Listing "all" for camera tag starts the download. Confirmed files are available to download.

Protect Versions 1.18.1
Downloader Version 2.0.2

[danielfernau]

Hi there!

The --cameras option takes either the input all or a comma-separated list of camera IDs, but not names. In the camera list you should see both, the name as well as its ID.

Try using something like --cameras="a1b2c3d4e5f6abcdef123456", and replace a1b2c3d4e5f6abcdef123456 with the ID of your Garage camera - that should work.

[AnthonyTTaylor]

Interesting, there should be a different flow around this, as you won't be able to get the ID's until first run, only to have to rerun the program.

[danielfernau]

Yeah, I agree. Could be easier. I might add something in one of the next versions that makes camera selection more straightforward.

But: you can also always get the camera ID(s) from the Protect Web UI. Open it in a web browser and log in. On the left side, click on Devices. Then select one of your cameras from the list. Now the browser address bar looks something like this: https://<ip-of-protect-server>/protect/devices/a1b2c3d4e5f6abcdef123456. That last part there is the camera ID you're looking for. From there just copy+paste it to your command line.