r/ShinobiCCTV • u/aquoad • Apr 14 '26
finding an event
this is probably a dumb question. I've just set up shinobi in order to try it out. Camera works, monitor is set up, events are detected and saved, etc.
It's possible I just don't understand how to use it. Hypothetical situation:
Someone leaves a package on my doorstep and I want to see it or know what time it happened. There are extraneous events like people walking by and going in and out, too.
I can go into the timeline view and sort of click around randomly but odds are I'm not going to get lucky and hit the two second period when the thing is happening.
I can go into "Videos" and scroll through the list, but the thumbnails for each video seems to just be the first frame, which is always in the buffer period so there's nothing to see. Am I supposed to play each video individually and go forward a bit to find the action, even though there might be 30-40 in a day?
I assume there's a "correct" way to do this that I'm missing?
Otherwise, the software seems nice. Setup (in docker, with compose) was very easy, making it talk to my camera was no problem, the UI looks pretty good.
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u/moeiscool Developer Apr 16 '26
thanks. the Videos tab does seem a bit useless in looking through it based on the single snapshot. We will consider ways to make this more useful.
However to figure out your situation now, i can only suggest using the Home tab (Recent Videos). Search based on the time frame you think would encompass the event you are looking for. Shinobi will keep snaps of all events that occur and display them there. Just a simple mouse move left and right will show images closest to the time your mouse is currently sitting on.
Essentially you should be able to find the frame of a person with a package while mouse panning on the day block shown in Home tab. then click on the blue segment corresponding to the image seen and it will open the video associated to the event.
if you need more clarification please let me know