Script used to capture stills from ITP cameras. When added to a crontab, it can be run as often as you'd like!

cameras.csv

capture.sh

#!/bin/bash

CSV=$(cat cameras.csv)

IFS=$'\n'

for line in $CSV; do
  LOCATION=$(echo $line | cut -d"," -f1)
  URL=$(echo $line | cut -d"," -f2)
  DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
  TIME=$(date +"%H-%M")
  FOLDER=$LOCATION/$DATE
  mkdir -p $FOLDER
  FILE_NAME=${LOCATION}-${DATE}-${TIME}.jpg
  ffmpeg -v 0 -y -i $URL -vframes 1 -f image2 -vcodec mjpeg $FOLDER/$FILE_NAME 2> /dev/null
done