// Capture frames or short clips from RTSP/ONVIF network cameras or local webcams using ffmpeg or camsnap. Use when user says "take a snapshot from camera", "capture front door", "grab a frame from the security cam", or any camera capture request involving IP cameras or webcams.
| name | camera |
| description | Capture frames or short clips from RTSP/ONVIF network cameras or local webcams using ffmpeg or camsnap. Use when user says "take a snapshot from camera", "capture front door", "grab a frame from the security cam", or any camera capture request involving IP cameras or webcams. |
| allowed-tools | ["Bash","Read","Write"] |
| model | haiku |
| user-invocable | true |
| when_to_use | When user wants to capture a photo or short clip from a camera. Triggers on: snapshot, grab frame, capture camera, security cam photo, webcam picture, RTSP capture, ONVIF camera. |
| argument-hint | <snapshot|clip> [camera-url|device] [output-file] |
Capture snapshots and clips from IP cameras (RTSP/ONVIF) and webcams.
Install ffmpeg (required):
brew install ffmpeg
For ONVIF device discovery:
pip install onvif-zeep
# or: brew install gst-plugins-bad (includes ONVIF support)
Camera stream URLs are typically in these formats:
rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.x:554/streamhttp://192.168.1.x:8080/video/dev/video0 or device index 0# From RTSP stream
ffmpeg -y -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://user:pass@IP:554/stream1" \
-vframes 1 -q:v 2 snapshot.jpg 2>/dev/null
# From HTTP MJPEG
ffmpeg -y -i "http://IP:8080/video" -vframes 1 snapshot.jpg 2>/dev/null
# From local webcam (macOS AVFoundation)
ffmpeg -y -f avfoundation -i "0" -vframes 1 webcam.jpg 2>/dev/null
# 10-second clip from RTSP
ffmpeg -y -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://user:pass@IP:554/stream1" \
-t 10 -c copy clip.mp4 2>/dev/null
# 5-second clip from webcam
ffmpeg -y -f avfoundation -i "0" -t 5 webcam_clip.mp4 2>/dev/null
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i "" 2>&1 | grep -E "^\[AVFoundation"
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -ss 00:00:02 -vframes 1 thumbnail.jpg 2>/dev/null
"Snapshot from front door camera at 192.168.1.10"
ffmpeg -y -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.10:554/stream1" \
-vframes 1 -q:v 2 ~/Pictures/front_door_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).jpg 2>/dev/null
echo "Saved to ~/Pictures/"
"Take a photo from my webcam"
ffmpeg -y -f avfoundation -i "0" -vframes 1 ~/Pictures/webcam_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).jpg 2>/dev/null
"Record 15 seconds from backyard camera"
ffmpeg -y -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.20:554/stream" \
-t 15 -c copy ~/Movies/backyard_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).mp4 2>/dev/null
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