Multiple thumbnails in the events list
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:45 pm
I would really like the ability to have multiple thumbnails (not just one) shown against each event in the event table.
The reason for this is that when browsing through the list of recent events looking for captures of interest it can sometimes be difficult to see what was captured as the displayed thumbnail may not always be the most useful.
A case in point - I've got a camera monitoring the catflap (high security or what?!) and whilst it does a great job of recording our cats coming in and going out it is often difficult to tell at a glance from the events list which cat was captured and what they did because the displayed thumbnail is often not the most useful. I'm assuming this is the highest scoring image - but in this case this is turning out to be the image after the cat has come through and disappeared and hence is not the most useful. I guess the high score is due to the transparent flap being suddenly fully illuminated by daylight.
So, instead of this (for event 46046):
I'd like to see something like this:
That is, a selection of images - perhaps taken from the middle of the alarm sequence in addition to that of the highest scorer? This then increases the chance of some real action and shows me at a glance which cat (err... burglar) it was and what they were doing.
I have no doubt there's an overhead with something like this (creating the thumbnails, bandwidth, browser rendering etc) but as a configurable option I'd find it really useful and would be willing to take the performance hit if there was one.
What do you think?
Mathew
P.S. In case you're wondering why we're so interested in the catflap - it's merely for peace of mind if we're out/away so we can see that the cats are safely inside (and also that no other cat has got in - it's an infrared locking catflap but it's not bullet proof).
The reason for this is that when browsing through the list of recent events looking for captures of interest it can sometimes be difficult to see what was captured as the displayed thumbnail may not always be the most useful.
A case in point - I've got a camera monitoring the catflap (high security or what?!) and whilst it does a great job of recording our cats coming in and going out it is often difficult to tell at a glance from the events list which cat was captured and what they did because the displayed thumbnail is often not the most useful. I'm assuming this is the highest scoring image - but in this case this is turning out to be the image after the cat has come through and disappeared and hence is not the most useful. I guess the high score is due to the transparent flap being suddenly fully illuminated by daylight.
So, instead of this (for event 46046):
I'd like to see something like this:
That is, a selection of images - perhaps taken from the middle of the alarm sequence in addition to that of the highest scorer? This then increases the chance of some real action and shows me at a glance which cat (err... burglar) it was and what they were doing.
I have no doubt there's an overhead with something like this (creating the thumbnails, bandwidth, browser rendering etc) but as a configurable option I'd find it really useful and would be willing to take the performance hit if there was one.
What do you think?
Mathew
P.S. In case you're wondering why we're so interested in the catflap - it's merely for peace of mind if we're out/away so we can see that the cats are safely inside (and also that no other cat has got in - it's an infrared locking catflap but it's not bullet proof).
The catflap illustration was just an example, I'd be equally interested in having this multiple-thumbnail feature for all my monitors.