@kb2910 

That would be nice. I liked that feature on Ring. It gives a 24/7 kind feel without doing the full recording. It could be useful for battery powered cameras. It does drain more battery. But I would argue that Blink does it. My battery powered camera is on solar panel.

Definitely needed for battery/solar powered cameras

With Snapshot, you can see what's happening between motion activated events with reoccurring photo snapshots taken throughout the day. 30 seconds to 60 minutes intervals (user selectable). Snapshots should be viewable on the Playback Timeline.

I would need that feature to automate progress tracking on a site - snapshot feature is available, only need to be made available in automation section

  @Solla-topee 

we have the similar feature request in

https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/704860

 

Why is there no feedback from TP-Link if and when this feature of "automated snapshots" is being implemented?

  @Solla-topee 

Thank you for your reply.

One definition of such a feature you wanted to log into your feature planning already 24-Sep-2024:

    "Thank you very much for your detailed information. I'll log the feature request and forward it to the relevant team for evaluation."  

     https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/704860?replyId=1417366

 

But let me try to convince you also:

I want to take a picture (you call it snapshot) every hour to document the progress of a construction site. In the end I will have a bunch of pictures I can run as time-lapsed movie.

 

My current solution is a calendar entry every 2,5h per day to take a manual snapshot with your C425. Can this be your solution?

 

To automate this we would only need the option to utilize the snapshot (available in the camera live view) in your camera automation / intelligent actions section

 

Thank you for your support.