I still hate #zoneminder, and as a bonus it refuses to stream to #homeassistant. Any other suggestions out there?

Today is another #esp32 #microcontroller adventure. I just don't like the existing apps, and #esphome still can't stream (it only provides the <=1fps idle snapshot rate.)

I should also clean up and submit my added camera prefs to the #RTSP repo soon.

Is this what it feels like to be excited about a project? Been a while.

Any #recommendations from the collective for #camera management that isn't #zoneminder?

Bonus attachment: a #cardinal at a #birdfeeder, as seen from an #esp32cam painters-taped to a window. Lots of camera and focus adjustments to do still.
TW: it's about 5 degrees off from level. I have no intention of fixing it. Eventually I need to design a more permanent, adjustable suction cup mount.

I'm currently trying to "cheat" a bit and figure a way to "archive" all footage from a particular date, but only on specific monitors, in #Zoneminder. I'm sure if I wanted to mess with the database I could throw some SQL at it and see if it works, but I also don't want to mangle my running instance, either.
Maybe if it had a "list all events from monitors 1-10 for Dec 6th 2022" so I could select all the results and "archive" them...
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