Motion stops recording after 00.mp4

[jaajee]

I have a unique issue. I’ve been using wz_mini_hacks on my V3 for a long time, but for the past 1.5 years, I’ve noticed something strange. Every time the clock hits zero minutes (e.g., 10:00), my camera stops recording and writing to the tmp folder.

I’ve observed this happening live. When the clock reaches :00 minutes (e.g., 10:00), the 00.mp4 file gets stuck and stops recording. That file remains in the tmp folder, and no further recordings occur afterward. To fix this issue, I have to restart my camera. However, I’m unsure what’s causing it to stop precisely at zero minutes every time.

To address this, I’ve set up a cron job in /opt/wz_mini/etc/cron/root that runs at the start of every hour. The cron job locates the 00.mp4 file, deletes it, and then reboots the camera. While this approach seems to work, I do lose a couple of minutes of recording every hour, which isn’t ideal.

Here’s the cron job I’m using:

0 * * * * rm -f /media/mmc/record/00.mp4 && /sbin/reboot

P.S. I’ve mounted /media/mmc to a network drive and save my recordings to an NFS/CIFS network drive.

[virmaior]

this sounds like an issue related to the cleanup function.

are you using network storage?
how big is your SD card?