SDK - Camera File Systems
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Overview
The camera runs the Linux operating system which uses multiple file systems. The normal Linux pseudo file system (proc, sysfs, devpts) are used, along with the following storage file systems.
File System | Type | Device File | Mount Point | Usage |
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BOOT | VFAT | /dev/mmcblk0p1 | not mounted | uboot boot files including kernel command line and Linux kernel image. The BOOT file system is not used when Linux is running. |
ROOT | EXT3 | /dev/mmcblk0p2 | / | Linux root file system. Mounted read-only. |
RW | EXT3 | /dev/mmcblk0p3 | /mnt/rw | User configuration files. The camera settings are stored in this file system, along with custom fixed IP address, network file system configuration data, and custom audio / video pipeline files. Updating the camera causes this file system to be erased. |
SDCARD | VFAT | /dev/mmcblk1p1 | /mnt/sdard | SD card files. |
USB | VFAT | /dev/sd* | /mnt/usb | USB storage device files. Since you can install many USB storage devices (by using USB hubs), Linux assigns each currently installed USB storage device a device file. Typically there is only one USB storage device and the file system device file is typically /dev/sda1. |
NET | CIFS | none | /mnt/net | Common Internet File System based network files. Also known as Windows share. |
TEMP | tmpfs | none | /tmp | Log file storage. Lost when camera is powered off. |
You can access any of the camera's file systems via telnet.
File system web access
Part of the root file system, called static is exposed via the lighttpd web server. In the root file system, static corresponds to the /home/root/ss-web/static directory. The following key directories can be accessed using your web browser.
Directory | Contents |
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/static | Top level of directories accessible via the web browser |
/static/mnt/sdcard | All files on the SD card including the DCIM directory that contains all the videos and metadata files. |
/static/mnt/usb | All files on the currently mounted USB storage device including the DCIM directory that contains all the videos and metadata files. |
/static/host | Python host CAMAPI package and example usage file making it easy to control the camera using the python programming language. |
/static/sdk | Example python files showing how to add URLs and custom encode pipelines to the camera. The custom encode pipelines is a 2.3 release feature. |
/static/log | Camera log files. Very helpful to provide the log file if your camera is misbehaving. |
All files and directories in static that are not listed above are subject to change.
You can browse to the static directory using
http://10.11.12.13/static
replacing 10.11.12.13 with your camera's IP address as necessary.
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