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A Python library for the Blink Camera system
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Cant get save_recent_clips automation to work. #940

Closed blthlt closed 1 month ago

blthlt commented 4 months ago

Describe the bug I'm getting an error when trying to setup and automation to grab all recent clips. The automation doesn't appear to run. I can use the blink.save_video to get the last video just fine but the blink.save_recent_clips does not.

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To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: See Image Above

Expected behavior The automation to run every minute(for testing 1 minute, production 10 minutes)

Home Assistant version (if applicable): image

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PASTE LOG OUTPUT HERE

2024-05-30 14:52:51.887 ERROR (MainThread) [frontend.js.latest.202405011] Failed to format translation for key 'component.blink.services.save_recentclips.description' in language 'en'. Error: The intl string context variable "name" was not provided to the string "Saves all recent video clips to local directory with file pattern "%Y%m%d%H%M%S_{name}.mp4"."

hanor-git commented 4 months ago

Hi, same error for me

mkmer commented 4 months ago

@blthlt try using the entity rather than the device for this. The on I have working looks like this: image Also make sure your directory is in the resources. The translation error has nothing to do with the saving problem.

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