Chance to limit file storage maximum

[sidealice]

If no limitation to file storage of recording. raspberry pi would down without notification and fail to up.

Shall we have chance to config the maximum of the file storage?

[RaspberryTech01]

There are some people that create a 100mb partition to prevent this from happening, I'm not sure how to do it so experiment at your own risk.

[ghost]

This does seem to be a major flaw in MotionEye. The choice whether to delete the oldest saved files when space runs out seems a very basic feature.

[starbasessd]

@Ric783 Issue: Since motionEye is run on other operating systems, with other programs, why would you want to delete video and snapshots from the motionEye files if they were not the cause of the lack of available storage? This would be a 'security' risk, like a buffer overflow, cause file(s) to expand, until the system starts deleting security files... THAT would be a real problem. MotionEyeOS can delete older files (granted, not by space available criteria) automagically, as does motionEye.

[ghost]

OK, I am thinking everyone uses MotionEyeOS on a Pi which they only ever look at for a reason, but I don't see why having the option of limiting the specified folder size would be a security risk. Most users are going to be using MotionEye as an alternative to commercial systems, where this is normal. Just writing files until the system stops is a real problem.

[starbasessd]

You are commenting in the motionEye Issues github, not the motionEyeOS github. With OS, there is the simplicity of how long you keep files, vs the overhead and how often you check to see if the data drive is full...

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OK, I am thinking everyone uses MotionEyeOS on a Pi which they only ever look at for a reason, but I don't see why having the option of limiting the specified folder size would be a security risk. Most users are going to be using MotionEye as an alternative to commercial systems, where this is normal. Just writing files until the system stops is a real problem.

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[ghost]

My apologies. I did not realise they were different.

[starbasessd]

No major hu-hu. Different versions for different uses... motionEye is updated faster and can update whatever piece you want, easier: ffmpeg, motion, motionEye, python, etc. motionEyeOS is updated/upgraded as a package, but runs faster/more stable on lesser hardware like SBCs like Pi and the like...

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My apologies. I did not realise they were different.

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[xerezcd]

If no limitation to file storage of recording. raspberry pi would down without notification and fail to up.

Shall we have chance to config the maximum of the file storage?

+1 i think it would be nice if they implement this. (motioneye)