Changing Directory where photos are saved

[hawkinle]

Long time listener first time poster :D

I was just wondering is there anyway for me to be able to change the default image save location to either USB or NVME drive on the PI ? So that we can save storage on the PI and also save processing power . thanks

[geezacoleman]

Thanks for posting!

For the USB location, you'll just need to change L573 in owl.py to whatever directory/USB drive you're saving to. As default it currents just saves to this directory saveDir='images/bbox2', but if you add a USB it should appear in the home/pi/media/YOUR_USB_DRIVE directory. Double check this is working first with a screen - we've had issues in the past saving to a USB drive.

NVME is a great idea! I don't have any experience with that though, but it seems there are a few different tutorials out there on how to boot from one, so presumably how to save to one wouldn't be too tricky.

Hopefully this helps - let me know if you run into any issues.

[hawkinle]

Muy Excellente , thats most helpful. I appreciate it.

I think with the NVME ill just install it on as a shared drive and then it can be a storage hub.

[geezacoleman]

No worries! I just realised I typed home/pi/media which is the incorrect path to the default USB mount location. Should be media/pi/USB_NAME. I did some more reading, and this forum is quite helpful - I think some of the issues we've had were about user group permissions and accessing the drive.

Would be good to hear how you go with an NVME!