# Recording and Receiving Videos

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3391/recording-and-receiving-videos
Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions)
Posted: 2024-05-02 22:25:46 UTC by WineVirus
Replies: 7 · Views: 1540

## WineVirus · 2024-05-02 22:25:46 UTC

I'm working on recording videos and taking snapshots (VOXL SDK 1.1.1. ). I'm following the steps outlined in the [MAVCam Manager Doc](https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-mavcam-manager/), and using QGC to take the photos and videos. The snapshots are automatically transferred directly onto my laptop in the photos folder within the QGC folder by just clicking the shutter button (no pulling required). 

However, I'm having issues accessing the videos. The doc says that videos are saved locally to the VOXL disc. ```ls -la /data/videos``` and ```ls -la /data/snapshots``` returns that old files exist, but the new recordings/photos aren't there (recorded 4/29/24). Also, pulling returns two empty folders. 

![75b3572a-0985-404b-b8f9-c512938e3d28-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714687242011-75b3572a-0985-404b-b8f9-c512938e3d28-image.png) 

![Screenshot 2024-05-02 141432.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714687856489-screenshot-2024-05-02-141432.png)  

Here's the output of ```ls -la /data``` and ```voxl-inspect-services```, in case it's helpful.

![Screenshot 2024-05-01 144223.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714687972906-screenshot-2024-05-01-144223.png) 

![Screenshot 2024-05-02 141500.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714688000667-screenshot-2024-05-02-141500.png)

## Reply by Moderator (ModalAI staff) · 2024-05-02 23:07:16 UTC

@WineVirus try running

```
systemctl start voxl-mavcam-manager
```

make sure it's running, then try again with QGC

## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-05-03 03:21:47 UTC

@WineVirus If you issue the command `date` on VOXL 2 what do you get? If you aren't connected to the Internet then VOXL 2 cannot update it's time and date and so uses an old value. Maybe those h265 videos and jpeg snapshot are the current ones. Can you adb pull each file individually? e.g. `adb pull /data/video/video_2023-03-02_13:16:02.h265` etc.

## Reply by WineVirus · 2024-05-03 21:30:55 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey)

@Eric-Katzfey ```date``` gives me 3/2/23. I'm using SoftAP, so I guess it makes sense that files that I've pushed while on WiFi have the correct date, but the videos are using the default date. 

I tried the above suggested by @Moderator and it worked, adding the new video to the folder. 

Pulling the direct file name ```./adb pull /data/video/video_2023-03-02_13:16:02.h265``` gives me an error; pulling just ```/data/video``` gives me the same error. Could it be a corrupted file?

![06c16fb2-a163-4f1e-9cab-42a824c17788-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714770857959-06c16fb2-a163-4f1e-9cab-42a824c17788-image.png) 

![5931acd7-8b3c-44f9-8d85-537851ad7345-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714771484512-5931acd7-8b3c-44f9-8d85-537851ad7345-image.png) 

Updated ```ls -la /data/video``` output

![5e9a2ce7-8f8c-4a6e-ab21-20ad845207cd-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1714771686529-5e9a2ce7-8f8c-4a6e-ab21-20ad845207cd-image.png)

## Reply by Moderator (ModalAI staff) · 2024-05-03 22:10:40 UTC (in reply to WineVirus)

@WineVirus Windows doesn't allow semicolons in file names. It's likely that's the issue. Try renaming that video file to video1.h265 or something simple

## Reply by Moderator (ModalAI staff) · 2024-05-03 22:11:15 UTC (in reply to Moderator)

@Moderator ```./adb shell mv /data/video/video_2023-03-02_13:16:02.h265 /data/video/video1.h265```

## Reply by WineVirus · 2024-05-03 22:20:57 UTC (in reply to Moderator)

@Moderator Ah, yep. That fixed it. Thanks for the help!

## Reply by linus777 · 2024-06-20 06:12:57 UTC (in reply to WineVirus)

@WineVirus 
@Moderator What part do I need to modify to automatically save it to the QGC area?