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Is there a way to record all device videos in a single folder, and name this folder with the device name and directory events wth the date as the folder name?
Thanks

That is the way it is done, sort of.

The default directory path is /var/cache/(Monitor Number)/(date)/(event number)

If what you want to do is specify a specific directory for each monitor you can do that.
Create a directory /monitor1
In Zoneminder - Options - Storage add a storage location for /monitor1
When you set up Monitor 1 tell it to use storage location monitor1 but remember to create a filter to purge the folder when it is full.

I'm going to be more specific, if I have 1 cameras named "Garage", create a single folder called "Garage" where all the videos with the name "<date-time>" are stored, the same for camera 2 and others. Not to have 1, 2, 3 folders.
I am not talking about the device where the videos are saved, neither about the default directory

ocascante wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:21 pm I'm going to be more specific, if I have 1 cameras named "Garage", create a single folder called "Garage" where all the videos with the name "<date-time>" are stored, the same for camera 2 and others. Not to have 1, 2, 3 folders.
I am not talking about the device where the videos are saved, neither about the default directory

OK, create the directory /Garage and etc. There is no restriction on what you name the storage directory as long as it is given write permissions for Apache2 (www-data). However, you may still get a sub directory /1, /2 and etc. which will contain the rest of the directories. Each storage folder will need a filter to clean it out when it gets full.

I suppose you have a reason to organize the directories thusly? There might be a better way to do what you want to do. I suppose in the coding there is a way to change the monitor name from "1" to Garage. But as the cams are added sequentially by number it may break the system.

Ok, could you tell me what is the file that creates the folders? I understand Zoneminder is written in Perl lenguage. Thanks