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Name each file in a multiple download as the camera name and timestamp of the actual recording
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When I download a single event on ring it names the file as Ring_CameraName_DateofRecordedEvent_TimeofRecordedEvent. That’s excellent. When I download multiple files at once it names each recorded event in a way I cannot decipher. So once I have downloaded a batch of files I then need to look at each one individually and rename them if I want to ever be able to readily identify them later. Alternatively, I need to download every recorded event one at a time, then Ring will auto name the file as described above. This is horrible. I have to spend hours going through videos to see what I might want to keep, and do so one by one, which takes ages. Even with so many videos Ring still misses so many important events, I simply cannot risk lowering the settings. Yet, if I try to save some time and download in batches of 25, the only number that doesn't seemed to crash the system even though Ring claims I could do 50 at once, when I try to view the events of a day it is a hunting nightmare. I download the batches using filters of date and camera, but I have to try picking random files to narrow down to a time frame if I am accessing the past records. Then I rename them as I go so I can try and keep track, but I am still left with dozens, if not hundreds, that remain named in a completely useless manner. I have FrontPoint currently. I would like Ring to be at least as good as, if not better than, FrontPoint, at least when it comes to something as simple as downloading files. I can download an entire day's worth of recordings at one time with FP, with every recording named individually with its camera name and time and date of recording itself, all in a fraction of the time it takes to download 25 recordings by one camera on one day with Ring who then labels it in a way completely useless to me. I even try to help Ring along by doing the downloads in small batches of a single date from a single camera, and still Ring can't seem to meet me anywhere close to halfway. Ring needs to do better. Edit: try as I might Ring refuses to let me apply actually appropriate tags. Thanks for your continued helpfulness Ring.

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25-09-2023 14:28:16

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    A post was merged into an existing topic: [Rename Downloaded Ring Videos to include timestamp](/t/rename-downloaded-ring-videos-to-include-timestamp/55425)

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    29-09-2023 22:01:09

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      29-09-2023 22:01:09

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