@dgreif What do you think? My gut says that, while this works, I'm not sure if this is the ideal place to fix this, for one camera model, OK, but my guess is there will be more.

I feel like a better approach is to impement some type of capability flag (not sure of the name, maybe hasSnapDuringRecord) in ring-client-api that can be checked here. This would cover any operatingOnBattery() mode and any camera models that don't have this capability could be explicitly added to the list, assuming we can't find a better way to identify them.

I do have a suspicion that any camera that can't do this will have a "run_mode" of "low_power", but I don't have access to enough models to prove that. Some cameras, mostly stickup cams I believe, but maybe spotlight cams too, support different run modes based on if their power source is battery, solar, or plug and based on settings in the app.

@townsen Any chance you could provide a data discovery of this camera to see what run mode it reports?

@tsightler I agree that a capability flag would be more elegant and generic, but I'm not sure how to check that. I've looked at the Data Discovery (I did one way back in #933, and repeated it today - see below) and I see nothing obvious, but I'm no expert. So although this is hardcode perhaps it's the only way. I do see an argument to move it further back into the ring-client-api as you suggest. Let's see what @dgreif thinks. I did this now as I'm off on vacation (which is what pushed me to make this fix!) so won't be able to refactor the PR until September.

Data Discovery taken today using NodeJS v18.16.0 and homebridge-ring v11.8.1 :
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Hi there, Im having this same issue with Hoobs. How can I implement a fix?

Sorry this lingered so long, it definitely fell off my radar 😞. I ended up adding canTakeSnapshotWhileRecording and then changing the snapshot logic accordingly. This is now available in v14.0.0-beta.0 🚀

How can I update to the beta from hoobs?

How can I update to the beta from hoobs?

HOOBS questions are best asked to HOOBS support, I'm sure there is some way in the UI to select the version.

Only past versions, is there any way to update through terminal?

Again, HOOBS support is your best path for support questions for HOOBS, none of us, as maintaners of a Homebridge plugin, use HOOBS and it has a different UI from Homebridge. Most likely it just hasn't refreshed the available versions yet but nobody here is going to have any idea how to do it, however, that's the primary benefit of paying for HOOBS, to have somebody to ask such questions, so you should reach out to them.

I see, thanks for fixing the issue ;)