addition of the ability to retry and continue if

camera is disconnected and reconnected

camera-client/camera_monitor.py

@@ -97,7 +97,15 @@ class CameraMonitor:
                 ret, current_frame = self.capture.read()
 
                 if not ret:
-                    raise Exception("Failed to read frame")
+                    self.logger.error("Failed to read frame")
+                    delay = self.config['failure_delay']
+                    self.logger.info(f"Will retry after {delay} seconds")
+                    self.capture.release()
+                    time.sleep(delay)
+                    self.logger.info("Retrying")
+                    self.capture = self.initialize_camera()
+                    continue
+
 
                 if previous_frame is not None:
                     if self.detect_scene_change(previous_frame, current_frame):

camera-client/example.config.json

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "camera_address": "/dev/video1",
-    "sensitivity_threshold": 0.1,
+    "sensitivity_threshold": 10,
     "api_url": "http://scenesense-server/add_record",
     "detection_delay": 5,
+    "failure_delay": 30,
     "api_key": "your_api_key_here"
 }