Monitor Configuration (cam.yaml)

💡 Tip While manage.yaml and http.yaml are required filenames, monitor configuration files can be named anything (e.g., front_door.yaml, garage.yaml).

Each monitor (camera) has its own configuration file defining its source and specific detection behaviors.

❗ Important: Source Required You must provide either a filename or a url for each monitor. One of these two fields is required to provide a video source for Scout to process.

Field	Type	Req.	Default	Description
filename	string	No*	-	Path to a local video file (for testing/simulated feeds).
url	string	No*	-	RTSP/HTTP URL for an IP camera stream.
maxSourceFps	int	No	0	Limit the frame rate coming from the source.
maxOutputFps	int	No	0	Limit the frame rate processed by detection.
quality	int	No	0	JPEG quality (1-100) for snapshots and live view.
captureTimeoutMilliSeconds	int	No	0	Timeout for frame capture.
staleTimeout	int	No	20	Seconds before camera is considered “stale”.
staleMaxRetry	int	No	10	Max restart attempts for a stale camera.
bufferSeconds	int	No	0	Seconds of frame buffering between processing stages to smooth out spikes and prevent processing bottlenecks.
delayBufferMilliSeconds	int	No	0	Delay processing by this amount.
motion	string	No	-	Path to Motion Config (Recommended: motion.yaml).
tensor	string	No	-	Path to Object Detection Config (Recommended: tensor.yaml).
face	string	No	-	Path to Face Detection Config (Recommended: face.yaml).
notifyRx	string	No	-	Path to Notification Settings (Recommended: notify-rx.yaml).
alert	string	No	-	Path to Alert Rules Config (Recommended: alert.yaml).
record	string	No	-	Path to Event Recording Config (Recommended: record.yaml).
continuous	string	No	-	Path to Continuous Recording Config (Recommended: continuous.yaml).