Metadata for ipcam videos

Bambu Lab H2 Series
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When I’m hunting issues I’d like to analyze the ipcam videos along with the sliced model in BambuStudio.
But more data linking those would be highly appreciated.

In the video I like to see for example the current layer number, the temperatures of build chamber, nozzle etc., the fan speeds of cooling fan etc. and the humidity in the AMS.

Therefore I have a feature request: For the purpose of issue analysis it would be very useful to have some metadata along the ipcam videos written on the USB storage.

I’m thinking of a simple subtitle text file that can be shown e.g. with the VLC media player when present along with the video file.

I think this is not a hard task to implement, as the display on the printer already shows this information - just write it to a subtitle.txt file along with the video. (But please don’t render text into the video that couldn’t be removed).

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If you are previewing your sliced gcode (or loading saved gcode) you can “follow along” with the printer for all of that data using the bottom and right sliders combined with the preview panels render types.

Not as all encompassing but it’s 75% of the way there for diagnosing issues.

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Thanks. I already used that method a lot. It’s also really helpful BEFORE starting the print :wink:

But to find the frame in the video where it prints layer 177 some subtitle metadata along with the video would be very helpful. Also to see the real temperatures or e.g. the humidity present at that moment.
OR the other way around: If I see the problem in the video, I want to know at which layer that actually is.