# ESP-EYE on Node-RED?

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**Created:** [14 June 2020 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp-eye-on-node-red/28303 "2020-06-14T10:30:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [15 June 2020 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp-eye-on-node-red/28303/5 "2020-06-15T20:30:49Z")

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I am using ffmpeg with an exec node to capture stills from my Motion based cameras. Maybe you can adopt some of this.

> [@Node-Red with OpenCV](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-opencv/26067/7):
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> I am using a similar setup with some RPis running Motion. I have Node-RED running on another machine, where I can capture a still image using an ffmpeg from an exec node, and process the image with [node-red-contrib-image-tools](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-image-tools). Mainly reducing size and quality for use in a Telegram bot. Here's a basic flow for that, just change IP and port of your Motion server: [{"id":"370d8c79.3d439c","type":"exec","z":"93b1388c.f7fc4","command":"ffmpeg -i http://ip:port/ -vframes 1 -f image2 -","addpay":fa…

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