v3.1.t1

-added event age to evt_t as a way to track the age of the event
 in EventLoop so now only events approching and exceeding
 evMaxSecs will have the video range added for writing.

src/camera.cpp

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ EventLoop::EventLoop(shared_t *sharedRes, QThread *thr, QObject *parent) : Loop(
 
 bool EventLoop::exec()
 {
-    if (cycles * 2 >= shared->evMaxSecs)
+    if (!vidList.isEmpty())
     {
         vidList.removeDuplicates();
 
@@ -282,32 +282,46 @@ bool EventLoop::exec()
 
         vidList.clear();
     }
-    else
+
+    shared->recMutex.lock();
+
+    QList<int> rmIndx;
+
+    for (auto i = 0; i < shared->recList.size(); ++i)
     {
-        cycles += 1;
+        auto event = &shared->recList[i];
 
-        shared->recMutex.lock();
-
-        for (auto &&event : shared->recList)
+        if (highScore < event->score)
         {
-            auto maxFiles = shared->evMaxSecs / 2;
-                // there's 2 secs in each hls segment
-
-            if (highScore < event.score)
-            {
-                name      = event.timeStamp.toString(DATETIME_FMT);
-                imgPath   = event.imgPath;
-                highScore = event.score;
-            }
-
-            vidList.append(backwardFacingFiles("live", ".ts", event.timeStamp, maxFiles / 2));
-            vidList.append(forwardFacingFiles("live", ".ts", event.timeStamp, maxFiles / 2));
+            name      = event->timeStamp.toString(DATETIME_FMT);
+            imgPath   = event->imgPath;
+            highScore = event->score;
         }
 
-        shared->recList.clear();
-        shared->recMutex.unlock();
+        if (event->queAge >= (shared->evMaxSecs / heartBeat))
+        {
+            auto maxSecs = shared->evMaxSecs / 2;
+            // half the maxsecs value to get front-back half secs
+
+            auto backFiles  = backwardFacingFiles("live", ".ts", event->timeStamp, maxSecs);
+            auto frontFiles = forwardFacingFiles("live", ".ts", event->timeStamp, maxSecs);
+
+            vidList.append(backFiles + frontFiles);
+            rmIndx.append(i);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            event->queAge += heartBeat;
+        }
     }
 
+    for (auto i : rmIndx)
+    {
+        shared->recList.remove(i);
+    }
+
+    shared->recMutex.unlock();
+
     return Loop::exec();
 }
 
@@ -377,9 +391,9 @@ DetectLoop::DetectLoop(shared_t *sharedRes, QThread *thr, QObject *parent) : Loo
 {
     pcTimer     = 0;
     heartBeat   = 2;
-    delayCycles = 8; // this will be used to delay the
-                     // actual start of DetectLoop by
-                     // 16secs.
+    delayCycles = 12; // this will be used to delay the
+                      // actual start of DetectLoop by
+                      // 24secs.
 }
 
 void DetectLoop::init()
@@ -473,6 +487,7 @@ bool DetectLoop::exec()
                 event.timeStamp = curDT;
                 event.score     = score;
                 event.imgPath   = images[pos];
+                event.queAge    = 0;
 
                 shared->recMutex.lock();
                 shared->recList.append(event); mod = true;

src/common.h

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#define APP_VER      "3.0.0"
+#define APP_VER      "3.1.t1"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define APP_BIN      "mow"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct evt_t
     QDateTime timeStamp;
     QString   imgPath;
     float     score;
+    uint      queAge;
 };
 
 struct shared_t