The two things I’ve done is:
- Use my router and the MAC address for each camera to assign a static IP address
- Use my NVR software to take a timelapse picture every 20 seconds for each camera
I then use a PowerShell script to create timelapse videos each morning for all my cameras.
This way the every 20 seconds keeps the camera alive, and I get a very good timelapse from all six cameras every morning uploaded to one of my YouTube channels.