diff --git a/server/install_server.sh b/server/install_server.sh
index 22e547c4..9ca24657 100755
--- a/server/install_server.sh
+++ b/server/install_server.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ MEDIAMTX_BASE_URL="https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/releases/download/v${M
 MEDIAMTX_BIN="/usr/local/bin/mediamtx"
 MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR="/etc/mediamtx"
 MEDIAMTX_CONFIG="$MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR/mediamtx.yml"
+ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_BIN="/usr/local/bin/rover-snapshot-writer.sh"
 MEDIAMTX_SERVICE="/etc/systemd/system/mediamtx.service"
 MULTIROVER_SERVICE="/etc/systemd/system/multirover.service"
 SNAPSHOT_DIR="/var/lib/rover-snapshots"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 SERVER_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR"
 CONFIG_PATH="$SERVER_DIR/config.yaml"
 MEDIAMTX_TEMPLATE="$SERVER_DIR/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml"
+ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_TEMPLATE="$SERVER_DIR/mediamtx/rover-snapshot-writer.sh"
 
 echo "[1/6] Installing dependencies..."
 dnf install -y nodejs npm curl tar >/dev/null
@@ -70,9 +72,15 @@ if [[ ! -f "$MEDIAMTX_TEMPLATE" ]]; then
   echo "mediaMTX template missing at $MEDIAMTX_TEMPLATE" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
+if [[ ! -f "$ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_TEMPLATE" ]]; then
+  echo "Snapshot writer template missing at $ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_TEMPLATE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 echo "      Installing mediaMTX config -> $MEDIAMTX_CONFIG"
 rm -f "$MEDIAMTX_CONFIG"
 install -m 0644 "$MEDIAMTX_TEMPLATE" "$MEDIAMTX_CONFIG"
+echo "      Installing rover snapshot writer -> $ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_BIN"
+install -m 0755 "$ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_TEMPLATE" "$ROVER_SNAPSHOT_WRITER_BIN"
 chown -R "$TARGET_USER":"$TARGET_USER" "$MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR"
 
 echo "[4/6] Writing systemd units..."
diff --git a/server/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml b/server/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml
index 57b89a55..63c1f4d0 100644
--- a/server/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml
+++ b/server/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ paths:
   all:
     source: publisher
     sourceOnDemand: no
+    # Rover Snapshot Writer
+    # Keep rover snapshots continuously updated while a rover video path is live.
+    runOnReady: /usr/local/bin/rover-snapshot-writer.sh
+    runOnReadyRestart: yes
diff --git a/server/mediamtx/rover-snapshot-writer.sh b/server/mediamtx/rover-snapshot-writer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40107489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/mediamtx/rover-snapshot-writer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Rover Snapshot Writer Hook
+# Purpose: Runs under mediaMTX runOnReady to keep per-rover JPEG snapshots updated on disk.
+# Scope: Writes only rover video path snapshots and ignores audio/forward/room paths.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PATH_NAME="${MTX_PATH:-}"
+SNAP_DIR="${ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR:-/var/lib/rover-snapshots}"
+
+# Ignore non-rover-video paths.
+case "$PATH_NAME" in
+  ""|*-audio|*-fwd|room/*)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+
+mkdir -p "$SNAP_DIR"
+
+exec ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning \
+  -i "srt://127.0.0.1:9000?streamid=read:${PATH_NAME}" \
+  -an \
+  -vf fps=2 \
+  -q:v 6 \
+  -update 1 \
+  "${SNAP_DIR}/${PATH_NAME}.jpg"
diff --git a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
index 6e7ce192..acfa8206 100644
--- a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
+++ b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const SNAPSHOT_DIR = process.env.ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR || '/var/lib/rover-snapshots
 const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 300;
 const roverState = new Map();
 const events = new EventEmitter();
+const readCounts = new Map();
 let pollTimer = null;
 
 function markState(id, updates = {}) {
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ function createRoverSnapshotPoller({ roverManager }) {
       const buffer = await fs.readFile(filePath);
       const ts = stats.mtimeMs || Date.now();
       markState(id, { frame: buffer, ts, error: null, failures: 0, mtimeMs: stats.mtimeMs });
+      const count = (readCounts.get(id) || 0) + 1;
+      readCounts.set(id, count);
+      if (count === 1 || count % 30 === 0) {
+        logger.warn('Snapshot read', { id, count, ts, bytes: buffer.length, mtimeMs: stats.mtimeMs });
+      }
       events.emit('frame', { id, buffer, ts });
       return { frame: buffer, ts };
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/socketGateway.js b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/socketGateway.js
index 5d18626e..b9ee10cb 100644
--- a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/socketGateway.js
+++ b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/socketGateway.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function registerRoverSnapshotSocketGateway({ roverManager, roverSnapshotEvents,
   const socketSubscriptions = new Map();
   const subscribeBuckets = new Map();
   const lastSentBySocket = new Map();
+  const sentCounts = new Map();
 
   function addSubscription(socket, roverId) {
     if (!roverSubscribers.has(roverId)) roverSubscribers.set(roverId, new Set());
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ function registerRoverSnapshotSocketGateway({ roverManager, roverSnapshotEvents,
       const now = ts || Date.now();
       if (now - lastSent < STREAM_INTERVAL_MS) return;
       lastMap.set(id, now);
+      const key = `${socketId}:${id}`;
+      const sentCount = (sentCounts.get(key) || 0) + 1;
+      sentCounts.set(key, sentCount);
+      if (sentCount === 1 || sentCount % 30 === 0) {
+        logger.warn('Snapshot frame sent', { socketId, roverId: id, sentCount, ts, bytes: buffer.length });
+      }
       sendFrame(socket, id, { ts }, buffer);
     });
   });