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Pylapse

Create timelapse using opencv,ffmpeg and python

Usage :

to see a preview of the camera that you set to take the timelapse:

python pylapse.py --preview True

to start a timelapse :

python pylapse.py -t True

for more help do python pylapse.py -h

Usage: pylapse.py [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p PREVIEW, --preview=PREVIEW
                        Preview the camera
  -t TIMELAPSE, --timelapse=TIMELAPSE
                        start taking pictures for the timelapse
  -w WIDTH, --width=WIDTH
                        camera image width in pixels
  -l HEIGHT, --height=HEIGHT
                        camera image height in pixels
  -c CAM_IDX, --cam_idx=CAM_IDX
                        camera index
  -f FPS, --fps=FPS     video output fps
  -v VIDEO_DURATION, --video-duration=VIDEO_DURATION
                        output video duration
  -e EVENT_DURATION, --event-duration=EVENT_DURATION
                        event duration (how much time the event is going to
                        take)
  -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR
                        the folder it would create the images and the video
  -q QUALITY, --quality=QUALITY
                        image quality of the compression

notes:

for now it uses opencv to get the images from the camera
for now it uses ffmpeg to create the video after taking all the pictures if you don't have it installed you can download it from : https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
While taking the timelapse you can stop it by pressing q that way it will stop taking pictures and start making the video

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