setting up camera controls!

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Shoofle 2 months ago
parent a93434251c
commit 86be5bf621
  1. 12
      readme.md
  2. 11
      webcam.py

@ -22,4 +22,14 @@ screensaver = false
dpms = false
maybe take security steps? disable keyboards? how are we gonna secure this?
maybe take security steps? disable keyboards? how are we gonna secure this? zipties.
$ v4l2-ctl --list-ctrls-menus
$ v4l2-ctl -c brightness=64
$ v4l2-ctl -c contrast=65
set screen resolution to 1280x720 (720p)
install flatpak, install cameractls?
cameractrls exists in the start menu in the "office" section for some reason. i think we're ready

@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def five_minute_segment_from(the_time):
def path_to_video_at(time_stamp):
return 'videos/' + str(time_stamp) + '.mkv' # mkv required for h264 encoding
return 'videos/' + str(time_stamp) + '.mp4' # mkv required for h264 encoding
#delay for long delay
long_delay = timedelta(minutes=1)
@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ if not camera.isOpened():
exit()
# video writer
fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'x264')
fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'mp4v')
camera.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS, 60.0)
camera_fps = camera.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
camera.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 1280)
camera.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, 720)
@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ video_writer = cv2.VideoWriter(path_to_video_at(last_time_stamp),
fourcc,
camera_fps,
(int(camera.get(3)),int(camera.get(4))), #resolution
(cv2.VIDEOWRITER_PROP_HW_ACCELERATION, cv2.VIDEO_ACCELERATION_ANY)
)
# video feed from previously captured video
@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ with gpiod.request_lines(
last_time_stamp = five_minute_segment_from(datetime.now())
ret, frame = camera.read()
frame = cv2.flip(frame, 1)
#frame = cv2.flip(frame, 1)
# record the frame to the appropriate file, and also to the short term buffer
video_writer.write(frame)
queue[idx] = ret, frame

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