setting up camera controls!

readme.md

@@ -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

webcam.py

@@ -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