![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vlcsnap-2017-07-01-11h19m10s801.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nKey features<\/h1>\n\n- Utilizes the full screen for viewing images,<\/li>\n
- All actions are taken with the computer keyboard (thus no mouse is needed to use),<\/li>\n
- Works with all v4l (video4linux) cameras (UVC webcams),<\/li>\n
- Built with stop-motion in mind:\n
\n- Onion skins,<\/li>\n
- Motion preview,<\/li>\n
- Manual camera controls, e.g. manual focus.<\/li>\n
- Images can be organized to batches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Camera specific configurations can be applied by the user,<\/li>\n
- Resolution of the live-view can be set to match your screen resolution and have better fps.<\/li>\n
- Open source with Java language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Users guide<\/h1>\n
Please note, that at this state of the software RivetCam is not recommended for beginners<\/strong>. You will need to run commands in Linux terminal, edit configuration files to access camera specific features, etc.<\/p>\nInstall<\/h2>\nRequirements<\/h4>\n\n- Linux<\/li>\n
- Web camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This software uses v4l (video4linux), so obviously a Linux PC with a compatible web camera is required for this application to work. Java-Runtime needs to be installed (either Oracle JRE, or OpenJDK RE 1.8 or higher) but that is usually already available on most Linux installations.<\/p>\n
Install dependencies (Debian, Ubuntu):<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libjpeg8<\/pre>\nInstall dependencies – Raspbian:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libjpeg8 wiringpi<\/pre>\nDownload<\/h4>\n\nDownload: https:\/\/github.com\/prampec\/RivetCam\/releases<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n- Download the ZIP release from the project page above, or you can alternatively build your own release from the sources.<\/li>\n
- Unzip the RivetCam.zip archive to a desired place. (You want create a subfolder to unzip the content on that folder.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Some helper scripts are provided for specific platforms. (As the v4l requires some native libraries to work with java).<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-01-at-11.53.50.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nStartup<\/h2>\n
To run the program you can use the provided helper scripts e.g. use the start-x86-64.sh<\/strong> . After startup you should see the preview of the connected webcam in full screen. Now you can use the keyboard to capture a still image, or modify options. See the “Keys” section for details.<\/p>\nYou are very likely to want to specify custom configurations (most likely the capture device and resolutions) in the setup.properties<\/strong>. See “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\nA diagnostic tool is also provided see “Diagnostics” for details.<\/p>\n
Keys<\/h2>\n
All the user interaction is done by the keyboard. Thus it is essential to know the keyboard shortcuts. Which are:<\/p>\n
[table]<\/p>\n
Key, Function, Description<\/p>\n
Esc, Quit, Exit from the application.<\/p>\n
Space, Capture, Captures a still image<\/p>\n
L, Live view, Turns between live-view\/preview<\/p>\n
Left\/Right arrow, Navigate in playback, When in playback mode\\, with the arrow keys you can step to a previous and a next image.<\/p>\n
P, Playback, Turns into Playback mode\\, where the last (some) images are played back in a high fps.<\/p>\n
O, Onion skin, Toggles onion skins on\/off: no onion\\, 1 layer\\, 2 layers<\/p>\n
Backspace, Remove last, Removes the last captured image.<\/p>\n
B, New batch, Creates new batch for storing further images.<\/p>\n
[custom],Control,You can configure keys to modify camera-specific controls.<\/p>\n
[\/table]<\/p>\n
Other keyboard actions can be associate with camera controls in the configuration. See the “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vlcsnap-2017-07-01-11h17m24s591.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFeatures in details<\/h2>\n
When the program starts up, you will see a live view of the webcam image. The live-view<\/strong> is likely to be in a lower resolution and lower image quality than the captured image. In RivetCam you can configure different resolution<\/strong> for live-view and for capture. This way the live view can be smooth with high fps. On the down side of this, webcams likely to loose controls when switching. Meaning: e.g. the focus you have set previously are lost when switching to a higher resolution. This is why manual configuration needs to persisted before switching, and loaded in the new resolution.<\/p>\nIn preview mode<\/strong> however you will see the actual captured image. In preview mode you can step back and forward within the previously captured photos. We have a cache here with a default of 20 images to choose from.<\/p>\nPlayback mode<\/strong> actually the same as the preview mode, but in this mode the last frames played back automatically in a constant frequency.<\/p>\nOnion skin<\/strong> – With this option, previously captured images are also appears on the live view with a transparency. This is very handy when forming moves in a stop-motion video shoot.<\/p>\nNote, the aspect<\/strong> ratio of the still image (preview and onion skin) and the aspect ratio of the live-view may differs according to your configuration. That might cause onion skin pointless, so please consider setting up the still-image and the live-view with same aspect ratio in the configuration.<\/p>\nWhen removing<\/strong> the last captured photo, it will delete the image from both the filesystem, and the cache. You can delete more images one after an other.<\/p>\nBatch<\/strong> is a group of images. You can organize your shots in batches to simplify further processing. When the software starts up, it always creates photos in a new batch.<\/p>\nProbably to most powerful feature of the application is the camera-specific setup<\/strong>. You can configure your own keyboard shortcuts, that controls the camera. See “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-01-at-12.05.34.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nConfiguration<\/h2>\n
Many of the software behavior can be changed by a configuration file. A sample configuration file is provided (setup-sample.properties) where you can find samples of the available configurations.<\/p>\n
The configuration file is in java-properties format<\/a>, and should be saved with name “setup.properties” in the launching folder.<\/p>\nIf you want to create your own configuration file, I recommend you to start from the provided file like follows:<\/p>\n
\n- Copy the existing “setup-sample.properties” file.<\/li>\n
- Paste it into the same (installation) folder. (Make a duplication.)<\/li>\n
- Rename the newly created file to become “setup.properties”.<\/li>\n
- Edit the new setup.properties file, to apply your configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RivetCam-EditConfiguration.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNote that all configurable parameters are optional, and has a default value. This way you do not even need to provide any setup.properties file.<\/p>\n
[table]<\/p>\n
Parameter, Description, Default<\/p>\n
videoDevice,Video device file name,\/dev\/video0 (or videoDeviceName\\, if provided)<\/p>\n
videoDeviceName,Let RivetCam to look up the video device by a provided name. This time do not provide a videoDevice value.,-<\/p>\n
imageCacheSize,Preview\/playback images count, 10<\/p>\n
playbackFps,Instant playback FPS, 20<\/p>\n
onionAlpha, Onion skin transparency (0.1 means not transparent\\, 0.9 barely to see),0.6<\/p>\n
liveView.resolution,Webcam mode for preview, 960×544<\/p>\n
stillImage.resolution,Webcam mode for photo capture, 1280×720<\/p>\n
stillImage.delayMs,Wait milliseconds before take a still image. It is a good idea to let the camera initialize itself after mode switching.,1000<\/p>\n
baseDirectoryPath,Path for storing batches,.<\/p>\n
directoryPrefix,Prefix when creating batch folders,batch-<\/p>\n
directoryIndexDigits,Number of digits used for batch numbering,2<\/p>\n
filePrefix,Prefix of photo files,img-<\/p>\n
filePostfix,Postfix of photo files,.jpg<\/p>\n
fileIndexDigits,Number of digits used for file numbering,4<\/p>\n
restartFileIndexWithNewDirectory,Define whether numbering should be reset to zero when creating a new batch,False<\/p>\n
manual,List of manual control ids,<\/p>\n
manual.<id>.name,Name of the control (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
manual.<id>.value,Value of the control to set manual mode.,<\/p>\n
preserve,List of ids for persistent controls,<\/p>\n
preserve.<id>.name,Name of the control to preseve (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
keys,List of ids for custom controls,<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.name,Name of the control to utilize key (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.inc,Key to increment the control value. Use java.awt.event.KeyEvent constants\\, e.g. VK_Q,<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.dec,Same as before\\, but to decrement the value.,<\/p>\n
[\/table]<\/p>\n
Sample:<\/p>\n
\n\nvideoDevice = \/dev\/video0\n#videoDeviceByName = UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n\n## -- User settings\nimageCacheSize = 10\nplaybackFps = 20\nonionAlpha = 0.6\n\n## -- Camera specific settings\nliveView.resolution = 960x544\nstillImage.resolution = 1280x720\nstillImage.delayMs = 1000\n\nmanual = focus\nmanual.focus.name = Focus, Auto\nmanual.focus.value = 0\n\npreserve = focus\npreserve.focus.name = Focus (absolute)\n\nkeys = focus\nkeys.focus.name = Focus (absolute)\nkeys.focus.inc = VK_Q\nkeys.focus.dec = VK_W\n\n## -- Files and folders\ndirectoryPrefix = batch-\ndirectoryIndexDigits = 2\nfilePrefix = img-\nfilePostfix = .jpg\nfileIndexDigits = 4\nbaseDirectoryPath = .\nrestartFileIndexWithNewDirectory = False\n<\/pre><\/pre>\nDiagnostics<\/h2>\nList devices<\/h3>\n
You can list available v4l devices with the command below.<\/p>\n
E.g.:<\/p>\n
\n$ .\/start-x86-64.sh --devices\n[ libvideo.c:68 ] Using libvideo version 0.9-UNKNOWN\nFound video devices:\n \/dev\/video0 - UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n<\/pre><\/pre>\nDevice information<\/h3>\n
RivetCam provides a diagnostic feature where you can get detailed information of your webcam device.<\/p>\n
\n$ .\/start-x86-64.sh --info \/dev\/video0\n[ libvideo.c:68 ] Using libvideo version 0.9-UNKNOWN\nInfo for device \/dev\/video0:\n Name: UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n Resolutions:\n MJPEG - 640x480 160x120 176x144 320x176 320x240 432x240 352x288 544x288 640x360 752x416 800x448 864x480 960x544 1024x576 800x600 1184x656 960x720 1280x720 1392x768 1504x832 1600x896 1280x960 1712x960 1792x1008 1920x1080 1600x1200 2048x1536 2592x1944\n YUYV - 640x480 160x120 176x144 320x176 320x240 432x240 352x288 544x288 640x360 752x416 800x448 864x480 960x544 1024x576 800x600 1184x656 960x720 1280x720 1392x768 1504x832 1600x896 1280x960 1712x960 1792x1008 1920x1080 1600x1200 2048x1536 2592x1944\n\n Attributes:\n "Backlight Compensation" = 0 (0..1\/1)\n "Brightness" = 128 (0..255\/1)\n "Contrast" = 32 (0..255\/1)\n "Exposure (Absolute)" = 664 (3..2047\/1)\n "Exposure, Auto" = 3 (1: Manual, 2: Shutter priority, 0: Auto, 3: Aperture priority)\n "Exposure, Auto Priority" = 1 (0..1\/1)\n "Focus (absolute)" = 68 (0..255\/17)\n "Focus, Auto" = 0 (0..1\/1)\n "Gain" = 128 (0..255\/1)\n "Pan (Absolute)" = 0 (-36000..36000\/3600)\n "Power Line Frequency" = 2 (1: 50 Hz, 0: Disabled, 2: 60 Hz)\n "Saturation" = 32 (0..255\/1)\n "Sharpness" = 72 (0..255\/1)\n "Tilt (Absolute)" = 0 (-36000..36000\/3600)\n "White Balance Temperature" = 4000 (2800..6500\/1)\n "White Balance Temperature, Auto" = 1 (0..1\/1)\n "Zoom, Absolute" = 1 (1..5\/1)\n<\/pre><\/pre>\nTroubleshooting<\/h2>\n\n- \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n- Will it run on Android?<\/strong> – I don’t think so.<\/li>\n
- Will it run on RaspberryPi?<\/strong> – Yes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Known bugs<\/h2>\n\n- Playback FPS is not stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Planned improvements<\/h2>\n\n- Do not crash, when facing with wrong configuration.<\/li>\n
- Continue file numbering when starting up from previous batch.<\/li>\n
- Support more platforms and cameras according to user tests.<\/li>\n
- Use RGB or YUV format instead of mpg when creating a snapshot.<\/li>\n
- Force to use strict FPS while playback.<\/li>\n
- Introduce camera-type\u00a0 based configuration system.<\/li>\n
- Introduce modular access to the main system, e.g. attach a GPIO based control module.<\/li>\n
- On-screen-display message items to have a validity.<\/li>\n
- Multilingual messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Found a bug or want to Contact me?<\/h2>\n
Please fill free to contact me with feature requests. If found a problem, please check issues for possible solution at GitHub issues page<\/a>, where you can also report bugs.<\/p>\nNotes<\/h2>\n
Run the following command to join the image sequences into an AVI:<\/p>\n
\n\nffmpeg -r 10 -start_number 0 -i img-%04d.jpg anim.mp4\n\n<\/pre><\/pre>\nWhere the “-r 10” means the frame rate (fps), the “-start_number 0” specifies the first file index.<\/p>\n\n\n
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- \n
- Onion skins,<\/li>\n
- Motion preview,<\/li>\n
- Manual camera controls, e.g. manual focus.<\/li>\n
- Images can be organized to batches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Camera specific configurations can be applied by the user,<\/li>\n
- Resolution of the live-view can be set to match your screen resolution and have better fps.<\/li>\n
- Open source with Java language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Users guide<\/h1>\n
Please note, that at this state of the software RivetCam is not recommended for beginners<\/strong>. You will need to run commands in Linux terminal, edit configuration files to access camera specific features, etc.<\/p>\n
Install<\/h2>\n
Requirements<\/h4>\n
- \n
- Linux<\/li>\n
- Web camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This software uses v4l (video4linux), so obviously a Linux PC with a compatible web camera is required for this application to work. Java-Runtime needs to be installed (either Oracle JRE, or OpenJDK RE 1.8 or higher) but that is usually already available on most Linux installations.<\/p>\n
Install dependencies (Debian, Ubuntu):<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libjpeg8<\/pre>\n
Install dependencies – Raspbian:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libjpeg8 wiringpi<\/pre>\n
Download<\/h4>\n
\n
Download: https:\/\/github.com\/prampec\/RivetCam\/releases<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
- \n
- Download the ZIP release from the project page above, or you can alternatively build your own release from the sources.<\/li>\n
- Unzip the RivetCam.zip archive to a desired place. (You want create a subfolder to unzip the content on that folder.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Some helper scripts are provided for specific platforms. (As the v4l requires some native libraries to work with java).<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStartup<\/h2>\n
To run the program you can use the provided helper scripts e.g. use the start-x86-64.sh<\/strong> . After startup you should see the preview of the connected webcam in full screen. Now you can use the keyboard to capture a still image, or modify options. See the “Keys” section for details.<\/p>\n
You are very likely to want to specify custom configurations (most likely the capture device and resolutions) in the setup.properties<\/strong>. See “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\n
A diagnostic tool is also provided see “Diagnostics” for details.<\/p>\n
Keys<\/h2>\n
All the user interaction is done by the keyboard. Thus it is essential to know the keyboard shortcuts. Which are:<\/p>\n
[table]<\/p>\n
Key, Function, Description<\/p>\n
Esc, Quit, Exit from the application.<\/p>\n
Space, Capture, Captures a still image<\/p>\n
L, Live view, Turns between live-view\/preview<\/p>\n
Left\/Right arrow, Navigate in playback, When in playback mode\\, with the arrow keys you can step to a previous and a next image.<\/p>\n
P, Playback, Turns into Playback mode\\, where the last (some) images are played back in a high fps.<\/p>\n
O, Onion skin, Toggles onion skins on\/off: no onion\\, 1 layer\\, 2 layers<\/p>\n
Backspace, Remove last, Removes the last captured image.<\/p>\n
B, New batch, Creates new batch for storing further images.<\/p>\n
[custom],Control,You can configure keys to modify camera-specific controls.<\/p>\n
[\/table]<\/p>\n
Other keyboard actions can be associate with camera controls in the configuration. See the “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFeatures in details<\/h2>\n
When the program starts up, you will see a live view of the webcam image. The live-view<\/strong> is likely to be in a lower resolution and lower image quality than the captured image. In RivetCam you can configure different resolution<\/strong> for live-view and for capture. This way the live view can be smooth with high fps. On the down side of this, webcams likely to loose controls when switching. Meaning: e.g. the focus you have set previously are lost when switching to a higher resolution. This is why manual configuration needs to persisted before switching, and loaded in the new resolution.<\/p>\n
In preview mode<\/strong> however you will see the actual captured image. In preview mode you can step back and forward within the previously captured photos. We have a cache here with a default of 20 images to choose from.<\/p>\n
Playback mode<\/strong> actually the same as the preview mode, but in this mode the last frames played back automatically in a constant frequency.<\/p>\n
Onion skin<\/strong> – With this option, previously captured images are also appears on the live view with a transparency. This is very handy when forming moves in a stop-motion video shoot.<\/p>\n
Note, the aspect<\/strong> ratio of the still image (preview and onion skin) and the aspect ratio of the live-view may differs according to your configuration. That might cause onion skin pointless, so please consider setting up the still-image and the live-view with same aspect ratio in the configuration.<\/p>\n
When removing<\/strong> the last captured photo, it will delete the image from both the filesystem, and the cache. You can delete more images one after an other.<\/p>\n
Batch<\/strong> is a group of images. You can organize your shots in batches to simplify further processing. When the software starts up, it always creates photos in a new batch.<\/p>\n
Probably to most powerful feature of the application is the camera-specific setup<\/strong>. You can configure your own keyboard shortcuts, that controls the camera. See “Configuration” for details.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nConfiguration<\/h2>\n
Many of the software behavior can be changed by a configuration file. A sample configuration file is provided (setup-sample.properties) where you can find samples of the available configurations.<\/p>\n
The configuration file is in java-properties format<\/a>, and should be saved with name “setup.properties” in the launching folder.<\/p>\n
If you want to create your own configuration file, I recommend you to start from the provided file like follows:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Copy the existing “setup-sample.properties” file.<\/li>\n
- Paste it into the same (installation) folder. (Make a duplication.)<\/li>\n
- Rename the newly created file to become “setup.properties”.<\/li>\n
- Edit the new setup.properties file, to apply your configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Note that all configurable parameters are optional, and has a default value. This way you do not even need to provide any setup.properties file.<\/p>\n
[table]<\/p>\n
Parameter, Description, Default<\/p>\n
videoDevice,Video device file name,\/dev\/video0 (or videoDeviceName\\, if provided)<\/p>\n
videoDeviceName,Let RivetCam to look up the video device by a provided name. This time do not provide a videoDevice value.,-<\/p>\n
imageCacheSize,Preview\/playback images count, 10<\/p>\n
playbackFps,Instant playback FPS, 20<\/p>\n
onionAlpha, Onion skin transparency (0.1 means not transparent\\, 0.9 barely to see),0.6<\/p>\n
liveView.resolution,Webcam mode for preview, 960×544<\/p>\n
stillImage.resolution,Webcam mode for photo capture, 1280×720<\/p>\n
stillImage.delayMs,Wait milliseconds before take a still image. It is a good idea to let the camera initialize itself after mode switching.,1000<\/p>\n
baseDirectoryPath,Path for storing batches,.<\/p>\n
directoryPrefix,Prefix when creating batch folders,batch-<\/p>\n
directoryIndexDigits,Number of digits used for batch numbering,2<\/p>\n
filePrefix,Prefix of photo files,img-<\/p>\n
filePostfix,Postfix of photo files,.jpg<\/p>\n
fileIndexDigits,Number of digits used for file numbering,4<\/p>\n
restartFileIndexWithNewDirectory,Define whether numbering should be reset to zero when creating a new batch,False<\/p>\n
manual,List of manual control ids,<\/p>\n
manual.<id>.name,Name of the control (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
manual.<id>.value,Value of the control to set manual mode.,<\/p>\n
preserve,List of ids for persistent controls,<\/p>\n
preserve.<id>.name,Name of the control to preseve (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
keys,List of ids for custom controls,<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.name,Name of the control to utilize key (as seen on “Diagnostics”),<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.inc,Key to increment the control value. Use java.awt.event.KeyEvent constants\\, e.g. VK_Q,<\/p>\n
keys.<id>.dec,Same as before\\, but to decrement the value.,<\/p>\n
[\/table]<\/p>\n
Sample:<\/p>\n
\n\nvideoDevice = \/dev\/video0\n#videoDeviceByName = UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n\n## -- User settings\nimageCacheSize = 10\nplaybackFps = 20\nonionAlpha = 0.6\n\n## -- Camera specific settings\nliveView.resolution = 960x544\nstillImage.resolution = 1280x720\nstillImage.delayMs = 1000\n\nmanual = focus\nmanual.focus.name = Focus, Auto\nmanual.focus.value = 0\n\npreserve = focus\npreserve.focus.name = Focus (absolute)\n\nkeys = focus\nkeys.focus.name = Focus (absolute)\nkeys.focus.inc = VK_Q\nkeys.focus.dec = VK_W\n\n## -- Files and folders\ndirectoryPrefix = batch-\ndirectoryIndexDigits = 2\nfilePrefix = img-\nfilePostfix = .jpg\nfileIndexDigits = 4\nbaseDirectoryPath = .\nrestartFileIndexWithNewDirectory = False\n<\/pre><\/pre>\n
Diagnostics<\/h2>\n
List devices<\/h3>\n
You can list available v4l devices with the command below.<\/p>\n
E.g.:<\/p>\n
\n$ .\/start-x86-64.sh --devices\n[ libvideo.c:68 ] Using libvideo version 0.9-UNKNOWN\nFound video devices:\n \/dev\/video0 - UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n<\/pre><\/pre>\n
Device information<\/h3>\n
RivetCam provides a diagnostic feature where you can get detailed information of your webcam device.<\/p>\n
\n$ .\/start-x86-64.sh --info \/dev\/video0\n[ libvideo.c:68 ] Using libvideo version 0.9-UNKNOWN\nInfo for device \/dev\/video0:\n Name: UVC Camera (046d:0823)\n Resolutions:\n MJPEG - 640x480 160x120 176x144 320x176 320x240 432x240 352x288 544x288 640x360 752x416 800x448 864x480 960x544 1024x576 800x600 1184x656 960x720 1280x720 1392x768 1504x832 1600x896 1280x960 1712x960 1792x1008 1920x1080 1600x1200 2048x1536 2592x1944\n YUYV - 640x480 160x120 176x144 320x176 320x240 432x240 352x288 544x288 640x360 752x416 800x448 864x480 960x544 1024x576 800x600 1184x656 960x720 1280x720 1392x768 1504x832 1600x896 1280x960 1712x960 1792x1008 1920x1080 1600x1200 2048x1536 2592x1944\n\n Attributes:\n "Backlight Compensation" = 0 (0..1\/1)\n "Brightness" = 128 (0..255\/1)\n "Contrast" = 32 (0..255\/1)\n "Exposure (Absolute)" = 664 (3..2047\/1)\n "Exposure, Auto" = 3 (1: Manual, 2: Shutter priority, 0: Auto, 3: Aperture priority)\n "Exposure, Auto Priority" = 1 (0..1\/1)\n "Focus (absolute)" = 68 (0..255\/17)\n "Focus, Auto" = 0 (0..1\/1)\n "Gain" = 128 (0..255\/1)\n "Pan (Absolute)" = 0 (-36000..36000\/3600)\n "Power Line Frequency" = 2 (1: 50 Hz, 0: Disabled, 2: 60 Hz)\n "Saturation" = 32 (0..255\/1)\n "Sharpness" = 72 (0..255\/1)\n "Tilt (Absolute)" = 0 (-36000..36000\/3600)\n "White Balance Temperature" = 4000 (2800..6500\/1)\n "White Balance Temperature, Auto" = 1 (0..1\/1)\n "Zoom, Absolute" = 1 (1..5\/1)\n<\/pre><\/pre>\n
Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n
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- \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
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- Will it run on Android?<\/strong> – I don’t think so.<\/li>\n
- Will it run on RaspberryPi?<\/strong> – Yes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Known bugs<\/h2>\n
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- Playback FPS is not stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Planned improvements<\/h2>\n
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- Do not crash, when facing with wrong configuration.<\/li>\n
- Continue file numbering when starting up from previous batch.<\/li>\n
- Support more platforms and cameras according to user tests.<\/li>\n
- Use RGB or YUV format instead of mpg when creating a snapshot.<\/li>\n
- Force to use strict FPS while playback.<\/li>\n
- Introduce camera-type\u00a0 based configuration system.<\/li>\n
- Introduce modular access to the main system, e.g. attach a GPIO based control module.<\/li>\n
- On-screen-display message items to have a validity.<\/li>\n
- Multilingual messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Found a bug or want to Contact me?<\/h2>\n
Please fill free to contact me with feature requests. If found a problem, please check issues for possible solution at GitHub issues page<\/a>, where you can also report bugs.<\/p>\n
Notes<\/h2>\n
Run the following command to join the image sequences into an AVI:<\/p>\n
\n\nffmpeg -r 10 -start_number 0 -i img-%04d.jpg anim.mp4\n\n<\/pre><\/pre>\n
Where the “-r 10” means the frame rate (fps), the “-start_number 0” specifies the first file index.<\/p>\n\n\n
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- Will it run on RaspberryPi?<\/strong> – Yes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Will it run on Android?<\/strong> – I don’t think so.<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n