RTSP-Timelapse

RTSP-Timelapse is a Docker-based project that captures images from an RTSP stream at regular intervals and compiles them into a timelapse video. It also includes a mobile-ready web interface to display the latest image and status.

Features

Captures still images from an RTSP stream at regular intervals.
Compiles the captured images into a timelapse video.
Provides a mobile-ready web interface for real-time updates.
Allows standalone execution of various Python scripts.

Configuration

The behavior of the timelapse creation is controlled by environment variables. These can be set in a .env file for development or directly in the docker-compose.yaml file for deployment.

Refer to config.py for a description of each environment variable.

Development

Create a .env file in the root directory.
Set the necessary environment variables as described in config.py.
The Python script main.py uses these variables to control the behavior of the timelapse creation.
Various Python scripts can be run standalone for testing or specific tasks.

Running Standalone Scripts with Docker Compose

To execute standalone scripts when running with Docker Compose, follow these steps:

Ensure that your Docker Compose application is running. If not, start it with docker-compose up -d.
Use the docker-compose exec command to run your script. Replace service_name with the name of the service defined in your docker-compose.yaml file and script.py with the name of your Python script. docker-compose exec service_name python script.py This command will execute script.py in the context of the service_name service container.

Deployment