/my_webcam

Bash script to play with webcam

Primary LanguageShell

⚠️ drafty forever state [Very] limited error management

my_webcam

bash scripts to take a picture every XX seconds

  • loop.sh: to be used in tmux/screen/nohup session
  • one.sh: to be used with cron/systemd timer

Pre-Requisites

  • webcam
  • ffmpeg
  • cron/systemd timer [optional]

Notes

one.sh (and timer) was developped because loop.sh happened to be stuck on ffmpeg...

Both scripts are wrappers around ffmpeg

 ffmpeg -v 16 -f video4linux2 -s "$resolution" -i "$device" -ss 0:0:2 -frames 1 "$folder/$filename"

TODO di doo

  • Push first drafty version
  • Add systemd timer files
  • Handle errors / parameters...