/timelapse

Time lapse camera project for the Raspberry Pi

Primary LanguageShell

Time lapse

This project configures a Raspberry Pi with the camera module to run as a time lapse camera.

Prerequisites

The following assumptions are made:

  • You have a Raspberry Pi with camera module.
  • You have Raspbian installed.
  • The Pi can access the internet.

Installation

NOTE: Read through ./bin/setup to understand what the installation script does. It will override your cron configuration.

  1. On your Raspberry Pi, clone this repository to a location of your choice. For example to the ~/Code directory.

    mkdir ~/Code; # Create the "Code" directory
git clone https://github.com/tmcinerney/timelapse.git; # Clone this repository

  2. Navigate to the timelapse directory.

    cd timelapse

  3. Run the setup command.

    ./bin/setup

  4. Keep an eye on the output. If it succeeds you will be prompted to reboot for the camera module to work.

    sudo reboot

  5. Once your Raspberry Pi has rebooted, your device should be configured to:

    • Capture a picture every 2 minutes.
    • Stitch together captured pictures into a video daily at 8am.
    • Both captured pictures and videos are located in ./output.

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