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v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=scene_mode=8
v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=exposure_dynamic_framerate=1
sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2 max_video_width=1280 max_video_height=720
Maybe somebody else knows a setting, but I've only been able to get improvement by setting thecaldimerda wrote:Ah. No picture at night. I would normally (raspimjpeg) get a reasonable image in dim light. There's an IR light too so it should work all night. But the image is black so there's a setting not right. Exposure mode is 'night'. Saturation -99. Any ideas?
Maybe somebody else knows a setting, but I've only been able to get improvement by setting the
video fps low at night (around 6 fps). The camera is likely hitting limits with the 24 fps default.
So all I know to suggest is at night reduce video_fps, mjpeg_divider, and video_mp4box_fps and
set night exposure mode, and then restore the settings in the morning.
I was going to suggest the at-commands.conf file would be a good place to do this, but I'm just
now seeing a problem with the sunrise/sunset times and I'll look at that tomorrow.
There's no setting for position in the V2 or V3 annotate header. Right now there's only supportmonty_burns_007 wrote: I have 3 questions regarding PiKrellCam :
- Can the annotation text be moved from top to for ex. bottom right ?
Those are considered intermediate files and only the final timelapse video name can be configured.- Can the timelapse auto file names be customized ? I'd like to use a timelapse file name like the still naming where date / time is included. Not TL_000x_yyyy where yyy is just a counter a x is the timelapse nr.
Put the timelapse commands in the ~/.pikrellcam.conf/at-commands.conf file, for example:- What adapation is config files has to be made to auto create the timelapse video on the pi ?
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Sat 8:00 tl_start 60
Sat 17:00 tl_end
While at various places I explicitly say /home/pi in the docutmentation, I meant for it to beG7BWP wrote:Having tried to install this software suite I have run into a small problem: The installer program assumes there is a user "pi" and therefore throws a number of errors.
I need to make a list. For now, look in ~/.pikrellcam.conf and most settings there that are not astephencassidy wrote:Is there a list of commands available for the various camera controls?
I would like if possible to set the framerate and the brightness at dusk and dawn if possible.
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daily dusk "@brightness 70"
daily dusk "@video_fps 6"
daily dusk "@mjpeg_divider 1"
daily dusk "@mp4_box_fps 6"
daily sunrise "@brightness 70"
daily sunrise "@video_fps 24"
daily sunrise "@mjpeg_divider 6"
...
Nice video! Where can I get a bird like that? The last place I lived, the squirrels were alwaysjbeale wrote:The first full day using the "action area thumbnail" worked very well! One image caught my eye, a bird-squirrel chase in the driveway with a perfectly framed thumbnail.
Yes, I've done that too... now, in Raspimjpeg, set the camera "buffer" variable to anything but the default (0). With the pre-detect buffer on (force video mode), then you will see that the Raspimjpeg image becomes just as dark as pikrellcam. The difference is that pikrellcam has the video mode on all the time, because it is pre-buffering the video all the time. In general, the RPi video mode at (x) fps forces the exposure to (1/x) seconds regardless of "night" exposure setting; that is the cause of the darker image at night, regardless of what program you are using.caldimerda wrote:OK, done a quick test.. In Raspimjpeg, I set "exposure mode" to night and I see an image just fine on the Pi noir. When I stop the program and start pikrellcam and then change "exposure mode" to night I continue to get a black screen.
It's not yet preconfigured, but I have my instance of pikrellcam set up to generate and display a page of thumbnails which show only the active motion region for each event. (I haven't yet actually linked each thumbnail to the corresponding video, although that is a mere matter of fixing the PHP.) viewtopic.php?f=43&t=115583&start=25#p792773boomlikethat wrote:One thing I did like in RPiCam, and that was the screen of thumbnails I could go through and choose which videos I wanted to review, and trash the rest. Having to look at every video would be more time consuming (well, for me anyhow)
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# sunrise/sunset or dawn/dusk (times are reported in the log file)
# Motion is detected and preview updated at video_fps/mjpeg_divider so
# mjpeg_divider should be changed when video_fps is changed. Also change
# video_mp4_box to track video_fps or mp4 will be slow or fast motion.
#
# Adjust camera parameters in the evening: sunset{+-offset}
daily sunset "@exposure_mode night"
daily sunset+10 "@video_fps 4"
daily sunset+10 "@video_mp4box_fps 4"
daily sunset+10 "@mjpeg_divider 1"
# Adjust camera parameters in the morning sunrise{+-offset}
daily sunrise-10 "@video_fps 24"
daily sunrise-10 "@video_mp4box_fps 24"
daily sunrise-10 "@mjpeg_divider 4"
daily sunrise "@exposure_mode auto"
It was only when I saw the results after you asked for the motionjbeale wrote:It's not yet preconfigured, but I have my instance of pikrellcam set up to generate and display a page of thumbnails which show only the active motion region for each event. (I haven't yet actually linked each thumbnail to the corresponding video, although that is a mere matter of fixing the PHP.) viewtopic.php?f=43&t=115583&start=25#p792773boomlikethat wrote:One thing I did like in RPiCam, and that was the screen of thumbnails I could go through and choose which videos I wanted to review, and trash the rest. Having to look at every video would be more time consuming (well, for me anyhow)
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daily start "@video_fps 4"
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2015-07-24 21:25:05 ==== PiKrellCam started ====
using FIFO: /home/pi/pikrellcam/www/FIFO
using mjpeg: /run/pikrellcam/mjpeg.jpg
execl:[/home/pi/pikrellcam/scripts-dist/init /home/pi/pikrellcam /home/pi/pikrellcam/media /run/pikrellcam/mjpeg.jpg /home/pi/pikrellcam/www/FIFO /tmp/pikrellcam.log]
www/media link is already set to /home/pi/pikrellcam/media
/home/pi/pikrellcam/www/config.php: MJPEG_FILE not changed.
/home/pi/pikrellcam/www/config.php: FIFO_FILE not changed.
/home/pi/pikrellcam/www/config.php: PIKRELLCAM not changed.
execl:[/home/pi/pikrellcam/scripts/startup /home/pi/pikrellcam /home/pi/pikrellcam/media /tmp/pikrellcam.log]
MOUNT_DISK is not set.
circular buffer allocate: 11.00 MBytes (11 seconds at 8.0 Mbits/sec)
Bad command: [video_fps] [4]
Here is a very simple, no-frills thumbnail index page. You can click on any image to play the associated video.billw wrote: Maybe if I just wait a little longer you might have it all done before I could even start on it.
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<?php
// display JPEG images in directory in name order, with clickable links
function showGallery( $pathToVideo, $pathToThumbs )
{
$cols = 4; // how many columns on the HTML page
$output = "<html>";
$output .= "<head><title>Thumbnails</title></head>";
$output .= "<body>";
$output .= "<center><h3><a href=index.php>PiKrellCam</a></h3></center>";
$output .= "<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"500\">";
$output .= "<tr>";
$dir = opendir( $pathToThumbs ); // open the directory
$a=array(); // hold filenames in array so we can sort them in order
while (false !== ($fname = readdir($dir))) // loop through directory
{
if (substr($fname, -4) == '.jpg') // select only *.jpg filenames
{ $a[]=$fname; } // add this filename to the array
}
closedir( $dir ); // close the directory, all done reading
$counter = 0; // count how many images total so far
sort($a); // sorts the array of filenames in-place
foreach($a as $fname){
$vname = rtrim($fname, ".th.jpg") . ".mp4"; // filename X.th.jpg becomes X.mp4
$output .= "<td valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"{$pathToVideo}{$vname}\">";
$output .= "<img src=\"{$pathToThumbs}{$fname}\" border=\"0\" />";
$output .= "</a></td>";
$counter += 1;
if ( $counter % $cols == 0 ) { $output .= "</tr><tr>"; }
}
$output .= "</tr> </table> </body> </html>"; // end of HTML file
echo $output; // send out the completed HTML web page
}
showGallery("media/videos/","media/stills/"); // video and thumbnail directories
?>
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<div id="container" class="top-margin">
Files:
<a href="media.php?dir=<?php echo VIDEO_DIR; ?>"
class="btn-control"
>Videos</a>
<a href="media.php?dir=<?php echo STILL_DIR; ?>"
class="btn-control"
>Stills</a>
<a href="thumbs.php"
class="btn-control"
style="margin-right:20px;"
>Thumbs</a>
Enable:
@jbeale:jbeale wrote:Here is a very simple, no-frills thumbnail index page. You can click on any image to play the associated video.billw wrote: Maybe if I just wait a little longer you might have it all done before I could even start on it.
Create "thumbs.php" with the code below, and put it in the directory /home/pi/pikrellcam/www/ so you can see it in your browser at <my.pi.ip.addr>/thumbs.php
This assumes you have enabled the "motion area only" thumbnails as described here, and still filenames have the form *.th.jpg
This also assumes that videos are in media/videos/ and thumbnail images are in media/stills/ relative to the PHP file, so you'll have it edit it at the bottom where it says showGallery("media/videos/","media/stills/"); if your file structure is something else.
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<?php // display JPEG images in directory in name order, with clickable links function showGallery( $pathToVideo, $pathToThumbs ) { $cols = 4; // how many columns on the HTML page $output = "<html>"; $output .= "<head><title>Thumbnails</title></head>"; $output .= "<body>"; $output .= "<center><h3><a href=index.php>PiKrellCam</a></h3></center>"; $output .= "<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"500\">"; $output .= "<tr>"; $dir = opendir( $pathToThumbs ); // open the directory $a=array(); // hold filenames in array so we can sort them in order while (false !== ($fname = readdir($dir))) // loop through directory { if (substr($fname, -4) == '.jpg') // select only *.jpg filenames { $a[]=$fname; } // add this filename to the array } closedir( $dir ); // close the directory, all done reading $counter = 0; // count how many images total so far sort($a); // sorts the array of filenames in-place foreach($a as $fname){ $vname = rtrim($fname, ".th.jpg") . ".mp4"; // filename X.th.jpg becomes X.mp4 $output .= "<td valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"{$pathToVideo}{$vname}\">"; $output .= "<img src=\"{$pathToThumbs}{$fname}\" border=\"0\" />"; $output .= "</a></td>"; $counter += 1; if ( $counter % $cols == 0 ) { $output .= "</tr><tr>"; } } $output .= "</tr> </table> </body> </html>"; // end of HTML file echo $output; // send out the completed HTML web page } showGallery("media/videos/","media/stills/"); // video and thumbnail directories ?>