Time Lapse

[jarrah]

Hello,

I would like to create a time lapse application around MJPG-Streamer to do things like saving a static image every x seconds based on user input.

The key thing is I need to save a jpg from the stream and I was wondering if anyone knows how to do that please?

Also to add some extra features like generating a time lapse video each day, I would like to use a programming language like php. An earlier post explained how to stream the video to a separate Apache/php web server (which I will use), but I would also like to use php to capture a jpg and save it locally, so does anyone have any thoughts how to do that please?

Many thanks.

[Dom]

Have you considered using the application for Linux called "Motion" ?

It works seamlessley with mjpg-streamer, has a timelapse function as well as a snapshot function every "x seconds" and will also record when it detects motion.

It has been working very well for me for months now.

[jarrah]

ahh thank you for the tip, I shall have a look at Motion.

[Dom]

For reference, this is the line in the motion.conf file which I use to read from mjpg-streamer :

# Image width (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 352
width 960
# Image height (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 288
height 720
# URL to use if you are using a network camera, size will be autodetected (incl http:// ftp:// or file:///)
# Must be a URL that returns single jpeg pictures or a raw mjpeg stream. Default: Not defined
netcam_url http://192.168.1.210:8080/?action=stream

Obviously I'm streaming at 960 x 720

[Dom]

Here is some motion detected video from it :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL39c22NsD8

Here is the timelapse for the above video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Zy68KwH28