File	Date	Author	Commit
config	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
doc	2013-08-03	schnoog	[d1c6a3] Next cleanup
functions	2013-08-03	schnoog	[739090] Should run now
input_output	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
locks	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
scripts	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
triggers	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
.hgignore	2013-08-03	schnoog	[71a15d] Next cleanup step, gpsdata path exported2
README	2013-08-02	schnoog	[9826fd] Documentation started 2
main_config.cfg	2013-08-02	schnoog	[370bf5] CleanUp Done, CFGs merged, main_config cleaned
master.log	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
nohup.out	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version
sys_starter.sh	2013-08-25	schnoog	[275b6a] First complete running version

Read Me

RaspCam is a script collection to use a raspberry pi with camera board as a motorcycle action cam in a very special way.


RaspCam records, when started, the video-stream from the Raspberry Pi Camera board and split it up into segments.
When trigger is set (my idea is to use a trigger connected via GPIO), the software saves the segments, beginning from the last X segments until
the trigger is set again.
Un-triggered segments will be ereased cyclically.

Furthermore an attached gps-device server the GPS position which will be recorded into gpx files for each recorded segment.


Requirements:
A raspberry pi + power supply + raspbian image
A raspberry pi camera board connected to the rpi
A suitable clock reference
	this could be
	a) a Rasclock device ( http://afterthoughtsoftware.com/products/rasclock )
	and / or
	b) a gps device

FFMPEG, compiled to allowe splitting into segments
PSIPS   (https://github.com/AndyA/psips)
GPSBABEL (if you want to capture the GPS position)

 
How it works:
A script is running in loops of a defined length (for example 1 hour = 3600s = 3600000ms) and capturing the camera stream.
Those records gets splitted in segment of a specified length (for example 60s).
This script will be started again until the triggerfile referenced in $RC_LOCK_SYSRUNNING or $RC_LOCK_CAPTURECAM contains a 0 
(Which means: Even if you stop the system, the video capturing will be continued until the last looptime is over)
In parallel, if configured, the gps data collected during the segment recording is written in gpx format to a file

If the triggerfile referenced in $RC_LOCK_SAVESEGMENTS is set to 1 the actual, and also the last X segements will be saved, if set to 0 the
segments will be pruned during the next cleanup



For more details see the files in the doc folder