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https://github.com/dps/rpi-timelapse

Timelapse Camera Controller for Raspberry Pi
https://github.com/dps/rpi-timelapse

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Timelapse Camera Controller for Raspberry Pi

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rpi-timelapse
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A timelapse camera controller for Raspberry Pi and Canon EOS 350d (should work with any camera supported by `gphoto2` with minor tweaks), with an optional UI and controls on the Adafruit LCD Pi plate.

Installation
------------

rpi-timelapse uses `gphoto2` and `imagemagick`. To install these dependencies on your pi:

```
$ sudo apt-get install gphoto2
$ sudo apt-get install imagemagick
```

Run
---

python tl.py

Run on boot
-----------

Follow the instructions at using `timelapse` file from this repo instead of `lcd`.

Post-Processing
===============

Here's how to post process the image frames (on Linux, can be run on the Pi itself, but faster on desktop).

Remove flicker if timelapse used many shutter values
----------------------------------------------------

```
for a in *; do echo $a;/opt/ImageMagick/bin/mogrify -auto-gamma $a;done
```

Be careful with `auto-gamma` - it works extremely well for sunset / sunrise but can make very dark areas of the scene very noisy.

Convert the resulting JPEGs to a timelapse movie
------------------------------------------------

```
ffmpeg -r 18 -q:v 2 -start_number XXXX -i /tmp/timelapse/IMG_%d.JPG output.mp4
```

[Demo Video on YouTube (view in HD)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZbK4acS5Mc)