davidzhu918 / pi-timolo

Raspberry PI-TIMOLO ( PI-TImelapse, MOtion, LOwLight ) uses RPI picamera and python for Remote Headless Security Monitoring & Auto Sync files with Google Drive. Auto Transitions Camera Settings During Twilight.

pi-timolo

Raspberry (Pi) - (Ti)melapse, (Mo)tion, (Lo)wlight

Wiki https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki

YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXJw_uJtQLa11A4qjVpn2D2T0pgfaSG0

Release 5.0 with optional video stream thread, improved day/night transitions with no greenish images + Misc updates Release 6.0 with optional DateTime Named subfolders, recent files option and Disk Space Management + Misc updates Release 6.7 with videoRepeat option to take continuous video clips by filename datetime or seq num and exit by specified time or number of videos or run continuous and manage by freedisk space..
This is similar to a dash cam. Requires the updated config.py.
New Release 7.x Now uses openCV motion Tracking to track objects above a min size for a designated pixel track trigger length. There is also a new motionTrackQuickPic feature that saves a stream image rather than switching to normal pi-camera non streaming mode.
RPI Forum Post details here https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1183663#p1183663

See Minimal Upgrade Below if you have a recent pi-timolo version installed

Description

pi-timolo is a python picamara module application for a Raspberry PI computer (RPI). A RPI camera module must be attached. pi-timolo can take timelapse and motion detection images/videos, separately or together. Takes Long exposure Night (lowlight) images for Time Lapse and/or Motion. Has smooth twilight transitions based on a threshold light setting, so a real time clock is not required. Customization settings are saved in a config.py and conf files. The application is primarily designed for headless operation and includes sync.sh that can securely synchronize files with a users google drive. This works well for remote security cameras. Camera config.py settings can be administered remotely from a google drive using sync.sh. Includes makevideo.sh to create timelapse or motion lapse videos from images, convid.sh to convert/combine h264 to mp4 format, a simple minumum or no setup web server to view images or videos and menubox.sh to admin settings and stop start pi-timolo and webserver as background tasks.

see Github Wiki for More Details https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki

Quick Install

For Easy pi-timolo-install.sh onto raspbian RPI.

curl -L https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh | bash

From a computer logged into the RPI via SSH(Putty) or desktop terminal session

• Use mouse to highlight curl command above, right click, copy.
• Select RPI SSH(Putty) window, mouse right click, paste.
  The command will download and execute the GitHub pi-timolo-install.sh script

IMPORTANT - A raspbian apt-get update and upgrade will be performed as part of install so it may take some time if these are not up-to-date

Minimal Upgrade

If you are just interested in a minimal upgrade (must have pi-timolo previously installed) from a logged in ssh or terminal session execute the following commands.

cd ~/pi-timolo
sudo apt-get install python-opencv
cp config.py config.py.old
cp pi-timolo.py pi-timolo.py.old
wget -O config.py https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/config.py
wget -O pi-timolo.py https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo.py    

Edit config.py to transfer any customized settings from config.py.old

or Manual Install

From logged in RPI SSH session or console terminal perform the following. You can review the pi-timolo-install.sh script code before executing.

cd ~
wget https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh
chmod +x pi-timolo-install.sh
./pi-timolo-install.sh

Run pi-timolo

Default is motion only see config.py for detailed settings

cd ~/pi-timolo
./pi-timolo.py   

Menubox

The lastest version of pi-timolo has a whiptail admin menu system. The menu's allow start/stop of pi-timolo.py and webserver.py as background tasks, as well as editing configuration files, making timelapse videos from jpg images, converting or joining mp4 files Etc.
To run from ssh console or terminal session.

cd ~/pi-timolo
./menubox.sh

Webserver

I have also written a standalone LAN based webserver.py to allow easy access to pi-timolo image and video files on the Raspberry from another LAN computer web browser. There is no setup required but the display settings can be customized via variables in the config.py file or via menubox admin menuing.
To run from ssh console or terminal session.

cd ~/pi-timolo
./webserver.py

Reference Links

Detailed pi-timolo Wiki https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki
YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXJw_uJtQLa11A4qjVpn2D2T0pgfaSG0

Good Luck Claude Pageau