Linux for time lapse and wifi?

Tom Buskey tom at buskey.name
Wed Jun 28 17:00:01 EDT 2017


On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:53 AM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:

> Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> writes:
> > On 2017-06-28 10:31, Richard Kolb II wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I'm looking into using a pine a64 running ubuntu mate to setup a time
> >> lapse photo using a standard digital camera controlled over USB. I
> >> haven't done a ton of research into it yet, but I wanted to see if
> >> anyone else has done something similar and had some advice/opinions. I
> >> was thinking of setting this up first as a way to capture an event
> >> going on, and second as a wildlife/security camera.
> >
> > Well, I bought the Pinebook, and -- given its price, among other things
> > -- seems like it would do a fine job using its webcam.  But if you want
> > high quality stuff, I suppose a "real" camera is the way to fly, and not
> > a webcam (be it part of a Pinebook or something external).
>
> I've been wanted to do some OpenCV projects, so I looked into
> webcams. You can get 1080p for under $50 now. Plug and go in Debian
>

Shawn Powers (The editor of Linux Journal) has had a series in the magazine
on his backyard bird cam.  Here's one of the articles
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/its-bird-its-another-bird>.  I think
he's been doing OpenCV too.
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