Timelapse Photography with Pandora ?

[ekianjo]

Just wondering if this kind of thing is possible by plugging a USB camera in the Pandora, and letting it take snapshots every minute (or less). 

Has anyone tried it ? 

What instructions would one use to access the USB webcam OR camera data?

One step further, could the Pandora be used to control Camera settings before taking each picture ? 

 

[mcobit]

I think this is easily possible. Have a look at the vlc pnd and some online documentation.


Alternatively you could use something like jmpgstreamer (don't know if this is the right spelling).

 

[infinity]

There is a Android App for Canon cameras to control the Camera via USB.

 

[ekianjo]

There is a Android App for Canon cameras to control the Camera via USB.

Good to know but I refuse to use Android on Pandora  

 

[DrCJBoduma]

I had a go at this a while ago.

found this guide for generic linux machines 

http://www.cenolan.com/2009/05/simple-time-lapse-video-in-linux/

but needs camstream which we don't have (afaik)

CJ

 

[TrashyMG]

Moved to General talk.. figured it would get better attention.

 

[JeanLouSchmidt]

I used to play with this kind of setup a few years ago on my computeur, with 2 differents webcam and a Nikon D70 camera.

I think the easyest way to make this works on pandora is to use a full dist like Debian or Slackware, softwares will be already packaged.

If your webcam is video4linux compatible it should be easily setup. I think the module is already in the kernel.

For driving a Camera, PTP module is needed, but i don't know if it's in our kernel.

 

[infinity]

There is a Android App for Canon cameras to control the Camera via USB.
 
Good to know but I refuse to use Android on Pandora  

But you can write something like this for the Op.

 

[Binky]

Many cameras have a remote trigger socket.

The pandora has GPIOs

Anyone for a bit of hardware hacking?

 

[ekianjo]

Many cameras have a remote trigger socket.

The pandora has GPIOs

Anyone for a bit of hardware hacking?

I have seen that someone did this exact thing wtih the Raspberry Pi and a python program. Should be portable, but need  access to GPIO ports. 

 

[Neelix]

That's where an EXT connector comes in handy - The EXT port gives you access to several GPIO lines.

- Neelix

 

[ekianjo]

That's where an EXT connector comes in handy - The EXT port gives you access to several GPIO lines.

- Neelix

Good point - are they readily available to buy somewhere? 

 

[Binky]

ED sells them, but you may need some 1337 soldering skills to actually connect anything.

 

[konqithedragon]

Is imagemagik ported to the Pandora?

you can make a simple screenshot macro using it's commands for such a task.

I created a in-game "webcamera" using 4 lines of code. doing such a thing.

 

[Neelix]

That's where an EXT connector comes in handy - The EXT port gives you access to several GPIO lines.

- Neelix

Good point - are they readily available to buy somewhere? 

That link in my post, will take you to ED's shop where he has a few 1000 in stock.

- Neelix

 

[kojack]

libgphoto2 is a linux compatible library that lets you remote control a heap of different cameras via usb.

http://www.gphoto.org/

A pandora port could be cool.

 

[ekianjo]

libgphoto2 is a linux compatible library that lets you remote control a heap of different cameras via usb.

http://www.gphoto.org/

A pandora port could be cool.

yeah. i know of this one but may be difficult to port so i was looking for a solution without that one.