Examples01 Camera01 Video Recording
# This work is licensed under the MIT license.
# Copyright (c) 2013-2023 OpenMV LLC. All rights reserved.
# https://github.com/openmv/openmv/blob/master/LICENSE
#
# GIF Video Recording on Movement Example
#
# Note: You will need an SD card to run this example.
#
# You can use your OpenMV Cam to record gif files. You can either feed the
# recorder object RGB565 frames or Grayscale frames. Use photo editing software
# like GIMP to compress and optimize the Gif before uploading it to the web.
#
# This example demonstrates using frame differencing with your OpenMV Cam to do
# motion detection. After motion is detected your OpenMV Cam will take video.
import sensor
import time
import gif
import os
import machine
import random
sensor.reset() # Reset and initialize the sensor.
sensor.set_pixformat(sensor.RGB565) # Set pixel format to RGB565 (or GRAYSCALE)
sensor.set_framesize(sensor.QQVGA) # Set frame size to QQVGA (160x120)
sensor.skip_frames(time=2000) # Wait for settings take effect.
sensor.set_auto_whitebal(False) # Turn off white balance.
led = machine.LED("LED_RED")
if not "temp" in os.listdir():
os.mkdir("temp") # Make a temp directory
while True:
print("About to save background image...")
sensor.skip_frames(time=2000) # Give the user time to get ready.
sensor.snapshot().save("temp/bg.bmp")
print("Saved background image - Now detecting motion!")
diff = 10 # We'll say we detected motion after 10 frames of motion.
while diff:
img = sensor.snapshot()
img.difference("temp/bg.bmp")
stats = img.statistics()
# Stats 5 is the max of the lighting color channel. The below code
# triggers when the lighting max for the whole image goes above 20.
# The lighting difference maximum should be zero normally.
if stats[5] > 20:
diff -= 1
led.on()
g = gif.Gif("example-%d.gif" % random.getrandbits(32), loop=True)
clock = time.clock() # Tracks FPS.
for i in range(100):
clock.tick()
# clock.avg() returns the milliseconds between frames - gif delay is in
g.add_frame(sensor.snapshot(), delay=int(clock.avg() / 10)) # centiseconds.
print(clock.fps())
g.close()
led.off()
print("Restarting...")