On 11/15/21 11:21 AM, Steve Williams wrote:
Hi,
I have an OpenBSD server (APC) that runs 7x24 hosting my email,
webserver, etc.
As the season changes to winter, I thought of setting up a camera to
do some timelapse photography out of the window pointing at the
mountains.
I am kind of lost in the huge variety of options... IP connected
security camera, webcam... and whether to do the timelapse in the
camera, or to have that controlled on the server... (taking a photo
every x minutes and saving it on the OpenBSD server).
I was trying to avoid having the images stored on an SD card in the
camera as then physical access would be required to periodically
extract the images / movie.
If it's a USB camera, it would need to be supported by OpenBSD. But
there are IP cameras, some which require drivers, some don't. It's a
crazy complex world.
Does anyone have recommendations to accomplish this? It's just a
hobby so I don't want to spend a huge amount of money on it.
Thanks,
Steve Williams
Hi Steve,
I'm running a 4K Amcrest IP camera (Amcrest IP8M-2496EB 2.8mm) on a
Raspberry Pi 3B+/OpenBSD 7.0.
I wrote a python script using the amcrest module that captures about 5
frames / minute and stores locally on the RPi. rsync then ships them
off to a separate server in my network that has a 5T external drive. A
script on that external drive uses ffmpeg to make an mp4 movie that is
uploaded daily to my web server at https://www.starhouse-observatory.org.
The home page shows the latest image off the camera, below is a place to
select and watch a day's movie.
I'm happy to share the python script and other details if you want to go
that route.
Jeff
