ESP32-Cam Time Lapse
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2020
- A $6 ESP32 camera is used to record time-lapse footage. It's controlled over a web interface and stores images to an micro SD card. ffmpeg is used to convert the Jpeg images to an mp4 video. While macro photography doesn't work great due to the fixed focus, landscape photography looks good.
Project page with code and information:
bitluni.net/esp32camtimelapse
Links to the parts (affiliate links):
ESP32 Cam ($5-8):
aliexpress.bitluni.net/espCam
ESP32-Cam Programmer:
link.bitluni.net/camProg
My main camera and lens I used for the good ones (4k 60fps):
amazon.bitluni.net/gh5
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"I like to do timelapses from time to time" that's a good one
when the Camera is cheaper than the microSD card xD
Time lapse cameras won't get much cheaper than that. Great for risky applications, where camera might get damaged, stolen or lost.
Awesome!
Best acceptable excuse for why all supposed photos of beings and objects which existence of is questionable are so poor quality they're useless for evidence except to show something to be mistaken was there. Also masks otherwise obvious clues of being fake. Can't wait until FHD at least is that inexpensive.
@@jasonlisonbee you do realise that the camera that is used for ESP32 CAM is the OV2640 which supports a video resolution of 1600x1200 which is higher than HD and less than 10% lower than Full HD
@@jasonlisonbeeyou can swap the base ov2640 to a ov5640 , it has way better image quality and higher resolution but the esp32 processing capability caps it. Plus it gets REALLY hot
Haha, I like the password!
2:50
Haha 😂 didn't notice!
Seems funny that I’ve been working on building a greenhouse for the past few days and I decided to take a break and play around with the esp32-cam I purchased a while ago. You’ve given me some good ideas! Thanks
just awesome stuff for artist, great project as usual man, thumbs up!!! :-)
Thank you for your time and effort in teaching us about this. Awesome!!
This is my new favorite channel. Cheers
GRatulation zu den 100k !!!!
Thank you bitluni for the two USB-serial boards. They are excellent!
Hi Luni your projects are just awesome
Great video!
I would like to try taking 3 time lapse movies simultaneously with different exposure settings so that post processing could be used to grab the best data from each exposure and nice smooth fades can be made between exposure levels in the final file. Another approach might be to establish hard-coded exposures based on sun position rather than light readings.
Very nice timelapses, so beautiful
A very nice and cool project. Although cheap, quick and dirty a rather remarkable result. Thnxs for sharing.
Timelapses are great for showing how everything is in a constant state of change. Nothing stands still. Every second, the entirety of the universe/multiverse changes so dramatically that our feeble little brains can't even comprehend it.
Awesome! I need that for all my greenhouse plants. Detecting pest and rot would be a great next step.
And with a bit of AI thrown in detect and destroy pests.
Came here for a project... Didn't expect to find a great new channel. Thx for the video
looks great for a $6 addon, great work.
Wow that are some nice shots
Congrats on 100k Subs! Looks pretty good at 1/2 meter IMO.
Those are some pretty awesome time lapses. I'm surprised this hasn't shown up on Hackaday yet.
Very nice video, thank you!
Thanks, I was thinking about doing this, we have flower fields in the spring that causes massive traffic jams, so I wanted to place a camera at an ideal spot and receive it a month later. I guess I would need a good battery.
I've also had the ESP32Cam here for a while. Which SD card would you recommend? I've already destroyed some
Bitluni ftw... You live in a beautiful place. Nice tomatoes.
I wonder if these boards changed recently. I tried building a reset circuit like yours early last year and encountered the LED connected to (IIRC) IO0, causing reset to be flaky at best and I just gave up on this model. Might be time to revisit.
thats a incredible project super well done, ill build one by myself in a minute
Very good! Thanks.
I'm not a programmer, but I added a blinking red LED when connecting to a Wi-Fi and writing to a SD card.
It would be nice to add a file with shooting parameters, date and time to the folder with images.
Great video and instruction
Hi, is brilliant !!!
Please tell me this, if the USB 32 is Wi-Fi enabled will you not be able to save the pictures directly to a Wi-Fi enabled computer or hard disk instead?
I am not an electronics guy but have a keen interest in learning and so I ask. Thanks .
Hi! I made a comparable system with the same camera, but added a small 0.96” oled screen and a button to allow changing the timelapse intervals. Do you think it is possible to also use the display to change the camera settings? I can give you my code if you want...
with a screen that small and only one button, why not just use the esp as a wifi station and use the web interface?
Congrats for 💯 k Subs :)
I'm wondering if therebis a way just to get video from the esp32 without having all them controls.
Cool. I like that this cam actually gets more developed with. Atm the ammount of sketches for noobs like me is very limited.
Nice informative video.
Thanks
very cool. keep the vids coming :)
Short answer: yes it can be used. Any camera can be used for time-lapse
Very nice project. I'll do this :D thanks
Great work ! But is there a way of getting this to work in server mode so that I can set it up without a router close by? I guess yes but the real question is how, maybe you could tweak the code a little ??? I'm kinda new to this and my attempts at tweaking have all failed.
BTW: Mac Users you can easily use QuickTime 10.5 to join pictures to a video, works great.
Hello, I tryed to compile sketch, but i get this: "no return statement in function returning non-void [-Werror=return-type]". Do you know, how can I fix it?
Ok, you convinced me.
I'm ordering one today!
Huh? You can order items without taking 10 or more? ;)
@@adlerweb My first order is one. Who knows how many will be in my second order...
Do you think it would be possible to create an array of these cameras to create a super-resolution image? Similar to how Panoramic Images are created.
last time i checked wemos mini was kind of the best... but i never knew esp only had a cam version... this is nice
Is it possible to stream a video and store a video in the sd card simultaneously?
I found my ESP32-Cams to be very sensitive to me touching or moving the board while streaming in a browser with the example sketch. Some of that pertained to wifi signal strength, which seems to be an issue, but also some other strangeness going on.
how about a little help file explaining what all the abbreviation stand for and their meaning in the ov2640 settings?
Hi! How to set default resolution (e.g. 800x600) for video at the start of ESP32-CAM ?
Time to go buy a few cameras! Cheers!!
I have a module like that but the video transmition is pretty slow, do you know what could be the cause?
Roberto Prado
I can't record the photos on the SD. When I trigger timelapse, the folder is created, but the files in the photos are not saved. I use the ESP32 2.0.0 card version.
Can you help me?
I am sure I'm not the only one in saying that we'd love to see your gardening projects too. Especially if you make anything electronics related.
perfect for 3d printing videos :D
Hello thank you for this video
could you tell me what code to add to set the time with the ntp server with wifi, because the date and time displayed on the micro sd are not correct (January 1, 1980)
THANKS
101k subs. Nice!
can we make this timelapse camera project to send data instead of saving on sd card permanently like let say after some time transfer timelapse folder data to some server or back to my pc so that we do not have to physically access the sd card again and again? my use case is to monitor birds ( bird watching ) so i dont want to disturb them by going close to their nest however placing a esp32 module is very stealthy and they do not get scared of it .
If I purchased one of these are they completely set up, can I just plug & play
nice time lapses
Excellent video. Just bumped into your video/channel and was pleasantly surprised.
I will subscribe after writing my comment and will watch some more.
Have a nice Sunday afternoon. Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪
Wow you live in a beautiful area!
that is great thanks,but sounds to complicated for me to do. is there a simple plug and play?
Great work! When I tried your code the led stayed on permanently. Also how about a mode in the code and hacker interface to put camera into deep sleep after taking a photo. Keep up good work please.
How did you power these?
Muss man das am Computer betreiben oder kann man einfach zb eine powerbank anschließen?
You save my day, tahnks
You are just soooo cool!
Thanks!
How do you make time-lapses function in a web server? I still don't get it. It only has the " get still " and "start streaming" button. How to add it.
You could fix the focus to macro if you unscrew the lens 1 or 2mm, so you enlarge focus a little bit, does the lens rotates ?
How do you give the saved timelapses meaningful timestamps? All my lapses are saved with a data of 12/31/79
Was the last timelapse from landscapes at 1:14 at the Sebensee in Austria?
Hi
I finally got it working but I have a new problem, if the esp32cam gets disconnected it won't reconnect to the router/hotspot/network automatically and I have to reach the esp32cam and restart it by hand. What if I want to fix it in some place high? Do I really need to restart it every time? Can't it just get reconnected to the network like any other normal device?
And btw can I add multiple network credentials to esp32cam code so if one is not in range it would connect to the other ones.
genial Chef !!!!
I uploaded the code albeit it does not store images in the SD card. Would you please give me some advice? Thanks in advance.
What about recording 10 hours of sound??
Nice thats very cool
How to view ESP32 CAM video globally or from anywhere on world with network connection? Are there any ways to host on global IP?
I find that after 6 hours of being on the camera will shut down. A reboot by unplugging and plugging back in the power will resolve the issue. Do I have a faulty camera or do I need to put a small fan near the ESP32. Any ideas are appreciated.
Very good
Is it possible to use a addition micro lens to have good focus in close range ?
Some of those 'Board cameras' you can easily change the lenses by simply unscrewing them and replacing with another (Better!) Lens, even Wide-Angle/Fish-eye and mini-Zoom, easy to refocus too by screwing in/out.
Ditto.
@@leef_me8112 Dildo.
You can do that to these, they aren't glued in. There's a video of a guy putting a mechanical IR filter as se over it after removing the lens. Lets you fit bigger lenses like for cctv cameras.
Nice idea
Great idea! I want to do something similar for my vegetable garden. What power source do you use for the unit?
I needed to take photo once per day on specific hour. I modify your modification :) Also added ftp server, so now iam able to download captured images without removing sdcard. Now is exactly what i need. Thanks.
DS3231 rtc with SQW pin connected to p-mosfet to connect the power supply to esp32-cam power input will make your batteries last a year.
Wow so nice
Why did you write the sketch in so many different little files. Wouldn't it work just as well with all the parts in one sketch?
hi, how can I add time and date to the photo. Please advice....thank you.
What power source did you used for the timelapses?
This works perfectly, right out of the box....but I have no idea how it actually works. Is there any way I can find out how these add-on objects work...aside from reading the cpp code?
Can you make a project by connecting a usb webcam to the esp32 and send the livestream over wifi to the pc
Has anyone worked out its current consumption when on and can it be placed in sleep mode ?
thanks!
just wondering why you did not implement easy to change wifi ssid and password without recompile the sketch again. and one more thing is append jpeg frame-by-frame without the need of external pc.
Hm, it does not work for me. No pictures are stored on the card. I tried different ones, startet everything several times but no data is stored. The Webinterface is working fine.
I get the following message:
E (1555) sdmmc_sd: sdmmc_check_scr: send_scr returned 0xffffffff
Card Mount Failed
Any hints? Thx.
Edit/ Sehe gerade du kommst auch aus Darmstadt ... Beste Grüße.
Looks better than the 35 Euro Raspberry Pi camera. I'm in!
Have been looking for a DIY project showing how to salvage a recent Samsug Galaxy or IPhone camera and run it on a Raspberry Pi. Has anyone seen such a video?
My camera is extremely slow and lags like 10 seconds, what should I do?
Ahoj, pěkné video, ale mám problém s otočeným obrázkem o 90 stupňů a nemám tušení, jak obrázek otočit :-(. Bohužel nemohu otočit celý ESP32, musím otočit obrázek v prohlížeči.
awesome
hi friend, thanks for the codes, but i cant install the libs, why? i tried all metods
Yeah, it's a 2MB camera but it looks like the biggest issue is optics.
Maybe design an adapter for trying camera lens?