VideoRecorder

Dead simple video recorder, written in Python. It works both for USB webcams or RPi cameras, like NoIR.

Dependencies

• Python >= 3.4
• Python packages
  • Numpy >= 1.11
  • OpenCV >= 3.0
  • PyQt5 >= 5.6
  • Pillow >= 4.0
  • picamera >= 1.12
  • odML >= 1.2

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Quit Program: ESC # doesn't work properly
• Starts/stops recording: ALT + Space
• Adds tag: ALT + T # doesn't work properly
• Cancels recording: ALT + C
• Idle videocanvas: SHIFT + I
• Next Metadata-Tab: CTRL+Page-Down
• Previous Metadata-Tab: CTRL+Page-UP

== OPTIONS ==

• -u --template -- choose your template by its name
• -k --stop_time -- define a stop time for your recording; Formats: "HH:MM:SS" and "YY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS"
• -o --output_directory -- define the output directory of your recordings
• -s --instant_start -- start the recording instantly without user input
• -i --idle_screen -- do not display the video frames; this saves quite some computational power
• -c --color -- record in color

Important note

The code was ported from Python 2 and no care was taken to maintain compatibility. Time to move on.

Should you disagree with the above statement, there is Py2/PyQt4 compatible version at github.com/bendalab