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== Camera setup ==
 
== Camera setup ==
[[https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/camera-module-setup/|Setup]]
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[https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/camera-module-setup/ Setup]
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== Permissions ==
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Create a group with permission tu use the camera, and add the user that will be using it:
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<nowiki>
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# echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="vchiq",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"' \
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>  > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-vchiq-permissions.rules
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# usermod -a -G video pi</nowiki>
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Reboot.
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Set paths:
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edit $HOME/.bashrc, add:
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add:
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<nowiki>
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export PATH=$PATH:/opt/vc/bin
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARYPATH:/opt/vc/lib</nowiki>
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== Bash ==
 
== Bash ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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| raspiyuv || Capturing still photographs and generating raw unprocessed image files
 
| raspiyuv || Capturing still photographs and generating raw unprocessed image files
 
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|}
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== Python ==
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First install the python-picamera
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<nowiki>
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install python-picamera</nowiki>
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== Usage ==
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<source lang="python">
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# Import module
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import picamera
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# Create an instance
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camera = picamera.PiCamera()
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# Take a picture
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camera.capture('image.jpg')
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# Horizontal/Vertical flip
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camera.hflip = True
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camera.vflip = True
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# Start/Stop preview
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camera.start_preview()
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camera.stop_preview()
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# Camera Settings
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camera.brightness = 70 #Defoult is 50
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# Other settings default values:
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camera.sharpness = 0
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camera.contrast = 0
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camera.brightness = 50
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camera.saturation = 0
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camera.ISO = 0
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camera.video_stabilization = False
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camera.exposure_compensation = 0
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camera.exposure_mode = 'auto'
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camera.meter_mode = 'average'
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camera.awb_mode = 'auto'
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camera.image_effect = 'none'
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camera.color_effects = None
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camera.rotation = 0
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camera.hflip = False
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camera.vflip = False
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camera.crop = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0)
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# Video recording
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camera.start_recording('video.h264')
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sleep(5)
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camera.stop_recording()
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</source>
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[http://picamera.readthedocs.org/ python-picamera documentation]

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