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Old 03-04-2011, 01:06 PM
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Default wing riveting: time lapse video

For no good reason, I bought an IP camera to play with. I have it installed on a rafter in the garage now, so can log in and check on my plane while i'm away during the week. Part of the problem with not living with your project--you want to check in on things; make sure everything is still there

I thought it would be fun to set it up to record images during a day while i'm working and see what i could do to make a time-lapse video. I have it set to record a photo every minute only when there's movement. Here's what a snapshot looks like -- not the highest res, and I have some issues with the contrast from the windows. I may need to move the camera to not face the window:



Regardless, here's what I have from last weekend when my Dad helped me buck all the main rib to spar rivets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQdyYpyGwg

The geek part: This is a Foscam FI8918W IP camera. I used the security settings to have it ftp a snapshot every 60 seconds that it detects motion. I then wrote a little script to use ffmpeg to generate the video. I can share this if anyone's interested.
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Old 03-04-2011, 01:18 PM
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Cool! You'll appreciate this video a few years down the road.

cheers,
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Old 03-04-2011, 01:25 PM
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Default very nice!

a fun short video... keep it up!
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Old 03-04-2011, 02:44 PM
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Thanks guys. The plan is to keep saving off the images to make a longer and better video of the progress. Just give me a few years to finish building :-D
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Old 03-04-2011, 04:41 PM
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Hmmm.... 2000-hour build at 1 frame per minute, played back at 30(?) frames per second. 1-hour-plus to build an RV! (I'd watch it!).
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Old 03-04-2011, 04:54 PM
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That is the coolest thing I have seen all day!
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