Web streaming along with video capture

[gabeale]

Dear Esser,
thank you very much for the example you have provided (30cf7bf). I'm very happy to say that I got it working inside a container!
Now I'm trying to add the video recording feature using the "trigger_video_capture.py" example.
At the moment I'm not understanding a couple of things as follows:

1. json_config file is not available in the container: shall I add it?
2. If so, can I take the example configuration?
3. "stream_id" in python is set to "stream1" but i don't see if it is recalled somewhere else in the code.
4. shall I add one instance to picameleon or it is sufficient to concatenate the web_streaming.py with trigger_video_capture.py codes?

thx in advance for your support.
cheers

[gabeale]

I have tried to assign the "question" label to this issue without success. Maybe it is reserved to the repository owner.
thx

[gabeale]

Dear Esser,
Any news so far?
Thx!

[Esser50K]

Sorry for the late reply.
Yeah the config setup is not too great in this project, will probably do some changes.
Yes you can add the json yourself, you can even write it yourself and build the container again. just make sure you set the correct $CONFIG_FILE env variable to point to the right location.
The streamID thing is a mistake I think 🤔

The you can pretty much just add the trigger code to yours. You can check the configuration in the example, when you trigger it it will only record X amount of seconds that you configured there.
Also the video will stay in the container unless you bind a folder from the host to the destination directory

[gabeale]

Thanks for suggestions.

Is it possible to have the full example for the combination of web streaming and video capture?

Moreover, are API available for Picameleon?

[Esser50K]

but I don't know what you want to record, so I cannot give you an example there.. it is as simple as calling the trigger with the example code and config. You just call when you want

I don't know what you mean with the last question

[gabeale]

Thanks for the reply.
I mean the rest API (application programming interface),
Ciao

[gabeale]

Dear Esser,
your project is cool and I'm vary interested to it. Unfortunately I'm not able to use it as you have thought, are you available for a call (by discord, teams, Skype or whatever)?
Have a good day!
Cheers

[Esser50K]

just explain the use case please. I think it is pefectly possible to use it as you intend. PiCameleon is just a way to control the raspberry pi camera remotely

[gabeale]

need to web stream continuously and simultaneously copying the circular buffer to a file (e.g. h264 format) every time is requested by an external trigger

[Esser50K]

you can do this with the 'record_to_file' thing but the files stay on the raspberrypi. You'll have to configure where you save them and maybe find a way to download them

[gabeale]

Thanks Esser but It doesn't work.