Release info
Version: 2.0
Release date: February 17, 2025
Important
Added Timelapse camera config section. This is a breaking change.
If you have a previous configuration file, you need to update it.
Check updated template in the config_template.json file.
New features
Timelapse camera feature.
Each camera can be configured to take a picture at a specific interval,
save the image to a specific folder and create a timelapse video.
Camera supports multiple timelapse configurations if needed.
{
"timelapse": [
{
"enabled": true, # Enable timelapse feature (true/false)
"name": "Kitchen view", # Timelapse name
"start_hour": 7, # Start hour (24h format)
"end_hour": 18, # End hour (24h format)
"snapshot_period": 10, # Camera snapshot period in seconds
"video_length": 120, # Final timelapse video length in seconds
"video_framerate": 30, # Timelapse video framerate
"channel": 102, # Camera channel to take snapshots from
"timezone": "Europe/Kyiv", # Server timezone
"tmp_storage": "/data/timelapses", # Temporary storage for snapshots
"storage": "/data/timelapses", # Final storage for timelapse video and optionally for snapshots
"keep_stills": true, # Keep snapshots after timelapse video creation (true/false)
"ffmpeg_log_level": "error", # FFMPEG log level
"image_quality": 30, # FFMPEG video codec image quality (-crf)
"video_codec": "libx264", # FFMPEG video codec (libx264, libx265, vp9)
"pix_fmt": "yuv420p", # FFMPEG pixel format (yuv420p, yuv422p, yuv444p)
"custom_ffmpeg_args": "-preset ultrafast", # Custom FFMPEG arguments
"nice_value": 19, # FFMPEG process nice value (integer or null to disable
"threads": 1 # FFMPEG process threads (integer or null to disable)
}
]
}Misc
Use pydantic-settings for .env file validation.