Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera – CodeProject

Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera – CodeProject

Raspistill Camera App v1.1

Raspistill Camera App v1.1

Runs camera for specific time, and take JPG capture at end if requested

usage: raspistill [options]

Image parameter commands

-?, –help      : This help information

-w, –width     : Set image width <size>

-h, –height    : Set image height <size>

-q, –quality   : Set jpeg quality <0 to 100>

-r, –raw       : Add raw bayer data to jpeg metadata

-o, –output    : Output filename <filename> (to write to stdout, use ’-o -’). If not specified, no file is saved

-v, –verbose   : Output verbose information during run

-t, –timeout   : Time (in ms) before takes picture and shuts down (if not specified, set to 5s)

-th, –thumb    : Set thumbnail parameters (x:y:quality)

-d, –demo      : Run a demo mode (cycle through range of camera options, no capture)

-e, –encoding  : Encoding to use for output file (jpg, bmp, gif, png)

-x, –exif      : EXIF tag to apply to captures (format as ‘key=value’)

-tl, –timelapse        : Timelapse mode. Takes a picture every <t>ms

Preview parameter commands

-p, –preview   : Preview window settings <‘x,y,w,h’>

-f, –fullscreen        : Fullscreen preview mode

-op, –opacity  : Preview window opacity (0-255)

-n, –nopreview : Do not display a preview window

Image parameter commands

-sh, –sharpness        : Set image sharpness (-100 to 100)

-co, –contrast : Set image contrast (-100 to 100)

-br, –brightness       : Set image brightness (0 to 100)

-sa, –saturation       : Set image saturation (-100 to 100)

-ISO, –ISO     : Set capture ISO

-vs, –vstab    : Turn on video stablisation

-ev, –ev       : Set EV compensation

-ex, –exposure : Set exposure mode (see Notes)

-awb, –awb     : Set AWB mode (see Notes)

-ifx, –imxfx   : Set image effect (see Notes)

-cfx, –colfx   : Set colour effect (U:V)

-mm, –metering : Set metering mode (see Notes)

-rot, –rotation        : Set image rotation (0-359)

-hf, –hflip    : Set horizontal flip

-vf, –vflip    : Set vertical flip

Notes

Exposure mode options :

off,auto,night,nightpreview,backlight,spotlight,sports,snow,beach,verylong,fixedfps,antishake,fireworks

AWB mode options :

off,auto,sun,cloud,shade,tungsten,fluorescent,incandescent,flash,horizon

Image Effect mode options :

none,negative,solarise,sketch,denoise,emboss,oilpaint,hatch,gpen,pastel,watercolour,film,blur,saturation,colourswap,washedout,posterise,colourpoint,colourbalance,cartoon

Metering Mode options :

average,spot,backlit,matrix

Raspivid Camera App v1.1

Raspivid Camera App v1.1

Display camera output to display, and optionally saves an H264 capture at requested bitrate

usage: raspivid [options]

Image parameter commands

-?, –help      : This help information

-w, –width     : Set image width <size>. Default 1920

-h, –height    : Set image height <size>. Default 1080

-b, –bitrate   : Set bitrate. Use bits per second (e.g. 10MBits/s would be -b 10000000)

-o, –output    : Output filename <filename> (to write to stdout, use ’-o -’)

-v, –verbose   : Output verbose information during run

-t, –timeout   : Time (in ms) before takes picture and shuts down. If not specified, set to 5s

-d, –demo      : Run a demo mode (cycle through range of camera options, no capture)

-fps, –framerate       : Specify the frames per second to record

-e, –penc      : Display preview image *after* encoding (shows compression artifacts)

Preview parameter commands

-p, –preview   : Preview window settings <‘x,y,w,h’>

-f, –fullscreen        : Fullscreen preview mode

-op, –opacity  : Preview window opacity (0-255)

-n, –nopreview : Do not display a preview window

Image parameter commands

-sh, –sharpness        : Set image sharpness (-100 to 100)

-co, –contrast : Set image contrast (-100 to 100)

-br, –brightness       : Set image brightness (0 to 100)

-sa, –saturation       : Set image saturation (-100 to 100)

-ISO, –ISO     : Set capture ISO

-vs, –vstab    : Turn on video stablisation

-ev, –ev       : Set EV compensation

-ex, –exposure : Set exposure mode (see Notes)

-awb, –awb     : Set AWB mode (see Notes)

-ifx, –imxfx   : Set image effect (see Notes)

-cfx, –colfx   : Set colour effect (U:V)

-mm, –metering : Set metering mode (see Notes)

-rot, –rotation        : Set image rotation (0-359)

-hf, –hflip    : Set horizontal flip

-vf, –vflip    : Set vertical flip

Notes

Exposure mode options :

off,auto,night,nightpreview,backlight,spotlight,sports,snow,beach,verylong,fixedfps,antishake,fireworks

AWB mode options :

off,auto,sun,cloud,shade,tungsten,fluorescent,incandescent,flash,horizon

Image Effect mode options :

none,negative,solarise,sketch,denoise,emboss,oilpaint,hatch,gpen,pastel,watercolour,film,blur,saturation,colourswap,washedout,posterise,colourpoint,colourbalance,cartoon

Metering Mode options :

average,spot,backlit,matrix

Turn on/off red light on cam

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Type in: (if you whant red light to be on)
disable_camera_led=o

Type in: (if you whant red light to be off)
disable_camera_led=1