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Originally we created a photo-frame using a pi-zeroW with max2play installed (runs Kodi and has an easy web based config interface) but there is a $10 license fee per year so things started to go bad after one year was up. Current setup is Kodi running on raspbian stretch. Setup instructions for kodi Once Kodi… Continue reading VMC photo-frame (pi-zeroW)
rsync -avz treecam1:/home/pi/imgcomp/images/0601/13 . will pull the images. Then follow the time lapse movie post to create the movie, then use handbrake to compress it for the web. This command depends on the ssh keys being set up for treecam1.
Handbrake is great!! It’s free and does a great job of compressing video. For web movies choose Fast 720p30 (Modified) as your preset and then also select the web optimized check box. This can reduce the file size on exported iMovies by close to 75%. I always save the new movie as <oldMovieName>Web.mp4 so that… Continue reading Handbrake to compress video
In iMovie: choose + to create new project use command key + i to import new photos 3 select the photos…. for photos saved by imgcomp use imgcomp/images/mm/dd to get the photos taken on a specific day you will see “My Movie” under the Project media area, select all photos then drag and drop on… Continue reading Timelapse movie in iMovie