SunFounder PiCrawler Kit - Page 63

SunFounder PiCrawler Kit
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Vilib.rec_video_set["path"] = f"/home/{username}/Videos/" # set path
Vilib.camera_start(vflip=False,hflip=False)
Vilib.display(local=True,web=True)
sleep(0.8) # wait for startup
print(manual)
while True:
# read keyboard
key = readchar.readkey()
key = key.lower()
# start,pause
if key == 'q':
key = None
if rec_flag == 'stop':
rec_flag = 'start'
# set name
vname = strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S", localtime())
Vilib.rec_video_set["name"] = vname
# start record
Vilib.rec_video_run()
Vilib.rec_video_start()
print_overwrite('rec start ...')
elif rec_flag == 'start':
rec_flag = 'pause'
Vilib.rec_video_pause()
print_overwrite('pause')
elif rec_flag == 'pause':
rec_flag = 'start'
Vilib.rec_video_start()
print_overwrite('continue')
# stop
elif key == 'e' and rec_flag != 'stop':
key = None
rec_flag = 'stop'
Vilib.rec_video_stop()
print_overwrite("The video saved as %s%s.avi"%(Vilib.rec_video_set["path"],
˓→vname),end='\n')
# quit
elif key == readchar.key.CTRL_C:
Vilib.camera_close()
print('\nquit')
break
sleep(0.1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
How it works?
Functions related to recording include the following:
• Vilib.rec_video_run(video_name): Started the thread to record the video. video_name is the name of the
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