DuetLapse available for Alpha testing

chas2706

Thank you so much. I will let you know how I get on.

PaulHew

Hi Danal

Eventually got it working, not very good with Linux!

When I ran the DuetLapse.py I got this message

rm: cannot remove '/tmp/DuetLapse': No such file or directory

Couple of things, where are the images stored?
Does it delete them after a print?
and where does it put the video?

I am going to install Samba so I can access the finished videos on a PC and would be nice if we could define where we wanted them.

Great work, Thank you.

Regards,
Paul

Edit - I also had this error message

 Python Library Module 'numpy' is required.

Thought it was directed at me!

Danal

Edit: That message should be suppressed, but is not. I will fix that.

It puts the images in /tmp/DuetLapse. They will stay until the next reboot, or next invocation of the script. They have sequence numbers, I don't remember the exact name format.

It puts the video in your home directory. The vid will be uniquely named with DDMMYYHHMM and you can certainly move it wherever, if you wish to keep them, etc.

Danal

Re: The "numpy" message, it also should have told you how to install it.

Python Library Module 'numpy' is required.
Obtain via 'sudo python3 -m pip install numpy'

Be sure you have the latest copy of DuetLapse.py, I am pushing four and five updates a day.

zapta

Project's documentation looks very clear and professionalWould be interesting to see here sample videos.

The layer sync without a wired connection to the printer is a creative idea. Is it possible to achieve somehow the 'stationary print head' effect? https://youtu.be/S2cpHMoK8mw?t=13

Edit: a feature idea, include automatically music in the generated video.

Edit: another feature idea, add automatic time indication in the generator video. E.g. an analog clock at the corner, or digital time.

Danal

@zapta said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Is it possible to achieve somehow the 'stationary print head' effect?

This is already implemented. Add -movehead 10 15 to flags that either detect or force pauses. The numbers are X and Y respectively.

Danal

@zapta said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Edit: another feature idea, add automatic time indication in the generator video. E.g. an analog clock at the corner, or digital time.

Not a bad idea. I will add that to the "to do" list.

Danal

@zapta said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Edit: a feature idea, include automatically music in the generated video.

Probably going to let people do that in post-processing.

PaulHew

@Danal
It has stopped processing at image46 out of 200.
I had this issue with the other Timelapse, and dropped the resolution of the images.
Is there somewhere I can tweak the resolution?

I am not a Python Guru, my skills lie elsewhere.

Regards,
Paul.

PaulHew

@Danal
Following on, I added the -q 25 to the DuetLapse.py for the Raspistill

        cmd = 'raspistill -o -q 25 '+fn

I am getting some errors and it seems to be taking pictures whilst my bed leveling is happening

End of print will be sensed, and frames will be converted into video.
Capturing frame     0 at X25.00 Y25.00 Z117.31
Invalid command line option (25)
Capturing frame     1 at X25.00 Y25.00 Z121.31
Invalid command line option (25)
Capturing frame     2 at X-10.00 Y25.00 Z117.31
Invalid command line option (25)
Capturing frame     3 at X-10.00 Y25.00 Z121.31
Invalid command line option (25)
Capturing frame     4 at X-10.00 Y-8.00 Z117.31
Invalid command line option (25)
Capturing frame     5 at X150.00 Y150.00 Z122.31
Invalid command line option (25)

zapta

@Danal said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

This is already implemented. Add -movehead 10 15 to flags that either detect or force pauses. The numbers are X and Y respectively.

Very nice! You are doing magic with network connections to the Duet.

zapta

@Danal said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Not a bad idea. I will add that to the "to do" list.

While you do it you can add other visual indicators such as Z height, and filament used.

Danal

@PaulHew said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

@Danal
Following on, I added the -q 25 to the DuetLapse.py for the Raspistill
        cmd = 'raspistill -o -q 25 '+fn
I am getting some errors

Yes, those errors are from the flag you added. Don't add a flag between -o and the file name.

Also, the raspistill default is 35, so there is not much point in overriding to 25, that's not all that different.

and it seems to be taking pictures whilst my bed leveling is happening

If you have a bed leveling command in the print job, then yes, it will be capturing pictures, because the printer is running a job.

If you are manually initiating the bed leveling, do not start the script until after you bed level, but before you start the print job.

If there is some other situation, let me know.

Danal

@PaulHew said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

@Danal
It has stopped processing at image46 out of 200.
I had this issue with the other Timelapse, and dropped the resolution of the images.
Is there somewhere I can tweak the resolution?

I am not a Python Guru, my skills lie elsewhere.

Regards,
Paul.

What camera? What command did you issue to start the script?

Danal

@zapta said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

@Danal said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Not a bad idea. I will add that to the "to do" list.

While you do it you can add other visual indicators such as Z height, and filament used.

Keep the ideas coming!

PaulHew

@Danal said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

What camera? What command did you issue to start the script?

Morning Danal
I used ./DuetLapse.py -camera pi -duet 192.168.0.7

PaulHew

Using -q 40 with the other TL program my filesizes are ...

This is the line it used.

raspistill -bm -q 40 -w 640 -h 480 -o $snapshot && curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/snapshot -d '{"name":"'$snapshot'"}'

These are the sizes of the files using DuetLapse

I was getting 'malloc' errors with the other program and it would fail when running the FFMPEG but when I dropped the filesize using the -q it worked. Do not know if the 640x480 had a part in it also.
I can try if it helps you.

As I previously mentioned, I am not a Linux / Python guru, just trying to help and fix things myself and also contribute.

Regards,
Paul

chas2706

@Danal

Absolutely brilliant. It works a treat.
Fantastic work!

Danal

@PaulHew You can add the -q 25 (or whatever you wish to try), just put it before the -o. Or, more correctly, not between the -o and the filename.

At this moment, none of my Pi cameras can reach to see a printer. Ribbon too short. I have some longer ribbon, and an Arducam, on the way. Amazon keeps moving the date (which I totally understand). I'll be able to fine tune this more when I receive that stuff.

Meanwhile, keep the specifics coming! (And, you are a lot more of a Guru than you think)

gtj0

Just about to try it but noticed that it seems to be opening and closing the unix socket twice a second. Not usually an issue except I run the DCS with debug logging so it's kinda distracting. Any chance of just keeping the socket open or better yet, just getting the model updates as they happen?