Recording from live feed

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iammow

in Programming Questions • 2 years ago

Is it possible in processing to record a certain amount of time from a live feed then for it to reset at a certain point.

Basically I want to create a live feed with a set of 6 video images, each video each records ten seconds and continues to play that ten seconds for up to a minute. Then when it reaches a minute for each video clip it resets and starts recording live from the video source again, records 10 seconds and plays it up to a minute... then starts again.

Just to note it isn't important to note the six videos part yet, I would be happy to just know how to do this once.

Thanks for any help! I know it is possible to control an actual videos timeline but I wasn't sure about a live video feed.

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Psysoul

Re: Recording from live feed

2 years ago

How will you record things?

I guess if you're using camera, you can use these:

http://processing.org/reference/libraries/video/index.html

Basically you need the Capture class to get and display the camera and use MovieMaker to record it.

Also you need to use a timer or something to create 10 second things etc..

iammow

Re: Recording from live feed

2 years ago

Yes I will be using a camera, my main issue is how I can create a timer in processing that will grab the footage and replay that recorded area for 60 seconds.

It has to be displayed in real time, so like you will see the 10 seconds initially as it is recorded, so this is why it will be best I think to time and display in processing.

iammow

Re: Recording from live feed

2 years ago

in processing I have

import processing.video.*;
Capture myCapture;
Timer timer;
MovieMaker mm; // Declare MovieMaker object
void setup() {
size(320, 240);
frameRate(24);
myCapture = new Capture(this, width, height);
timer = new Timer(10000);
timer.start();
mm = new MovieMaker(this, width, height, "drawing.mov", 24, MovieMaker.H263, MovieMaker.HIGH);
}
void captureEvent(Capture myCapture) {
myCapture.read();
}
void draw() {
image(myCapture, 0, 0);
mm.addFrame(); // Add window's pixels to movie
if (timer.isFinished()) {
mm.finish();
timer.start();
}
}

iammow

Re: Recording from live feed

2 years ago

Nevermind I realised I had to create the class for the timer first, now how would I make it so that every 10 seconds it saves a new file for example

drawing01.mov

drawing02.mov

drawing03.mov

etc.etc.

Also the timer isn't working :( any help please? file isn't stopping at 10 seconds

I've tested it without the video and it's fine so somehow the timer and the moviemaker are not communicating.

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