Best acceptable excuse for why all supposed photos of beings and objects which existence of is questionable are so poor quality they're useless for evidence except to show something to be mistaken was there. Also masks otherwise obvious clues of being fake. Can't wait until FHD at least is that inexpensive.
@@jasonlisonbee you do realise that the camera that is used for ESP32 CAM is the OV2640 which supports a video resolution of 1600x1200 which is higher than HD and less than 10% lower than Full HD
@@jasonlisonbeeyou can swap the base ov2640 to a ov5640 , it has way better image quality and higher resolution but the esp32 processing capability caps it. Plus it gets REALLY hot
Seems funny that I’ve been working on building a greenhouse for the past few days and I decided to take a break and play around with the esp32-cam I purchased a while ago. You’ve given me some good ideas! Thanks
Timelapses are great for showing how everything is in a constant state of change. Nothing stands still. Every second, the entirety of the universe/multiverse changes so dramatically that our feeble little brains can't even comprehend it.
Great video! I would like to try taking 3 time lapse movies simultaneously with different exposure settings so that post processing could be used to grab the best data from each exposure and nice smooth fades can be made between exposure levels in the final file. Another approach might be to establish hard-coded exposures based on sun position rather than light readings.
Some of those 'Board cameras' you can easily change the lenses by simply unscrewing them and replacing with another (Better!) Lens, even Wide-Angle/Fish-eye and mini-Zoom, easy to refocus too by screwing in/out.
You can do that to these, they aren't glued in. There's a video of a guy putting a mechanical IR filter as se over it after removing the lens. Lets you fit bigger lenses like for cctv cameras.
Very good! Thanks. I'm not a programmer, but I added a blinking red LED when connecting to a Wi-Fi and writing to a SD card. It would be nice to add a file with shooting parameters, date and time to the folder with images.
Hi! I made a comparable system with the same camera, but added a small 0.96” oled screen and a button to allow changing the timelapse intervals. Do you think it is possible to also use the display to change the camera settings? I can give you my code if you want...
Great work ! But is there a way of getting this to work in server mode so that I can set it up without a router close by? I guess yes but the real question is how, maybe you could tweak the code a little ??? I'm kinda new to this and my attempts at tweaking have all failed. BTW: Mac Users you can easily use QuickTime 10.5 to join pictures to a video, works great.
Roberto Prado I can't record the photos on the SD. When I trigger timelapse, the folder is created, but the files in the photos are not saved. I use the ESP32 2.0.0 card version. Can you help me?
Thanks, I was thinking about doing this, we have flower fields in the spring that causes massive traffic jams, so I wanted to place a camera at an ideal spot and receive it a month later. I guess I would need a good battery.
Hi, is brilliant !!! Please tell me this, if the USB 32 is Wi-Fi enabled will you not be able to save the pictures directly to a Wi-Fi enabled computer or hard disk instead? I am not an electronics guy but have a keen interest in learning and so I ask. Thanks .
Also, the lens can actually be focused manually. It has a screw thread but it is kept in place with a small blob of glue. It can be forced a little to break the glue bond and can then be focused even for a distance of just a few mm. If the lens is too loose after breaking the glue you may need to put a new blob of glue, preferably a weak glue that can easily be broken if you want to refocus.
I wonder if these boards changed recently. I tried building a reset circuit like yours early last year and encountered the LED connected to (IIRC) IO0, causing reset to be flaky at best and I just gave up on this model. Might be time to revisit.
I needed to take photo once per day on specific hour. I modify your modification :) Also added ftp server, so now iam able to download captured images without removing sdcard. Now is exactly what i need. Thanks.
Excellent video. Just bumped into your video/channel and was pleasantly surprised. I will subscribe after writing my comment and will watch some more. Have a nice Sunday afternoon. Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪
You need a wifi access point to connect, but not internet. You connect to wifi just for controlling them, it's an intRAnet, just the devices connected to the wifi. You can use an ESP32 as a wifi access point, but very slow so video preview would be impossible.
hi bitluni, a very nice project, but... in your last version, the jpeg save doesn't work. the cam creates a directory after the other at ssd card, but does not store photos in it... what could be the reason? the web server works fine... best regards Matthias
Great work! When I tried your code the led stayed on permanently. Also how about a mode in the code and hacker interface to put camera into deep sleep after taking a photo. Keep up good work please.
You could try initializing the SD card in 1 bit mode, so the flash pin is not used for communication with the SD Card. This way the data rate is slower. But that's mainly a problem when running on battery. And having an LED blinking all the time isn't exactly power saving either. :D You can initialize the SD card in 1 bit mode with: SD_MMC.begin("/sdcard", true); Not sure if the library supports the 4 bit protocol, I believe that would also not interfere with the LED and would be faster. But anyway, you could try to see if you can get away with the 1 bit mode or if the speed is too slow. Or desolder the LED... :D
With a suitable power supply, a big ass SD Card, stripped down ESP (Bluetooth/Wifi/Webserver are unnecessary once you configured it) and some code tweaking this could also be used for timelapses over very long durations, as the ESP is quite power-efficient
Hello thank you for this video could you tell me what code to add to set the time with the ntp server with wifi, because the date and time displayed on the micro sd are not correct (January 1, 1980) THANKS
have run quite a few progs on these cams, but for some reason this code example does not save a pic..it just resets the board. switching to a 5V power bank vs the computer usb cable with no change It simply keeps resetting the board . I did notice you don't include the soc.h libs to deal with brownouts but i am not getting an error code along those lines. Otherwise, this is a nicely presented project.
Motion detecting security camera seems a much better use for the setup. This pleb let an ad play through minimized with the sound off. Yep, not jailbroken currently.
Hello. This is great. I've followed what you did and it works. Can I ask, is there any way to stop the LED flashing as it takes a timelapse still or is this to do with the piout?
This works perfectly, right out of the box....but I have no idea how it actually works. Is there any way I can find out how these add-on objects work...aside from reading the cpp code?
@bitluni Could you try to make like a super cheap micro action cam? Doesn't matter the video quality as much as cost. Just to be relax if it gets crashed or something 😅
First of all I found this fantastic code of yours, the best of all that I have ever researched, congratulations on the work, I wanted to ask you please, I really need your help, I have to make a presentation from the college and I am using this code, How do I put the access point in this code, I already put the wifi. softAP and it doesn't work, which line of code do I need to change to have access to AP and have all the camera options?
just wondering why you did not implement easy to change wifi ssid and password without recompile the sketch again. and one more thing is append jpeg frame-by-frame without the need of external pc.
hummmm interesting channel you have here.. looks like I am gonna have to stick around a bit and learn some new tricks (which is kinda hard at 68.. But I never stop trying)
can we make this timelapse camera project to send data instead of saving on sd card permanently like let say after some time transfer timelapse folder data to some server or back to my pc so that we do not have to physically access the sd card again and again? my use case is to monitor birds ( bird watching ) so i dont want to disturb them by going close to their nest however placing a esp32 module is very stealthy and they do not get scared of it .
Not very good image quality. but the fact that you can spend the amount of a hamburger and put it anywhere without worrying about it breaking is really appealing. I've had DLSR's outdoors for several days, which is not exactly comforting.
Very nice and clear video, Bitluni! I got mine working! Now, does anyone know where to find a description of all the parameters of the ESP32‑CAM? I would like to know how to set them programmatically, not just with the web interface. What do all those abbreviations stand for? What values can the parameters take?
I didn't find specifics. Some values act strange. Abbreviations are probably A for auto, E for exposure, WB white balance, S for shutter. You most probably will find more in the datasheet of the camera
