Personal setup of recording honeybees using Basler's pypylon library. Used for orchestrating filming as well as previewing frames from the camera as requested on localhost:8000.
Clone the repo, install the dependencies and run using python3 record.py. Whilst filming, you can
navigate to https://localhost:8000 and refresh to preview a current frame from camera.
There are a few parameters used to configure filming:
(.venv) [19:08:54] 🚀 beebasler $ python3 record.py --help
usage: record.py [-h] [--fps FPS] [--exposure_time EXPOSURE_TIME] [--gain GAIN] [--use_binning] [--record_n_seconds RECORD_N_SECONDS] [--file_out FILE_OUT] [--crop]
Record from Basler camera.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--fps FPS Desired frame rate of camera in Hz. Defaults to 200 Hz.
--exposure_time EXPOSURE_TIME
Desired exposure time of camera. Defaults to 2000 microseconds.
--gain GAIN Desired gain of camera. Defaults to 2000 microseconds.
--use_binning Whether or not to reduce image resolution by binning.
--record_n_seconds RECORD_N_SECONDS
Desired length of time to record for in seconds. Defaults to 10 s.
--file_out FILE_OUT Name of recording. Appropriate extension will be added on save.
--crop Wont start filming unless a crop selection has been selected from local host.