moabit-sky

Take a picture every 5 minutes with a webcam, make a video out of the images every 24 hours and upload it into a Telegram channel.

Requirements

• node and npm
• ffmpeg
• imagesnap (MacOS) or fswebcam (Linux)
• Telegram Bot running inside channel

Usage

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run program with configuration arguments
node index.js --device "USB Camera" --token "Telegram Token" --chat "Telegram Chat ID"

Arguments

• --device Name of camera device, for example /dev/video0. Leave empty to get a list of options
• --token API Token for Telegram Bot uploading video to channel
• --chat Identifier of the Telegram chat
• --timezone IANA Timezone name, for example Europe/Berlin (optional)
• --folder Path of folder where photos and images are stored (optional)
• --framerate Frames per second in generated video (optional)

License

UNLICENSE