Comments on: Webcam timelapse with Ubuntu Cheese

By: the Muse

the Muse — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:44:03 +0000

Great update. As far as I can tell, burst mode was added after I created the macro. Seems like a useful addition to Cheese though.

Jim — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:40:57 +0000

Doesn’t Cheese’s burst mode do the same thing?

the Muse — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:26:01 +0000

Thanks for the improvements. I need to learn more about the power of scripts.

Zid — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:15:58 +0000

yeah, and just one:

ButtonPress 1

ButtonRelease 1

as the script restarts the macro, no worries that the macrofile will run out before you want to stop recording

Zid — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:13:37 +0000

Hello!

I was looking for something like this as well and found your solution.

However i did a small change that IMHO works a little better:

I did the same timelapse.macro as you.

Then i made a script called tl:
cat timelapse.macro | xmacroplay :0

I run the script with watch:
watch -n [how often in seconds you want a picure] ./tl

now im no guru but its easier to vary the time and you dont need to zap to get out of the script, just select the terminal and press ctrl+c.

Thanks for helping me come up with this