New version:https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=9741.msg208959#msg208959- intervalometer
- recording delayRefined my lua script but still a work in progress. Mission is to be able to fully control a few functions such as being able to program the camera to independently delay start, specify recording time, stopping and looping the programmed set up. Thanks to dmilligan examples from uploaded test scripts here
http://davidmilligan.github.io/ml-lua/index.html I could start my experiments.
Usage:1 - Load movie tlapse & rec_delay from Scripts section
2 - Choose intervalometer or recording delay from Movie tab section
Functions:rec delay - start recording with a delay
recording time - stop recording after specified amount of time
loop this - loop this setup x many times, need recording time enabled
Of course one can still keep it simple and i.e set interval time and run halfshutter trigger and skip the rest of the settings. Treat them as advanced mode. Feedback and testing welcome.
Lua script in full here:
-- movie tlapse & rec_delay
--[[
Dedicated movie preset intervalometer
--]]
console.hide()
menu.close()
if camera.model_short ~= "EOSM" then
display.notify_box("Only eosm for now")
do return end
end
displaybox = 0
interval = 0
delay_value1 = 0
stop_value1 = 0
delay_value2 = 0
stop_value2 = 0
stop_after = 0
loop_this = 0
-- loop this function
function restart()
main()
end
function restart2()
main2()
end
function main()
console.hide()
menu.close()
interval = mymenu.submenu["interval"].value + 1
delay_value1 = mymenu.submenu["rec delay"].value + 1
stop_value1 = mymenu.submenu["recording time"].value
-- warning
if camera.mode ~= MODE.MOVIE then
display.notify_box("enable MOVIE mode")
do return end
end
-- if rec delay set
if delay_value1 > 1 then
display.notify_box("push display to disable rec delay")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("push display to disable rec delay")
msleep(1000)
end
-- rec delay set?
while delay_value1 > 1 do
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
delay_value1 = delay_value1 - 1
display.notify_box("recording delay "..delay_value1)
msleep(1000)
end
menu.set("raw video", "Rec trigger", "Half-shutter: pre only")
msleep(1000)
menu.set("raw video", "Pre-record", "1 frame")
menu.set("presets", "frame burst", "OFF")
menu.set("presets", "iso average", "OFF")
display.notify_box("push rec to disable")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("push rec to disable")
msleep(1000)
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
-- starting the timelapse loop
while interval > 0 do
interval = interval - 1
msleep(1000)
-- share displaybox with stop function
if displaybox < 8 then
display.notify_box("interval "..interval)
-- check if stop function is enabled
if stop_value1 > 0 then displaybox = displaybox + 1 end
end
if interval == 0 then
-- reload interval
interval = mymenu.submenu["interval"].value + 1
key.press(KEY.HALFSHUTTER)
key.press(KEY.UNPRESS_HALFSHUTTER)
end
-- to be able and stop while running
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
if movie.recording == false then
menu.set("raw video", "Rec trigger", "OFF")
if mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value < 1 then
do return end
end
end
-- stop function
if stop_value1 > 0 then
stop_value1 = stop_value1 - 1
-- share displaybox with interval function
if displaybox > 7 then
display.notify_box("recording time "..stop_value1)
displaybox = displaybox + 1
if displaybox == 16 then
displaybox = 0
end
end
if stop_value1 == 0 and mymenu.submenu["recording time"].value > 0 then
msleep(1000)
displaybox = 0
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
menu.set("raw video", "Rec trigger", "OFF")
if mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value > 0 then
mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value = mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value - 1
restart()
else
do return end
end
end
end
end
end
function main2()
console.hide()
menu.close()
interval = mymenu.submenu["interval"].value + 1
delay_value1 = mymenu.submenu["rec delay"].value + 1
stop_value1 = mymenu.submenu["recording time"].value
-- warning
if camera.mode ~= MODE.MOVIE then
display.notify_box("enable MOVIE mode")
do return end
end
-- if rec delay set
if delay_value1 > 1 then
display.notify_box("push display to disable rec delay")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("push display to disable rec delay")
msleep(1000)
end
-- rec delay set?
while delay_value1 > 1 do
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
delay_value1 = delay_value1 - 1
display.notify_box("recording delay "..delay_value1)
msleep(1000)
end
display.notify_box("push display to disable")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("push display to disable")
msleep(1000)
-- starting the timelapse loop
if interval > 0 then
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
end
while interval > 0 do
interval = interval - 1
msleep(1000)
-- share displaybox with stop function
if displaybox < 8 then
display.notify_box("interval "..interval)
-- check if stop function is enabled
if stop_value1 > 0 then displaybox = displaybox + 1 end
end
if interval == 0 then
-- reload interval
interval = mymenu.submenu["interval"].value + 1
key.press(KEY.REC)
end
-- to be able and stop while running
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
-- stop function
if stop_value1 > 0 then
stop_value1 = stop_value1 - 1
-- share displaybox with interval function
if displaybox > 7 then
display.notify_box("recording time "..stop_value1)
displaybox = displaybox + 1
if displaybox == 16 then
displaybox = 0
end
end
end
-- enter and exit loop
if stop_value1 == 0 and mymenu.submenu["recording time"].value > 0 then
msleep(1000)
displaybox = 0
if mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value > 0 then
mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value = mymenu.submenu["loop this"].value - 1
restart2()
else
do return end
end
end
end
end
mymenu = menu.new
{
parent = "Movie",
name = "intervalometer",
help = "Movie preset intervalometer",
submenu =
{
{
name = "interval",
min = 0,
max = 600,
value = 10,
unit = UNIT.TIME,
update = function(this) mymenu.value = this.value end,
help = "default is 10 seconds",
},
{
name = "run halfshutter trigger",
select = function(this) task.create(main) end,
help = "records single frames in a MLV chunk. enables REC trigger mode",
},
{
name = "run rec key trigger",
select = function(this) task.create(main2) end,
help = "use with frame burst or iso average",
},
{
name = "rec delay",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.TIME,
update = function(recd) recd.value = recd.value end,
help = "start recording with a delay",
},
{
name = "recording time",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.TIME,
help = "stop recording after specified amount of time",
},
{
name = "loop this",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.DEC,
help = "loop this setup x many times, need recording time enabled",
},
},
}
-- starts movie recording after a delay
function recdelay_main()
console.hide()
menu.close()
delay_value1 = recdelay_menu.submenu["rec delay"].value
stop_value1 = recdelay_menu.submenu["recording time"].value
delay_value2 = recdelay_menu.submenu["rec delay"].value
stop_value2 = recdelay_menu.submenu["recording time"].value
loop_this = recdelay_menu.submenu["loop this"].value - 1
-- rec delay needs to be specified
if delay_value1 == 0 then
display.notify_box("set rec delay")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("set rec delay")
msleep(1000)
display.notify_box("set rec delay")
msleep(1000)
do return end
end
-- rec delay set?
while delay_value1 > 0 do
msleep(1000)
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
delay_value1 = delay_value1 - 1
display.notify_box("recording delay "..delay_value1)
end
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
while stop_value1 > 0 do
msleep(1000)
if movie.recording == false then
do return end
end
stop_value1 = stop_value1 - 1
display.notify_box("recording time "..stop_value1)
if stop_value1 == 0 then
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
end
end
-- check for loop this
while loop_this > 0 and stop_value2 > 0 do
-- rec delay set?
while delay_value2 > 0 do
msleep(1000)
if menu.visible then
do return end
end
delay_value2 = delay_value2 - 1
display.notify_box("recording delay "..delay_value2)
end
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
while stop_value2 > 0 do
msleep(1000)
if movie.recording == false then
do return end
end
stop_value2 = stop_value2 - 1
display.notify_box("recording time "..stop_value2)
if stop_value2 == 0 then
key.press(KEY.REC)
msleep(1000)
end
end
-- reset for next loop
delay_value2 = recdelay_menu.submenu["rec delay"].value
stop_value2 = recdelay_menu.submenu["recording time"].value
-- check for loop this
loop_this = loop_this - 1
display.notify_box("loops left "..loop_this)
msleep(500)
end
end
recdelay_menu = menu.new
{
parent = "Movie",
name = "recording delay",
help = "start movie recording after a delay",
submenu =
{
{
name = "rec delay",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.TIME,
update = function(recd) recd.value = recd.value end,
help = "start recording with a delay",
},
{
name = "recording time",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.TIME,
help = "stop recording after specified amount of time",
},
{
name = "loop this",
min = 0,
max = 10000,
unit = UNIT.DEC,
help = "loop this setup x many times, need recording time enabled",
},
{
name = "Run",
select = function(this) task.create(recdelay_main) end,
help = "start the delay count down now",
},
},
}Intervalometer easy mode:
1 - activate tlapse lua script then enter intervalometer. Set your preferred interval(default is 10)
2 - select run halfshutter trigger. A one chunk mlv file will be created containing x amount of dng frames
Done!
Averaging idea:
If you want to create a sequence of frames separated into individual mlv file instead select run rec key trigger. But see to it that you select a setting from either frame burst or iso average first. This will produce mlv files suitable for averaging in Mlv App.
I recently added two personal presets in the intervalometer script called rec delay + 3 frames and rec delay + 2 frames. Just skip those.
Advanced stuff:
rec delay - simply will delay the start of the selected set up. You can set it to start like after an hour or more if you like.
recording time - a global setting which will tell how long you want your set up to run. You can set it to run your script for 2 hours or so. If not set your script set up will be active until your battery drains.
loop this - If you created a workflow that you know works and included recording time you can here restart the exact set up x amount of times by selecting loop this. For instance. You want the camera to start recording with a rec delay of one hour nad you want the recording time to run for 2 hours and then end. If loop this is set it restarts the procedure, 1 hour delay, two hours recording time etc...
