On reflection, I see no particular reason why could couldn't stop the camera while you're waiting. Though it depends on the camera driver, I think mostly they will power down while the camera is stopped. You probably want to run the camera for a couple of seconds prior to each capture to let your control algorithms adapt to any changing conditions, so it might look likeI don't think there's any way to compact or tidy up the CMA, other than by closing the camera system completely, though that might also be an option. Are you running libcamera-still just once with the timelapse option, or have you tried re-starting it every 30 seconds or so with a new filename?
Code:
import timefrom picamera2 import Picamera2picam2 = Picamera2()config = picam2.create_still_configuration()picam2.start(config)for i in range(9999999): time.sleep(2) picam2.capture_file(f"image_{i:04}.jpg") picam2.stop() time.sleep(28) picam2.start()Statistics: Posted by therealdavidp — Fri Jul 05, 2024 10:36 am
