node-raspivideo

Wrapper for raspivid tool for Raspbian OS. Typescript typedefs included. Includes built in converter to save records in mp4 format.

Reqs

• Raspberry Pi (tested on 3 version), Raspbian OS with Raspivid lib
• Node 12+ installed
• Raspberry camera connected to your Pi

Install

npm i node-raspivideo

Usage

Sample usage

// import {Raspivid} from 'node-raspivideo';
const {Raspivid} = require('node-raspivideo');

const raspivid = new Raspivid({
    videoFolder: './videos',
    verticalFlip: true,
    format: 'mp4'
});

raspivid.record('myvideo', 10000)
    .then(() => {
        console.log('done!');
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.error(err);
    });

Current options are:

key	type	defaults	desc
width	number	640
height	number	480
bitrate	number	1200000	bps
format	string - 'mp4' or 'h264'	mp4
videoFolder	string	./videos
verticalFlip	boolean	false
horizontalFlip	boolean	false

License info

Lib is MIT licensed.

Sample video file for tests was provided by https://file-examples.com

TODO

• More docs
• Streams
• More tests