Author Archives: Matt

Playing Videos On the Raspberry Pi Command Line

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Matt

If you need to play video files and you don’t want to install a full media solution such as XBMC then you can play them directly from the command line using Omxplayer. This is a media player created by Edgar … Continue reading →

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How To Setup A Web Server On Your Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Matt

This page aims to summarise the steps required to install a webserver with PHP support onto your Raspberry Pi. This will allow the Pi to server HTML and PHP pages to users on the same network. This is a useful … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Command Line Audio

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Matt

Things have moved on a bit with the Raspbian image since I wrote my Raspberry Pi Speakers & Analog Sound Test post. So I decided to take another look as I wanted to start adding some audio to my experiments. … Continue reading →

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Adding A Watermark Or Logo To A Timelapse Video Using Avconv

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Matt

The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how to add a logo to your time-lapse videos. The logo can be any graphic you can create and could easily be a watermark or text. The objective was to add my … Continue reading →

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Creating Timelapse Videos With The Raspberry Pi Camera

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Matt

In this post I will explain how I made some timelapse videos using the Raspberry Pi camera module. This is a two step process which involves getting the camera module to take a series of stills over a period of … Continue reading →

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Capturing HD Video With The Pi Camera Module

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Matt

Not only can the Raspberry Pi camera capture photos but it can also capture full HD video at 1920×1080. The official camera module has been optimised to use the full hardware media capabilities of the Pi’s processor which allows it … Continue reading →

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Taking Hi-Res Photos With The Pi Camera Module

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Matt

Taking photos with the Pi Camera Module is easy once you have plugged it in and made the correct configuration changes. In order to do this make sure you have read my Installing The Raspberry Pi Camera Module page. Once … Continue reading →

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Installing The Raspberry Pi Camera Module

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Matt

The Official Raspberry Pi camera module is here at last. The full specification can be found on my Official Raspberry Pi Camera Module page. This page aims to show how to get the camera connected and ready to go. Depending … Continue reading →

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How To Disable The Red LED On The Pi Camera Module

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Matt

The Pi camera module includes a red LED in one corner of the PCB. This lights up when the camera is active. It’s really useful in giving a visual indication that the camera is doing something and most of the … Continue reading →

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Pi Camera Module Mechanical Dimensions

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Matt

Having played around with the Pi camera I quickly realised I needed to make some sort of stand for it. The module weighs almost nothing and is tiny so it can be quite hard to keep in one place when … Continue reading →

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