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Run pirecorder from command line

When pirecorder is installed, it comes with a added functionality to run of all modules straight from the command line for ease of use.

All the same parameters can be set as when using pirecorder in Python, so see the respective documentation pages for a detailed explanation. Below just the bash commands are given with all parameters for the different modules.

Camera stream 

stream --cameratype "v2" --framerate 8 --vidsize 0.2 --rotation 0 \
       --imgoverlay "/home/pi/overlay.jpg"

Camera configuration Stream 

camconfig --auto True --framerate 20 --iso 200 --res (1640,1232) --vidsize 0.3

Recording 

record --configfile "pirecorder.conf"

Scheduling 

schedule --jobname None --timeplan "* * * * *" --enable True --showjobs False \
         --delete "job" --test True --configfile "pirecorder.conf"

Converting 

convert --indir VIDEOS --outdir CONVERTED --type ".h264" --withframe True \
        --pools 4 --resizeval 0.5 --sleeptime 5 --delete False