How to create time lapse video from pictures on Ubuntu. Install GTimeLapse app on Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 and make a Stop Motion Video (Time Lapse Video) on Ubuntu Linux Systems.
GTimeLapse is a wonderful Linux application for capturing timelapse videos [photography]. It is an application for capturing images to generate timelapse videos, built on gPhoto2 and wxWidgets libraries.
Install GTimelapse on Ubuntu
Run the following commands to install GTimeLapse on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gtimelapse
Once installed, you can open the app from Ubuntu Dash or Menu. Here’s an example of Time Lapse Video:
All Alone in the Night – Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from the ISS
By David Peterson
To run
- Run ‘bin/gtimelapse’
- Make sure your camera is in the correct mode (e.g. normal/PTP etc):
http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php - When you’ve captured your images you can make a video using the ‘make_vid’ script in the src directory (requires mencoder)
To do
- Refactor code so camera settings are determined whenever ‘detect camera’ is selected, not just at startup.
- Fix camera settings tab – sliding window when there are too many setting to fit on the tab.
Uninstall GTimeLapse from Ubuntu
If you want to uninstall and remove the GTimeLapes app from Ubuntu, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove gtimelapse