picamerax
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A pure Python interface for the Raspberry Pi camera module, with extra features and fixes.
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This package provides a pure Python interface to the Raspberry Pi_ camera_
module for Python 3.2 or above, with extra features and fixes.
The upstream waveform80/picamera library has reached a point of stability meaning some more cutting-edge features will be unsuitable for inclusion, or face delays. This fork will include new features and fixes more rapidly, allowing the latest camera revisions, and more experimental software features, to be easily used much earlier than they would otherwise.
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pip install picamerax
BSD license_source code_ can be obtained from GitHub, which also hosts the bug tracker_documentation_ (which includes installation, quick-start examples, and
lots of code recipes) can be read on ReadTheDocsPyPI_, but reading the installation
instructions is more likely to be useful.. _Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ .. _camera: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-picamera/ .. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/picamerax/ .. _documentation: https://picamerax.readthedocs.io/ .. _source code: https://github.com/labthings/picamerax .. _bug tracker: https://github.com/labthings/picamerax/issues .. _BSD license: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
Why calendar versioning? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We want picamerax to stay more or less in sync with upstream picamera. However, this fork
adds significant new features that would constitute new version numbers under semantic versioning.
If we were to adopt semantic versioning, we would rapidly fall completely out of sync with the
upstream version numbers.
By using calendar versioning, and clearly tracking new additions to the library, we can ensure the upstream base version is obvious (by looking at its release date in relation to our current calendar version), without worrying about what new features count as justifying new semantic versions.
This can change however if everyone else deems it a bad idea.
FAQs
A pure Python interface for the Raspberry Pi camera module, with extra features and fixes.
We found that picamerax demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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