Adding timeout counter to a video stream

muneeb.devp

So i'm trying to create a simple photobooth application that uses the default camera (e.g. webcam) to stream live video in a QCameraViewFinder. I want to be able to show a countdown on the screen and then some camera flash animation after which the picture will be saved in host computer. I"m having difficulty adding the timeout on screen and don't know how to do animation for camera flash. Any help would be appreciated. Here's the code

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from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import *
from PyQt5.QtMultimedia import *
from PyQt5.QtMultimediaWidgets import *

import os
import sys
import time

CAMERA_TIMEOUT = 3      # Timeout in seconds

class MainWindow(QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MainWindow, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        self.available_cameras = QCameraInfo.availableCameras()

        self.timeout = CAMERA_TIMEOUT
        self.timeout_label = QLabel(str(self.timeout))
        self.timeout_label.setFont(QFont('Courier',26))
        self.timeout_label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter | Qt.AlignVCenter)

        # If no camera is found, show error and exit application

        if not self.available_cameras:
            error_msg = QErrorMessage(self)
            error_msg.showMessage("Camera not found! Please connect one and try again.\nExiting...")
            error_msg.exec_()

            print('No camera found! Exiting...', file=sys.stderr)
            sys.exit(0)

        self.status = QStatusBar()
        self.setStatusBar(self.status)

        self.save_path = ""

        self.viewfinder = QCameraViewfinder()
        self.viewfinder.show()
        self.setCentralWidget(self.viewfinder)
        
        # Set the default camera.
        self.select_camera(0)

        # Setup tools
        camera_toolbar = QToolBar("Camera")
        camera_toolbar.setIconSize(QSize(14, 14))
        self.addToolBar(camera_toolbar)

        photo_action = QAction(QIcon(os.path.join('images', 'camera-black.png')), "Take photo...", self)
        photo_action.setStatusTip("Take photo of current view")
        photo_action.triggered.connect(self.take_photo)
        camera_toolbar.addAction(photo_action)

        change_folder_action = QAction(QIcon(os.path.join('images', 'blue-folder-horizontal-open.png')), "Change save location...", self)
        change_folder_action.setStatusTip("Change folder where photos are saved.")
        change_folder_action.triggered.connect(self.change_folder)
        camera_toolbar.addAction(change_folder_action)


        camera_selector = QComboBox()
        camera_selector.addItems([c.description() for c in self.available_cameras])
        camera_selector.currentIndexChanged.connect( self.select_camera )

        camera_toolbar.addWidget(camera_selector)


        self.setWindowTitle("Python PhotoBooth")
        self.show()

    def select_camera(self, i):
        
        self.camera = QCamera(self.available_cameras[i])    
        
        self.camera.setViewfinder(self.viewfinder)
        self.camera.setCaptureMode(QCamera.CaptureStillImage)
        self.camera.error.connect(lambda: self.alert(self.camera.errorString()))
        self.camera.start()

        self.capture = QCameraImageCapture(self.camera)
        self.capture.error.connect(lambda i, e, s: self.alert(s))
        self.capture.imageCaptured.connect(lambda d, i: self.status.showMessage("Image %04d captured" % self.save_seq))

        self.current_camera_name = self.available_cameras[i].description()
        self.save_seq = 0

    def take_photo(self):

#        self.addWidget(self.timeout_label)

        timestamp = time.strftime("%d-%b-%Y-%H_%M_%S")
        self.capture.capture(os.path.join(self.save_path, "%s-%04d-%s.jpg" % (
            self.current_camera_name,
            self.save_seq,
            timestamp
        )))
        self.save_seq += 1

    def change_folder(self):
        path = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self, "Snapshot save location", "")
        if path:
            self.save_path = path
            self.save_seq = 0

    def alert(self, s):
        """ 
        Handle errors coming from QCamera dn QCameraImageCapture by displaying alerts.
        """
        err = QErrorMessage(self)
        err.showMessage(s)


if __name__ == '__main__':

    app = QApplication([])
    app.setApplicationName("Python PhotoBooth")

    window = MainWindow()
    app.exec_()```

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Do you want the timer to be on top of the video or in a widget above it ?