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Photobooth app written in Python supporting DSLR, picamera2, webcameras

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Written in Python 🐍, coming along with a modern Vue frontend.

python versions supported 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 rpi, linux and windows platform supported ruff pytest codecov

Installation - Documentation - PyPI package - 3d printed box

😍 Features

  • 📹 camera live preview with shortest delay as possible, permanent video live view in background
  • ⚡️ optimized for speed, live stream hardware accelerated on rpi, cpu load < 20%
  • 🫶 several camera backends supported for high quality stills and livestream
  • 💡 WLED support signaling photo countdown and feedback to the user when the photo is actually taken
  • 🤝 Linux 🐧, Raspberry Pi 🍓 and Windows 🪟 platforms supported

📷 Supported Cameras

The photobooth app's Python backend allows to use different camera types on Linux and Windows platforms:

  • Raspberry Pi Camera Module 1/2/3 (with or without autofocus)
  • Arducam cameras (with or without autofocus)
  • DSLR camera via
    • gphoto2, Linux
    • digicamcontrol, Windows (not yet implemented)
  • webcams (via opencv2 or v4l)

The app controls camera's autofocus, handles led signaling when a photo is taken and streams live video to photobooth.

The reference photobooth box is made from 3d printed parts, see the 3d printed reference box over here.

💅 Screenshots

frontpage Find more screenshots in the documentation

🔧 Installation

See separate installation instructions in the documentation.

The photobooth app can be used standalone but is not feature complete yet. Anyway, it integrates well with the fully blown photobooth project, see description how to achieve integration.

📣 Changelog

see separate file: https://github.com/mgrl/photobooth-app/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

©️ License

The software is licensed under the MIT license.

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