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+#!/bin/bash
+cd $HOME/.timelapse/
+
+echo "searching for old files"
+
+if [ -d "rec" ]; then 
+ echo "converting old files"
+ mkdir rot
+ cd rec
+ for f in *.jpeg
+ do
+   convert -rotate 180 "$f" ../rot/"${f%.JPG}".jpg
+ done
+ cd ..
+ echo "ffmpeg..."
+ timestamp=$(date +%s)
+ cat $(ls rot/*jpg) | ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -f image2pipe -vcodec mjpeg -r 20 -i - -vcodec h264 -preset slow -crf 1 -threads 0 -f mp4 -strict -2 $timestamp.mp4
+ echo "delete old files"
+ rm -r rot
+ rm -r rec
+ rm *.jpeg
+else
+ echo "nothing found - moving on"
+fi
+ mkdir rec
+echo "recording..."
+streamer -t 72:00:00 -r 1 -f jpeg -o rec/000000.jpeg
+echo "done."