Raspberry Pi Timelapse with Cron

timelapse.cron

# This will make 60fps FullHD (1920x1080) timelapses of 1 day into 6 seconds.
#   1 photo every 4 min -> 360 photos/day -> 360photos/60fps = 6 seconds
#
# Weekly videos will have a duration of 42 seconds.
# Monthly videos will have a duration of ~3 minutes.
#
# With this values no one will get bored watching it when you spam it on WhatsApp :)
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# If you want slower videos, adjust the value of first cron line "*/4 * * * *".
# For example, "*/2 * * * *" will double the duration (1 day = 12 seconds), hence will be half slower.
#
# Instructions:
#   1. Install ffmpeg (sudo aptitude install ffmpeg)
#   2. Create folder "/home/pi/lapse/" (mkdir -p /home/pi/lapse/)
#   3. Copy this lines into your crontab
# Your timelapse machine is ready!

# Take the photo!
*/4 * * * * raspistill --nopreview --timeout 50 -w 1920 -h 1080 -q 100 -o /home/pi/lapse/lapse_"$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%d_\%H-\%M-\%S')".jpg

# Daily
0 1 * * * mkdir daily
1 1 * * * mv /home/pi/lapse/* /home/pi/daily/
2 1 * * * mkdir -p /home/pi/video/daily/
3 1 * * * ffmpeg -r 60 -pattern_type glob -i '/home/pi/daily/*.jpg' -s hd1080 -vcodec libx264 /home/pi/video/daily/daily_"$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%d_\%H-\%M-\%S')".mp4
# Weekly <- Daily
0 2 * * 7 mkdir weekly
1 2 * * 7 mv /home/pi/daily/* /home/pi/weekly/
2 2 * * 7 mkdir -p /home/pi/video/weekly/
3 2 * * 7 ffmpeg -r 60 -pattern_type glob -i '/home/pi/weekly/*.jpg' -s hd1080 -vcodec libx264 /home/pi/video/weekly/weekly_"$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%d_\%H-\%M-\%S')".mp4
# Monthly <- Weekly
0 3 1 * * mkdir monthly
1 3 1 * * mv /home/pi/weekly/* /home/pi/monthly/
2 3 1 * * mkdir -p /home/pi/video/monthly/
3 3 1 * * ffmpeg -r 60 -pattern_type glob -i '/home/pi/monthly/*.jpg' -s hd1080 -vcodec libx264 /home/pi/video/monthly/monthly_"$(date +'\%Y-\%m-\%d_\%H-\%M-\%S')".mp4

# Archive photos first of month
0 7 1 * * mkdir archive
1 7 1 * * mv /home/pi/monthly/* /home/pi/archive

Great!!!