Python scripts for collecting and creating GIFs or MP4s of NSW RMS traffic camera images. Cameras can be viewed on livetraffic.com

This script polls rms.nsw.gov.au for new traffic camera images every 30 seconds. If a new image is found, it is downloaded and (optionally) filtered. The filtered images are saved in their own directories. New images are received from cameras evey minute ± 15 seconds.

usage: collect.py [-h] [-c CAMERA] [-p PATH] [--filter]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -c CAMERA   Traffic camera name
  -p PATH     Path to save images (default="./download")
  --filter    Enable image filtering (default=false)

python collect.py -c anzacbr

python collect.py --filter -c anzacbr -p "Anzac Bridge"

Each individual frame can optionally be filtered with a PIL/Pillow ImageFilter using the --filter switch. If enabled, the images are passed through a separate Detail and Sharpen filter. The output of each filter is placed in <PATH>/filtered/detail and <PATH>/filtered/sharpen respectively.

Unfiltered	Detail	Sharpen

Comparison GIF

Downloaded images are named based on the camera they were captured by, and a UNIX timestamp of when they were downloaded. Example:

anzacbr-1496647687.878115.jpg

Valid camera names can be found in cameras.md. Camera positions and directions can be viewed on the livetraffic.com map.

• PIL >= 4.1.1
• requests >= 2.17.3

This script creates an animated GIF from a folder containing a JPG image sequence. This script is not limited to working with images created by collect.py, it will work with any JPG image sequence. GIFs are limited to 500 frames in length. A warning will appear if more than 500 images are found. For image sequences larger than 500 frames, use mp4.py.

usage: gif.py [-h] [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-f FPS]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -i INPUT    Path to folder containing images
  -o OUTPUT   Path to save GIF (default="./anim.gif")
  -f FPS      GIF FPS (default=8)

python gif.py -i "Anzac Bridge"

python gif.py -i "Anzac Bridge" -o "anzacbr.gif" -f 20

GIF Sample - Unfiltered

• imageio >= 2.2.0

This script creates an animated GIF from a folder containing a JPG image sequence. This script is not limited to working with images created by collect.py, it will work with any JPG image sequence.

usage: mp4.py [-h] [-i INPUT] [-p PREFIX] [-o OUTPUT] [-f FPS]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -i INPUT    Path to folder containing images
  -p PREFIX   Image prefix
  -o OUTPUT   Path to save MP4 (default="./anim.mp4")
  -f FPS      MP4 FPS (default=8)

python mp4.py -i "Anzac Bridge" -p "anzacbr"

python mp4.py -i "Anzac Bridge" -p "anzacbr" -o "anzacbr.mp4" -f 20

MP4 Sample - Unfiltered (YouTube)

YouTube heavily compressed this video. A full quality sample is availible in images/sample.mp4.

• ffmpeg >= 3.3.1