"batch mode" for countdown photos

[Dave Disser <disser gmail com>]

I'm new to the list, but discovered cheese and hacked in a multi-shot feature to meet an immediate need I have.  It's similar but not quite the same as what has been discussed here before, according to the list archives:

• A "batch count" can be set in gconf which causes cheese to take a configurable number of shots in a row.  My implementation modifies the countdown state machine to decrement the batch count and restart the timer if multiple shots need to be taken.

known problems:

• no UI for configuration; I don't know how to use glade in this project
• in fullscreen mode, the countdown bar times out after the first shot

areas for enhancement:

• after taking a set of photos dispatch the whole batch to some program, like a script that calls montage and combines all the images into an old-timey photobooth strip.  Currently I run a script in the background that does an inotify wait for new images to show up--ugly but gets the job done, and poof I turn my laptop, webcam, and printer into an instant photobooth for a party.

Does anyone have any interest in the patch?

--Dave