Raspberry Pi zero video notes

Mpeg video

MJPG Streamer

To run the camera stream from a USB webcam we'll make use of the package mjpg-streamer. Before we can install this we'll need to install a few dependencies first.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev imagemagick libv4l-dev uvcdynctrl git cmake -y

After installing the dependencies, run the following commands to install mjpg-streamer.

git clone https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer.git
cd mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental
make USE_LIBV4L2=true clean all
sudo make install
sudo usermod -aG video pi
sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2
cd ../../
rm -rf mjpg-streamer

Start the camera livestream by running the following command.

mjpg_streamer -i 'input_uvc.so --device /dev/video0 --fps 30 --resolution VGA --quality 65' -o 'output_http.so'

If you followed all above instructions and everything went ok, you should now be able to see the stream when browsing to http://your-raspberry-pi.local:8080?action=stream. After you verified the stream is working, cancel by running ctrl+c and move on to the next section.

https://wouterdeschuyter.be/blog/how-to-create-a-15-dollar-web-controllable-camera-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero


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