Questions tagged [camera]
Use the Camera tag for any questions related to how to use a camera or webcam with the Raspberry Pi.
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Why Is Using RPi As NAS For Hikvision Camera - SO SLOW!
For a few years I have been using a Raspberry Pi3 as a NAS drive for my Hikvision CCTV camera to save footage to. I prefer this to a NVR/ DVR, as it is low energy, easy to hide and quiet. I do not ...
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How can I stream the pi camera stream from my raspberry with python?
How can I have a stream like rtsp, that is accesible in a program on another computer?
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Is the quantization aka quality factor of Pi camera images an integer or floating point value?
I want to make small changes to the size of video files produced by a Pi camera. I have a feedback loop that frequently measures video file size, since I have short duration files, and adjusts q in ...
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Attaching a digiscope to a Raspberry PI
I have a digiscope arriving soon which has a Canon camera adapter included. I've a project in mind to mount a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera onto the scope and rig up some image recognition software,...
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What does the camera "module" add on top of the SONY IMX219?
New to electronics and Raspberry Pi, and I'm trying to understand exactly what a camera module is, versus just the camera/sensor itself.
Most hobbyist RPi projects advocate the use of the RPi camera ...
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Lauching feh from python script over remote connection (pi zero w)
hoping someone might be able to help a complete newbie here. I am connected to a terminal session in my pi zero via putty and Xming Server and have installed feh to inspect image files. so if I enter
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Multiple cameras pi zero w
I'm new here. I would like to attach two cameras to a single raspberry pi zero w for depth mapping. Is it possibile to do that while keeping things small?
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Using Raspberry Pi to deliver POE to other products through the ethernet port
Scenario is this:
Have a raspberry pi being powered through a usb-c adapter.
Have a 3g usb modem, that connects the pi to the internet.
Have a camera device connected to the ethernet port of the ...
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Using a mobile phone image sensor with a raspberry pi
There is the Raspberry-Pi HQ camera with a very limited number of lenses. I know that there are mounting adapters, but with the 5.5x full frame equivalent of the sensor, finding a wide angle lens is a ...
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How can I speed up capturing stills with camera module v2 and picamera?
Using some very simple code with no bells and whistles I capture shots of a specimen in between rotations of a motor
camera = PiCamera(sensor_mode=2)
camera.exposure_mode = 'sports'
camera.resolution =...
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How to see motioneye's recorded movies in a browser?
I am using motionEye version 0.42.1 (motion Version 4.2.2) over the web interface. When I log in I can see the configured file storage path which is set to /var/lib/motioneye/Camera1 on my device.
I ...
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AttributeError: module 'picamera' has no attribute 'picamera'
import picamera
import time
camera= picamera.picamera()
camera.capture("example.jpg")
this is legitimately all the coding ive done for this project and its already not working. i use ...
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How can I specify the format of a picture as a MIME-type?
I use a simple code that saves pictures from the picamera as a jpeg.
But i want to save the pictures as a MIME-type, which should be possible according to the API, specifically as a .tiff-format.
Can ...
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How to make camera work with pi 4b 64 bit ubuntu 20.10 [closed]
After add start_x=1 in the config.txt
#start_x Enable the camera module.
start_x=1
#disable_camera_led Turn off the red camera LED when recording video or #taking a still picture
disable_camera_led=1
#...
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Trying to interface OmniVision OV4689 with Raspberry Pi
I need to capture pictures on a Raspberry Pi (I'm using a Compute Module 3+) using a camera based on the OmniVision OV4689 image sensor.
The datasheet for this image sensor can be found here https://...
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How can I remotely access the command line on my Raspberry Pi without Wifi?
For a project I'm doing with a Raspberry Pi Zero, I need to access raspi-config, compile some software, and do funky stuff with systemctl. With my other projects, I've always either SSHed into the Pi ...
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difference between 2-lane and 4-lane MIPI CSI camera port?
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-compute-module-4/
The new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and its IO board has the 2-lane and 4-lane MIPI CSI camera port, but I am not really sure what the ...
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Remote camera application
I am brand new to RPi. I want to create a remote camera (assumed based on RPi 0 W) that will serve as a camera on the back of my travel trailer so I can see what is behind me as I go down the road, ...
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Using Android Phone as Webcam via USB to use Zoom or Google Meet [duplicate]
People have been asking for help to be able to purchase a tablet or a computer that they can use for online classes. Most people here in the Philippines don't have the means to buy any of it. However, ...
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How to stream video from Raspberry Pi camera module as http not RTSP?
How to stream video from Raspberry Pi camera module as http not rtsp? I use this command to stream as rtsp but i need http because of OpenCV. raspivid -o - -t 0 -rot 180 -w 1920 -h 1080 -fps 30 -b ...
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USB webcam (spherical camera) not working with Raspberry Pi OS
I'm feeling utterly hopeless with this one, but my USB spherical camera, Insta360 Air, no longer works with Raspberry Pi. It used to work in a previous OS (forgot the kernel version but before the OS ...
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Multiple camera modules for analyzing objects up close
I want to build a system where there are 3 cameras connected to the Pi (v3), for up close image processing, the quality isn't necessary, as long it can detect small objects (~0.5cm wide to ~8cm long)
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Raspberry Pi HQ Camera Easier Focusing / Raspistill digital zoom
Does anybody know of a way for raspistill to only show a small segment of the preview, but in fullscreen, so essentially it is very zoomed in (digitally), so that it is easier to focus when using a ...
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Outdoor cameras, all-weather, day and night, raspberryPI, etc [closed]
Disclaimer: I really do not know much about cameras.
Background: I would like to have a camera outside. The camera must be able to record during both the day and night (night vision? infrared?), ...
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Camera + hardware for sky-watching project [closed]
I would like to build a Raspberry Pi setup with a camera, the idea being that the camera sits outside, pointed at the sky, and sends the video stream to my computer, inside my home. I'd like to use ...
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Stream raspi video to php application
I have an PHP Application running on a "server" and my raspberry which is connected to a display is showing this application (chromium).
Also on my raspberry is the new hd camera connected ...
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Raspberry Pi as Remote Outdoor Time lapse Camera. Can Hot weather bricks raspi?
I would like to know if anyone here has used raspberry pi as a remote timelapse camera.
my concern is Heat, because it will be installed at fabrication site near Malacca Straits shore (35°C or 95°F )
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Very new to scripts, is it possible to loop a script in the background looking for a button press?
I'm trying to build a camera with the new HQ Camera module, but am running into some trouble. I don't want to have to run my little camera.py script (that just opens preview, waits, takes a photo, and ...
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Problem saving images to USB from Python Script
I'm very new to Python / Raspberry Pi and I'm trying to set up a time lapse camera.
Due to the number and size of images, I wish to save to USB.
At first the below program (copied and altered from the ...
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Pi Camera V2: ERROR opening V4L interface: No such file or directory
Environment info:
processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 108.00
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae ...
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Why this command works correctly in command line but doesn't in autostart file?
This command works in command line but doesn't in autostart:
raspivid -t 10000 --segment 2000 --output video_%d.h264
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CSI interface on Raspberry Pi 4
I want to ask whether the CSI port available on Raspberry Pi 4B supports only CSI-2, or can it support CSI-3 as well ?
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Which is more efficient for raspistill: `-vf -hf` or `-rot 180'? (Raspberry Pi Zero W)
According to the official documentation,
With the camera placed upside-down, the image must be rotated 180° to be displayed correctly. The way to correct for this is to apply both a vertical and a ...
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Shutter delay for camera used with Pi
I am reading about shutter delay involved with digital cameras here.
I checked cameras available for Pi on amazon (camera1 and camera2).
I wanted to ask if anyone knows what kind of shutter delay is ...
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Wifi camera to capture picture at a specific time of day and upload to Google Drive [closed]
I work in a powerplant and there's a power meter that is unable to be connected on the network. I need to [1] monitor the data displayed on the power meter screen at [2] 7:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 9:00 PM ...
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I have a Logitech c930e camera, what is the highest frame rate I can get at max. resolution? (i.e. 1920x1080)
I have a c930e camera:
$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Logitech Webcam C930e (usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3):
/dev/video0
I checked the capabilities like so:
$ ffmpeg -f v4l2 -list_formats all -i /dev/video0
[...
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Can we make raspberry Pi plug and play type [closed]
I am using raspberry Pi as a webcam server in my windows PC. It is working fine and I am able to use my raspberry Pi camera in Skype, Google meet etc but one thing that I want to improve is ...
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Raspbery camera, video stream at 3280x2464
According to this page Raspberry camera v2 can produce video stream with resolution of 3280x2464. However, all my tries with raspivid and gstreamer/v4l2 fails.
Knows someone how to reach this video ...
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How can I use the 200 seconds exposure time in Raspberry Pi HQ camera?
I would like to use the Raspberry pi HQ camera for astrophotography. I have read in this answer and comments on this question that I should be able to use a maximum exposure time of 200 seconds.
This ...
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Two USB cameras and ASP.NET Core
I want to build a project based on the Raspberry Pi 4B and I would like to hear the opinion of someone more experienced with this platform (as I am mostly SW and did some projects with Arduinos) if it ...
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Knocked off an SMD from Raspberry Pi Camera Rev 1.3, but camera still works. Is the SMD needed for continued operation?
I accidentally knocked off and lost an SMD labelled "C9" from the Raspberry Pi Camera. The Camera still works, and I am unable to spot any differences. What is the role of the capacitor, and ...
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HQ camera locks when using python library
The new HQ camera module is amazing and works really well using raspistill for long exposures. Using the picamera python library the camera locks with exposures above 10s (the maximum for the V2 ...
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Is it possible to use CAM_GPIO0 for image sensor clock signal?
I am working with a freelancer who designed an IMX327 MIPI camera for RPi3.
He connected CAM_GPIO0 signal to INCLK of the sensor but I was wondering if it is a typical way to do it. Other boards(for ...
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day / night motion alarm
I am going camping in a few months and I want to build a motion sensor alarm for my tent entrance for while I am asleep. Chances are nothing will set off the alarm, but if a bear or coyote comes ...
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Unable to auto livestream when booting - enable .service does not work (failed to enable unit: Invalid argument)
I want to set up a service that starts a livestream when booting the rasp. I have been following this tutorial: domoticproject.com/creating-raspberry-pi-service
This is what my .service in /lib/system/...
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How much video can I store on a pi 3 a+?
I recently got a pi model 3 a+ and a camera module 2.0. I need to store about three hours of video on it. I have a 16gb SD card with raspbian installed. Can someone tell me how much video I can record ...
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Camera mount for RPi w/ IR lights?
I have an RPi camera with IR lights. It looks thus:
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1hvFVIVXXXXXrXpXXq6xXFXXXd/Raspberry-pi-2-Camrea-Sensitive-infrared-light-Raspberry-Pi-night-vision-camera-compatible-...
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Is there a way to stream an online video to a Raspberry Pi with LCD Display?
So my setup is the following:
I have an Raspberry Pi Zero W plus a Camera that Records my Garage 24/7. It is streams the video nonstop so I can access it via Webbrowser. The output is mjpeg.
Is there ...
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Is Raspberry Pi fast enough for realtime video processing?
I want to use Raspberry Pi 3 B+ on my RC airplane for a realtime image classification task. Airplane will be flying at an altitude ranged between 10-30 meters with a airspeed of 15m/s. What I need is ...
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ffmpeg on Raspberry Pi unable to stitch many photos into video
I'm working on a program in which I have a folder full of images, named in the form image0000.jpg, image00001.jpg, and so on, and I want to stitch these images together into a video.
To do this, in ...