Questions tagged [picamera]
For questions involving the python picamera module used with cameras that into the CSI jack on the board. For questions about use of the camera hardware itself, use the 'raspicam' tag.
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Pi Camera V2 not working
When I type the command "vcgencmd get_camera," I get the following output: supported=0 detected=0, libcamera interfaces=0
And when I type the command "libcamera-still -o test.jpg," ...
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Cannot turn web streaming into a function
I'm working on a project with my Raspberry Pi 0 and a camera. I'm writing my code in Python using the PiCamera module.
This file handles setting up the camera and Starting Web streaming. I had no clue ...
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Unable to build libcamera-apps
im not able to build libcamera-apps on my system.
Hardware: Pi 4 B
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
I fowllowed all the steps in this Docu: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/...
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Pi camera issue
I'm using raspi 3b and I'm not getting the camera option in the preferences menu, I have tried updating the os also.
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How to handle shots with Picamera2?
I'm looking for code to handle shots with Picamera2.
I want:
Take photo with the camera
Show plan on screen for x seconds
Save photo as jpeg image.
I try the code below but can't find how to adjust ...
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Can I somehow feed the camera's live image into my GUI?
I'm new to the python world and I have an RPI project where I would like to
display the camera's (Arducam 16mpx) realtime image into my GUI application.
I saw multiple projects web streaming with ...
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Solution to Picam(s) poor auto exposure with Motion?
i've got pi-cams: v1, v1 IR, v2 NoIR, v2 IMX219-D160 wide, and none of them can dynamically adjust it's auto-exposure/brightness by itself, when used as CCTV by Motion.
they somewhat try but outputs ...
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RPi High Quality Camera degraded image quality and "spots" covering sensor cover surface; can it be fixed?
My Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera was excellent last year when I wrote this answer including these images but I tried it again a year later and something has gone very wrong with the front surface ...
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Camera Module 3 / PiCamera not working on Ubuntu Raspberry Pi
I have a Raspberry pi 4B with Ubuntu, and I’m trying to use my camera module 3 with python (I’ve tested the code with Raspberry Pi OS, so I know it’s right) using PiCamera and in a virtual environment ...
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Exposure time in PiCamera not working
I am trying to take a long exposure image (30 sec+) in python using a RPi HQ camera (https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-hq-camera and the PiCamera module).
This is my code:
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PiCamera2 images with boxes and labels overlay with vis_util
I'm trying to get integrate tensorflow and picamera2 to do some basic object detection.
The logic works out fine (I think), but I'm struggling to draw the boxes/labels deduced on top of the image.
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Raspberry Pi Camera v2 not detected for Octopi on Raspberry Pi 3
I've searched all over the internet for a solution to my problem, but it seems like every route comes up short for me. Again, I am using a Raspberry Pi 3 with a Pi Cam v2, and using PuTTy as my SSH.
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Qt error running a simple Python program to check connection between RPi 4B and camera module 3. (see the description)
I wish to deploy this RPi along with the attached camera module to a factory floor and then analyze the video stream. Hence, I have a headless RPi which I plan to use for this purpose.
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Pi camera video stream to a PC (not through a web page) which has low latence
I need to send a video stream from my pi camera on a Raspberry pi to a computer on the same network. The video transmission should preferably have a low latency and a good image resolution. After the ...
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unknown control 'rotate'
I have recently purchased a Raspberry Pi Camera Rev 1.3, and I'm trying to rotate it to 90 degrees, then its not able to rotate. Its just rotating it to 0 degrees or 180 degrees below is the command ...
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Ending a camera video stream in Python / threading
I’m very new to Python and have been struggling with the code for a wildlife camera project on the Pi. I’ve managed to get the PIR sensor and automatic camera capture working, but I’d like to have a ...
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Raspberry Pi 4B - VLC player - Pir Sensor - Camera
I'm starting to know Python, so you can say I'm a newby.
For Halloween I'm working with a Python script for a Scare.
The idea is to show a nice picture (a paused video) on a tv screen and when motion ...
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Rapsberry Pi Camera v3 issues
I want to make a Rpi4 8GB livestream 2 camera feeds over 4G (SIM7600X module). One camera is a generic action cam and the other one is a PiCamera v3, which I have issues with. I'm running Raspbian ...
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Can you use the PiCamera library with a camera that is isn’t the PiCamera like the picture?
!camera that I want to use(https://i.stack.imgur.com/GUJ2q.jpg)
I’m having some issues getting this camera to work, getting told that I need to check the SUNNY chip that as far as I know is only on ...
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How to stream from Pi Camera to YOLO model?
I am new to Raspberry Pi and I want to do real-time object detection using YOLOv8 tentatively (will change if the fps is too low). I realize that by using the code below, it can't detect Pi Cam as the ...
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Turn old phone camera into raspberry pi camera
I don't really have the chance to get a raspberry pi camera. But I have tons of old phones and tons of phone cameras. Is there any way I can turn them into a camera that works with raspberry pi ?
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Camera only working with deprecated legacy option
I have a camera module connected to my Pi 3B+. I have downloaded the very latest raspberry Pi OS (called bullseye) which does not support the old. legacy camera stack. You don't even have to enable ...
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python3-picamera package not found
running rpi4B. I performed update and upgrade. Then I attempted:
sudo apt install python3-picamera2.
result: cannot find package python3-picamera2.
Appreciate any help.
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How can i use picamera module 3 on google collab? i am using raspberry pi 4 b
I tried running it by inserting the camera capture code snippet in collab , but it is not detecting the pi camera
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Freenove Camera not able to interface with Raspberry pi 4 + Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I am trying to work on a project where I want to use ROS. However, I found that for using ROS Noetic, I will need to install Ubuntu 20.04 on my Raspberry pi 4. Now, I bought a camera module (Freenove ...
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Picamera2 raw capture limited to 15 FPS
I have a Pi 4 with the High Quality Camera. I'm trying to capture raw frames with Picamera2 using the camera's 2028x1520 2x2 binning mode.
I'm using camera.sensor_modes[2], which says it has a maximum ...
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Does the official RaspPi CameraV2 work on RaspPi B rev2? I'm having trouble
I have a new official Raspberry Pi Camera V2 and am trying to use it on a Raspberry Pi B revision 2 board running the Sept 24, 2022 version of the Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye.
I have carefully connected ...
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Raspberry Pi HQ Camera: Capture NEF or DNG?
I'm making a raw capture tool for raspberry pi and the official HQ camera. I can't seem to get RAW DNG or TIFF images, whatever I do. Here's my current code:
from picamera import PiCamera
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What is the magnification of the stock lens used in Rpicam V2?
I'm trying to get the overall optical magnification of my digital microscope and wondered if the lens built in the Rpicam v2 has any magnification. Does anyone know this specification? Thanks!
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Opencv VideoCapture much faster than PiCamera
I am trying to process frames from my V2 RPI Camera at high framerates and am stuck with the picamera module. The VideoCapture class from OpenCV seems to be much faster than using PiCamera....
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Need help with Raspberry Pi camera - mmal error
Hello Raspberry Pi community,
I'm reaching out for assistance with a recurring error related to the Raspberry Pi camera module.
so it showing this error:
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Raspberry pi 6mm wide angle lens internal optics order
While playing around with the 6mm HQ camera lens I inadvertenly exposed the internal optics by unscrewing something at the back of the lens. Because I didn't know what I was doing, the optics fell ...
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Libcamera-still got fixed blurry image problem after increasing cma , but Picamera2 still giving blurry image
I'm using this raspberry pi zero 512mb ram. I've successfully connected the arducam 64mp camera and it's capturing 4kx3k resolution fine , after I changed the cma from 265m to 400m the libcamera-still ...
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Raspberry Pi Camera: Picamera2: Cannot configure camera in the middle of a stream
I'm making a remote config PiCamera for astrophotography, using the official Camera Module 3. When the user configures the camera, my application sends a request in JSON format over an HTTP socket. ...
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Libqtgui4 is not available (Has no installation candidate)
I am trying to run this command:
$ sudo apt-get install libqtgui4 libqtwebkit4 libqt4-test python3-pyqt5
But I receive these errors:
Package libqtgui4 is not available, but is referred to by another ...
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Camera flash with Picamera2
Is it possible to have Picamera2 trigger a flash when taking a picture?
In an older version of my project I used a v2 camera module. I got flash working by creating a device overlay to define the ...
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How to rotate the picamera feed while using opencv for facial recognition?
I have setup my rpi with the pi camera following the guide on Toms Hardware and everything is working as expected. I am going to be using the smart pi touch case for my project, which only allows the ...
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Download the streaming video in server
In order to stream video over the LAN, I used a Raspberry Pi Zero W. I used this MJPEG server code to stream the video over the LAN.
[mpjpeg streaming program] 1
Currently, I want to download and save ...
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Raspberry pi camera module 3 works only on libcamera
I recently bought a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and Camera module v3. After days of troubleshooting, I got the camera to spit out images on the libcamera CLI. But, I can't create a picamera.PiCamera object in ...
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What is ~delay after picamera2.capture_file code until sensor data is captured on Pi Camera Module 3?
I am using Python picamera2 to capture a max res still image from a new Pi Camera Module 3. I create a picamera2 instance (I'll call picam2), configure it ahead (including manual fixed focus) and ...
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Picamera2.stop() Behavior - do controls persist?
With Pycamera2 you can set controls e.g. autofocus. There doesn't seem to be a get_controls() function to verify what is set. Do the controls perist after using Picamera2.stop()?
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Take a picture when a light source is disturbed
I would like to use a Raspberry Pi camera to take a picture when a light source sent to the camera is interrupted. I have one Arduino (transmitter) sending an ON-OFF Keying (OOK) signal through an LED ...
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How to add libcamera to pyenv
I am running a pyenv with 3.10.5 for a RPi 4 b.
RPi OS version if important:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
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The pyenv was simply ...
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RPi Camera V2 not detected with Raspberry Pi4 running Ubuntu 20.05 LTS
I am running into a problem in which I am unable to have my Pi detect my new RPi Camera V2. I am running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) since I am working on a robotics project that requires ROS2(foxy).
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Raspberry Pi camera coding questions
I've been coding a little portable Pi camera using a Raspberry Pi Zero, the HQ camera module, and a WaveShare 1.44-inch screen. I've succeeded in programming a button to take a photo, and a button to ...
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Motioneyeos not booting on my Raspberry pi 3B
Stuck at this message “Formatting data partition” while trying to boot MotioneyeOS from a Raspberry pi 3B. I’ve flashed a 32GB microSD with the motioneyeos image file using Etcher. Is the problem with ...
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Raspi camera module V3 with Octopi
Recently purchased raspberry pi camera module 3 NOIR. My plan was to use it for octopi (octoprint), however, i tried my best but couldn’t make it work, and followed many of pages on net but no result (...
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Raspberry Pi Camera Error: Unicam Has Timed Out
I have been trying to get my Raspberry Pi camera to work for a while now. Probably every two weeks or so I would fire up the Raspberry Pi to convince myself that something changed but whatever I try, ...
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How to directly render pi camera output to display using C++
Right now, I'm building an application and one of the sub goals is to display the camera to the screen with a good resolution and frame rate. I'm also trying to keep the cpu usage as low as possible ...
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Error while getting Full-Bayer-Layer data using Libcamera-raw
I'm trying to get full bayer layer data of Pi-Camera V2 (NoIR).
I just followed the official doc.
libcamera-raw -t 2000 --segment 1 -o test%05d.raw
Above command produces .raw files with each size of ...
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