Questions tagged [raspicam]

The CSI interface camera from the Raspberry Pi Foundation available in a natural colour and a NoIR version without infrared filter, latter is suited for night vision and other special applications.

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Raspbian Picamera web stream and record

I've been searching this for a while and I found a few posts that look interesting but it doesn't do what I really want. I am trying to set up a Raspbian security camera that records the video to a ...
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How to use raspicam with Visual Studio 2017 and C/C++

In Visual Studio 2017 I created a new project using the cross-platform linux Blink (Raspberry) template. This compiles and runs perfectly and the debugger in the Debug->Linux Console also works pretty ...
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Stream mjpeg (or any other format/method) from my Pi 3 camera to another server in AWS

I am looking to "tunnel", "forward", "bridge" an mjpeg stream from mi Raspberry Pi 3 to a server I have on AWS (Linux). I have currently tried the UV4L packages to stream video in my LAN and I have ...
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PiCam Not Working (At All)

As I recently bought the Picam, I tried capturing an image with : raspistill -v -o file.jpg But I got this error : "No data received from sensor. Check all connections, including the Sunny one on ...
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Need to stream a feed from a flir lepton to a small version raspberry pi to a .24 inch ferroelectric liquid crystal micro display [closed]

Need to stream a feed from a flir lepton to a small version raspberry pi to a .24 inch ferroelectric liquid crystal micro display. I have SOME experience with raspberry pi, reading questions and ...
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How to use/install raspberry pi camera on ubuntu os

I am wanting to use ubuntu v20.04 64 on my Raspberry Pi 4. I also what to be able to use the on-board camera. I have followed these steps to install and boot up my Rpi4 with Ubuntu: https://ubuntu....
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Raspicam stops working after one year

I am using two raspberries (rpi 4) with cameras (HQ cam) to make a timelapse of a house build. The raspberries have been mounted without any hardware changes for over 2 years now. They are in a remote ...
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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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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 set the camera's shutter speed for video?

I need to have a low shutter speed to be able to capture a light that is only on for a few milliseconds each frame (light synced with camera fps, but only want it to capture when the light is on). How ...
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PiCam shoots blank images

Raspberry PiCam is showing blank white images on Raspbian Buster. The raspberry PiCam was working with Jessie. I tried raspistill -o test.jpg and got a blank white square in test.jpg. https://drive....
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Raspberry pi camera send by 3G usb key

I have a Raspberry pi 3 with a connected EG usb key on it. The communication is established and works well. In an other part, i have configured my Raspberry with a pi-camera. I can see in local ...
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Reset Pi Noir Camera

I have developed a system (Raspbian / Python) with detects someone's presence through a PIR sensor and records a 15' video with a Pi NoIR camera. This is command I call to record the video: Popen(["...
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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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ENOSPC Error with Camera Module V3 on Raspberry Pi 3 B

I bought an Pi Camera Module 3. I have an Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2. I get the ENOSPC error when trying to use the camera with raspistill: pi@raspberrypi:~ $ raspistill -o t.jpg mmal: ...
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one RPI's capability to multi-task with complex Image Processing

I, as part of a project, have decided to implement a small scale version of automated collision avoidance system. I chose to go with Image based object detection. After initial research, I figured out ...
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Safest way to write images at a high framerate with Raspberry Pi

I'm planning on setting up a timelapse camera with the official raspberry pi camera v2 using raspistill. The frequency of the captured images is relatively high (10+ fps), but I do NOT need realtime ...
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Picam noir issue

when I try to take a picture using my Pi Camera this error message is returned: raspistill -o image.jpg mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ENOSPC mmal: camera component ...
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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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HQ Camera V4L2 - bad set of scene mode causes camera controls to become unresponsive

I have been playing with these cameras for some time using opencv/raspicam to control the camera. The raspicam/opencv interface allows setting the gain, this is dubious because there is no manual set ...
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What's the minimum Raspberry Pi that can display the output from the Raspberry Pi camera at 30fps in real time?

Setup: A Raspberry Pi of some kind (TBD depending on answers to this question) A Raspberry Pi camera of some kind (TBD depending on answers to this question) A 1080p television, that will be ...
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How to adjust Raspberry Pi 4B's v3 camera to make target full screen by tuning autofocus-window and lens-positiion parameters?

I am using Raspberry pi 4B's v3 camera to record teacher's teaching in classroom. I am using following two command to record h264 images and wav voice: libcamera-vid -t 7200000 -o picture.h264 arecord ...
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Text overlay over video stream when saving to file system

I'am using raspberry pi zero as controller which communicate over UART with external board with five sensors. What I need is a way to save video stream from raspicam to filesystem with embedded text (...
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Camera Module v2 stops working when using raspicam C++ API

I'm experiencing a strange behaviour of my Camera Module v2 when using the raspicam API in my code. Here is what I've done: I've downloaded the last version (0.1.3) of the raspicam API from https://...
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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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Raspberry Pi Live Stream + Image Capture

I'm wanting to set up a camera using a PI. This camera will capture images of vehicle registration plates when motion is detected, to be checked and validated. Is it possible to both live stream and ...
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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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Raspberry Pi 3B+ XRDP Very Slow!

I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and I just installed xrdp on it. I wanted to do this so I can do some ROS projects. But just after using RDP to log in to the Pi, I was welcomed with a painfully slow desktop....
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Running openCV C++ file from python in Raspberrypi

I'm creating a object and color detection robot. Here in this case, I'm using C++ to run the camera and process the image with openCV in C++, but before I run the Camera, I want the robot to move and ...
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accessing raspberry pi camera from raspberry pi 3 with android os

I successfully installed Android 7.1.1 using this tutorial. But I couldn't find default camera app inside it. Also, I pluged raspberry pi camera (B) rev2.0 on it and installed my own android app but ...
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Dependencies fail to install, cannot install picamera on pi3

When I run apt-get install python3-picamera it fails with different dependency issues like: files list file for package 'libparams-util-perl' is missing final newline or files list file for package '...
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navigator.mozGetUserMedia() returns "Starting video failed"

I am trying to use my Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi Camera to join a WebRTC session in the browser. I was able to set up a WebRTC server on my Pi through this tutorial and I am able to start/join a ...
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NoIR V2.1 camera auto white balancing

I have a Raspberry Pi NoIR V2.1 camera. I am working with the NIR (940 nm) LEDs and I saw that I was getting funny/weird colors, so I assumed that it is due to the white balancing, so I switched off ...
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pure python mjpeg streaming?

I tried the mjpegStreamServer from here but it doesn't seems to work... First of all, most times, after run it throws errors: — Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File ...
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PI camera is not working

Dear Raspberry Pi Community, I am reaching out to seek insights into an issue I've encountered with the Raspberry Pi camera across three Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) units, one of which was just recently ...
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Very low fps when using Opencv

Relatively recently I started writing a project in which faces are detected through raspicam in python using opencv, but the result disappoints me, I get literally 5 fps, but if you remove face ...
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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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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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How can I use camera in raspberry 64 bit

raspberry pi 4(ram 4g) raspberry buster 64 bit pi camera I tried and knew that raspistill or pi camera doesn’t work in 64 bit os. (64 bit os is beta version so It doesn’t support it) Is there any ...
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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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How can I enable the camera without using raspi-config?

I am trying to use the raspi camera on a minimalized version of wheezy. The command raspi-config is not available. I have been able to do everything without it so far by editting /boot/config.txt or ...
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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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Execute raspistill from Python

I was trying to capture images using the Python picamera module and was always getting Timed out waiting for capture to end error (See this question). Since the shell command raspistill works fine, I'...
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Motion terminating immediately

I have set up my Raspberry Pi 3 model B v2 and the Raspberry Pi camera module 2.1. The camera works, I can take pictures with raspistill and access them via SSH. Querying the camera properties with ...
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Recording high-framerate video with libcamera-vid, camera module v3 and rpi 3B

UPDATE: According to this issue, it seems that 120fps with the camera module v3 is only possible with a RPI 4, so this kind of answer my question. I'm not sure how to handle this case (self-answering ...
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Trouble capturing images from a Raspberry Pi camera using Python

I am having trouble capturing images from a Raspberry Pi camera using Python. The following code works fine the first time, but fails to read data from the camera on subsequent attempts: # shotFoto.py ...
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Segmentation Fault On Pi Zero when trying to run executable which is compiled on rpi4

I have a SD card that works fine on raspberry pi 4. Raspbian Buster(Version: September 2019) was installed into the SD card and I did a project which is including boost, opencv, raspi-cam libraries. ...
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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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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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Does being undervoltage decreases the Pi's performance?

I recently blew up the 5V 2A PSU that came with my Pi. Since then, I am using my phone's charger, 5v 1A to run my Pi. And while it runs fine most of the time, I see the undervoltage warning, while it ...

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