Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to playing or editing video on the Raspberry Pi, both in SD and HD.
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Does MIPI CSI cameras should always preferred than USB UVC cameras?
I'm attempting to DIY a car blind spot monitor system using camera + RPi board + display. For the camera part, there are cameras connected through MIPI CSI or USB UVC. I am a software developer only ...
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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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Arm Arch Linux 'startx' displays black screen on Raspberry Pi 3
Context: I recently got started with Arch Linux and the whole building your own distro thing. So I put Arch Linux Arm version on my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B v1.2 from the Arch Linux Arm project. I put ...
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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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Playing random Videos with omxplayer (PIR) [closed]
I am trying to do the following: I connected a PIR-Sensor to my raspberry pi to detect motion. If there is motion detected my pi should play random videos from the folder "videos" (about 20-...
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Led matrix with hole cut out
I'm a student artist with a decent background in robotics/cs working on a sculpture and was hoping to use a raspberry pi and a led matrix. I was hoping to cut out a section in the middle of the matrix ...
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Videoplayer working with vertical videos
I previously used omxplayer to play my videos and it worked like a charm. Now that the omxplayer has been deprecated I needed an alternative.
So I tried VLC on the command line. Problem here is that ...
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Netflix in Chromium freeze complete pi
My Pi 4 (8GB) has been crashing since yesterday whenever you want to watch a movie in Chromium via Netflix. However, the first five minutes of the film run through without any problems.
Other websites ...
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Video encoding on Raspberry Pi 4 via ffmpeg and h264_v4l2m2m produces corrupted video
Raspberry Pi 4, 4 GB
Rapsberry Pi OS Lite, 64 bit (2022-09-22)
Kernel 5.15.61-v8+
ffmpeg 4.3.4-0+deb11u1+rpt3
config.txt has the following relevant entry:
# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver
dtoverlay=vc4-...
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Best way to achieve robust low latency video streaming to a browser using a Raspberry Pi Zero
I want to stream the live video feed captured from a camera attached to my Raspberry Pi Zero to some browser with as low latency as possible (<1s). My end goal is attaching the Pi Zero & Camera ...
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32 bit Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS lower GPU Memory
I have a raspberry pi 2 with ubuntu sever installed and need to know how to lower the gpu settings from 64 megs to 16 megs.
Ubuntu Server does not come with raspi-config installed.
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Raspberry Pi hardware selection and auto play video looper help for nightclub menu
I'm creating a new menu system for a nightclub that will use a thin 2K AMOLED display to loop a video that is being built in After Effects. The video would display a 3D animation of the nightclub's ...
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Setting flags for chromium-browser to optimize video stream
I'm currently running on Raspbian 11 trying to set flags for chromium-browser to enable hardware acceleration. I've tried editing /etc/chromium.d/00-rpi-vars according to this solution, yet it doesn't ...
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Audio and Video Recoding over RPi Zero suggestions
I want to record both audio and video to my local using rpi zero. I've been struggling with this for a long time and at the end of the day there are 2 different problems that I can't solve for 2 ...
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Enable hardware video decoding in VLC on Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye
As the title says: How can I enable hardware video decoding in VLC (or other player) in Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye?
I'm on a Raspberry Pi 3B+. Video playback in OSMC is smooth but in Raspberry Pi OS it ...
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Optimizing the pi for digital signage or Video playback
I want to use my raspberrys as a digital signage device. They show some Videos via google chrome but sometimes the videos don't run until the end but skip to the next video. I am using this wordpress ...
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How to create symbolic link for pi-camera module?
I have a RPi4 with a USB camers and pi-camera module but the /dev/video[id] changes on reboot. I want to create a symbolic link for pi camera module and USB camera.
But the udev rules: https://...
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Playing video programmatically
How to play a video triggered by an external event (e.g. button push)?
Previously, one could use omxplayer and DBUS but apparently that is not longer an option on Pi 4 and newer systems.
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Amazon Prime Video totally freezes/crashes Raspberry Pi 4 in Chromium
Since the Widevine support is available for Raspbian I'm able to watch Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on the Raspberry Pi just using the Chromium Browser.
I have, however, a strange behaviour when ...
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best video format for rasberry pi 4
I want to show videos via Chromium with the Raspberry Pi (Kiosk App for a school) and want to know which Video format is best for this use case.
I did some research and h264 format should be best but ...
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Does Kodi 19 "matrix" support hardware acceleration for Raspberry Pi 4?
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 (8 GB) model overclocked to 2Ghz, and I want to run Kodi on top of Kali. I have it set up with version 19, but there is clearly no hardware acceleration, (indicated by choppy ...
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Unable to play HD video using vlc
I buid an image for Raspberry pi 3b+ using yocto project. While building it I have used VLC instead of OMXplayer for playing videos, and enabled the hardware acceleration using --enable-omxil --...
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WARN:0 global /tmp/pip-wheel-2c57.../opencv/.../cap_v4l.cpp (890) open VIDEOIO(V4L2:/dev/video0): can't open camera by index
When switching from the legacy camera stack under Raspberry Pi OS with debian 10 to the new libcamera camera stack (in Raspberry Pi OS with debian 11 it is standard), I cannot use OpenCV any longer.
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Boots correctly but says "No HDMI signal" after finishing kernel boot logs
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8GB), I have flashed the latest version of Raspbian into a USB flash drive and I boot it from there. I've had no problems so far. Today I restarted it after about 2-3 ...
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Add a wIfi antenna on a Rapsberry Pi deployed underwater [closed]
I have Raspberry Pi in a pressure case that is deployed on the ocean floor and is collecting video. I would like to be able to communicate with the Pi from the surface without having to retrieve the ...
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How to run Britbox on Raspberry Pi 4?
I was wondering how can I watch Britbox https://www.britbox.co.uk/ on a Raspberry Pi 4?
Currently, the video output is not running in chromium. I have tried increasing the gpu to 256 and this had no ...
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Raspberry Pi 3b+ Fake KMS not listed
I've been trying to follow tutorials on enabling hardware accelerated video decoding for my Raspberry Pi 3b+, such as this one:
https://lemariva.com/blog/2020/08/raspberry-pi-4-video-acceleration-...
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Recoding video files for easy (low CPU) playback on Pi4 / Firefox
I won't go into the full detail of how we arrived here but I have a need to play two (locally stored on the eMMC) video files simultaneously in Firefox running on a Pi CM4.
Right now it's struggling ...
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What is the bottleneck when I'm downloading something and playing a video?
When I'm downloading a file (torrent) and playing a video, my video will periodically freeze. The video uses the GPU and barely the CPU, the total CPU usage isn't anywhere near 50% when I'm doing ...
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Omxplayer not always starting with rc.local
I have trouble with my Raspberry Pi 4B configuration. I prepared RPI to work with TV - it turns on the TV and switches active source to HDMI1 with cec-client. After turning on the TV it should start ...
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Problem using vlc without X
After having used OMXPlayer for many years, I am now trying to install vlc for command line on a Raspberry Pi B+ (Buster Lite) without X:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install ...
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Firefox 89 on Pi - visual codec artifacts
Firefox 89 on my Pi 4 is displaying bad codec symptoms, videos can be watched but the picture is corrupted by brightly coloured patches around areas of detail.
On the Pi I am running Ubuntu 21.04 and ...
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Does Pi4 output correct video for Apple CInema Displays?
I've seen the older thread asking about a pi 2 on a cinema display, but the responses weren't helpful.
I have an old Apple Cinema display that does work - had an ancient mac up and running, but that ...
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Live streaming camera and microphone input on a Raspberry Pi 4
I got a a Raspberry Pi camera and a USB microphone connected to the Raspberry Pi 4. All of them are working seperately. But now, I would like to stream them live and combined for accessing it in HTML. ...
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What code do I need to play videos using GPIO buttons with a raspberry pi?
I am trying to make a python program that uses GPIO buttons to play videos on a Raspberry pi.
I do not really understand Python and I need some help with the code to make the videos play.
I have tried ...
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Cannot Stream From WAN remote Rpi using Python Server and Client Sockets
This is the first time I've ever asked a question to any on-line group, so apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this. I am trying to use stream live video using Python Server and Client sockets ...
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Overlay text on playing video
I am working on the following project:
I want a video playing on a raspberry pi continuously in a loop.
Whenever I press a button on the gpio, i want a text to be overlayed on the video for 5 seconds ...
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Can I record HD 1080 p 60 fps through USB on a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4?
I have a set-top box with HDMI output and want to record some programs from it on a Raspberry Pi (model 3 or 4).
I found some HDMI to USB 3.0 converters with HDMI 'loop-out' which would enable us to ...
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raspberry pi 4B: writing to screen buffer / framebuffer
In the old days you could bypass system calls, bios calls, etc. by writing an ASCII character directly to a byte in the "screen buffer". Is there something similar with the raspberry pi 4b?
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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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Having trouble with SD Card Copier
I put my USB on my pi and open SD Card Copier. I select the pi's sd card and the output device to my usb (dev/sda) and I click start: I notice on the file manager it creates a ~280MB partition and ...
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Ultra-wide monitor support - Screen resolution, Video and Audio Raspberry Pi 4 B
Ultra-wide monitor specs:
34 inch WHFD (2560 x 1080) IPS Display (21:9) - HD 10 AMD Free sync
OS:
Arch linux with Openbox (lightdm)
Issues:
Managed to get 2560x1080 pixels with hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 in ...
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How to change the brightness of the video output?
I bought a monitor that has a "minimum" brightness that is still quite bright.
How can I change the brightness of the video output of the Raspberry pi, so that the signal going to the ...
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Send GPIO trigger(s) at specific video timecode(s)?
Just starting out in the wonderful world of RPi maker projects, scored a Model 2b v.1.1, installed the latest Raspbian and now ready for my first project :-)
What I want to build is a video player for ...
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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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Professional video editor for Pi 4B [closed]
I'm looking for a professional video editor for the Raspberry Pi 4B. Is there anything good that I can use? I mainly use special effects, and I split the frame a lot, so preferably with that feature. ...
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Is local video streaming site possible?
I'm not familiar with Raspberry Pi and I just want to ask if my idea is possible.
I am planning to install Ubuntu and Python 3. I will put all videos in a hard drive, connect it to the Raspberry Pi, ...
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PIR Sensor activated video
I've attempted to modify this script here, but instead of for 4 video outputs, to only 2. I'm pretty new to programming a pi and am trying to wrap this up for an gallery project. Here is my current ...
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Raspivid multicast UDP streaming
I need to stream raspivid video via UDP instead TCP in a multicast fashion.
Using:
raspivid -w 640 -h 480 -vf -ih -fps 30 -n -o udp://dest_address:12345
I can stream the video trough UDP on ...
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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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