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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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How to stream video from Raspberry Pi camera and watch it live

I am new to the Raspberry Pi and even new to the Raspberry Pi camera. I have seen a lot of tutorials online for the Raspberry Pi camera but have yet to find on that lets me stream straight from the Raspberry Pi camera like you can with a webcam…
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How can I stream H.264 video from the Raspberry Pi camera module via a web server?

So I got the Raspberry Camera today and got stills working fine. Capture an image in JPEG format: raspistill -o image.jpg Capture a 5-second video in H.264 format: raspivid -o video.h264 I do not want to install any extra application as I want to…
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RasPi Camera Board and Motion

I just got my Camera Board and a Model A Raspberry Pi to use as a security camera for my house. I had been using Motion with a Logitech C170 USB camera on my Model B board and it worked great except for the quality. I was expecting the Raspberry Pi…
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What cameras can I connect to the CSI connector?

The model B comes with a MIPI Camera Serial Interface connector, but it's hard to find a store that'll sell you a chip or camera to interface with it. The only thing I've found so far is the the product brief for a HDMI-CSI converter by Toshiba, but…
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Can I use a USB webcam?

Is it possible to use a standard USB webcam with the RPi, or is there a specific peripheral that should be used? I would like to use RPi's to stream images from webcams to the net.
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How to stream raspivid to Linux and OSX using GStreamer, VLC or Netcat?

How can I stream video stream to Linux or OS X using raspivid and either VLC, GStreamer or Netcat?
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Modern way to stream H.264 from the Raspberry Cam

I got the Pi B+ and the Pi camera and am now trying to find the most efficient (low CPU) and lowest-latency configuration to stream H.264 encoded video from the camera to my home server. I've read the…
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Raspistill slow to trigger?

I'm trying to trigger "many" raspberries together, while using raspistill is only for testing, i'm wondering why taking a picture is so slow, i made a test and, at the same time as i hit enter on this command: raspistill -o /home/pi/test55.jpg -ex…
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Take images in a short time using the Raspberry Pi camera module

I'm working on a project in which I need to take about 30 images per second (no movie) using the Raspberry Pi camera module. I'm using the Picamera library (http://picamera.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api.html) for that but the problem is, that taking…
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Failed to create MMAL component b'vc.ril.camera': Out of memory

I am trying to run a simple script that listens for a button click and then takes a picture. Once two pictures have been taken it compares the two using OpenCV to calculate the difference. I am running into this error when running my script followed…
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Can the video acceleration on the Raspberry Pi be used for video compression for surveillance and recording?

I was wondering about installing the Raspberry Pi as a video recording device and connecting a USB camera to it. Of course, I'd rather compress it using something like MPEG. Does the hardware support that in any way, or would it all have to be done…
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How to start Motion in daemon mode on RPi running Raspbian Jessie

I have recently get to set up motion with my RPi but I have a problem which is simple one one hand, but, on the other, can’t find any step-by-step instructions to remedy it. Although I have successfully set up motion and works, after I've made all…
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Raspberry Pi Camera Rev 1.3 is not detected

I'm using an RPi 2 Model B and I have connected a Raspberry Pi Camera Rev 1.3 to it. I have checked to make sure that the connection is correct (the power LED on the camera is on). I've run: rpi-update apt-get update apt-get upgrade I have the…
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Enabling high resolution capture from web camera

I'm experimenting with using the Pi for web cam streaming and motion detection, with the motion app. Trying a few different web cameras and combinations with other hardware, I've found one combination that is perfectly stable (see below). However,…
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Can I record a 24 hour video on the Raspberry Pi with camera module?

Given that I have an SD card with sufficient capacity, is it theoretically possible to record a 24 hour video with a camera module or is the recording duration limited? Has anyone tried this? Do you think 64GB be enough on a 360p recording quality?
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