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Camera Setup

Currently we're using a ov5647 camera attached to the CSI port of the Rpi Make sure to add the following to the /boot/firmware/config.txt file 

camera_auto_detect=0
dtoverlay=ov5647

Listing Cameras

To list the attached cameras 

# install the camera apps for testing
apt install libcamera-apps
# List Cameras
rpicam-hello --list-cameras
v4l2-ctl --list-devices

Opera Browser Fix

For some reason the opera browser can have issues viewing the video stream

  • Browse to opera://settings/?search=WebRTC
  • Select "Use any suitable network interface (recommended)" (instead of Disable non-proxied UDP)

Mainsail setup

The settings to use for mainsail

  • Name: MainCam
  • URL Stream: /webcam/webrtc
  • URL Snapshot: /webcam/?action=snapshot
  • Service: WebRTC (camera-streamer)

Crowsnest Setup

The available resolutions / max fps are

  • 640x480 58.92 Fps
  • 1296x972 46.34fps
  • 1920x1080 32.81 fps
  • 2592x1944 15.63 fps
[crowsnest]
log_path: /home/hacman/printer_data/logs/crowsnest.log
log_level: verbose                      # Valid Options are quiet/verbose/debug
delete_log: true                        # Deletes log on every restart, if set to true
no_proxy: false

[cam 1]
mode: camera-streamer                   # ustreamer - Provides mjpg and snapshots. (All devices)
                                        # camera-streamer - Provides webrtc, mjpg and snapshots. (rpi + Raspi OS based only)
enable_rtsp: true                       # If camera-streamer is used, this enables also usage of an rtsp server
rtsp_port: 8554                         # Set different ports for each device!
port: 8080                              # HTTP/MJPG Stream/Snapshot Port
device: /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/ov5647@36

# widthxheight format
#resolution: 640x480
resolution: 1296x972
# resolution: 1920x1080
# resolution: 2592x1944

# If Hardware Supports this it will be forced, otherwise ignored/coerced.
max_fps: 15
max_fps: 30
#custom_flags:                          # You can run the Stream Services with custom flags.
v4l2ctl: AfMode=2                       # Add v4l2-ctl parameters to setup your camera, see Log what your cam is capable of.

Other Tests

This command works 

rpicam-still -t 2000 -o test.jpg --width 1920 --height 1080

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